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Ancient Ward

Army building
Not built directlyEmpire limit 1Shadows of the Shroud

Ancient Ward is an army building in Stellaris 4.5.2. It adds Soldiers, Battle Thralls, Knights and Warrior Drones jobs, depending on the empire. Upgrades to Grand Ward.

Cost
—
Upkeep
—
Build time
600 days
Housing
—
ID
building_ancient_ward_1

Jobs Ancient Ward adds

Jobs come from the building's job modifiers; 4.x counts jobs in hundreds (a district adds 100). Variants for other kinds of empires are listed with their condition.

  • Not: Gestalt Consciousness; none of: Has knights zone; none of: Modifier: Thral…
    • Owner
      • Not: Gestalt Consciousness
    • None of
      • Has knights zone
      • Modifier: Thrall-World
  • Not: Gestalt Consciousness; Not: Has knights zone; Modifier: Thrall-World
    • Owner
      • Not: Gestalt Consciousness
    • Not: Has knights zone
    • Modifier: Thrall-World
  • Not: Gestalt Consciousness; Has knights zone; Not: Modifier: Thrall-World
    • Owner
      • Not: Gestalt Consciousness
    • Has knights zone
    • Not: Modifier: Thrall-World
  • Gestalt Consciousness
    • Owner
      • Gestalt Consciousness

Cost, upkeep and output

Base values from the building's resources block; conditional variants (nomadic empires pay other resources, for example) open with their condition.

No resource cost or output in the files.

What Ancient Ward does

On the planet
  • -25%Orbital Bombardment Damage

Upgrade chain

upgrades = { } in the files: each building upgrades to the next.

  1. Ancient Ward
  2. →Grand Ward

How to unlock Ancient Ward

No technology needed.

Shown when (potential)

In the game

This ancestral structure uses an array of psionic attenuators to insulate the entire planet against mind-invading forces.

ID

building_ancient_ward_1

Ancient Ward: questions

What jobs does Ancient Ward give?

Depending on the empire: Soldiers, Battle Thralls, Knights and Warrior Drones.

What does Ancient Ward upgrade from and to?

It upgrades to Grand Ward.

What is the ID of Ancient Ward?

building_ancient_ward_1 (common/buildings, Stellaris 4.5.2).

Source: common/buildings/23_shroud_buildings.txt, Stellaris Cygnus v4.5.2 (9776). Base values before modifiers.

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