Planetary Shield Canopy

Army building

Planetary Shield Canopy is an army building in Stellaris 4.5.2. It costs 600 Minerals, 200 Biomass and takes 600 days to build, with an upkeep of 5 Energy Credits a month. It needs Planetary Shields.

Cost: 600Minerals200Biomass
Upkeep: 5Energy Credits
Build time: 600 days
Housing: —
ID: building_ozone_thickener

Jobs Planetary Shield Canopy 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: 600Minerals200Biomass
Upkeep a month: 5Energy Credits

What Planetary Shield Canopy does

On the planet

-50%Orbital Bombardment Damage

Only in some cases

- -50%Planetary Cosmic Storm Devastation Reduction
when…
- DLC: cosmic storms
- +3%Infrastructure Build Speed
- +3%Decision Enactment Speed
when…
- Owner
  - Wilderness empire
  - Tradition: Purity Traditions Finished

How to unlock Planetary Shield Canopy

Planetary ShieldsTechnology

Shown when (potential)

Owner
- Wilderness empire

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.
orbital ring and arkship equivalent absent
- Ring: ring orbital shield generator
- Arkship: arkship shield generator

In the game

Generating a strong energy shield within a planetary atmosphere is a greater challenge than in the vacuum of space, but it offers a potent defense against orbital bombardment.

ID

building_ozone_thickener

Planetary Shield Canopy: questions

How much does Planetary Shield Canopy cost in Stellaris?

600 Minerals, 200 Biomass, 600 days to build; upkeep 5 Energy Credits a month (common/buildings, base values).

What is the ID of Planetary Shield Canopy?

building_ozone_thickener (common/buildings, Stellaris 4.5.2).

Source: common/buildings/21_wilderness_buildings.txt, Stellaris Cygnus v4.5.2 (9776). Base values before modifiers.