Dwarfs tech tree (Total War: Warhammer III)

The Dwarfs tech tree consists of technologies that unlock new advantages throughout the game. Research takes place constantly, but the rate at which discoveries occur can be increased by using heroes to spy or building additional research buildings at your settlements.

Technologies

Tech	Prerequisite	cost	Effects	Description
Guilds
The Way of the Guilds			Diplomatic relations: +10 with Dwarfs	A powerful, authoritative voice in any Hold, the Guilds dominate Dwarfen civil life, controlling trade, finances and labour.
Heavy Quernstones	The Way of the Guilds		Growth: +10	Dwarf grinding stones are always perfectly round and decorated with geometric scrawls and runes, usually of Valaya's making.
Khazid Subsidies	Heavy Quernstones		Construction cost: -10% for Province Capital/Settlement buildings	To grow the Everlasting Realm, the Guilds send subsidies to make settlements old and new sustainable.
Rat Poison	Khazid Subsidies	250	Defensive supplies: +500 (factionwide) Casualty replenishment rate: +5% Attrition: -20% when under siege	The putting together of great Dwarfen heads always results in the optimal solution, even when facing the foulest, most abominable problem.
Storage Vaults	Rat Poison		Construction time: -1 for Defence buildings	In the lower deeps of any Hold are the sealed vaults. They are cool and dark, perfect for storing foodstuffs and other vital supplies.
Dwarf Treasuries	Khazid Subsidies		Income from Province Capital/Settlement buildings: +15%	Dwarf treasuries are often as deep as their vaults... which can be very deep!
High King's Authority	Dwarf Treasuries		High King Decrees: +1 Construction time: -1 for Province Capital/Settlement buildings	Thorgrim brooks no fools, Dawi or otherwise. He is stern - even for a High King - and his authority is absolute.
Dwarfen Grims	Khazid Subsidies	250	Recuit rank: +1	The 'Grims' - msall Dwarf tokens attached to their products - are a sign of quality even the manlings understand.
Halls of Great Guilds	Dwarfen Grims		Construction time: -1 for Military Recruitment buildings Construction time: -1 for Military Support buildings	It is in the Guild halls where the ruling councils meet to discuss policy, tariffs, and to further their goals.
The King's Share	Heavy Quernstones		Oathgold from buildings: +10%	The Royal Clan is entitled to its tithe. The Reckoners guarantee that the Guilds pay up.
Deep Resource Extraction	The King's Share	250	Income from Iron Mines, Gold Mines and Stone Quarries: +15%	Thanks to the Guilds, Dwarfs excel at getting resources out of the ground - no matter how deep!
Gromril Picks	Deep Resource Extraction		Income from Gem Cutters and Obsidian Quarries: +10%	Dwarfen picks of Gromril are rare, but only needed when mining for star-iron ore, as like finds like.
Toolmakers' Guild	The King's Share		Income from Industry building chain: +5%	The august Toolmakers are a young but powerful Guild, as all Dawi that practise a craft need tools.
Construction Duty	Toolmakers' Guild		Construction time: -1 for Infrastructure buildings	Dwarfs are industrious. When the Guilds call for construction, their members gather and work their beards off!
Tool Market	The King's Share	250	construction cost: -15% for resource-producing buildings	When a Dawi is in need of a decent hammer or axe, the tool market is the place to find it.
Water-Proof Packaging	Tool Market		Income from trade tariffs: +10% Tradable resources produced: +15%	Using tar and hide, the Dwarfs can effectively waterproof certain supplies that are otherwise prone to spoilage.
Underway Trade Caravans	Heavy Quernstones 6 other technologies		Campaign movement range: +5% Cooldown after Underway Network travel: -2 turns	Dwarfholds tend to trade with each other via the Underway, which keeps prying eyes out of Dawi business.
Scrutinise Guild Leaders	Underway Trade Caravans		High King's Tribute commandment: additional 5% income Masters of Steel and Stone commandment: -5% to recruitment cost	As Dwarf Guilds wield such power, it makes sense that the Clans keep an eye on them, ensuring competence and honesty.
