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Galactic Contender

Ascension perk
ascension perkafter 3 other perks

Galactic Contender is an ascension perk in Stellaris 4.5.2. It needs 3 other ascension perks taken first. It gives +20% Diplomatic Weight, +33% Damage to Fallen Empires, +33% Damage to Awakened Empires and 2 more.

Kind
ascension perk
Perks first
3
Excludes
none
Opens trees
—
ID
ap_galactic_contender

What Galactic Contender does

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

  • +20%Diplomatic Weight
  • +33%Damage to Fallen Empires
  • +33%Damage to Awakened Empires
  • +33%Damage to The Gate-builders
  • +30Add Attunement with the Cradle of Souls

Galactic Contender 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 three other Ascension Perks to be selected first.
Who can see it (potential)

In the game

The Fallen Empires cling to the ruins of their decrepit civilizations, ever fearful of the younger and more dynamic races that surround them. Their time has long since passed.

Console command

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

effect add_ascension_perk = ap_galactic_contender

Galactic Contender: questions

What does Galactic Contender do in Stellaris?

+20% Diplomatic Weight, +33% Damage to Fallen Empires, +33% Damage to Awakened Empires, +33% Damage to The Gate-builders and +30 Add Attunement with the Cradle of Souls.

How do I unlock Galactic Contender?

Pick it in a free ascension perk slot. It needs 3 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 Galactic Contender?

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