Bodysnatcher
Hive MindsLocked after creationBioGenesisBodysnatcher is a civic in Stellaris 4.5.2 for Hive Minds. Requirements: authority Hive Mind. Not with civic Devouring Swarm or Genesis Symbiotes or Pyromanic Instinct and origin Necrophage or Evolutionary Predators or Forever Cruise. It gives +25% Growth Node Experience Gain and -2 Smuggle Population Operation Difficulty. DLC: BioGenesis.
- Kind
- Civic
- Group
- Hive Minds
- Players can pick it
- yes
- Clashes with
- 3
- ID
civic_hive_bodysnatcher
BodysnatcherWhat Bodysnatcher does
The game's own effect text (the civic's description key), then its modifier lines as the game prints them.
Start the game with 1000 assimilated 
Pops and the ability to Assimilate organics into the hive mind.
Has access to the Prepare Invasion Espionage Mission
Gains extra Pops from the Smuggle Population Espionage Mission
- +25%Growth Node Experience Gain
- -2Smuggle Population Operation Difficulty
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.
Cannot be taken with Bodysnatcher
Civics that forbid this one or that this one forbids.
Devouring Swarm
Genesis Symbiotes
Pyromanic InstinctSpecies traits it sets
Traits the files put on the founder species (traits = { … }); a second species where the origin has one.
Hive-MindedIn the game
It's what's inside that counts. This hive specializes in infiltration, commandeering the bodies of unfortunate organics. Inevitably, as the amount of puppets grows, the host civilization is absorbed into the collective.
Try it in the empire builder →
Bodysnatcher: questions
What are the requirements for Bodysnatcher in Stellaris?
authority Hive Mind. Not with civic Devouring Swarm or Genesis Symbiotes or Pyromanic Instinct and origin Necrophage or Evolutionary Predators or Forever Cruise. DLC: BioGenesis.
What can't Bodysnatcher be combined with?
Devouring Swarm, Genesis Symbiotes and Pyromanic Instinct — each forbids the other in the files' rules.
What does the Bodysnatcher civic do?
It gives +25% Growth Node Experience Gain and -2 Smuggle Population Operation Difficulty, plus the effects its description lists.
Can Bodysnatcher be changed after the game starts?
No — the files set it as not modifiable after the empire is created (modification = no).
What is the ID of Bodysnatcher?
civic_hive_bodysnatcher (Stellaris 4.5.2).
Source: common/governments/civics/02_gestalt_civics.txt and localisation/english, Stellaris Cygnus v4.5.2 (9776).