Energy Nexus

Resource building

Not built directly

Energy Nexus is a resource building in Stellaris 4.5.2. It needs Planetary Power Grid.

Cost: —
Upkeep: —
Build time: 480 days
Housing: —
ID: building_energy_nexus

Jobs Energy 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: 600Minerals — Not: Nomadic empire; none of: Is ringworld
Owner
Not: Nomadic empire
Not: Has ringworld output boost
Is ringworld
60Rare Crystals — Nomadic empire; none of: Is ringworld
Owner
Nomadic empire
Not: Has ringworld output boost
Is ringworld
50Rare Crystals — none of: Is ringworld
Not: Has ringworld output boost
Is ringworld
900Minerals — Not: Nomadic empire; Is ringworld
Owner
Not: Nomadic empire
Is ringworld
90Rare Crystals — Nomadic empire; Is ringworld
Owner
Nomadic empire
Is ringworld
200Rare Crystals — Is ringworld
Is ringworld
Upkeep a month: 2Energy Credits — none of: Is ringworld
Not: Has ringworld output boost
Is ringworld
1Rare Crystals — none of: Is ringworld
Not: Has ringworld output boost
Is ringworld
5Energy Credits — Is ringworld
Is ringworld
3Rare Crystals — Is ringworld
Is ringworld

What Energy Nexus does

On the planet

+1Energy Credits Produced per 100 Technicians

Only in some cases

- +0.5Energy Credits Produced per 100 Technicians
when…
- Is ringworld

Upgrade chain

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

How to unlock Energy Nexus

Planetary Power GridTechnology

Shown when (potential)

Not: Modifier: Resort World
Owner
- Not: Wilderness empire
Any of
- Owner
  - Not: Controlled by the AI
- Has any generator district or building
  - Any of
    - District: Generator District
    - District: Geothermal Power Plant
    - District: Reactor District
    - District: Photosynthesis Field
    - Building: Voltaic Production Yard
    - Has any generator zone

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)

Any of
- Modifier: Resort World
- Owner
  - Controlled by the AI
- Not: Has any generator district or building
  - Any of
    - District: Generator District
    - District: Geothermal Power Plant
    - District: Reactor District
    - District: Photosynthesis Field
    - Building: Voltaic Production Yard
    - Has any generator zone
- Owner
  - Wilderness empire

In the game

This colossal facility centralizes all energy grids on the planet, improving their efficiency.

ID

building_energy_nexus

Energy Nexus: questions

What does Energy Nexus upgrade from and to?

It is upgraded from Energy Grid.

What is the ID of Energy Nexus?

building_energy_nexus (common/buildings, Stellaris 4.5.2).

Source: common/buildings/03_resource_buildings.txt, Stellaris Cygnus v4.5.2 (9776). Base values before modifiers.