Technology is unlocked by three types of technology points. These points are obtained by different actions, as well as items and study of items. Essential to progress are the study table in the church basement and the science and faith points that are used to study items.
"Hand-crafting skills, and your ability to work with materials". Anything involving physical labor generates 
points. Actions include operating machines in the farm, cutting down trees, and mining stone and coal.
"Knowledge about the nature of things, and of nature itself". Anything involving organic materials generates green points. This means cutting down weeds, gathering wood and farming.
"Spiritual knowledge of the immaterial world". Tasks involving the morgue, graveyard and alchemy often generate blue points. Organs are studied to gain points as well as gravestones, fences and alchemical substances like powders, liquids and extracts. Including glass production (used for alchemical tools and higher knowledge) and stone polishing (used for advanced grave stones) to generate 
points.
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Once you progress through the main quest to unlock the church and give sermons or upon clearing debris in the tunnels under your home, you unlock the Study Table. It can be found beneath the church in the Alchemy lab. The study table is used to study items. After an item has been studied it cannot be studied again and you will obtain both technology points as well as possible Decomposition products. Organic materials tend to generate 
points, inorganic materials (Iron, Stone, Tools) generate points, and mortuary, graveyard, and alchemy items generate points. What an item provides when studied is seen next to the "Study Not Complete" text when hovering over an item. Studying most items requires faith and Science Points (except most Alchemy items that only require Science Points). Faith can be obtained by holding sermons in the church on Pride Day, and Science points can be obtained by using paper, notes, or chapters in the Study Table.
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Astrologer sells books at Tier 2 that can be used to instantly gain 25 tech points of one of three colors.
The Technology Tree is sorted by related technology branches.
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Anatomy and Alchemy tree deals with autopsies and acquired organs. Alchemy is unlocked upon speaking to the old woman in the swamp. As you unlock items along this branch, you gain access to better autopsy resources and techniques, alchemical equipment, and products.
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Theology deals with the church and graveyard. It unlocks better gravestones and fences to increase Graveyard Rating  , new church items and sermons to boost Church Rating with unique bonuses.
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Book Writing deals with the production of knowledge and science. The early stages of the tree involve paper making and ink but later levels change how you can use Stories to create more complex written resources for use in top-tier sermons and crafting.
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Farming and Nature deals with farming and the manipulation of nature. This involves growing crops, fruit trees, beekeeping, wine and beer production, and fishing.
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The Smithing (Tech Tree) tree deals with the processing of iron and sand into metal parts, tools, and glass.
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Building deals with processing of wood and stone into wooden and stone products.
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, new church items and sermons to boost Church Rating with unique bonuses.