Thane's Authority	Scrutinise Guild Leaders		Hero capacity: +1 for Thanes Hero recruit rank: +2 for Thanes Control: +2	Thanes speak with the word of their King, and so the Guilds' question such direct commands.
Oaths of Loyalty	Scrutinise Guild Leaders	500	High King Decrees: +1 Global recruitment capacity: +1 Local recruitment capacity: +1 (all provinces)	Every Dwarf must make unbreakable oaths to his King. Only the most scraggiest of beard-wearers would think to break them.
Valaya's Protection	Scrutinise Guild Leaders		Hero capacity: +1 for Runesmiths Hero recruit rank: +2 for Runesmiths Ambush defence chance: +20% (all armies)	Dwarf Runepriests are rare, but when they visit the Holds they inscribe the Protection of Valaya upon home and hearth.
Autonomy of the Holds	Underway Trade Caravans		Venerate the Ancestors commandment: additional -1 corruption reduction Empower the Guilds commandment: additional 15 growth	Karaz Ankor states that, while all Dwarfholds swear fealty to the High King, they are ruled independently.
Operations Training	Autonomy of the Holds		Research rate: +10 Hero capacity: +1 for Master Engineers Hero recruit rank; +2 for Master Engineers	Not just any beardling can operate war machiines, so the Engineers' Guild ensures only approved crew operate its instruments.
Include Related Families	Autonomy of the Holds	500	Lord recruit rank: +3	Nepotism is not a dirty word in Dwarf society. The Guilds encourage it, for family honour is prized.
Sealstones	Autonomy of the Holds		Hero capacity: +1 for Dragon Slayers Hero recruit rank: +2 for Dragon Slayers Corruption: -3 (all provinces)	Some tombs lay closed, forever sealed with stones covered in ancient runes that glow when evil lurks nearby.
Grungni's Blessing	Underway Trade Caravans Another 4 technologies from last block of technologies		Income from all buildings: +5%	The Runepriests bestow Grungni's Blessing on Guild works, ensuring profitable ventures for all.
Construction Guilds	Grungni's Blessing	1000	Removes and prevents all 'Blocked Tunnels' in all Deeps locations Construction time: -1 for all buildings (minimum of 1 turn) Construction cost: -5% for all buildings	Along with the Engineers, the Construction Guilds are some of the most powerful, for every Dwarf needs a home.
Dwarfen Emissaries	Grungni's Blessing	1000	Diplomatic relations: +50 with Empire, Kislev, Cathay and Bretonnia Allegiance points gained: +20%	Dwarfen Emissaries use their forbearance of other races to play the game of diplomacy as well as any Elf, lacing palms with oathgold as needed.
Grand Throne Chamber	Grungni's Blessing	1000	High King Decrees: +1 Population surplus: 2 for newly-captured settlements	The grander the Throne Chamber, the more envious and intimidated the King's audience or 'guests' will be.
Clans
Marching Songs			Speed: +10% for Infantry units	A rolling Dwarfen song contains many verses and a constant rhythm, used to keep in step and up to pace.
Gather the Throngs	Marching Songs		Recruitment cost: -10% for Infantry units	Once word is given that it's war, the message quickly passes down the ranks from Kings to Lords to Thanes.
Militia Training	Gather the Throngs		Melee attack: +3 for Miner units Melee defence: +3 for Miner units	Every Dwarf practices a trade, but as war is common each Clan readily forms into one or more regiments.
Call to Clan	Militia Training	250	Melee defence: +4 for Shielded Warrior and Longbeard units	All members of the Clan will answer its call, swearing oaths against those who have wronged them.
Iron Readiness	Call to Clan		Melee attack: +4 for Shielded Warrior and Longbeard units Armour: +10 for Shielded Warrior and Longbeard units	All members of the Clan will answer its call, swearing oaths against those who have wronged them.
Interlocking Shields	Iron Readiness		Ability: "Shieldwall" for Shielded Warrior and Longbeard units	Dwarfs excel at shieldwalls. Over the years, the Guilds, at the Clans' request, have experimented with interlocking shield designs.
