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139 breakthroughs.
| ID | Breakthrough | Focus | Era |
|---|---|---|---|
| F01 | Controlled Fire | Fire | Primitive |
| F02 | Kiln Construction | Fire | Primitive |
| F03 | Charcoal Production | Fire | Primitive |
| F04 | Smelting Discovery | Fire | Primitive |
| G01 | Plant Identification | Foraging | Primitive |
| G02 | Seed Saving | Foraging | Primitive |
| G03 | Herbal Medicine | Foraging | Primitive |
| S01 | Tool Knapping | Stonework | Primitive |
| S04 | Ore Identification | Stonework | Primitive |
| O01 | Star Tracking | Observation | Primitive |
| O03 | Animal Behavior Study | Observation | Primitive |
| SO01 | Basic Counting | Social Organization | Primitive |
| SO02 | Storytelling | Social Organization | Primitive |
| SO03 | Tribal Law | Social Organization | Primitive |
| FA01 | Irrigation | Farming | Primitive |
| AH02 | Herd Animal Domestication | Animal Husbandry | Primitive |
| ME01 | Copper Working | Metallurgy | Primitive |
| CO01 | Mud Brick Construction | Construction | Primitive |
| SF01 | Reed/Log Raft | Seafaring | Primitive |
| SF02 | Dugout Canoe | Seafaring | Primitive |
| WA03 | Archery | Warfare | Primitive |
| TX01 | Weaving | Textiles & Materials | Primitive |
| MC01 | Wheel | Mechanics | Primitive |
| S03 | Quarrying | Stonework | Ancient |
| O05 | Celestial Mathematics | Observation | Ancient |
| O08 | Geological Observation | Observation | Ancient |
| SO04 | Writing | Social Organization | Ancient |
| SO05 | Specialization of Labor | Social Organization | Ancient |
| AH03 | Horse Domestication | Animal Husbandry | Ancient |
| MI05 | Deep Shaft Mining | Mining | Ancient |
| ME-B | Bellows | Metallurgy | Ancient |
| ME04 | Iron Smelting | Metallurgy | Ancient |
| CO02 | Post and Lintel | Construction | Ancient |
| CO03 | Arch Construction | Construction | Ancient |
| SF03 | Sail Invention | Seafaring | Ancient |
| SF04 | Celestial Navigation | Seafaring | Ancient |
| WA01 | Formation Fighting | Warfare | Ancient |
| WA06 | Fortification Design | Warfare | Ancient |
| MA01 | Geometry | Mathematics | Ancient |
| CU02 | Monumental Architecture | Philosophy and the Arts | Ancient |
| TR02 | Currency | Trade | Ancient |
| TX10 | Paper Making | Textiles & Materials | Ancient |
| WM01 | Canal Building | Water Management | Ancient |
| WM02 | Aqueduct | Water Management | Ancient |
| OP01 | Glassmaking | Optics | Ancient |
| G07 | Botanical Classification | Foraging | Classical |
| O06 | Natural Philosophy | Observation | Classical |
| ME05 | Steel Production | Metallurgy | Classical |
| MA03 | Basic Algebra | Mathematics | Classical |
| PH01 | Formal Logic | Philosophy and the Arts | Classical |
| MD03 | Anatomy Study | Medicine | Classical |
| WM05 | Water Mill | Water Management | Classical |
| MC03 | Gearing | Mechanics | Classical |
| CH01 | Alchemy | Chemistry | Classical |
| F07 | Advanced Pyrotechnics | Fire | Medieval |
| SO11 | Banking | Social Organization | Medieval |
| MI06 | Coal Discovery | Mining | Medieval |
| MI08 | Saltpeter Mining | Mining | Medieval |
| ME08 | Blast Furnace | Metallurgy | Medieval |
| ME18 | Plate Armour | Metallurgy | Medieval |
| CO24 | Concentric Fortification | Construction | Medieval |
| SF08 | Compass | Seafaring | Medieval |
| WA10 | Gunpowder | Warfare | Medieval |
| CU06 | University | Philosophy and the Arts | Medieval |
| MC04 | Windmill | Mechanics | Medieval |
| MC05 | Clockwork | Mechanics | Medieval |
| MC06 | Printing Press | Mechanics | Medieval |
| MC19 | Crank and Connecting Rod | Mechanics | Medieval |
| CH04 | Distillation | Chemistry | Medieval |
| OP02 | Lens Grinding | Optics | Medieval |
| SO16 | Public Education | Social Organization | Early Modern |
| MI07 | Petroleum Discovery | Mining | Early Modern |
