Research Labs

Research building

Research Labs is a research 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 Physicists, Biologists, Engineers, Physics Subroutines and 3 more jobs, depending on the empire. It needs Scientific Method. Upgrades to Research Complexes.

Cost: 400Minerals
Upkeep: 2Energy Credits
Build time: 360 days
Housing: —
ID: building_research_lab_1

Jobs Research Labs 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.

60 Physicists
Regular empire (not gestalt); Not: Country flag: fallen_empire_1
- Owner
  - Regular empire (not gestalt)
  - Not: Country flag: fallen_empire_1
60 Biologists
Regular empire (not gestalt); Not: Country flag: fallen_empire_1
- Owner
  - Regular empire (not gestalt)
  - Not: Country flag: fallen_empire_1
60 Engineers
Regular empire (not gestalt); Not: Country flag: fallen_empire_1
- Owner
  - Regular empire (not gestalt)
  - Not: Country flag: fallen_empire_1
60 Physics Subroutines
Hive Mind
- Owner
  - Hive Mind
60 Biology Subroutines
Hive Mind
- Owner
  - Hive Mind
60 Engineering Subroutines
Hive Mind
- Owner
  - Hive Mind
60 Physics Subroutines
Machine Intelligence
- Owner
  - Machine Intelligence
60 Biology Subroutines
Machine Intelligence
- Owner
  - Machine Intelligence
60 Engineering Subroutines
Machine Intelligence
- Owner
  - Machine Intelligence
180 Archivists
Country flag: fallen_empire_1
- Owner
  - Country flag: fallen_empire_1

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
40Exotic Gases — Nomadic empire
Nomadic empire
Upkeep a month: 2Energy Credits

Upgrade chain

upgrades = { } in the files: each building upgrades to the next.

How to unlock Research Labs

Scientific MethodTechnology

Shown when (potential)

None of
- Modifier: Resort World
- Modifier: Thrall-World
- Modifier: Penal Colony
Owner
- Not: Wilderness empire
Not: Is special colony type
- Any of
  - Modifier: Penal Colony
  - Modifier: Resort World
  - Modifier: Thrall-World
Any of
- Carrier flag: ignore_ai_building_limitations
- Owner
  - Not: Controlled by the AI
- Has any research zone
  - Any of
    - Has any unspecialized research zone
    - Has any specialized research zone
      - Any of
        Has any research physics zone
        Has any research society zone
        Has any research engineering zone
- None of
- Owner
  - Nomadic empire
- tiered building below cap
  - Building: research lab

Destroyed or converted when (destroy_trigger)

Any of
- Modifier: Resort World
- Modifier: Thrall-World
- Modifier: Penal Colony

In the game

Research Labs provide the basic facilities for general research.

ID

building_research_lab_1

Research Labs: questions

How much does Research Labs cost in Stellaris?

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

What jobs does Research Labs give?

Depending on the empire: Physicists, Biologists, Engineers, Physics Subroutines, Biology Subroutines, Engineering Subroutines and 1 more.

What does Research Labs upgrade from and to?

It upgrades to Research Complexes.

What is the ID of Research Labs?

building_research_lab_1 (common/buildings, Stellaris 4.5.2).

Source: common/buildings/05_research_buildings.txt, Stellaris Cygnus v4.5.2 (9776). Base values before modifiers.