[[Category:Basic Gameplay]]

Exploring is one of the main options for using a [[turn]] in [[Earth Empires]]. In essence, your [[country]] spends a turn to gain [[land]], purportedly by sending explorers to locate and occupy new lands.

Exploring works on a sliding scale, with the amount of land explored per turn reducing as your total land increases. However, the amount of land explored per turn does not change if multiple turns are used for exploring in a single instance, regardless of what thresholds may be passed. Therefore, it is generally most beneficial to explore at the start of a new [[reset]], as well as exploring in large batches in order to capitalize on higher exploration rates.

== Explore Rates - Values Incorrect, need to be updated ==
Your explore rate is always integer, and is used as such when exploring is started.

<center>
{|style="font-size:90%"
|+''Threshold represents the maximum amount of total land you can have before your exploration rate drops to the next level.''
|-
|colspan="6"|'''Non-republic Explore Rates'''
|-valign="top"
|
{| class="wikitable"
!Acres/Turn!!Threshold
|-
|40||1924
|-
|39||1995
|-
|38||2069
|-
|37||2148
|-
|36||2232
|-
|35||2320
|}
|
{| class="wikitable"
!Acres/Turn!!Threshold
|-
|34||2413
|-
|33||2513
|-
|32||2618
|-
|31||2730
|-
|30||2851
|-
|29||2979
|}
|
{| class="wikitable"
!Acres/Turn!!Threshold
|-
|28||3117
|-
|27||3265
|-
|26||3425
|-
|25||3598
|-
|24||3785
|-
|23||3990
|}
|
{| class="wikitable"
!Acres/Turn!!Threshold
|-
|22||4213
|-
|21||4458
|-
|20||4728
|-
|19||5027
|-
|18||5361
|-
|17||5735
|}
|
{| class="wikitable"
!Acres/Turn!!Threshold
|-
|16||6157
|-
|15||6638
|-
|14||7189
|-
|13||7829
|-
|12||8581
|-
|11||9447
|}
|
{| class="wikitable"
!Acres/Turn!!Threshold
|-
|10||10467
|-
|9||11664
|-
|8||13072
|-
|7||14727
|-
|6||16674
|}
|-
|colspan="6"|'''Republic Explore Rates'''
|-valign="top"
|
{| class="wikitable"
!Acres/Turn!!Threshold
|-
|48||1918
|-
|47||1977
|-
|46||2038
|-
|45||2102
|-
|44||2169
|-
|43||2239
|-
|42||2312
|-
|41||2390
|}
|
{| class="wikitable"
!Acres/Turn!!Threshold
|-
|40||2471
|-
|39||2556
|-
|38||2645
|-
|37||2740
|-
|36||2840
|-
|35||2946
|-
|34||3058
|-
|33||3177
|}
|
{| class="wikitable"
!Acres/Turn!!Threshold
|-
|32||3304
|-
|31||3439
|-
|30||3583
|-
|29||3737
|-
|28||3902
|-
|27||4080
|-
|26||4272
|-
|25||4479
|}
|
{| class="wikitable"
!Acres/Turn!!Threshold
|-
|24||4704
|-
|23||4949
|-
|22||5217
|-
|21||5511
|-
|20||5836
|-
|19||6195
|-
|18||6595
|-
|17||7044
|}
|
{| class="wikitable"
!Acres/Turn!!Threshold
|-
|16||7551
|-
|15||8127
|-
|14||8789
|-
|13||9557
|-
|12||10459
|-
|11||11532
|-
|10||12731
|-
|9||14149
|}
|
{| class="wikitable"
!Acres/Turn!!Threshold
|-
|8||15802
|-
|7||17727
|}
|}
</center>

===Batch Exploring===
When you explore, you can designate a certain number of [[turns]] to explore with. Your acres-per-turn explore rate is '''not''' recalculated between each explored turn. '''Batch Exploring''' means using a full batch of turns (86, 120, 126, or 160 turns depending on your server) to explore
with all at once. So for example, if your explore rate was 22 acres per turn, you would find roughly <tt>22 acres * FullTurns</tt>. You will not grow as fast exploring in smaller bits and pieces.

====Considerations====
Depending on your choice of [[government]] or [[strategy]], overhead costs such as military upkeep or food should be watched closely. If you are already consuming lots of resources per turn, be sure to take into account that as your military grows, costs will increase significantly. As more people come to your country, food will be consumed faster.

Explore

2011-06-16T01:22:36Z

Detmer: /* Explore Rates */

IRC directory

2011-06-14T00:19:08Z

Detmer:

[[Category:Notable Earthers]]
{{infobox contact
| game = --
| alliance = [[--]]
| alliance_pos = --
| icq = --
| msn = --
| forum_pm = [[http://forums.earthempires.com/Messages.php?sid=?? message]]
}}

Rockman played in [[Paradigm]] under such names as Necronomicron, Voodoo Teddy Bear and Rockman. He later joined [[LaF]].

Rockman

2010-09-30T00:27:29Z

Detmer:

[[Category:Notable Earthers]]
{{infobox contact
| game = --
| alliance = [[--]]
| alliance_pos = --
| icq = --
| msn = --
| forum_pm = [[http://forums.earthempires.com/Messages.php?sid=?? message]]
}}

Rockman played in Paradigm under such names as Necronomicron, Voodoo Teddy Bear and Rockman. He later joined LaF.