Parasitic Caste

Civic · Hive Minds

Hive MindsCan be changed laterShadows of the Shroud

Parasitic Caste is a civic in Stellaris 4.5.2 for Hive Minds. Requirements: authority Hive Mind. Not with civic Memorialist or Innate Design and origin Evolutionary Predators or Wilderness. It gives -10% Resources from Jobs, -10% All Technology Research Speed and -10% Pop Growth Speed. DLC: Shadows of the Shroud.

Kind: Civic
Group: Hive Minds
Players can pick it: yes
Clashes with: 2
ID: civic_entropy_drinkers_hive_mind

Parasitic Caste

What Parasitic Caste does

The game's own effect text (the civic's description key), then its modifier lines as the game prints them.

- Enables the following Edicts:

- Energy Drain

- Sanguine Council

- Convergence of Will

- Can construct: Leeching Tower.

- Leaders start with the Psychic trait.

-10%Resources from Jobs
-10%All Technology Research Speed
-10%Pop Growth Speed
-10%Mechanical Pop Assembly Speed
-50%Leader Upkeep
+50%Leader Lifespan
+25%Growth Node Experience Gain

Requirements

Read from the potential and possible blocks (the game's list rules: ethics, authority, civics, origin, species); the wording is ours, the quoted rule texts are the game's.

Authority: Hive Mind
None of
- Civic: Memorialist
- Civic: Innate Design
None of
- Origin: Evolutionary Predators
- Origin: Wilderness

Cannot be taken with Parasitic Caste

Civics that forbid this one or that this one forbids.

Memorialist

Innate Design

In the game

WARNING: Blocks all Ascension Paths except for Psionic Ascension. This collective repurposes valuable metabolism from lesser drones via parasitic psychic connections. Once properly collected, these energies can be redistributed to the more important castes.

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Parasitic Caste: questions

What are the requirements for Parasitic Caste in Stellaris?

authority Hive Mind. Not with civic Memorialist or Innate Design and origin Evolutionary Predators or Wilderness. DLC: Shadows of the Shroud.

What can't Parasitic Caste be combined with?

Memorialist and Innate Design — each forbids the other in the files' rules.

What does the Parasitic Caste civic do?

It gives -10% Resources from Jobs, -10% All Technology Research Speed, -10% Pop Growth Speed, -10% Mechanical Pop Assembly Speed, -50% Leader Upkeep, +50% Leader Lifespan and +25% Growth Node Experience Gain, plus the effects its description lists.

Can Parasitic Caste be changed after the game starts?

Yes — it can be added or removed later when a civic slot opens or the government is reformed, if its requirements still hold.

What is the ID of Parasitic Caste?

civic_entropy_drinkers_hive_mind (Stellaris 4.5.2).

Source: common/governments/civics/02_gestalt_civics.txt and localisation/english, Stellaris Cygnus v4.5.2 (9776).