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To get the stew pot you need to puchase Level 2 of Exploration Tech . That is only 20,000 tech points

Actually, it's only 10,000 points. However, L2 construction is only 5,000 so I recommend getting that first of all.

As already suggested, put as many villagers as possible on the research table and get kids to pick up duplicate collectibles.
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