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Planetary Capital

Government building
CapitalNot built directly

Planetary Capital is a government 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. It adds Soldiers, Knights, Battle Thralls, Warrior Drones and 9 more jobs, depending on the empire. Housing +1,500. It needs Colonial Centralization. Upgrades to System Capital-Complex.

Cost
800Minerals
Upkeep
8Energy Credits
Build time
600 days
Housing
+1500
ID
building_major_capital

Jobs Planetary Capital 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.

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
80Alloys — Nomadic empire
  • Nomadic empire
Upkeep a month
8Energy Credits

What Planetary Capital does

On the planet
  • +1,500Amenities
  • +2Max Corporate Buildings
  • +8Planetary Defense Armies
Only in some cases

Upgrade chain

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

  1. Planetary Administration
  2. →Planetary Capital
  3. →System Capital-Complex

How to unlock Planetary Capital

Shown when (potential)
  • Owner
    • Regular empire (not gestalt)
    • Not: Fallen Empire
  • None of
    • Modifier: Resort World
    • Modifier: Thrall-World
Can be built when (allow)
  • Sapient pop amount at least 2500

In the game

A sprawling complex of bureaucratic structures that acts as the administrative center for a major colony.

ID

building_major_capital

Planetary Capital: questions

How much does Planetary Capital cost in Stellaris?

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

What jobs does Planetary Capital give?

Depending on the empire: Soldiers, Knights, Battle Thralls, Warrior Drones, Politicians, Replicators and 7 more.

What does Planetary Capital upgrade from and to?

It is upgraded from Planetary Administration. It upgrades to System Capital-Complex.

What is the ID of Planetary Capital?

building_major_capital (common/buildings, Stellaris 4.5.2).

Source: common/buildings/00_capital_buildings.txt, Stellaris Cygnus v4.5.2 (9776). Base values before modifiers.

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