Improved Blast Charges	Militia Training		Ammunition: +100% for Miners units	Dwarfs are not ones for innovation, but refining a process to perfection is a totally different matter!
Sacred Duty	Militia Training	250	Melee attack: +4 for Great Weapon Infantry units	It is the Dawi's solemn obligation to protect the deeps of their Karaks.
Veterans' Pride	Sacred Duty		Armour-piercing weapon damage: +10% for Great Weapon Infantry units Charge bonus: +10 for Great Weapon Infantry units	If you want a job doing [sic] properly, albeit with some moaning, then get a Longbeard.
Iron Veterans	Veterans' Pride		Attribute: Charge Reflection for Great Weapon Infantry units	These courageous warriors have fought and survived countless underground battles.
Vanguard Proficiency	Gather the Throngs		Armour: +10 for Quarrellers and Rangers units Speed: +15% for Quarreller and Ranger units	Skilled in fighting at the vanguard of the Dwarfs' main force, Rangers fulfil a dangerous role of fraught with rusk and unimaginable peril.
Superior Black Powder	Vanguard Proficiency	250	Range: +10% for Thunderer and Slayer Pirate units Missile strength: +10% for Thunderer and Slayer Pirate units	The Clans constantly order in black powder and make demands for better quality, deadlier batches as well.
Renowned Deadeyes	Superior Black Powder		Range: +10% for Thunderer and Slayer Pirate units	Deadeyes can pick off a grobi's nose at a hundred paces. For really good ones, it's twice that range.
Iron Price	Renowned Deadeyes		Upkeep: -10% for Thunderer and Slayer Pirate units	The so-called "Iron Price" is not the wage, but the cost of having troops away from normal duty.
Masterwork Crossbows	Vanguard Proficiency		Reload time reduction: +10% for Quarrellers and Rangers units	Puresteel crossbows are precision-crafted instruments, able to accurately deliver death from afar.
Pressure-Regulating Valves	Vanguard Proficiency	250	Ammunition: +10% for Irondrake units Range: +10% for Irondrakes units	Regulating pressure is an important aspect of many Dwarf devices. New, self-releasing valves heighten such performance.
Assembly Lines	Pressure-Regulating Valves		Recruit rank: +2 for Irondrakes units	Automated assembly lines increase production but also safeguard quality, according to the Guilds anyway.
Volatile Volley	Assembly Lines		Reload time reduction: +10% for Irondrake units	The alchemical brew used to fuel the flaming drakeguns can be made more potent, if a tad more unstable...
Warrior's Guild	Gather the Throngs 6 other technologies		Recruitment cost: -20% for Grudge Settler units Unit experience gain: +20% for Infantry units +1 Grudge Settler unit capacity per army	As with all Dawi Guilds, the Dwarf warrior tradition also follows the path of apprentice, journeyman and master.
Rune-Bearing Relics	Warrior's Guild		Cooldown: -10% to Rune abilities	Dwarfen runes empower weapons already forged by the finest smiths, making a potent axe a truly deadly item.
Royal Guard	Rune-Bearing Relics	500	Physical resistance: 5% for Hammerer and Ironbreaker units	As both honour and sworn duty, the Hammerers are the royal guard, accompanying Lord or King into battle.
Master-Crafted Armour	Royal Guard		Armour: +10 for Hammerer and Ironbreaker units Missile resistance: 15% for Hammerer and Ironbreaker units	Dwarfs are expert armourers, both as creators and wearers. They have the skills to fashion it and the sturdy frames to bear its weight.
Tales of Many Wars	Master-Crafted Armour		Ability: "Shieldwall of Gromril" for Ironbreakers (Rank 7 and above) Attribute: "Encourage" for Hammerer units (Rank 7 and above) +10% for Hammer Infantry and Ironbreaker units	Dwarfs like to drink, sing and tell tall-tales. However, some stories concerning veterans may actually be true.
Recite Ancient Grudges	Rune-Bearing Relics		Shared cooldown: -10% for all Rune Magic	To read aloud from the Hold's Book of Grudges is to enrage all Dawi and bring them to battle.
