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# Settings › Science
- URL: https://help.kingshot-bot.com/settings-science/
- Published: 2026-10-29T22:01:35.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-29T22:01:34.000Z
- Description: Automate the research queue, pick which techs to target and in what order, and exclude techs the bot should never research.
- Author: Kingshot Bot
- Tags: Settings

**Science** controls the regular research queue (Academy technologies) — whether it runs, how it spends speedup items, which techs it targets, and which techs it must never research.

> The values in the screenshots below are one account's configuration, not the defaults. Each option's default is listed in the tables.

## Research

![The Research section of the Science settings tab](https://help.kingshot-bot.com/content/images/2026/08/settings-science--research-2.png)

| Option                                      | What it does                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             | Default           |
| ------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------- |
| **Enable Auto Research**                    | Master switch for the automated research queue.                                                                                                                                                                                                          | On                |
| **Speed-up**                                | How the bot spends speedup items on research: **Disabled** never uses them, **TypeOnly** uses only Research-type speedups, **TypeAndGeneral** also spends General speedups.                                                                              | **Disabled**      |
| **Use Resource Bag for research costs**     | Draws on Resource Bag items in the backpack to cover a resource shortfall before starting a research.                                                                                                                                                    | Off               |
| **Wait for alliance helps before speed-up** | Delays spending a speedup item until the queue has received the maximum alliance helps it can get (or the timeout below elapses).                                                                                                                        | On                |
| **Help wait timeout (s)**                   | Upper bound on how long the bot waits for alliance helps before speeding up anyway.                                                                                                                                                                      | 30                |
| **Tie Breaker**                             | Only shown when the priority list (below) is empty. Decides which tech wins when the fallback strategy finds several candidates of equal priority: **CheapestFirst** picks the lowest research time, **MostCombat** picks the highest combat-power gain. | **CheapestFirst** |

## Tech Tree

![The Tech Tree section of the Science settings tab](https://help.kingshot-bot.com/content/images/2026/08/settings-science--tech-tree-2.png)

Browse every research tech across three trees — Development, Economy, Military — and click **+** on a tech to add it to the Research Priority list at a target level, or **\-** to lower an already-targeted tech's level.

## Research Priority

![The Research Priority section of the Science settings tab](https://help.kingshot-bot.com/content/images/2026/08/settings-science--research-priority-2.png)

The ordered list of tech targets built from the Tech Tree above. When this list is non-empty, the bot researches strictly in this order — the first target still below its target level is picked. When the list is empty, the bot falls back to a "lowest-Id, not yet maxed" heuristic using the **Tie Breaker** option and a hidden fallback level cap. Use **▲**/**▼** to reorder, **✕** to remove the selected entry, or **⊘** to clear the whole list.

## Tech Exclusions

![The Tech Exclusions section of the Science settings tab](https://help.kingshot-bot.com/content/images/2026/08/settings-science--tech-exclusions-2.png)

Techs added here are never researched automatically, regardless of the priority list or the fallback strategy. Pick a tech from the dropdown (filterable by name) and click **\+ Add**; with no exclusions set, the bot is free to research everything.