How can i research faster?

[Dire]

It seems to take forever to research and my coloniests that do research and 9 and above.
----Im having a hard time getting them to want to research even after i click stonecutter----
They just refuse to research cause it's "Long term"

[Azurian]

If you're using the simple research bench, make sure to put it inside. If you put it outside the research speed gets lowered.

If you want someone to prioritize researching enable ''manual priorities'' in the work tab and tick research as #1 or #2 (make sure to keep firefighting, patient, bedrest and flick as #1 aswell!)

Try to keep the room clean, if the room is filled with dirt/blood/etc then the research speed will be lowered aswell (you can actually use sterile tiles to increase research speed! Doing this is a mid/lategame thing though)

[Dire]

Originally posted by Azurian:

If you're using the simple research bench, make sure to put it inside. If you put it outside the research speed gets lowered.

If you want someone to prioritize researching enable ''manual priorities'' in the work tab and tick research as #1 or #2 (make sure to keep firefighting, patient, bedrest and flick as #1 aswell!)

Try to keep the room clean, if the room is filled with dirt/blood/etc then the research speed will be lowered aswell (you can actually use sterile tiles to increase research speed! Doing this is a mid/lategame thing though)

Ahh i put it in a room with a butchers table and stove so im guessing that this distracts them whenever there trying to research?

[Shiny cursed Potato]

Originally posted by Sebastian:

Originally posted by Azurian:

If you're using the simple research bench, make sure to put it inside. If you put it outside the research speed gets lowered.

If you want someone to prioritize researching enable ''manual priorities'' in the work tab and tick research as #1 or #2 (make sure to keep firefighting, patient, bedrest and flick as #1 aswell!)

Try to keep the room clean, if the room is filled with dirt/blood/etc then the research speed will be lowered aswell (you can actually use sterile tiles to increase research speed! Doing this is a mid/lategame thing though)

Ahh i put it in a room with a butchers table and stove so im guessing that this distracts them whenever there trying to research?

No it doesnt distract them.

USe someone with a high Research level. Researching takes time.

[Dire]

Originally posted by A Shiny cursed Potato : ✽:

Originally posted by Sebastian:

Ahh i put it in a room with a butchers table and stove so im guessing that this distracts them whenever there trying to research?

No it doesnt distract them.

USe someone with a high Research level. Researching takes time.

Ok thanks

[Azurian]

FYI the butcher table actually reduces cleanliness in a room so you should probably put the research bench in a different room to optimize research speed.

[StinkyMonkey]

Seb, the Simple Research Bench of Wood needs someone assigned to Level 1 (the person with the most skill in the Work Tab, Manual Priortites, Research). It can go anywhere inside a building early game.

Long term you want the same person doing the research so they skill up, it might not be one of your original colonists.

The Hi-Tech Research Bench and Multi Analyser can be built later after researching them which massively increase the speed.

The person doing the research isnt going to get time to do much else so chose someone with the highest research skill for now but look to getting a new colonist that has high research skill and another skill you can employ closeby - I have a researcher that has high social skill so the Comms Console goes next to him and he breaks off research to greet visitors and also help with the hauling from the fields at harvest, otherwise he is in that room researching or on his spare time.

Make sure the room is comfy, big and warm/cool enough as he will spend 70% of his waking time in there.

[Zombie101]

Use work schedule and work 1-4 prioties set a guy to reseach 1 it force him to work. Make sure you give them 3-5 hrs of joy time.