Planetary Shield Generator

Army building

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

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

Jobs Planetary Shield Generator 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: 600Minerals
60Volatile Motes — Nomadic empire
Nomadic empire
Upkeep a month: 5Energy Credits

What Planetary Shield Generator does

On the planet

-50%Orbital Bombardment Damage

Only in some cases

- -50%Planetary Cosmic Storm Devastation Reduction
when…
- DLC: cosmic storms
- +5%Unity Unity from Jobs
when…
- DLC: cosmic storms
- Owner
  - Origin: Storm Chasers

How to unlock Planetary Shield Generator

Planetary ShieldsTechnology

Shown when (potential)

Owner
- Not: Wilderness empire
- Not: Nomadic 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_planetary_shield_generator

Planetary Shield Generator: questions

How much does Planetary Shield Generator cost in Stellaris?

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

What is the ID of Planetary Shield Generator?

building_planetary_shield_generator (common/buildings, Stellaris 4.5.2).

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