Astral Funnel

Research building

Not built directly

Astral Funnel is a research building in Stellaris 4.5.2. It costs 800 Minerals and takes 480 days to build, with an upkeep of 8 Energy Credits a month. Upgrades to Astral Nexus.

Cost: 800Minerals
Upkeep: 8Energy Credits
Build time: 480 days
Housing: —
ID: building_astral_siphon_2

Jobs Astral Funnel 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: 800Minerals
80Exotic Gases — Nomadic empire
Nomadic empire
400Biomass — Wilderness empire
Owner
Wilderness empire
Upkeep a month: 8Energy Credits

What Astral Funnel does

On the planet

+0.35Physics Research Produced per 100 Physicists
+0.35Astral Threads Produced per 100 Physicists

For the empire

+400Astral Threads Capacity

Only in some cases

- +3%Infrastructure Build Speed
- +3%Decision Enactment Speed
when…
- Owner
  - Wilderness empire
  - Tradition: Purity Traditions Finished
- +1.5Consumer Goods Upkeep per 100 Physicists
when…
- Owner
  - Not: Gestalt Consciousness
- +3Energy Credits Upkeep per 100 Physicists
when…
- Owner
  - Machine Intelligence
- +3Minerals Upkeep per 100 Physicists
when…
- Owner
  - Hive Mind

Upgrade chain

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

How to unlock Astral Funnel

No technology needed.

Shown when (potential)

Owner
- Variable astral siphon unlocked at least 2

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_2

Astral Funnel: questions

How much does Astral Funnel cost in Stellaris?

800 Minerals, 480 days to build; upkeep 8 Energy Credits a month (common/buildings, base values).

What does Astral Funnel upgrade from and to?

It is upgraded from Astral Siphon. It upgrades to Astral Nexus.

What is the ID of Astral Funnel?

building_astral_siphon_2 (common/buildings, Stellaris 4.5.2).

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