Last Asylum: Plague: Plague Study Scroll Priority and Research Roadmap

To spend Study Scrolls efficiently in Last Asylum: Plague: Plague, allocate your early scrolls to gathering speed and economic nodes before funding expensive military trees. Advanced Research Lab nodes require significant Study Scroll costs alongside standard resources like food, lumber, and banknotes. Because scroll supplies from radar missions, daily events, and alliance milestones accumulate slowly, you must build a strong resource-gathering base first to avoid stalling your tech progression.

Step 1: Maximize Gathering and Economic Nodes

Early lab investment must support your construction and research costs. Direct your initial Study Scrolls into the following economic nodes:

Wild Gathering Speed: Speeds up resource tile harvesting, minimizing the time your squads remain exposed on the map.
Load Capacity Upgrades: Increases the haul each unit carries, enabling smaller squads to deplete resource tiles completely.
Resource Production Nodes: Elevates passive resource generation within your sanctuary to cover ongoing hourly upkeep.

Prioritizing gathering speed and payload capacity ensures your harvesters restock your warehouse quickly, keeping your builders and researchers supplied without long delays.

Step 2: Unlock March Queues and Universal Military Tech

Once your gathering engine reliably sustains your upgrades, shift your Study Scrolls to the military tree. Additional march queues provide the most immediate account boost because they expand your ability to gather materials and deploy squads simultaneously.

Research Node Category	Priority Level	Primary Operational Benefit
Additional March Slots	Immediate	Multiplies concurrent gathering deployments and combat flexibility
Troop March Speed	High	Reduces transit time to map tiles, rallies, and plague targets
Universal Attack & Defense	Moderate	Elevates combat stats across all unit types simultaneously
Specialized Unit Tier Unlocks	Milestone-Targeted	Unlocks next-tier troops once lab building requirements are met

Focus on universal combat bonuses rather than specific unit archetypes during your early push. Universal upgrades improve all fielded squads regardless of which heroes you assign.

What to Skip: Avoid Early Scroll Traps

Do not attempt to fully clear lower research tiers before moving down the tech tree. Two common traps waste limited Study Scrolls:

Sanctuary Defenses: Traps and wall durability upgrades offer minimal defensive utility against coordinated enemy attacks. Spending scrolls here yields negligible returns compared to field combat upgrades.
Multi-Branch Unit Specialization: Spreading scrolls across infantry, ranged, and cavalry tracks simultaneously dilutes your strength. If your main team uses infantry frontliners with ranged damage dealers, ignore cavalry-exclusive nodes until your primary formation reaches its current tier limit.

Maximize Value During Research Events

Never complete high-tier research projects outside of active scoring windows. Time your scroll-heavy upgrades to finish during laboratory sprint events, alliance arms races, or state competitions to earn back speedups, diamonds, and bonus Study Scrolls from milestone rewards.

Before activating research speedups on long timers, always wait for full alliance assists. Each alliance help cuts a percentage from the base timer, saving significant speedup hours. Whenever available, activate governor skills, position your sanctuary in alliance territory research zones, and collect title buffs to reduce research requirements before starting major projects.