Master Archive

Research building

Not built directly

Master Archive is a research building in Stellaris 4.5.2. It costs 1,500 Alloys and takes 600 days to build, with an upkeep of 5 Alloys, 1 Living Metal, 30 Energy Credits a month. It adds Archivists, Physicists, Biologists, Engineers and 3 more jobs, depending on the empire.

Cost: 1,500Alloys
Upkeep: 5Alloys1Living Metal30Energy Credits
Build time: 600 days
Housing: —
ID: building_master_archive

Jobs Master Archive 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.

1,000 Archivists
Fallen Empire
- Owner
  - Fallen Empire
600 Physicists
Regular empire (not gestalt); Not: Country flag: fallen_empire_1
- Owner
  - Regular empire (not gestalt)
  - Not: Country flag: fallen_empire_1
600 Biologists
Regular empire (not gestalt); Not: Country flag: fallen_empire_1
- Owner
  - Regular empire (not gestalt)
  - Not: Country flag: fallen_empire_1
600 Engineers
Regular empire (not gestalt); Not: Country flag: fallen_empire_1
- Owner
  - Regular empire (not gestalt)
  - Not: Country flag: fallen_empire_1
600 Physics Subroutines
Hive Mind
- Owner
  - Hive Mind
600 Biology Subroutines
Hive Mind
- Owner
  - Hive Mind
600 Engineering Subroutines
Hive Mind
- Owner
  - Hive Mind
600 Physics Subroutines
Machine Intelligence
- Owner
  - Machine Intelligence
600 Biology Subroutines
Machine Intelligence
- Owner
  - Machine Intelligence
600 Engineering Subroutines
Machine Intelligence
- Owner
  - Machine Intelligence
1,800 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: 1,500Alloys
Upkeep a month: 5Alloys1Living Metal30Energy Credits
Produces a month: +100Physics Research+100Society Research+100Engineering Research

What Master Archive does

For the empire

+2Research Alternatives

Only in some cases

- +50%Archivists Automated Workforce
when…
- Owner
  - Fallen Empire
- +50%Physicists Automated Workforce
- +50%Biologists Automated Workforce
- +50%Engineers Automated Workforce
when…
- Owner
  - Not: Gestalt Consciousness
  - Not: Virtuality
- +50%Physics Subroutines Automated Workforce
- +50%Biology Subroutines Automated Workforce
- +50%Physics Subroutines Automated Workforce
when…
- Owner
  - Gestalt Consciousness
  - Not: Wilderness empire
  - Not: Virtuality

How to unlock Master Archive

No technology needed.

In the game

This repository houses knowledge from multiple galactic ages, yet the ability to operate its arcane retrieval system is lost. Extracted data scraps prove invaluable.

ID

building_master_archive

Master Archive: questions

How much does Master Archive cost in Stellaris?

1,500 Alloys, 600 days to build; upkeep 5 Alloys, 1 Living Metal, 30 Energy Credits a month (common/buildings, base values).

What jobs does Master Archive give?

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

What is the ID of Master Archive?

building_master_archive (common/buildings, Stellaris 4.5.2).

Source: common/buildings/13_fallen_empire_buildings.txt, Stellaris Cygnus v4.5.2 (9776). Base values before modifiers.