Age of Sparta

Building an Academy gives you the ability to start making upgrades to various aspects of the game. There are 4 sections of upgrades each with various upgrades that all have 3 levels of upgrade (except one). These upgrades require either Gold or Social Points to purchase them and can take quite some time to complete. Due to this even though 500,000 Gold is a lot to pay for an Academy it's worth spending so you can start doing these upgrades sooner rather than later. In addition to these upgrades there is a Boosts section that allows you to speed up/improve certain aspects of the game at the cost of Gold, Social Points or Gems.

 

Buildings

 

Tax Effiency

Increases the range of the Acropolis.

 

Zealot

Increases the range of the Parthenon.

 

Extra Space

Increases the population gained from buildings by %.

 

Units

 

Fusion Master (Single level of upgrade)

Allows the fusion of Boss Units to Tier 2. (This doesn't mean that you can fuse Level IV Units to Level V which is a common misconception. It gives you the ability to fuse 2 Level I Boss Units together to create a single Level II Boss Unit.)

 

Easy Fusion

Reduces the fusion price of all Units by %.

 

Unit Rush

Reduces the build time of all Units by %.

 

Alliances

 

Cheap Battles

Reduces the Faith cost for all alliance battles by %.

 

Alliance Finest

Increases the contribution gained by %.

 

Serendipity

Gems may drop after winning alliance battles with a frequency equal to %.

 

Divine Being

 

Cheap Vigor

Reduces the reinvigoration cost of your God by %.

 

Fast Vigor

Reduces the reinvigoration time of your God by %.

 

Titan Armor

Reduces the damage taken by your God in combat by %.

 

Breaking Hard

Reduces the cost to your God's "Recovery Rate" after its death in combat by %.

 

Boosts

 

Coin Rush

Reduces the production time of Income Buildings by % for 24 hours. There are 3 levels of boost you can purchase; 10% for 150 Social Points, 15% for 280 Social Points & 25% for 60 Gems.

 

Invader

Increases the resources gained after an invasion by % for 24 hours. There are 3 levels of boost you can purchase; 10% for 100 Social Points, 25% for 120 Social Points & 50% for 140 Social Points.

 

Defender

Increases your army's defense when attacked by % for 24 hours. This works on both terrains & in Alliance battles. There are 3 levels of boost you can purchase; 5% for 25,000 Gold, 10% for 75,000 Gold & 20% for 150,000 Gold.

 

Once you've purchased your first Academy you can purchase more at the cost of Gems. By doing this you can do more than one upgrade at once or you can use Boosts whilst other Academies are doing upgrades. You could have as many Academies as you're willing to purchase and have all of them doing upgrades if you so wish. However once all the upgrades are finished the only use for the Academy are Boosts so it may be wise not to purchase too many of them.