CIFI: Koios Research

• Unlock: own CIFI: Koios.
• Studies run on ticks. They give Research Points (RP).
• Research Center parts: Bio-Scientists, Equipment, Quantum Tech, and a timed catalogue.
• Scientists and studies need rebuilding. Separate bought research bonuses, unspent Research Points and retained study or operation amounts when planning a reset.
• A common stage slowdown sits around 1e50 to 1e65 MP in community guides. Accumulative growth mods (like Fenix) are the escape.
• A research that raises install caps appears around 1e500 RP. After it, you can specialize installs much harder.
• Pick research by what it unlocks and when. A smaller bonus that finishes before your next reset can beat a bigger one that takes days.
• Do not reset a mature study run for a weak MP gain.
• Single source: the .64 repost reports fixes to extra-study modifiers and Research 91 retention at levels 5 and 6. Old rate and retention screenshots may be misleading. See CIFI: version and patch notes.

Bought research bonuses

The 2023 community Research Center page says completed bonuses survive a Loop Reset. A January 24, 2025 community comment says researches survive that reset, including a partly finished one. These are two older origins, not current-build confirmation. No current installation was checked. Neither source establishes what a Traversal keeps.

Unspent Research Points

Both older sources advise spending Research Points before a Loop Reset. The 2025 discussion says banked Research Points are lost on that reset. Keeping research progress does not mean keeping the unspent point balance.

Study and operation retention

Player accounts conflict over what is kept. One explanation uses all studies or operations earned during the current Traversal times the current retention percent, with a higher percent applied to the old total on the next reset. Another adds each run's retained share to a growing pot. A third counts only the highest run. Several players say the kept amount survives later Loop Resets and clears on a Traversal. The formula remains UNSURE; these reports do not establish which calculation is correct.

These sources are community discussions, not a current installation check:

• Cumulative retention until Traversal (July 28, 2025): describes a cumulative total until a Traversal. Checked 2026-11-05.
• Studies retained from this Traversal (March 12, 2026): uses all studies this Traversal times the current percent. Checked 2026-11-05.
• Operation retention after a percent increase (August 1, 2025): uses operations this Traversal times the current percent and applies a raised percent to the old total on the next reset. Checked 2026-11-05.
• A pot of retained shares (April 3, 2026): adds each run's share to a pot that clears on a Traversal. Checked 2026-11-05.
• Conflicting Research 44 explanations (March 15, 2025): includes both a pot explanation and a last-run-only explanation. Checked 2026-11-05.
• Highest-run account before Ouroboros (April 23, 2026): describes keeping only the highest run in a pre-Ouroboros account. Checked 2026-11-05.

The single reposted .64 developer message addresses Research 91 retention at levels 5 and 6. That specific fix does not establish a general catalogue persistence rule or settle the study and operation retention formula.

See also CIFI: Mod Branch: Research.

Evidence and version limits: CIFI: What Is Not Verified Yet.