Universal Transactions

Ascension perk

ascension perkMegacorp

Universal Transactions is an ascension perk in Stellaris 4.5.2. It gives +1 Official Capacity, -15% Branch Office Cost and +30 Add Attunement with the Instrument of Desire. DLC: Megacorp.

Kind: ascension perk
Perks first: none
Excludes: none
Opens trees: —
ID: ap_universal_transactions

What Universal Transactions does

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

+1Official Capacity
-15%Branch Office Cost
+30Add Attunement with the Instrument of Desire

Can propose Commercial Pacts without an Embassy Commercial Pacts no longer cost Influence to maintain

Wayline Pacts no longer cost Influence to maintain

The game shows one of these texts, depending on the empire and its DLC.

Universal Transactions 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.

Nothing beyond a free perk slot.

Who can see it (potential)

DLC: Megacorp
Not: Ascension perk: Universal Transactions
Megacorporation
Not: Is criminal syndicate

In the game

We shall extend our brand and our business to every solar system in the galaxy. Prosperity is eternal!

Console command

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

effect add_ascension_perk = ap_universal_transactions

Universal Transactions: questions

What does Universal Transactions do in Stellaris?

+1 Official Capacity, -15% Branch Office Cost and +30 Add Attunement with the Instrument of Desire. Can propose Commercial Pacts without an Embassy Commercial Pacts no longer cost Influence to maintain

How do I unlock Universal Transactions?

Pick it in a free ascension perk slot. 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 Universal Transactions?

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

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