| CO10 | Iron-Frame Construction | Construction | Early Modern |
| CO23 | Railway Network | Construction | Early Modern |
| WA16 | Rifling | Warfare | Early Modern |
| MA05 | Calculus | Mathematics | Early Modern |
| MA07 | Binary Mathematics | Mathematics | Early Modern |
| MA08 | Non-Euclidean Geometry | Mathematics | Early Modern |
| PH04 | Scientific Method | Philosophy and the Arts | Early Modern |
| MD15 | Contagion Experiments | Medicine | Early Modern |
| MC08 | Steam Engine | Mechanics | Early Modern |
| MC10 | Precision Machining | Mechanics | Early Modern |
| TH01 | Laws of Thermodynamics | Thermodynamics | Early Modern |
| TH10 | Mechanical Equivalent of Heat | Thermodynamics | Early Modern |
| CH05 | Oxygen Theory | Chemistry | Early Modern |
| CH19 | Systematic Element Analysis | Chemistry | Early Modern |
| OP03 | Telescope | Optics | Early Modern |
| EL02 | Voltaic Pile (Battery) | Electricity | Early Modern |
| EL03 | Electromagnetism | Electricity | Early Modern |
| ME12 | Bessemer Process | Metallurgy | Modern |
| ME13 | Aluminium Extraction | Metallurgy | Modern |
| MA13 | Topology | Mathematics | Modern |
| MD05 | Germ Theory | Medicine | Modern |
| MC09 | Internal Combustion Engine | Mechanics | Modern |
| TH03 | Turbine Design | Thermodynamics | Modern |
| CH06 | Periodic Table | Chemistry | Modern |
| CH07 | Organic Chemistry | Chemistry | Modern |
| CH11 | Polymer Science | Chemistry | Modern |
| CH13 | Rocket Propellant | Chemistry | Modern |
| CH25 | Organic Synthesis Attempt | Chemistry | Modern |
| OP08 | Spectroscopy | Optics | Modern |
| EL06 | Electric Generator | Electricity | Modern |
| EL07 | Power Grid | Electricity | Modern |
| EN01 | Vacuum Tube | Electronics | Modern |
| NP01 | Radioactivity | Nuclear Physics | Modern |
| NP02 | Atomic Model | Nuclear Physics | Modern |
| QM-E01 | Fundamental Matter Theory | Quintessic Physics | Modern |
| QM-E14 | Limiting Fineness | Quintessic Physics | Modern |
| QM-E16 | Boundary Survey | Quintessic Physics | Modern |
| QP01 | Wave-Particle Duality | Quantum Physics | Modern |
| RC01 | Relativity | Relativity & Cosmology | Modern |
| RK02 | Liquid Fuel Rocket | Rocketry | Modern |
| AE03 | Heavier-Than-Air Flight | Aeronautics | Modern |
| MI11 | Rare Earth Extraction | Mining | Atomic |
| WA20 | Drone Warfare | Warfare | Atomic |
| PH10 | Information Theory | Philosophy and the Arts | Atomic |
| TX08 | Carbon Fiber | Textiles & Materials | Atomic |
| OP07 | Laser | Optics | Atomic |
| EN02 | Transistor | Electronics | Atomic |
| EN03 | Integrated Circuit | Electronics | Atomic |
| CP01 | Programmable Computer | Computing | Atomic |
| CP04 | Internet | Computing | Atomic |
| NP03 | Nuclear Fission | Nuclear Physics | Atomic |
| QM-E02 | Bound-Energy Release | Quintessic Physics | Atomic |
| QM-E03 | Resonant-State Computing | Quintessic Physics | Atomic |
| QM-E04 | Unified Field Theory (Elemental) | Quintessic Physics | Atomic |
| QM-E08 | Boundary Furnace / Cycle-Limit Observatory | Quintessic Physics | Atomic |
| QP02 | Quantum Mechanics Formalism | Quantum Physics | Atomic |
| QP04 | Particle Accelerator | Quantum Physics | Atomic |
| QP05 | Quantum Field Theory | Quantum Physics | Atomic |
| RK03 | Multi-Stage Rocket | Rocketry | Atomic |
| RK04 | Orbital Mechanics | Rocketry | Atomic |
| RK05 | Satellite Technology | Rocketry | Atomic |
| MS01 | Composite Materials | Materials Science | Atomic |
| MS02 | Nanotechnology / Fine Structuring | Materials Science | Atomic |
| ES06 | Nuclear Fission Plant | Energy Systems | Atomic |
| QM-E27 | Plenum Gravitation | Quintessic Physics | Space |
| QP07 | Quantum Entanglement Mastery | Quantum Physics | Space |
| QP08 | Quantum Gravity Theory | Quantum Physics | Space |
244 breakthroughs.
