Grand Academy
Schools is a building chain in Total War: Three Kingdoms. It provides bonus experience to all characters faction-wide, as well as a small reduction in construction cost for Agriculture Buildings.
Building Chain[]
County School
County School (level 1)[]
A grounding in the basics is a valuable tool. If one has ambitions to be emperor, one must learn more than military expertise alone – a knowledge and understanding of China’s culture and values is just as much part of knowing how to protect China from its enemies. The building of a school, where these things can be studied and taught, increases experience in worldly matters, so that eventually, those that attend may go out and affect the world for the better.
Upkeep: 10 per turn
Cost: 900
- +4% character experience (faction-wide)
- -10% agriculture buildings construction cost reduction
Unlocks Reform: Private Tutors
County Academy
County Academy (level 2)[]
The first steps to govern are taken within schools. A county academy, where some classical texts are kept, improves the experience of all that attend, broadening their knowledge so that they may better serve China. Promising locals can be sponsored for inclusion in the academy on the understanding that, once study is completed, they will apply for administrative posts within the government in order lend their education to the management of their assigned area.
Upkeep: 20 per turn
Cost: 1400
- +8% character experience (faction-wide)
- -10% agriculture buildings construction cost reduction
Academy
Academy (level 3)[]
Look to the past to build the future. The only way of amassing wisdom is through study of the past to apply its lessons to the present and future. An academy, stocked with the classic texts and accumulated wisdom of China’s forefathers, supplies this experience to those who attend. Bold thought is needed in times of war, and sometimes it is only the learned who risk questioning convention in the service of ultimate knowledge. One man, armed with wisdom and the courage to use it, can be as mighty as a general with ten-thousand men on the battlefield.
Upkeep: 30 per turn
Cost: 1900
- +12% character experience (faction-wide)
- -10% agriculture buildings construction cost reduction
Academy Complex
Academy Complex (level 4)[]
A culmination of China's wisdom. The invention of paper reduces the cost of books, and means academies can be supplied with more volumes, increasing the knowledge that can be gained within their walls. ‘New’ classic texts have been dictated by elderly scholars old enough to remember their contents before their destruction, and ‘old’ classic texts have been rediscovered from their hiding places in the homes of Confucius’ descendants. Although from the past, their teachings can be re-contextualised to provide solutions to new problems.
Upkeep: 40 per turn
Cost: 2400
- +16% character experience (faction-wide)
- -10% agriculture buildings construction cost reduction
Requires Reform: Annual Proficiency Reports
Grand Academy
Grand Academy (level 5)[]
Would-be rulers have walked these halls. A grand academy boasts magnificent resources for would-be-scholars; both new and old classic texts are available for study to increase knowledge in the fields of culture, religion and strategy. Mastery of these texts is aided by companion commentaries, by elderly scholars, that illuminate important passages based on modern values. Study of past knowledge and how to apply it to modern problems and dilemmas is a vital skill if one wishes to rule, or aid in ruling.
Upkeep: 50 per turn
Cost: 2900
- +20% character experience (faction-wide)
- -15% agriculture buildings construction cost reduction
Requires Reform: Handbook of Excellence