Galvanic Symbiosis
Hive MindsLocked after creationInfernals Species PackGalvanic Symbiosis is a civic in Stellaris 4.5.2 for Hive Minds. Requirements: authority Hive Mind; species class Thermophile. Not with origin Wilderness or Synthetic Fertility and civic Wild Swarm. It gives +75% Colony Infrastructure Refund and +25% Growth Node Experience Gain. DLC: Infernals Species Pack.
- Kind
- Civic
- Group
- Hive Minds
- Players can pick it
- yes
- Clashes with
- 1
- ID
civic_hive_galvanic_symbiosis
Galvanic SymbiosisWhat Galvanic Symbiosis does
The game's own effect text (the civic's description key), then its modifier lines as the game prints them.
- Starts with Living Metal already researched.
- Homeworld has a Living Metal Mass.
- Gain access to special Edicts:
- Gives access to Living Metal components:
- Reshaping Projectile Accelerator
- Has access to Colony Decision: Distribute Living Metal.
- Can recruit the Mimetic Strike Force armies.
- Can build a 
Offworld Expedition Hub in systems with a Molten World for Offworld Prospector Drone jobs.
- +75%Colony Infrastructure Refund
- +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
- Species class: Thermophile
- None of
- Not: Civic: Wild Swarm
Cannot be taken with Galvanic Symbiosis
Civics that forbid this one or that this one forbids.
Wild SwarmIn the game
WARNING: Blocks access to Synthetic Ascension. This society is able to synthesize regular alloys into Living Metal, and molds its strength and shape-changing properties directly into their technology.
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Galvanic Symbiosis: questions
What are the requirements for Galvanic Symbiosis in Stellaris?
authority Hive Mind; species class Thermophile. Not with origin Wilderness or Synthetic Fertility and civic Wild Swarm. DLC: Infernals Species Pack.
What can't Galvanic Symbiosis be combined with?
Wild Swarm — each forbids the other in the files' rules.
What does the Galvanic Symbiosis civic do?
It gives +75% Colony Infrastructure Refund and +25% Growth Node Experience Gain, plus the effects its description lists.
Can Galvanic Symbiosis 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 Galvanic Symbiosis?
civic_hive_galvanic_symbiosis (Stellaris 4.5.2).
Source: common/governments/civics/02_gestalt_civics.txt and localisation/english, Stellaris Cygnus v4.5.2 (9776).