| ID | Breakthrough | Focus | Era |
|---|---|---|---|
| G04 | Fermentation | Foraging | Primitive |
| S02 | Grinding & Polishing | Stonework | Primitive |
| O02 | Weather Prediction | Observation | Primitive |
| O04 | Tidal Patterns | Observation | Primitive |
| AH01 | Dog Domestication | Animal Husbandry | Primitive |
| CU04 | Musical Instruments | Philosophy and the Arts | Primitive |
| TR01 | Barter System | Trade | Primitive |
| F05 | Signal Fires | Fire | Ancient |
| F16 | Turbary | Fire | Ancient |
| SO06 | Codified Law | Social Organization | Ancient |
| FA02 | Crop Rotation | Farming | Ancient |
| FA03 | Selective Breeding | Farming | Ancient |
| MI06B | Volcanic Ash Processing | Mining | Ancient |
| ME02 | Bronze Alloy | Metallurgy | Ancient |
| CO05 | Corbel Arch/Vault | Construction | Ancient |
| WA04 | Composite Bow | Warfare | Ancient |
| WA07 | Cavalry Tactics | Warfare | Ancient |
| WA08 | Chariot Warfare | Warfare | Ancient |
| CU03 | Artistic Tradition | Philosophy and the Arts | Ancient |
| MD01 | Surgical Techniques | Medicine | Ancient |
| TR03 | Caravansary | Trade | Ancient |
| TX02 | Dyeing | Textiles & Materials | Ancient |
| O13 | Mechanical Ephemeris | Observation | Classical |
| SO08 | Census | Social Organization | Classical |
| AH11 | Veterinary Medicine | Animal Husbandry | Classical |
| ME17 | Assaying | Metallurgy | Classical |
| CO04 | Roman Concrete | Construction | Classical |
| SF05 | Trireme/Galley Construction | Seafaring | Classical |
| WA05 | Siege Warfare | Warfare | Classical |
| WA26 | Professional Army | Warfare | Classical |
| CU05 | Theater | Philosophy and the Arts | Classical |
| CU14 | Historiography | Philosophy and the Arts | Classical |
| MD02 | Quarantine Protocols | Medicine | Classical |
| TR17 | Long-Distance Trade | Trade | Classical |
| TH13 | The Weight of the Air | Thermodynamics | Classical |
| O14 | Tide Computing Engine | Observation | Medieval |
| SO10 | Guilds | Social Organization | Medieval |
| AH08 | Carrier Pigeon Networks | Animal Husbandry | Medieval |
| CO06 | Flying Buttress | Construction | Medieval |
| SF09 | Caravel/Deep Ocean Ship | Seafaring | Medieval |
| SF10 | Drydock | Seafaring | Medieval |
| WA09 | Crossbow | Warfare | Medieval |
| WA11 | Trebuchet | Warfare | Medieval |
| WA22 | Cannons | Warfare | Medieval |
| WA27 | Stirrup | Warfare | Medieval |
| CU15 | Scholastic Theology | Philosophy and the Arts | Medieval |
| TR05 | Letter of Credit | Trade | Medieval |
| MC16 | Clockwork Automaton | Mechanics | Medieval |
| TH14 | Atmospheric Engine | Thermodynamics | Medieval |
| O15 | Mechanical Weather Predictor | Observation | Early Modern |
| FA16 | Nitrate Fertiliser | Farming | Early Modern |
| MI13 | Wood Gas Production | Mining | Early Modern |
| CO25 | Star Fort | Construction | Early Modern |
| SF11 | Ship of the Line | Seafaring | Early Modern |
| SF19 | Longitude | Seafaring | Early Modern |
| WA28 | Drill and Discipline | Warfare | Early Modern |
| MA06 | Probability Theory | Mathematics | Early Modern |
| CU07 | Renaissance | Philosophy and the Arts | Early Modern |
| PH14 | The Enlightenment | Philosophy and the Arts | Early Modern |
| MD04 | Vaccination | Medicine | Early Modern |
| TR06 | Joint Stock Company | Trade | Early Modern |
| TX05 | Cotton Gin | Textiles & Materials | Early Modern |
| WM11 | Industrial Canal Network | Water Management | Early Modern |
| MC17 | Spring-Powered Vehicle | Mechanics | Early Modern |
| MC18 | Clockwork Analytical Engine | Mechanics | Early Modern |
| TH05 | Carnot Efficiency | Thermodynamics | Early Modern |
| TH08 | Stirling Engine Mastery | Thermodynamics | Early Modern |
| TH09 | Caloric Theory | Thermodynamics | Early Modern |
| CH20 | Transmutation Practice | Chemistry | Early Modern |
| CH22 | Five-Phase Theory | Chemistry | Early Modern |
| CH23 | Generative Cycle Engine | Chemistry | Early Modern |
| CH26 | Closed-Loop Calorimetry | Chemistry | Early Modern |
| OP10 | Semaphore | Optics | Early Modern |
| EL04 | Telegraph | Electricity | Early Modern |
| AE01 | Hot Air Balloon | Aeronautics | Early Modern |
| CO11 | Reinforced Concrete | Construction | Modern |
| SF12 | Ironclad | Seafaring | Modern |
| SF13 | Submarine | Seafaring | Modern |
| MA09 | Statistics | Mathematics | Modern |
| MD07 | Anaesthesia | Medicine | Modern |
| MD16 | Miasma Engineering | Medicine | Modern |
| MD17 | Humoral Medicine | Medicine | Modern |
| MD18 | Humoral Pharmacology | Medicine | Modern |
| MD20 | Phage Therapy | Medicine | Modern |
