Blessed Paths

Blessed Paths
Summary	Increases the gathering radius of the village
Max building bonuses	Gathering Radius +2
Research cost	1 AP
Research prerequisites	Watchtower, Palisade

"Marking the vicinity of the village with special pendants allows gatherers to venture further away from home and so increase the gathering range. Does not stack with other paths."

— In-game description

The Blessed Paths is a building that, depending on the materials used, increases  Gathering Radius by +1 or +2. It affects water tiles as well as land tiles. Bonuses from multiple blessed paths do not stack. Blessed paths also decrease movement cost for your expeditions within its range, which means every tile within its range only costs 1 movement to pass.

Blessed paths only increase the gathering range of the village; using specific materials does not add any bonus attraction to your village.

Researching the blessed paths requires 1 advancement point and unlocked Watchtower and Palisade.

Strategy

Consider saving researching & building this until the late game, when you have a good idea of what resources are near your village. Since the village can only support a maximum of 10 buildings, it's not always worthwhile to construct this if you already have plenty of the materials available nearby.

Base recipe 

Primary	Thread × 40 Fiber × 40 Dryad Wood × 20
Secondary	Gems × 30 Granite × 15 Metal × 15 (Silver or better) Dryad Wood × 15
Catalyst	Coal × 10 Dryad Wood × 10

Possible Recipes

Combinations are sorted by Primary attributes|Total attract bonus from secondary attributes|Research points. All combinations may also be found in this spreadsheet. The requirement to get a +2 radius is to use one of: Nimblewood, Diamond, Ruby, or Mithril.

Primary	Secondary		Additional properties
× 40	× 30	2		2540	57
× 40	× 30	2		2360	54
× 40	× 30	2		2240	52
× 40	× 30	2		2140	50
× 40	× 30	2		2140	50
× 40	× 30	2		2060	49
× 40	× 15	2		1940	48
× 40	× 30	2		2020	48
× 40	× 30	2		1960	47
× 40	× 30	2		1960	47
× 40	× 15	2		1850	46
× 40	× 15	2		1805	45
× 40	× 15	2		1730	44
× 40	× 30	2		1840	44
× 20	× 30	2		1680	43
× 40	× 30	2		1760	43
× 40	× 15	2		1540	41
× 40	× 15	2		1540	41
× 20	× 30	2		1500	40
× 40	× 30	2		1620	40
× 40	× 15	2		1420	38
× 40	× 30	2		1440	36
× 40	× 30	2		1380	35
× 40	× 30	2		1380	35
× 20	× 15	2		1080	33
× 40	× 30	2		1200	30
× 40	× 30	2		1200	30
× 40	× 15	2		1020	29
× 40	× 15	2		780	22
× 40	× 15	2		780	22
× 40	× 30	1		1840	45
× 40	× 30	1		1840	45
× 40	× 30	1		1720	42
× 40	× 30	1		1660	41
× 40	× 30	1		1660	41
× 20	× 30	1		1380	38
× 40	× 15	1		1450	38
× 40	× 15	1		1450	38
× 40	× 30	1		1540	38
× 40	× 15	1		1405	37
× 40	× 15	1		1405	37
× 40	× 15	1		1330	36
× 40	× 15	1		1330	36
× 40	× 15	1		1330	36
× 40	× 15	1		1285	35
× 40	× 30	1		1360	35
× 40	× 30	1		1360	35
× 40	× 30	1		1320	34
× 20	× 30	1		1200	33
× 40	× 15	1		1210	33
× 40	× 30	1		1240	32
× 20	× 15	1		990	30
× 20	× 15	1		945	29
× 40	× 30	1		1140	29
× 40	× 30	1		1080	28
× 40	× 30	1		1080	28
× 20	× 15	1		870	27
× 20	× 30	1		900	26
× 40	× 15	1		930	26
× 40	× 15	1		885	25
× 40	× 15	1		810	23
× 40	× 30	1		900	22
× 40	× 30	1		900	22
× 40	× 30	1		840	21
× 40	× 15	1		690	18
× 40	× 15	1		690	18
× 40	× 15	1		645	17
× 40	× 15	1		645	17
× 40	× 15	1		570	14
× 40	× 15	1		570	14
× 40	× 30	1		600	12
× 40	× 30	1		600	12