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Surface Quarry Depot

Resource building

Surface Quarry Depot is a resource building in Stellaris 4.5.2. It costs 400 Minerals and takes 360 days to build, with an upkeep of 2 Energy Credits a month. It adds Miners, Acolytes of the Hammer and Mining Drones jobs, depending on the empire. It needs Mechanized Mining.

Cost
400Minerals
Upkeep
2Energy Credits
Build time
360 days
Housing
—
ID
building_mine_generic

Jobs Surface Quarry Depot 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 Miners
    Regular empire (not gestalt); any of: Country type: Fallen Empire; any of: Coun…
    • Owner
      • Regular empire (not gestalt)
      • Not: Is fallen empire spiritualist
  • Not: Planet class: Shattered Ring Segment; any of: Country type: Fallen Empire;…
    • Not: Planet class: Shattered Ring Segment
    • Owner
  • 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
400Minerals
40Volatile Motes — Nomadic empire
  • Nomadic empire
Upkeep a month
2Energy Credits

How to unlock Surface Quarry Depot

Shown when (potential)
  • Owner
    • Not: Wilderness empire
  • Not: Modifier: Resort World
  • Planet
    • Not: Planet is habitat equivalent
      • District set: habitat
    • Not: Planet is ring world equivalent
      • District set: ring_world
  • Any of
Destroyed or converted when (destroy_trigger)
  • Owner
    • Wilderness empire

In the game

By coordinating shallow-surface excavation and ore collection, this depot enables early expansion of mining districts.

ID

building_mine_generic

Surface Quarry Depot: questions

How much does Surface Quarry Depot cost in Stellaris?

400 Minerals, 360 days to build; upkeep 2 Energy Credits a month (common/buildings, base values).

What jobs does Surface Quarry Depot give?

Depending on the empire: Miners, Acolytes of the Hammer and Mining Drones.

What is the ID of Surface Quarry Depot?

building_mine_generic (common/buildings, Stellaris 4.5.2).

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

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