| TR09 | Free Trade Agreements | Trade | Modern |
| WM06 | Dam Construction | Water Management | Modern |
| MC11 | Assembly Line | Mechanics | Modern |
| TH02 | Refrigeration | Thermodynamics | Modern |
| TH11 | Caloric Storage | Thermodynamics | Modern |
| TH12 | Caloric Projection | Thermodynamics | Modern |
| CH08 | Explosives (non-gunpowder) | Chemistry | Modern |
| CH09 | Petrochemistry | Chemistry | Modern |
| CH09-W | Bio-Organic Synthesis | Chemistry | Modern |
| CH12 | Catalysis | Chemistry | Modern |
| CH21 | Philosopher's Stone | Chemistry | Modern |
| CH24 | Phase-Destruction Warfare | Chemistry | Modern |
| CH27 | Formless Reserve | Chemistry | Modern |
| EL09 | Wireless Transmission | Electricity | Modern |
| EL14 | Direct-Current Stations | Electricity | Modern |
| EN04 | Radar | Electronics | Modern |
| EN11 | Radio | Electronics | Modern |
| CP13 | Analog Computing Mastery | Computing | Modern |
| QM-E09 | Incorruptible Matter | Quintessic Physics | Modern |
| QM-E11 | Full-Cycle Coupling (The Great Wheel) | Quintessic Physics | Modern |
| QM-E24 | Self-Renewing Structures | Quintessic Physics | Modern |
| GN12 | Vital Essence Isolation | Genetics | Modern |
| AE02 | Dirigible/Airship | Aeronautics | Modern |
| AE04 | Jet Engine | Aeronautics | Modern |
| AE05 | Helicopter | Aeronautics | Modern |
| AE13 | Rigid Airship | Aeronautics | Modern |
| ES03 | Coal Power Plant | Energy Systems | Modern |
| ES03-W | Biomass Power Plant | Energy Systems | Modern |
| ES05 | Oil Power Plant | Energy Systems | Modern |
| ES05-W | Alcohol/Biogas Power Plant | Energy Systems | Modern |
| ES13 | Biomass/Biogas | Energy Systems | Modern |
| SF14 | Nuclear Submarine | Seafaring | Atomic |
| MD06 | Antibiotics | Medicine | Atomic |
| MD11 | Gene Therapy | Medicine | Atomic |
| MD-V01 | Vital Essence Medicine | Medicine | Atomic |
| MC12 | Robotics | Mechanics | Atomic |
| EL11 | Superconductivity | Electricity | Atomic |
| EN06 | Semiconductor Mastery | Electronics | Atomic |
| EN10 | Miniaturization | Electronics | Atomic |
| CP06 | Cryptography | Computing | Atomic |
| CP07 | Artificial Intelligence (Narrow) | Computing | Atomic |
| CP08 | Machine Learning | Computing | Atomic |
| CP14 | Perceptron Machines | Computing | Atomic |
| NP04 | Nuclear Fusion | Nuclear Physics | Atomic |
| NP05 | Nuclear Weapons | Nuclear Physics | Atomic |
| NP06 | Thermonuclear Weapon | Nuclear Physics | Atomic |
| NP08 | Thorium Reactor | Nuclear Physics | Atomic |
| NP-F01 | Advanced Fuel Cycles | Nuclear Physics | Atomic |
| NP-F02 | Micro-Fission Reactors | Nuclear Physics | Atomic |
| QM-E10 | Temperament Medicine | Quintessic Physics | Atomic |
| QM-E17 | Complete Catalogue (Complete Phase Codex) | Quintessic Physics | Atomic |
| QM-E18 | Aether Telegraphy (Flow Signalling) | Quintessic Physics | Atomic |
| QM-E20 | Quintessic Warhead | Quintessic Physics | Atomic |
| QP06 | Standard Model Completion | Quantum Physics | Atomic |
| RC03 | Gravitational Waves Detection | Relativity & Cosmology | Atomic |
| RC04 | Black Hole Thermodynamics | Relativity & Cosmology | Atomic |
| RK16 | Satellite Communications | Rocketry | Atomic |
| GN02 | DNA Structure | Genetics | Atomic |
| GN03 | Genetic Engineering | Genetics | Atomic |
| GN09 | Massively Parallel Bio-Processing | Genetics | Atomic |
| GN13 | Animating Principle | Genetics | Atomic |
| AE12 | Grand Aerostat | Aeronautics | Atomic |
| SE01 | Life Support Systems | Space Engineering | Atomic |
| ES07 | Solar Panel | Energy Systems | Atomic |
| ES15 | Quintessic Power Plant | Energy Systems | Atomic |
| MI12 | Asteroid Prospecting | Mining | Space |
| CO15 | Orbital Construction | Construction | Space |
| MA15 | Optimisation Theory | Mathematics | Space |
| MA19 | Higher-Dimensional Geometry | Mathematics | Space |
| MA16 | Operations Research | Mathematics | Space |
| MA17 | Lifecycle Engineering | Mathematics | Space |
| MA18 | Logistics Optimisation | Mathematics | Space |
| MA22 | Auction Theory | Mathematics | Space |
| MA23 | Post-Quantum Cryptography | Mathematics | Space |
| MA20 | Computational Proof | Mathematics | Space |
| MA21 | Automated Mathematics | Mathematics | Space |
| MD21 | Engineered Phages | Medicine | Space |
| TH20 | Boundary Ring / Cycle-Limit Ring | Thermodynamics | Space |
| TH15 | Waste-Heat Recovery | Thermodynamics | Space |
| TH16 | Heat Pump Networks | Thermodynamics | Space |
| TH17 | Supercritical Power Cycles | Thermodynamics | Space |
| TH18 | Deep Cryogenics | Thermodynamics | Space |
