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Volcanic Foundry

Government building
Not built directly

Volcanic Foundry is a government building in Stellaris 4.5.2. It costs 600 Minerals, 50 Exotic Gases and takes 480 days to build, with an upkeep of 8 Energy Credits, 1 Exotic Gases a month. It adds Thermotechnic Mentors and Pyroclastic Drones jobs, depending on the empire. It needs Volcanic Forge.

Cost
600Minerals50Exotic Gases
Upkeep
8Energy Credits1Exotic Gases
Build time
480 days
Housing
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ID
building_volcanic_forge_2

Jobs Volcanic Foundry 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.

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
600Minerals50Exotic Gases
Upkeep a month
8Energy Credits1Exotic Gases

Upgrade chain

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

  1. Volcanic Forge
  2. →Volcanic Foundry

How to unlock Volcanic Foundry

Shown when (potential)
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.
Destroyed or converted when (destroy_trigger)

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_2

Volcanic Foundry: questions

How much does Volcanic Foundry cost in Stellaris?

600 Minerals, 50 Exotic Gases, 480 days to build; upkeep 8 Energy Credits, 1 Exotic Gases a month (common/buildings, base values).

What jobs does Volcanic Foundry give?

Depending on the empire: Thermotechnic Mentors and Pyroclastic Drones.

What does Volcanic Foundry upgrade from and to?

It is upgraded from Volcanic Forge.

What is the ID of Volcanic Foundry?

building_volcanic_forge_2 (common/buildings, Stellaris 4.5.2).

Source: common/buildings/02_government_buildings.txt, Stellaris Cygnus v4.5.2 (9776). Base values before modifiers.

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