Explorers

Explorers are hired to go on expeditions to find new ingredients. Idle explorers earn ingredient upgrade points which are used to lower the cost of ingredients by a fixed percentage. Each idle explorer contributes 1/60th of a point per ingame day.

Cost Table
You pay one time to hire an explorer and then pay a wage every day. The table below outlines costs for explorers and the discounts from the outsourcing research.