| TH19 | Permafrost Engineering | Thermodynamics | Space |
| TH21 | Atmospheric Heat Management | Thermodynamics | Space |
| TH22 | Geoengineering Programme | Thermodynamics | Space |
| CP10 | Quantum Computing | Computing | Space |
| CP15 | Neuromorphic Processors | Computing | Space |
| CP16 | Planetary Data Networks | Computing | Space |
| CP17 | AI Advisory Council | Computing | Space |
| CP18 | Autonomous Logistics | Computing | Space |
| CP19 | Cyber Operations | Computing | Space |
| CP20 | Digital Twins | Computing | Space |
| CP22 | Autonomous Economy | Computing | Space |
| CP21 | Macroscopic Quantum Control | Computing | Space |
| NP11 | Antimatter Production | Nuclear Physics | Space |
| NP15 | Superconducting Storage Rings | Nuclear Physics | Space |
| NP12 | Particle Laboratories | Nuclear Physics | Space |
| NP13 | Hardened Shelters | Nuclear Physics | Space |
| NP16 | Particle-Beam Weapons | Nuclear Physics | Space |
| NP17 | Particle-Beam Artillery | Nuclear Physics | Space |
| NP-F03 | Fission Fragment Propulsion | Nuclear Physics | Space |
| QM-E05 | Re-Tempering Reactor | Quintessic Physics | Space |
| QM-E06 | Exotic Matter (Elemental) | Quintessic Physics | Space |
| QM-E12 | Higher Strata Theory | Quintessic Physics | Space |
| QM-E13 | Aetheric Vacuum (Void-Cycle Tap) | Quintessic Physics | Space |
| QM-E19 | Celestial Current Survey | Quintessic Physics | Space |
| QM-E28 | Beyond the Catalogue (Beyond the Codex) | Quintessic Physics | Space |
| QP09 | String Theory Validation | Quantum Physics | Space |
| QP10 | Loop Quantum Gravity | Quantum Physics | Space |
| QP11 | Exotic Matter Synthesis | Quantum Physics | Space |
| QP12 | Casimir Effect Amplification | Quantum Physics | Space |
| QP14 | Quantum Communication | Quantum Physics | Space |
| QP15 | Beyond the Standard Model | Quantum Physics | Space |
| RC05 | Dark Matter Identification | Relativity & Cosmology | Space |
| RC06 | Dark Energy Understanding | Relativity & Cosmology | Space |
| RC07 | Closed Timelike Curves | Relativity & Cosmology | Space |
| RC08 | Gravitational Coupling Experiment | Relativity & Cosmology | Space |
| RC09 | Inertial Dampening | Relativity & Cosmology | Space |
| RC10 | Gravitic Lift | Relativity & Cosmology | Space |
| RC11 | Gravitational Leakage Survey | Relativity & Cosmology | Space |
| RK06 | Space Station | Rocketry | Space |
| RK07 | Reusable Launch Vehicle | Rocketry | Space |
| RK09 | Ion Drive | Rocketry | Space |
| RK10 | Fusion Drive | Rocketry | Space |
| RK17 | Reconnaissance Satellites | Rocketry | Space |
| MS08 | Exotic Matter Engineering | Materials Science | Space |
| MS17 | Transformation Media | Materials Science | Space |
| MS10 | Structural Nanomaterials | Materials Science | Space |
| MS11 | Field Repair Systems | Materials Science | Space |
| MS12 | Signature Management | Materials Science | Space |
| MS13 | Adaptive Armour | Materials Science | Space |
| MS16 | Self-Sealing Hulls | Materials Science | Space |
| MS15 | Modular Platforms | Materials Science | Space |
| GN05 | Synthetic Biology | Genetics | Space |
| GN07 | Extremophile Engineering | Genetics | Space |
| GN10 | Bio-Quantum Coherence | Genetics | Space |
| GN11 | Organic Neural Architecture | Genetics | Space |
| AE14 | Aerospace Industry | Aeronautics | Space |
| AE15 | Jet-Stream Navigation | Aeronautics | Space |
| AE16 | Airborne Assault Doctrine | Aeronautics | Space |
| AE17 | Air Mobility | Aeronautics | Space |
| AE18 | Sky Carriers | Aeronautics | Space |
| AE19 | Suborbital Point-to-Point Transport | Aeronautics | Space |
| AE20 | Current Rigging | Aeronautics | Space |
| QM-E23 | Current Sail | Aeronautics | Space |
| SE02 | Orbital Assembly | Space Engineering | Space |
| SE03 | Radiation Shielding | Space Engineering | Space |
| SE05 | Closed-Loop Ecology | Space Engineering | Space |
| SE06 | Orbital Resource Delivery | Space Engineering | Space |
| SE07 | Planetary Engineering Theory | Space Engineering | Space |
| SE11 | Generation Ship | Space Engineering | Space |
| SE13 | Planetary Defense | Space Engineering | Space |
| ES08 | Fusion Reactor | Energy Systems | Space |
| ES14 | Advanced Fission | Energy Systems | Space |
| ES22 | Smart Grid | Energy Systems | Space |
| ES18 | Superconducting Energy Storage | Energy Systems | Space |
| ES17 | Grid-Scale Storage | Energy Systems | Space |
| ES19 | Electrified Industry | Energy Systems | Space |
| ES20 | Continental Interconnects | Energy Systems | Space |
| ES21 | Global Supergrid | Energy Systems | Space |
61 breakthroughs.
