Military Academy

Army building

Military Academy is an army building in Stellaris 4.5.2. It costs 600 Minerals and takes 480 days to build, with an upkeep of 5 Energy Credits a month. It adds Soldiers, Battle Thralls, Knights and Warrior Drones jobs, depending on the empire. It needs Centralized Command.

Cost: 600Minerals
Upkeep: 5Energy Credits
Build time: 480 days
Housing: —
ID: building_military_academy

Jobs Military Academy 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.

200 Soldiers
Not: Gestalt Consciousness; none of: Has knights zone; none of: Modifier: Thral…
- Owner
  - Not: Gestalt Consciousness
- None of
  - Has knights zone
  - Modifier: Thrall-World
200 Battle Thralls
Not: Gestalt Consciousness; Not: Has knights zone; Modifier: Thrall-World
- Owner
  - Not: Gestalt Consciousness
- Not: Has knights zone
- Modifier: Thrall-World
100 Knights
Not: Gestalt Consciousness; Has knights zone; Not: Modifier: Thrall-World
- Owner
  - Not: Gestalt Consciousness
- Has knights zone
- Not: Modifier: Thrall-World
200 Warrior Drones
Gestalt Consciousness
- Owner
  - Gestalt Consciousness

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
60Volatile Motes — Nomadic empire
Nomadic empire
50Volatile Motes — Not: Civic: Tactical Algorithms
Owner
Not: Civic: Tactical Algorithms
Upkeep a month: 5Energy Credits
1Volatile Motes — Not: Civic: Tactical Algorithms
Owner
Not: Civic: Tactical Algorithms

What Military Academy does

Only in some cases

- +2%Evasion Chance
- +1%Tracking
- +0.05Shield Penetration
- +0.05Armor Penetration
when…
- Owner
  - Civic: Tactical Algorithms
- +0.1Shield Hardening
when…
- Owner
  - Civic: Tactical Algorithms
- +15%Job Efficiency for Soldiers
when…
- Owner
  - Not: Gestalt Consciousness
- +15%Job Efficiency for Warrior Drones
when…
- Owner
  - Gestalt Consciousness
- +5%Job Efficiency for Knights
- +2.5%Job Efficiency for Lord Commanders
when…
- Owner
  - Origin: Knights of the Toxic God

How to unlock Military Academy

Centralized CommandTechnology

Shown when (potential)

Owner
- Not: Wilderness empire
- Not: Civic: Reanimators
None of
- Modifier: Resort World
- Modifier: Penal Colony

Can be built when (allow)

Any of
- Has major upgraded capital
  - When Modifier: Resort World
    - Requires Resort Capital-Complex on colony.
  - When Modifier: Thrall-World
    - Requires Governor's Estates on colony.
  - When Planet class: Orbital Habitat
    - Requires Habitat Central Control on colony.
  - When owner (Wilderness empire)
    - Requires Planetary Root Complex on planet.
  - When owner (Hive Mind)
    - Requires Hive Nexus on colony.
  - When owner (Machine Intelligence)
    - Requires Planetary Processor on colony.
  - Otherwise
    - Requires Planetary Capital on colony.
- Owner
  - Civic: Tactical Algorithms

In the game

Military Academies improve local recruitment rates and offer a higher standard of training.

ID

building_military_academy

Military Academy: questions

How much does Military Academy cost in Stellaris?

600 Minerals, 480 days to build; upkeep 5 Energy Credits a month (common/buildings, base values).

What jobs does Military Academy give?

Depending on the empire: Soldiers, Battle Thralls, Knights and Warrior Drones.

What is the ID of Military Academy?

building_military_academy (common/buildings, Stellaris 4.5.2).

Source: common/buildings/09_army_buildings.txt, Stellaris Cygnus v4.5.2 (9776). Base values before modifiers.