Research Grove

Research building

Not built directly

Research Grove is a research building in Stellaris 4.5.2. It costs 600 Minerals, 200 Biomass and takes 360 days to build, with an upkeep of 5 Energy Credits a month. It adds Physicists, Biologists, Engineers, Physics Subroutines and 3 more jobs, depending on the empire. Upgrades to Exotic Research Enclosure.

Cost: 600Minerals200Biomass
Upkeep: 5Energy Credits
Build time: 360 days
Housing: —
ID: building_brain_node_2

Jobs Research Grove 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.

60 Physicists
Regular empire (not gestalt); Not: Country flag: fallen_empire_1
- Owner
  - Regular empire (not gestalt)
  - Not: Country flag: fallen_empire_1
60 Biologists
Regular empire (not gestalt); Not: Country flag: fallen_empire_1
- Owner
  - Regular empire (not gestalt)
  - Not: Country flag: fallen_empire_1
60 Engineers
Regular empire (not gestalt); Not: Country flag: fallen_empire_1
- Owner
  - Regular empire (not gestalt)
  - Not: Country flag: fallen_empire_1
60 Physics Subroutines
Hive Mind
- Owner
  - Hive Mind
60 Biology Subroutines
Hive Mind
- Owner
  - Hive Mind
60 Engineering Subroutines
Hive Mind
- Owner
  - Hive Mind
60 Physics Subroutines
Machine Intelligence
- Owner
  - Machine Intelligence
60 Biology Subroutines
Machine Intelligence
- Owner
  - Machine Intelligence
60 Engineering Subroutines
Machine Intelligence
- Owner
  - Machine Intelligence
180 Archivists
Country flag: fallen_empire_1
- Owner
  - Country flag: fallen_empire_1

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: 600Minerals200Biomass
Upkeep a month: 5Energy Credits
1Energy Credits — Carrier flag: has_science_ministry
Carrier flag: has_science_ministry

What Research Grove does

Only in some cases

- +3%Infrastructure Build Speed
- +3%Decision Enactment Speed
when…
- Owner
  - Wilderness empire
  - Tradition: Purity Traditions Finished

Upgrade chain

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

How to unlock Research Grove

No technology needed.

Shown when (potential)

Owner
- Wilderness empire

Can be built when (allow)

Has upgraded capital
- When Modifier: Resort World
  - Requires Resort Administration on colony.
- When Modifier: Thrall-World
  - Requires Governor's Palace on colony.
- When Planet class: Orbital Habitat
  - Requires Habitat Administration on colony.
- When owner (Wilderness empire)
  - Requires Planetary Root Bundle on planet.
- When owner (Hive Mind)
  - Requires Hive Core on colony.
- When owner (Machine Intelligence)
  - Requires Administrative Array on colony.
- Otherwise
  - Requires Planetary Administration on planet.

Destroyed or converted when (destroy_trigger)

Owner
- Not: Wilderness empire

In the game

A habitat uniquely dedicated to promoting inquisitive behavior, facilitating the study of more advanced artifacts and phenomena.

ID

building_brain_node_2

Research Grove: questions

How much does Research Grove cost in Stellaris?

600 Minerals, 200 Biomass, 360 days to build; upkeep 5 Energy Credits a month (common/buildings, base values).

What jobs does Research Grove give?

Depending on the empire: Physicists, Biologists, Engineers, Physics Subroutines, Biology Subroutines, Engineering Subroutines and 1 more.

What does Research Grove upgrade from and to?

It is upgraded from Research Growth. It upgrades to Exotic Research Enclosure.

What is the ID of Research Grove?

building_brain_node_2 (common/buildings, Stellaris 4.5.2).

Source: common/buildings/21_wilderness_buildings.txt, Stellaris Cygnus v4.5.2 (9776). Base values before modifiers.