Shroud Observation Tower

Research building

Shroud Observation Tower 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 Biologists, Biology Subroutines and Archivists jobs, depending on the empire. Upgrades to Shroud Observatory.

Cost: 400Minerals
Upkeep: 2Energy Credits
Build time: 360 days
Housing: —
ID: building_shroud_observatory_1

Jobs Shroud Observation Tower 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 Biologists
Regular empire (not gestalt); Not: Country flag: fallen_empire_1
- Owner
  - Regular empire (not gestalt)
  - Not: Country flag: fallen_empire_1
200 Biology Subroutines
Gestalt Consciousness
- Owner
  - Gestalt Consciousness
200 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 Shroud Observation Tower

No technology needed.

Shown when (potential)

Owner
- Origin: Shroud-Forged

Can be built when (allow)

… must have a Shroud-Touched Region if we are to construct a Shroud Observation Tower.

Destroyed or converted when (destroy_trigger)

Any of
- None of
- Owner
  - Not: Origin: Shroud-Forged
- Not: Deposit: Shroud-Touched Region

In the game

An observation tower built to research and analyze the Shroud, and the effects it has on living and mechanical beings.

ID

building_shroud_observatory_1

Shroud Observation Tower: questions

How much does Shroud Observation Tower cost in Stellaris?

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

What jobs does Shroud Observation Tower give?

Depending on the empire: Biologists, Biology Subroutines and Archivists.

What does Shroud Observation Tower upgrade from and to?

It upgrades to Shroud Observatory.

What is the ID of Shroud Observation Tower?

building_shroud_observatory_1 (common/buildings, Stellaris 4.5.2).

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