That's very nice indeed! May I use your information in the Elemental FAQ thread? It would benefit the thread a lot, I think. I will dedicate this section to you and state your username.

I have to ask- is that the complete empire list for those techs? I only count 2 notables upgrades as opposed to 4 for the kingdoms list.  Do Empires races just start at a higher notables level?  I haven't played one of them yet so I'm not sure myself.

one of the worst (or rather really badly documented) aspects of the current tech tree

I haven't yet seen the resource revealing techs reveal resources outside my own influence. Is that how it's supposed to be or have I just missed those other resources?

Great post.  Karma given!

I just wanted to highlight this again as I don't think it's getting much attention. In a thread where we discuss how these research areas work, we may need to go to a deeper level. Yes this tech will show you more resources...BUT...only in your areas of influence and once you research it, don't expect to find these resources anywhere else while you explore the wilds or at future city locations.

(easy fix would be to have these locations already populated on the map and research makes them visible to the player who does the research)

hi, i am some hours in a new game with v1.06 and i got lots of resources popping everywhere in my area of influence ... without even researching in the adventure tech tree.

My conclusion is, i don't need to concentrate on the adventure tech tree till i really want to make quests, as for the resources i got those anyway at the time other empires make their adventure research.

Okay, without cheating I want you to read this description and tell me whether it reveals or raises your quests, notables or resources availability.

"This breakthru represents a significant effort on behalf of our scouts. We will map out more of the world and find superior notable locations which can provide great items. Unfortunately, it also awakens more dangerous creatures."

(Answer: Quest, Notables and Resources)

In the end, it doesn't matter whether you can decipher it or not. The point is that the text is less than ideal, not to mention confusing to many players. This is especially true when you don't even realize that quest and notables levels exist in the first place! I can't stress that point enough. I don't even think their existence is even mentioned in the manual (maybe it is, I'll look soon). 

Still, the text should be much more explicit, such as, "This breakthrough raises both your quest and notables level to 2." No room for confusion needed, there is more than enough information a player has to absorb without necessitating that they must sometimes decipher mechanics from arguably obscure descriptions. Honestly, it isn't *that* hard to make it clear. The most helpful thing they could do is add an interface item displaying the current quest and notables level. It could be fairly small but the point is to be accessible and provide players an explicit expectation about both--that they exist and they matter.

Having said all that, if you don't find my original post of use--good on you! That means you can move onto other things, right?

Anyhow, I've updated the original to now include both the individual tech-tracks within the respective trees as well as providing rarity information. I also added the "Refined Charm" tech to the definitions section, possibly locating a bug or questionable design decision in the process. (Compare the Empire version to the Kingdom version to see what I mean.)

Once again, if anyone sees an error or an absence of useful info be sure to let me know!

Yes. Essentially, when a new game is started everyone is operating at quest 1 and notables 1. Researching an appropriate tech adds to those levels and makes quest or notables of the new level accessible to sovereigns and champions.

I'm inclined to say no based on personal experience, however that would only go so far as single-player games. (I haven't tried or played multi-player Elemental so far.)

For example, in one recent instance I unlocked level 3 notables and was eye-balling one outside the borders of a city of mine. Soon after, an opposing sovereign came into the area and moved onto the spot containing that notable location. However, the notable remained in place even after he vacated that spot.

There are two conclusions that might be drawn, 1) the locale is revealed to all and everyone can visit a revealed notable location, each having their own "turn" at looting the contents, or 2) the locales are not revealed to everyone and, in my example, the enemy sovereign didn't even know a notable was at that location. He merely and incidentally moved to that spot unwittingly.

The tech texts and the XML aren't exactly clear about all the ways that quest and notables locations can be revealed. For example, the exploration tech describes, "This breakthrough reveals new Resources in the world." The XML simply states, "WORLDAWARENESS." It appears to be a general, catch-all reveal of some randomized number of resources, but not notables or quest locations. As such, you can't really rely on it to reveal specific resources (such as metals), but you'll get a smattering of something.

For example, the comparable Empire tech, mapping, describes that, "We will map out more of the world and find superior notable locations which can provide great items." Unlike the Kingdom's exploration tech, mapping includes both WORLDAWARENESS and notables locations (Goodies huts). So, in this case you'll get a mixture of both resources and notables.

This seems to be the consensus, at least for revealed resources. Notables and quest locations obviously don't work by that same standard, though I would question if only new quest/notable locations of level X (X being the newly achieved level) can appear, or if it is a range--such as level 1 to 2 for mapping, instead of just 2--can appear in some weighted fashion.

One thing is for sure, there is still a fair bit of mystery and a lot of unanswered questions about the game as a whole.

True, but it isn't very effective to have to pilfer through several pages of the kingdom report to figure out what your current levels are and try to figure out the global levels--which is an entirely different question on its own. A small but simple display, on the main-screen interface, would make it a lot easier and informative--in my most humble of opinions.

Honestly, I'm not sure how that works, or how it is supposed to work. I'm afraid we're all in the dark on this question.