ENDLESS Legend 2 Beginner Guide (1.0)

What this guide covers

This is the 1.0-era quickstart: what to research first, how to pace your first region, and which early technologies pay for themselves. All technology effects below are from the official wiki.

Opening research (Era 1)

Pick by win direction, not by order on the tree:

You want	Research	Why
Faster expansion	Keystones (Discovery)	Unlocks Bridge district + Build Farm action
Early army edge	Scavenging (Defense)	+15 Health, +5 Damage on all units, +25% battle spoils
Dust economy	Currency (Economy)	Merchant’s House district, +8 Dust on Capital
Approval buffer	Civil Order (Society)	Traveler’s Shrine, +12 Approval on Capitals

First region pacing

• Clear curiosities before claiming a second territory; Scientific Charter improves curiosity rewards.
• Keep an eye on the city cap — it is raised through specific technologies and empire tools, not automatically (see the city cap guide).
• Minor factions: pacification quests (below) unlock assimilation benefits; each quest offers A/B/C branches.

Era 2 priorities

Materials Science (Beacon of Science, +4 Science) and Markets (Trading Post, Traders’ Trails) are the standard economy spikes; Shock Tactics garrisons your cities if you spawned near warmongers.

Next steps

• Faction-specific openings: see each faction page for its unit roster and research line.
• Minor faction pacification: see the full quest table for every A/B/C branch.
• Victory paths: see the victory conditions guide.

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Data source: official Hooded Horse wiki (ENDLESS Legend 2), observed 2026-09-19, game version 1.0.