The Slayer Oath	Rune-Bearing Relics	500	Vigour loss reduction: -25% for all Slayer units Speed: +20% for all Slayer units	Those that have taken the Slayer Oath must seek their doom in combat to appease an earlier shame.
Grimnir's Favour	The Slayer Oath		Melee attack: +4 for all Slayer units Melee defence: +4 for all Slayer units	When the Runepriests enter a Karak, they will stop at the Shrine of Grimnir, granting his favour to any who wish it.
Slayer's Onslaught	Grimnir's Favour		Charge bonus: +10 for all Slayer units Ability: "Whirlwind of Death Upgraded" for Doomseeker units (Rank 7 and above)	When the Runepriests enter a Karak, they will stop at the Shrine of Grimnir, granting his favour to any who wish it.
Retainers' Vows	Warrior's Guild		Leadership: +5 for Lords and embeded Heroes Armour: +15 for Lords and embeded Heroes Melee defence: +5 for Lords and embeded Heroes	A Dawi Lord's retainers are his loyal servants and bodyguards, be they shield or throne bearers.
Large Scale Shell Production	Retainers' Vows	500	Ammunition: +20% for Artillery units Missile strength: +10% for Artillery units	Again the Dwarfen forges speak, casting a new type of ammunition - large shells filled with cinderblast.
Field Engineers	Large Scale Shell Production		Reload time reduction: +10% for Artillery units	At a Clan's request, Field Engineers are sent by their Guild, attached to artillery to ensure increased rates of fire.
Artillery Entrenchment	Field Engineers		Attribute: Immune to Flanking for Artillery units Missile resistance: 15% for Artillery units	At a Clan's request, Field Engineers are sent by their Guild, attached to artillery to ensure increased rates of fire.
Master-Crafted Weapons	Retainers' Vows		Missile strength: +10% for Lords and embeded Heroes Melee attack: +5 for Lords and embeded Heroes Weapon strength: +10% for Lords and embeded Heroes	Dwarfen weaponsmithing is the finest in the world - a gift from the Guilds to their fellow Clans-kin.
Heavy Armour Plating	Retainers' Vows	500	Armour: +15% for Gyrocopters, Gyrobombers and Thunderbarge units Missile resistance: 10% for Gyrocopters, Gyrobombers and Thunderbarge units	Dwarfen weaponsmithing is the finest in the world - a gift from the Guilds to their fellow Clans-kin.
Interchangeable Parts	Heavy Armour Plating		Casualty replenishment rate: +5% for Gyrocopters, Gyrobombers and Thunderbarge units Upkeep: -10% for Gyrocopters, Gyrobombers and Thunderbarge units	Artillery Engineers soon found that the benefit of keeping certain parts modular allowed for improvements in the manufacturing process.
Improved Gyrocopter Engines	Interchangeable Parts		Speed: +10% for Gyrocopters, Gyrobombers and Thunderbarge units Attribute: Fire Whilst Moving for Gyrocopters (excluding Brimstone Guns) and Gyrobombers units Attribute: Vanguard Deployment for Gyrocopters, Gyrobombers and Thunderbarge units	Artillery Engineers soon found that the benefit of keeping certain parts modular allowed for improvements in the manufacturing process.
Ancestral Tombs	Warrior's Guild Another 4 technologies from last block of technologies		Character experience gain: +10% (all characters) Wound recovery time: -1 turns [sic] (all characters)	The tombs of the Ancestors are shrines, for Dwarfs revere age, experience and unbroken blood lines.
The Way of the Clans	Ancestral Tombs	1000	Age of Reckoning Grudge Settler army size: +5	When the Thanes call to gather the throngs, it is the Clans that answer, for they have bonds stronger than Gromril.
Call Upon Oaths of Old	Ancestral Tombs	1000	+2 Grudge Settler unit capacity per army	No Longbeard would ever consider breaking an oath. If he promised to come, there he will be.
Oath Stones	Ancestral Tombs	1000	Upkeep: -5% for all units	By standing atop an Oath Stone, followers' resolve is increased, ensuring a champion's foes can find him in the scrum.