Astral Nexus

Research building

Not built directly

Astral Nexus is a research building in Stellaris 4.5.2. It costs 800 Minerals and takes 600 days to build, with an upkeep of 8 Energy Credits a month.

Cost: 800Minerals
Upkeep: 8Energy Credits
Build time: 600 days
Housing: —
ID: building_astral_siphon_3

Jobs Astral Nexus 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
800Biomass — Wilderness empire
Owner
Wilderness empire
Upkeep a month: 8Energy Credits

What Astral Nexus does

On the planet

+0.5Physics Research Produced per 100 Physicists
+0.5Astral Threads Produced per 100 Physicists

For the empire

+600Astral Threads Capacity

Only in some cases

- +3%Infrastructure Build Speed
- +3%Decision Enactment Speed
when…
- Owner
  - Wilderness empire
  - Tradition: Purity Traditions Finished
- +2Consumer Goods Upkeep per 100 Physicists
when…
- Owner
  - Not: Gestalt Consciousness
- +4Energy Credits Upkeep per 100 Physicists
when…
- Owner
  - Machine Intelligence
- +4Minerals Upkeep per 100 Physicists
when…
- Owner
  - Hive Mind

Upgrade chain

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

How to unlock Astral Nexus

No technology needed.

Shown when (potential)

Owner
- Variable astral siphon unlocked at least 3

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_3

Astral Nexus: questions

How much does Astral Nexus cost in Stellaris?

800 Minerals, 600 days to build; upkeep 8 Energy Credits a month (common/buildings, base values).

What does Astral Nexus upgrade from and to?

It is upgraded from Astral Funnel.

What is the ID of Astral Nexus?

building_astral_siphon_3 (common/buildings, Stellaris 4.5.2).

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