Astral Siphon

Research building

Astral Siphon is a research building in Stellaris 4.5.2. It costs 400 Minerals and takes 360 days to build, with an upkeep of 2 Energy Credits a month. Upgrades to Astral Funnel.

Cost: 400Minerals
Upkeep: 2Energy Credits
Build time: 360 days
Housing: —
ID: building_astral_siphon_1

Jobs Astral Siphon 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.

Adds no jobs.

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.

Cost: 400Minerals
40Exotic Gases — Nomadic empire
Nomadic empire
200Biomass — Wilderness empire
Owner
Wilderness empire
Upkeep a month: 2Energy Credits

What Astral Siphon does

On the planet

+0.2Physics Research Produced per 100 Physicists
+0.2Astral Threads Produced per 100 Physicists

For the empire

+200Astral Threads Capacity

Only in some cases

- +3%Infrastructure Build Speed
- +3%Decision Enactment Speed
when…
- Owner
  - Wilderness empire
  - Tradition: Purity Traditions Finished
- +1Consumer Goods Upkeep per 100 Physicists
when…
- Owner
  - Not: Gestalt Consciousness
- +2Energy Credits Upkeep per 100 Physicists
when…
- Owner
  - Machine Intelligence
- +2Minerals Upkeep per 100 Physicists
when…
- Owner
  - Hive Mind

Upgrade chain

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

How to unlock Astral Siphon

No technology needed.

Shown when (potential)

Owner
- Variable astral siphon unlocked at least 1

In the game

It is a delicate process to peel Astral Thread away from the fabric of reality. These structures prevent the border between realities from crumbling.

ID

building_astral_siphon_1

Astral Siphon: questions

How much does Astral Siphon cost in Stellaris?

400 Minerals, 360 days to build; upkeep 2 Energy Credits a month (common/buildings, base values).

What does Astral Siphon upgrade from and to?

It upgrades to Astral Funnel.

What is the ID of Astral Siphon?

building_astral_siphon_1 (common/buildings, Stellaris 4.5.2).

Source: common/buildings/18_astral_planes_buildings.txt, Stellaris Cygnus v4.5.2 (9776). Base values before modifiers.