
Sacrificial Shrine
Sacrificial Shrine is an unity 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 Overlord Mortal Initiates and Overlord Mortal Initiate Drones jobs, depending on the empire.
Jobs Sacrificial Shrine 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
- planet.owner
- Not: Gestalt Consciousness
- planet.owner

Gestalt Consciousness
- planet.owner
- Gestalt Consciousness
- planet.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
40Rare Crystals — Nomadic empire- Nomadic empire
- Upkeep a month
2Energy Credits
What Sacrificial Shrine does
- -50%Monthly Loyalty
when…
- planet.owner
- Not: Spiritualist
How to unlock Sacrificial Shrine
No technology needed.
- owner.overlord
- Is death cult empire
- Owner
- Not: Machine Intelligence
- Not: Wilderness empire
Destroyed or converted when (destroy_trigger)
- Owner
- Machine Intelligence
In the game
The great study of the cycle should not be limited to the Overlord; the turning of life and death must be explored through the Vassal as well.
ID
holding_sacrificial_shrineSacrificial Shrine: questions
How much does Sacrificial Shrine cost in Stellaris?
400 Minerals, 360 days to build; upkeep 2 Energy Credits a month (common/buildings, base values).
What jobs does Sacrificial Shrine give?
Depending on the empire: Overlord Mortal Initiates and Overlord Mortal Initiate Drones.
What is the ID of Sacrificial Shrine?
holding_sacrificial_shrine (common/buildings, Stellaris 4.5.2).
Source: common/buildings/15_overlord_holdings.txt, Stellaris Cygnus v4.5.2 (9776). Base values before modifiers.