| ID | Breakthrough | Focus | Era |
|---|---|---|---|
| F09 | Controlled Burn Agriculture | Fire | Primitive |
| G05 | Insect Cultivation | Foraging | Primitive |
| G10 | Psychoactive Plant Knowledge | Foraging | Primitive |
| S05 | Obsidian Working | Stonework | Primitive |
| S07 | Flint Knapping Mastery | Stonework | Primitive |
| O09 | Migratory Pattern Mapping | Observation | Primitive |
| G06 | Mycological Knowledge | Foraging | Ancient |
| S08 | Jade/Gemstone Working | Stonework | Ancient |
| FA06 | Nitrogen Fixation Awareness | Farming | Ancient |
| AH05 | Camel Domestication | Animal Husbandry | Ancient |
| AH06 | Elephant Domestication | Animal Husbandry | Ancient |
| F06 | Greek Fire | Fire | Classical |
| SO13 | Meritocratic Civil Service | Social Organization | Classical |
| AH07 | Falconry | Animal Husbandry | Classical |
| CO07 | Earthquake-Resistant Design | Construction | Classical |
| WA12 | Greek Fire Naval Warfare | Warfare | Classical |
| WA13 | Guerrilla Tactics | Warfare | Classical |
| ME09 | Crucible Steel | Metallurgy | Medieval |
| CO09 | Suspension Bridge | Construction | Medieval |
| WM12 | Tidal Mill | Water Management | Medieval |
| FA09 | Greenhouse Cultivation | Farming | Early Modern |
| FA10 | Hydroponics | Farming | Modern |
| PH09 | Existentialism | Philosophy and the Arts | Modern |
| MD08 | Prosthetics | Medicine | Modern |
| TR10 | Futures Market | Trade | Modern |
| TR16 | Phase Exchange | Trade | Modern |
| CH14 | Photochemistry | Chemistry | Modern |
| CH28 | Helium Extraction | Chemistry | Modern |
| EL10 | Piezoelectricity | Electricity | Modern |
| AE10 | Flying Boat | Aeronautics | Modern |
| ES09 | Geothermal Power | Energy Systems | Modern |
| ES16 | Caloric Engine Plant | Energy Systems | Modern |
| ME14 | Titanium Working | Metallurgy | Atomic |
| CO13 | Geodesic Structures | Construction | Atomic |
| MA11 | Fractal Mathematics | Mathematics | Atomic |
| MA14 | Chaos Theory | Mathematics | Atomic |
| PH11 | Systems Thinking | Philosophy and the Arts | Atomic |
| MD19 | Temperament Engineering | Medicine | Atomic |
| WM07 | Desalination | Water Management | Atomic |
| EN07 | MEMS | Electronics | Atomic |
| NP07 | Breeder Reactor | Nuclear Physics | Atomic |
| QM-E26 | Dissonance Weaponry | Quintessic Physics | Atomic |
| MS03 | Metamaterials | Materials Science | Atomic |
| MS05 | Self-Healing Materials | Materials Science | Atomic |
| GN04 | Cloning | Genetics | Atomic |
| AE07 | Stealth Technology | Aeronautics | Atomic |
| AE08 | Scramjet | Aeronautics | Atomic |
| AE11 | Electric Aviation | Aeronautics | Atomic |
| ES10 | Tidal Power | Energy Systems | Atomic |
| FA11 | Vertical Farming | Farming | Space |
| MD13 | Cryogenic Preservation | Medicine | Space |
| CP09 | Artificial General Intelligence | Computing | Space |
| RK08 | Nuclear Thermal Rocket | Rocketry | Space |
| RK11 | Solar Sail | Rocketry | Space |
| RK12 | Space Elevator | Rocketry | Space |
| RK15 | Mass Driver | Rocketry | Space |
| GN06 | Human Genetic Enhancement | Genetics | Space |
| GN14 | Animate Intelligence | Genetics | Space |
| SE08 | O'Neill Cylinder | Space Engineering | Space |
| SE09 | Advanced Solar Power | Space Engineering | Space |
| ES11 | Beamed Power | Energy Systems | Space |
39 breakthroughs.
