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Enigmatic Engineering

Ascension perk
ascension perkafter 1 other perksApocalypse

Enigmatic Engineering is an ascension perk in Stellaris 4.5.2. It needs 1 other ascension perk taken first. It gives +2 Encryption and +30 Add Attunement with the Cradle of Souls. DLC: Apocalypse.

Kind
ascension perk
Perks first
1
Excludes
none
Opens trees
—
ID
ap_enigmatic_engineering

What Enigmatic Engineering does

Modifiers from the perk's modifier block, then the game's own effect texts (the custom tooltips its card shows).

  • +2Encryption
  • +30Add Attunement with the Cradle of Souls
Steal Technology operations will automatically fail when used against us. Debris from our destroyed ships cannot be studied by other empires. Small chance of drawing Fallen Empire Building technologies.

Enigmatic Engineering requirements

Read from the perk's possible (to pick it) and potential (to see it) blocks; the game's own texts where it has them, our words otherwise.

  • Requires one other Ascension Perk to be selected first.
Who can see it (potential)

In the game

Technology is simply not a way to solve a problem, but it is a language by which we ascend beyond the mundane. Lesser minds simply fail to understand our advances.

Console command

Typed in the game's console (the ~ key); achievements are off for that game.

effect add_ascension_perk = ap_enigmatic_engineering

Enigmatic Engineering: questions

What does Enigmatic Engineering do in Stellaris?

+2 Encryption and +30 Add Attunement with the Cradle of Souls. Steal Technology operations will automatically fail when used against us. Debris from our destroyed ships cannot be studied by other empires. Small chance of drawing Fallen Empire Building technologies.

How do I unlock Enigmatic Engineering?

Pick it in a free ascension perk slot. It needs 1 perks taken before it. Its other conditions are listed under Requirements. Empires have 8 slots in all; they open as tradition trees are finished (each finish bonus gives +1) and through Ascension Theory.

What is the ID of Enigmatic Engineering?

ap_enigmatic_engineering. The game's scripts grant it with the effect add_ascension_perk = ap_enigmatic_engineering; in the console that is: effect add_ascension_perk = ap_enigmatic_engineering (Stellaris 4.5.2).

Source: common/ascension_perks/00_ascension_perks.txt and localisation/english, Stellaris Cygnus v4.5.2 (9776).

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