Alien Zoo

Research building

Alien Zoo 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, Archivists, Protected Fauna and 1 more jobs, depending on the empire. It needs Xenology.

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

Jobs Alien Zoo 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
200 Biologists
Modifier: Resort World
- Modifier: Resort World
300 Protected Fauna
any of: Is livestock; any of: Not: Is lithoid; any of: Type: Protected Drones; …
- Any of
  - any owned pop group
    Is livestock
    Not: Is lithoid
  - any owned pop group
    has citizenship type
    Type: Protected Drones
    Country: the owner
- Owner
  - Not: Civic: Warrior Culture
300 Protected Fauna
Is livestock; Is lithoid; Not: Civic: Warrior Culture
- Planet
  - any owned pop group
    Is livestock
    Is lithoid
- Owner
  - Not: Civic: Warrior Culture
300 Gladiatorial Xenos
any of: Is livestock; any of: Not: Is lithoid; any of: Type: Protected Drones; …
- Any of
  - any owned pop group
    Is livestock
    Not: Is lithoid
  - any owned pop group
    has citizenship type
    Type: Protected Drones
    Country: the owner
- Owner
  - Civic: Warrior Culture
300 Protected Fauna
Not: Is livestock; Is lithoid; Civic: Warrior Culture
- Planet
  - any owned pop group
    Not: Is livestock
    Is lithoid
- Owner
  - Civic: Warrior Culture

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

How to unlock Alien Zoo

XenologyTechnology

Shown when (potential)

Owner
- Regular empire (not gestalt)
- Not: Is guided sapience empire
  - Any of
Planet
- Any of
  - Modifier: Resort World
  - Any of
    - Deposit: Isolated Valley
    - Deposit: Avian Reserve
    - Owner
      - Policy: Protected
    - any owned pop group
      - Not: Is sapient
    - any owned pop group
      - has citizenship type
        Type: Protected Drones
        Country: the owner
    - any owned pop group
      - Is livestock
    - any owned pop group
      - Trait: Nascent Stage

Destroyed or converted when (destroy_trigger)

Any of
- Owner
  - Any of
    - Not: Regular empire (not gestalt)
    - Is guided sapience empire
      - Any of
        Civic: Genesis Guides
        Civic: Genesis Symbiotes
        Civic: Genesis Architects
        Civic: Astrogenesis Technologies
- Planet
  - None of
    - Modifier: Resort World
    - Deposit: Isolated Valley
    - Deposit: Avian Reserve
    - Owner
      - Policy: Protected
    - any owned pop group
      - Not: Is sapient
    - any owned pop group
      - has citizenship type
        Type: Protected Drones
        Country: the owner
    - any owned pop group
      - Is livestock
    - any owned pop group
      - Trait: Nascent Stage

In the game

A preserve dedicated to the conservation and study of local fauna.

ID

building_xeno_zoo

Alien Zoo: questions

How much does Alien Zoo cost in Stellaris?

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

What jobs does Alien Zoo give?

Depending on the empire: Biologists, Biology Subroutines, Archivists, Protected Fauna and Gladiatorial Xenos.

What is the ID of Alien Zoo?

building_xeno_zoo (common/buildings, Stellaris 4.5.2).

Source: common/buildings/10_deposit_buildings.txt, Stellaris Cygnus v4.5.2 (9776). Base values before modifiers.