| ID | Breakthrough | Focus | Era |
|---|---|---|---|
| G09 | Permaculture Principles | Foraging | Primitive |
| F10 | Thermal Lance | Fire | Ancient |
| S09 | Geopolymer Concrete | Stonework | Ancient |
| CO08 | Modular Construction | Construction | Ancient |
| MD09 | Trepanation Tradition | Medicine | Ancient |
| O10 | Antikythera-Style Mechanism | Observation | Classical |
| MC07 | Hero's Aeolipile (Early Steam) | Mechanics | Classical |
| MC13 | Perpetual Motion Understanding | Mechanics | Classical |
| CH15 | Greek Alchemical Tradition | Chemistry | Classical |
| EL08 | Baghdad Battery | Electricity | Classical |
| WA17 | Repeating Crossbow (Chu-Ko-Nu) | Warfare | Medieval |
| MC15 | Mainspring Energy Storage | Mechanics | Medieval |
| OP09 | Ibn al-Haytham's Optics | Optics | Medieval |
| WA18 | Pneumatic Weaponry | Warfare | Early Modern |
| MC14 | Babbage Mechanical Computer | Mechanics | Early Modern |
| AE09 | Ornithopter | Aeronautics | Early Modern |
| WA19 | Railgun Concept | Warfare | Modern |
| ME15 | Memory Alloys | Metallurgy | Atomic |
| CO14 | 3D Printed Construction | Construction | Atomic |
| SF15 | Ekranoplan | Seafaring | Atomic |
| WA21 | Powered Armor | Warfare | Atomic |
| MD12 | Cybernetic Enhancement | Medicine | Atomic |
| EL12 | Room Temperature Superconductor | Electricity | Atomic |
| EN09 | Spintronics | Electronics | Atomic |
| CP11 | Neural Interface | Computing | Atomic |
| NP10 | Cold Fusion | Nuclear Physics | Atomic |
| GN08 | Bio-Computing | Genetics | Atomic |
| TR15 | Post-Scarcity Economics | Trade | Space |
| CP12 | Sentient AI | Computing | Space |
| NP09 | Compact Fusion | Nuclear Physics | Space |
| NP-F04 | Quantum Fission Cascade | Nuclear Physics | Space |
| QM-E21 | Compact Re-Tempering Reactor (Compact Cycle Reactor) | Quintessic Physics | Space |
| QM-E25 | Counter-Cycle Reversal | Quintessic Physics | Space |
| QP13 | Hidden Variable Discovery | Quantum Physics | Space |
| RK13 | Orion Nuclear Pulse | Rocketry | Space |
| RK14 | Bussard Ramjet | Rocketry | Space |
| MS07 | Programmable Matter | Materials Science | Space |
| ES12 | Zero-Point Energy | Energy Systems | Space |
| QM-E07 | Aether Tension Engine | Energy Systems | Space |
54 breakthroughs.
| ID | Breakthrough | Focus | Era | Prerequisites |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| G08 | Three Sisters Agriculture | Foraging | Primitive | G02 + Temperate or Tropical biome + River or Wetland terrain |
| G11 | Jungle Canopy Living | Foraging | Primitive | G01 + Dense jungle/tropical biome |
| G12 | Dreamtime Pathways | Foraging | Primitive | G01 + Desert/arid biome + Isolated start |
| G13 | Sacred Grove Tradition | Foraging | Primitive | G01 + Dense forest (temperate) biome |
| O16 | Sacred Astronomy Tradition | Observation | Primitive | O01 + Mountain/highland biome |
| FA14 | Pastoral Nomadism | Farming | Primitive | G02 + AH02 + Grassland/steppe biome + low city count (≤2) |
| AH10 | Llama/Alpaca Domestication | Animal Husbandry | Primitive | O03 + Mountain biome |
| AH12 | Reindeer Herding | Animal Husbandry | Primitive | O03 + Tundra biome |
| SF17 | Reed Boat Mastery | Seafaring | Primitive | SF01 + G02 + Lake/wetland or River biome |
| CU12 | Sacred Dance Tradition | Philosophy and the Arts | Primitive | CU04 (Musical Instruments) + SO02 + Tropical or Desert biome |
| CU13 | Talking Drum Networks | Philosophy and the Arts | Primitive | SO02 + Dense forest/jungle biome |
| TX11 | Tapa Cloth Tradition | Textiles & Materials | Primitive | TX01 + Tropical biome + Coastal biome |
| F15 | Signal Fire Network | Fire | Ancient | F05 (Signal Fires) + WA06 (Fortification Design) + Mountain/highland or Many neighbors biome |
| S10 | Obsidian Trade Empire | Stonework | Ancient | S05 (Obsidian Working) + TR01 + Volcanic region |
| S11 | Megalithic Observatory | Stonework | Ancient | CU02 (Monumental Architecture — the megaliths) + O01 + Isolated start or Coastal start |
| SO09 | Quipu/Non-Written Recording | Social Organization | Ancient | SO01 (but NOT SO04) + Mountain/highland biome |
