
Fundamental Research Nexus
Fundamental Research Nexus is a research building in Stellaris 4.5.2. It costs 800 Minerals, 100 Volatile Motes and takes 600 days to build, with an upkeep of 8 Energy Credits, 2 Volatile Motes a month. It adds Physicists, Physics Subroutines and Archivists jobs, depending on the empire. It needs Quantum Gravitational Waves.
Jobs Fundamental Research Nexus 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 PhysicistsRegular empire (not gestalt); Not: Country flag: fallen_empire_1
- Owner
- Regular empire (not gestalt)
- Not: Country flag: fallen_empire_1
- Owner

Gestalt Consciousness
- Owner
- Gestalt Consciousness
- Owner
200 ArchivistsCountry flag: fallen_empire_1
- Owner
- Country flag: fallen_empire_1
- Owner
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
100Volatile Motes
80Exotic Gases — Nomadic empire- Nomadic empire
- Upkeep a month
8Energy Credits
2Volatile Motes
What Fundamental Research Nexus does
- +10%Physicist Workforce
- +0.5
Physics Research Produced per 100 Physicists - +0.25
Volatile Motes Upkeep per 100 Physicists
Upgrade chain
upgrades = { } in the files: each building upgrades to the next.
How to unlock Fundamental Research Nexus
- None of
- Modifier: Resort World
- Modifier: Thrall-World
- Modifier: Penal Colony
Destroyed or converted when (destroy_trigger)
- Any of
- Modifier: Resort World
- Modifier: Thrall-World
- Modifier: Penal Colony
- Owner
- Wilderness empire
In the game
We knew gravity and time were linked long before we reached the stars. Now, our understanding of this unique relationship has reached a tipping point, allowing us to manipulate forces on a previously unimaginable scale.
ID
building_physics_lab_3Fundamental Research Nexus: questions
How much does Fundamental Research Nexus cost in Stellaris?
800 Minerals, 100 Volatile Motes, 600 days to build; upkeep 8 Energy Credits, 2 Volatile Motes a month (common/buildings, base values).
What jobs does Fundamental Research Nexus give?
Depending on the empire: Physicists, Physics Subroutines and Archivists.
What does Fundamental Research Nexus upgrade from and to?
It is upgraded from Quantum Relations Annex.
What is the ID of Fundamental Research Nexus?
building_physics_lab_3 (common/buildings, Stellaris 4.5.2).
Source: common/buildings/05_research_buildings.txt, Stellaris Cygnus v4.5.2 (9776). Base values before modifiers.
