
Volcanic Forge
Volcanic Forge is a government building in Stellaris 4.5.2. It costs 400 Minerals and takes 360 days to build, with an upkeep of 5 Energy Credits a month. It adds Thermotechnic Mentors and Pyroclastic Drones jobs, depending on the empire. It needs Volcanic Forge. Upgrades to Volcanic Foundry.
Jobs Volcanic Forge 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.

Not: Gestalt Consciousness
- Owner
- Not: Gestalt Consciousness
- Owner

Gestalt Consciousness
- Owner
- Gestalt Consciousness
- 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
400Minerals- Upkeep a month
5Energy Credits
Upgrade chain
upgrades = { } in the files: each building upgrades to the next.
How to unlock Volcanic Forge
- Owner
- Is world forger empire
- None of
- Planet class: Ecumenopolis
- Planet class: Machine World
- Planet class: Hive World
- Is artificial
- Is terraforming
- Not: Is scripted terraforming
- Num uncleared blockers: 0
Destroyed or converted when (destroy_trigger)
- Any of
- Planet class: Ecumenopolis
- Planet class: Machine World
- Planet class: Hive World
- Owner
- Not: Is world forger empire
In the game
This industrial complex, designed to drill deep into the planet's crust, will induce volcanic activity across the entire world, thus terraforming every biome into a blazing landscape.
ID
building_volcanic_forge_1Volcanic Forge: questions
How much does Volcanic Forge cost in Stellaris?
400 Minerals, 360 days to build; upkeep 5 Energy Credits a month (common/buildings, base values).
What jobs does Volcanic Forge give?
Depending on the empire: Thermotechnic Mentors and Pyroclastic Drones.
What does Volcanic Forge upgrade from and to?
It upgrades to Volcanic Foundry.
What is the ID of Volcanic Forge?
building_volcanic_forge_1 (common/buildings, Stellaris 4.5.2).
Source: common/buildings/02_government_buildings.txt, Stellaris Cygnus v4.5.2 (9776). Base values before modifiers.
