Lore is a resource that can be assimilated to research. It stacks up as the game goes on and allows players to unlock knowledges from the Lore Tree. Knowledges are bonuses that are divided in three main branches : Production, Military, and Economy. Unlocking enough knowledges grants other additional bonuses called "Blessing" and can eventually lead to a Wisdom Victory. In game, the Lore menu can be opened by pressing the shorcut "L".
The Knowledge tree[]
The lore tree is composed of a set of standard knowledges, with an additional set of 5 clan-specific replacement knowledges (except for the 
Boar clan, which has 7). Depending on the clan, specific knowledges replaces various common knowledges to better fit that clan's specific gameplay. As a result, even though most of the knowledges are common across clans, each clan has its own unique lore tree that will affect its playstyle.
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Sustenance branch
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Economy branch
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Your 
Woodcutters will produce 20% more 
Wood.
Food Silos gain a 10% 
Food production bonus. Also reduces Food Silo upgrade cost by 50%.
Permanently increases population growth speed by 25%. You gain an additional 5% during 4 months for each unit from your clan killed by an enemy clan or sacrificed (max +75%).
Increases your 
Healer's healing speed by 50%.
Increases all your military unit' attack power by 20%.
Your units no longer have reduced power during winter.
Increases you civilians' attack power and your 
Defense Towers' resistance by 30%.
Military units gain +5% attack power for each type of friendly military unit in the area (max +25%).
Gain +3 
Happiness if you have a 
Warchief and +1 Happiness per upgraded military camp.
Improves your Warchief's attack and defense by 25%.
Improves your military units' attack by 10% against 
Dragonkin and by 30% against other mystical creatures. Also increases 
Military Experience gains by 50% for each mystical creature killed.
Unlocks the 
Lighthouse.
Increases 
Sailors' resource production by 20%.
Your 
Trade Routes produce +100% 
Kröwns.
Your 
Merchants will produce 20% more Kröwns.
Increases 
Loremaster production by 40%. Your next 
Carved Stone is free.
Reduces your buildings' upgrade costs by 20%.
Reduces 
Marketplace prices by 50% and stock replenishment is 20% faster.
Trade Routes earn 20% more Kröwns. Relations with neutral factions improve 20% faster.
Lore Sources[]
| Population Size | Lore generated
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| 1-5 | +1 |
| 6-9 | +2 |
| 10-19 | +3 |
| 20-32 | +4 |
| >32 | +5 |
- Population - Some lore is gained based on population size.
Loremaster - Produce 3 Lore at Runestones, Carved Stones or Ancient Graveyard, production gets a bonus in Circle of Stones and Relic of the Gods. Erudition gives an additional 40% bonus to all loremasters.- Sailor - Each sailor produces 0.8 Lore when on Lore Raids. Shipbuilding increases sailors production by 25%.
- Vedrfolnir - Healing the creature earns 100.
- Ancient Graveyard gives 50 to the first player who colonize it.
- Ruins - Scouting them gives at least 50. This is a powerful early boost.
- Altar of Kings - Passively produces 1 Lore.
- Jörmunr - Produce lore based on territory size. Allows areas to be colonized with lore.
| Number of areas | 1 - 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 |
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1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 17 | 21 | 25 |
- Boar clan : Mender - Produce 1 Lore each, if not actively healing.
- Raven clan : Raiding coastal tiles related to Lore mechanics (with Ruins, Runestones, etc) grants the player 80
- Horse clan : Excavation allows Eitria and Brok to produce lore while mining. Making it one of the key knowledges of the clan.
- Kraken clan : Knowledge from Beyond makes trade routes generate lore. Also a key knowledge of the clan.
- Rat clan : When the clan units kill foes or die, the corpses are cremated at the Shaman Camp, producing Lore and attracting new villagers faster.
Knowledges cost[]
To unlock a knowledge, a certain amount of has to be gathered. The quantity needed will increase with the number of knowledges already owned.
| Knowledges number | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th | 15th |
| Lore needed |
80 | 100 | 130 | 160 | 200 | 250 | 310 | 380 | 470 | 580 | 710 | 860 | 1050 | 1280 | 1550 |
| First Blessing |
Second Blessing |
Third Blessing |
Wisdom Victory |
A Wisom Victory requires 8110 Lore in total.
Blessings and Wisdom Victory[]
Upon learning your 6th Knowledge, you may select a Blessing from the Gods. For each additional 3 Knowledges that you learn thereafter, you may select another Blessing from the Gods.
Freya's Blessing - Reduces loss of Food production during winter by 50% and Wood consumption by 15%.
Baldr's Blessing - You gain +3 Happiness.
Jord's Blessing - You gain 
15 Stone and 
10 Iron.
Once you have learned 15 Knowledges and unlocked the 3 Blessings, you may unlock the last Blessing, 
Ancestral Knowledge, at which time, you win a Wisdom Victory.
Tips and Tricks[]
Carved Stone wastes valuable stone. You may want to build it only if going for wisdom victory and after unlocking 
Erudition to save on the first building. Building it on Circle of Stones or Relic of the Gods makes the loremaster benefit from the area bonus too.
In multiplayer games, lore choices are just as important as build order. While some are almost mandatory (Recruitment, Fur Coats, Military Strategy, Most of Happiness-related Clan Unique...), others can be very situational and nearly useless most of the time (Hearthstone, Negotiation, Monster Slayer, Erudition...). Watch your clan page for more specific advice.
Trivia[]
It costs 27450 to unlock the entire knowledge tree. The last knowledge costs 4940 to acquire, which is more than the first 12 choices combined.
