Hive Mind authority — Stellaris 4.5.2: elections, ethics, civics

What Hive Mind gives

+25%Pop Growth Speed
-25%Empire Size Effect

Cannot research or build Robot Pops
Non-Hive Mind Pops must be assimilated, enslaved or purged
Can modify Pops to become Hive Mind compatible via Genetic or Cybernetic Ascension Paths
Cannot follow Psionic or Synthetic Ascension Paths
Succession:
Ruler and Nodes are Immortal

Requirements

Read from the authority's potential and possible blocks; the wording is ours, names link to their pages.

Ethic: Gestalt Consciousness
Not: Species archetype: Machine

Civics that need Hive Mind

Other forms

advanced_authority_swap: the same authority under another name and effects when its condition holds (cybernetic, synthetic, virtual, shroud forms…).

Volitional Hive

Every drone, an individual. Every thought, a new perspective for the collective to consider. Countless minds form a Hive far greater than the sum of its parts.

+15%Monthly Organic Pop Growth Multiplier
+1Leader Capacity
+1Research Alternatives
+50%Deviancy
+5%Leader Upkeep

When

Is scope valid
Country flag: cyber_hive_volitional

Integrated Hive

Every deviation has been corrected, every anomaly curbed, every disunity rectified. The Hive Mind's control is absolute: one shared consciousness, and countless bodies to execute its will.

+15%Monthly Organic Pop Growth Multiplier
-33%Empire Size Effect
+5%Leader Upkeep

When

Is scope valid
Country flag: cyber_hive_integrated

Purity Paradigm

This hive flourishes through unwavering genetic purity, ensuring every drone adheres to the ideal biological template. Precision genetic manipulation enhances unity and fortifies collective strength, creating an unstoppable force honed for efficiency and survival.

+300%Sub-Species Pops Integrated Per Month
-25%Modify Species Special Project Cost

When

Is scope valid
Country flag: bio_purity

Replicating Horde

Advanced cloning technology drives the relentless production of genetically identical drones, each engineered for perfect efficiency and unity. Obeying the innate command to go forth and multiply, this hive intends to blot out the stars.

+15%Monthly Organic Pop Growth Multiplier
-33%Empire Size Effect
+5%Leader Upkeep
+1Research Alternatives

When

Is scope valid
Country flag: bio_cloning

Adaptive Dominion

This Hive's hyper-adaptive drones form a dynamic and ever-evolving force, leveraging constant mutation to overcome environmental and tactical challenges. Each adaptation strengthens the collective, ensuring unparalleled versatility and resilience as the Hive mind thrives in any condition.

+3Stability
-10%Empire Size from Pops
+15%Habitability
+15%Job Efficiency for Menial Drones

When

Is scope valid
Country flag: bio_mutation
Not: Origin: Evolutionary Predators

Chimeral Consciousness

This hive mind has tired of simple self-transformation. Each new colony can become part of its living tapestry, in an ever-shifting fusion of landscape and flesh. As borders dissolve in the Chimeral Consciousness, creatures and worlds become one.

+50%Job Efficiency for Undesirables
-20%Empire Size Effect

When

Is scope valid
Country flag: bio_mutation
Origin: Evolutionary Predators
Not: Nomadic empire

Chimeral Consciousness

This hive mind has tired of simple self-transformation. Each new colony can become part of its living tapestry, in an ever-shifting fusion of landscape and flesh. As borders dissolve in the Chimeral Consciousness, creatures and worlds become one.

-25%Empire Size from Districts
-25%Empire Size from Colonies
+50%Job Efficiency for Undesirables
-20%Empire Size Effect

When

Is scope valid
Country flag: bio_mutation
Origin: Evolutionary Predators
Nomadic empire

Mutualistic Intelligence

Mutualistic Intelligences emerge as distributed consciousness on a planetary scale. They consist of symbiotic species drawn from a variety of biota, all acting in accordance with the collective will of their environment. Select symbionts may work semi-autonomously on specialized tasks, but most depend on regular contact with their mutualistic environment. If isolated, they will revert to wild and instinctive behavior before eventually perishing.

-25%Empire Size Effect
+200%Empire Size from Districts
+100%Empire Size from Colonies
+100%Diplomatic Weight From Economy

When

Is scope valid
Wilderness empire

Transcendent Ethermind

Moving as one into the Shroud, this collective now feels more at home in the Shroud than in its physical forms. Each journey beyond the veil increases the combined wisdom of this new ethermind.

+2Psionic Aura Hyperlane Range
+10%Stability
+10%Complex Drone Output
-10%Empire Size
-10%Habitability

When

Is scope valid
Country flag: transcendent_government

Psionic Nexus

The strength of their attunement to the Shroud resonates through this collective's physical forms.

+25%Psionic Aura Effectiveness
+10%Stability
+30%Council Agenda Speed
+30%Council Agenda Effect Duration

When

Is scope valid
Country flag: corporeal_government

In the game

Hive Minds operate as a single organism more than as a state. The population has no free will, and act as an extension of the gestalt consciousness itself, much like the limbs of a body. When cut off from the Mind, these drones become comatose and eventually wither and die. Any free individuals on planets owned by the Mind are driven away, killed, or simply treated as prey to feed the collective.

Hive Mind: questions

What ethics does the Hive Mind authority need?

It needs Gestalt Consciousness.

How many civics need Hive Mind?

41 in Stellaris 4.5.2: Subspace Ephapse, Natural Neural Network, Ascetic, One Mind, Divided Attention, Strength of Legions, Subsumed Will, Pooled Knowledge, Devouring Swarm, Empath….