| SO14 | Oral Epic Tradition | Social Organization | Ancient | SO02 + CU03 (Artistic Tradition) + no SO04 (Writing) yet |
| FA07 | Chinampa (Floating Gardens) | Farming | Ancient | FA01 + Lake/wetland terrain |
| FA13 | Flood Harvest Tradition | Farming | Ancient | FA01 + Flood-prone river biome |
| FA15 | Mountain Terrace Farming | Farming | Ancient | FA01 + CO01 + Mountain/highland biome |
| AH13 | Steppe Rider Tradition | Animal Husbandry | Ancient | AH03 (Horse) + O03 + Grassland/steppe biome |
| MI14 | Deep Earth Tradition | Mining | Ancient | MI05 + Mountain/highland biome |
| ME16 | Sacred Bronze Tradition | Metallurgy | Ancient | ME02 (Bronze) + CU02 (Monumental Architecture) + River biome |
| CO18 | Coral Architecture | Construction | Ancient | CO01 + Coastal + Tropical biome |
| CO19 | Crannog Lake Dwelling | Construction | Ancient | CO01 + Lake/wetland terrain |
| CO22 | Mound Builder Tradition | Construction | Ancient | CO01 + SO03 (Tribal Law) + River + Grassland biome |
| SF06 | Polynesian Wayfinding | Seafaring | Ancient | SF04 + Island start + O01 |
| MA12 | Mayan Vigesimal Mathematics | Mathematics | Ancient | MA01 (Geometry — place value) + Tropical/jungle biome |
| CU10 | Sacred River Tradition | Philosophy and the Arts | Ancient | CU02 (Monumental Architecture) + River biome + WM01 |
| MD14 | Hot Spring Healing Tradition | Medicine | Ancient | G03 (Herbal Medicine) + Volcanic region or Mountain biome |
| TR08 | Cowrie Shell Currency | Trade | Ancient | TR01 + Coastal location |
| TR11 | Caravan Oasis Network | Trade | Ancient | TR03 (Caravansary) + Desert/arid biome |
| TR12 | Potlatch Economy | Trade | Ancient | TR01 + G01 + Coastal/forest biome |
| TX03 | Silk Production | Textiles & Materials | Ancient | G05 (Insect Cultivation) + TX01 + Temperate/subtropical biome |
| TX12 | Imperial Dye Mastery | Textiles & Materials | Ancient | TX02 (Dyeing) + TR01 + Coastal biome |
| WM03 | Qanat System | Water Management | Ancient | FA01 + Desert/arid biome |
| WM08 | Stepwell Architecture | Water Management | Ancient | WM02 + Arid/semi-arid biome |
| WM09 | Rice Paddy Mastery | Water Management | Ancient | FA01 + WM01 + River biome + Tropical or Temperate biome |
| WM10 | Ice Architecture | Water Management | Ancient | CO01 + WM02 + Tundra/Arctic biome |
| F11 | Volcanic Forge Tradition | Fire | Classical | F03 + ME-B (Bellows) + Volcanic region |
| AH14 | War Elephant Tradition | Animal Husbandry | Classical | AH06 (Elephant Domestication) + WA01 + Tropical biome |
| ME06 | Damascus/Wootz Steel | Metallurgy | Classical | ME05 (Steel) + MI05 (Deep Mining) + Desert/arid or Tropical biome |
| CO20 | Earthquake Mastery | Construction | Classical | CO02 + Earthquake-prone region + MA01 (Geometry) |
| CO21 | Ceremonial Road Network | Construction | Classical | CO03 (Arch Construction — roads) + CU02 (Monumental Architecture) + Mountain or Jungle biome |
| SF16 | Dhow Monsoon Trading | Seafaring | Classical | SF05 + TR01 + Desert/arid coastal biome |
| WA24 | Fortified Border Tradition | Warfare | Classical | WA06 (Fortification Design) + CO02 + Many neighbors modifier |
| PH12 | Harmonious Inquiry | Philosophy and the Arts | Classical | O06 (Natural Philosophy) + Diverse biome (3+ terrain types) |
| MD10 | Traditional Medicine Integration | Medicine | Classical | G03 + MD03 + Diverse biome (3+ terrain types) |
| TR14 | Bazaar Economy | Trade | Classical | TR01 + SO06 (Codified Law) + Desert/arid or Many neighbors biome |
| SF07 | Viking Longship | Seafaring | Medieval | SF03 + ME04 (Iron Smelting) + cold/coastal biome |
| WA14 | Mongol Combined Arms | Warfare | Medieval | WA07 + WA04 + AH03 + WA27 (Stirrup) + Steppe/grassland biome |
| WA23 | Bushido Warrior Code | Warfare | Medieval | WA01 + WA03 (Archery — the samurai bow) + (ME06 (Damascus/Wootz Steel) or ME05) + Island or Coastal biome |
| WA25 | Berserker Tradition | Warfare | Medieval | WA01 + (SF07 (Viking Longship) or Cold/coastal biome) |
| CU11 | Courtly Love Tradition | Philosophy and the Arts | Medieval | CU03 (Artistic Tradition) + CU05 (Theater) + SO06 (Codified Law) |