Ancient Saturator Artillery

extra large weapon component

Ancient Saturator Artillery is a extra large weapon component in Stellaris 4.5.2. It deals 920–2,600 damage every 8 days (80 combat ticks) at range 150, accuracy 75% and tracking 0%. It costs 833 Alloys, 125 Minor Artifacts and uses 200 power. Unlocked by Ancient Saturator Artillery.

Cost: 833Alloys125Minor Artifacts
Power: -200
Damage: 920–2,600
Cooldown: 8 days
Range: 150
ID: ARCHAEO_X

Open in the ship designer (Battleship)

Weapon stats

From weapon_components.csv (in common/component_templates), base values before technologies and modifiers.

How it's counted

Damage multipliers against hull, shields and armor are shares of the damage. Cooldown and windup are combat ticks in the CSV, 10 a day (our reading of the defines); damage a day = (min + max) ÷ 2 ÷ cooldown in days.

Damage: 920–2,600
Cooldown: 8 days (80 ticks)
Damage a day: 220
Range: 150
Accuracy: 75%
Tracking: 0%
Hull damage: 125%
Shield damage: 250%
Armor damage: 25%
Shield penetration: 0%
Armor penetration: 0%
Windup: 1.4–5.4 days

Cost and upkeep

Cost: 833Alloys125Minor Artifacts
Upkeep a month: 6.08Energy Credits1.22Alloys

How to get it

Ancient Saturator ArtilleryTechnology

Any of
- Empire
  - Not: Uses bio-ships
- Is arkship ship

In the game

This cannon fires a barrage of ancient miniscule ionized spheres that charge upon contact with most force fields, giving them high levels of shield penetration. Any theory that these spheres could have been used for jewelry purposes were dismissed when a critical incident melted an entire laboratory.

ID

ARCHAEO_X

Source: common/component_templates/00_weapons_archaeotechnology.txt and weapon_components.csv, Stellaris Cygnus v4.5.2 (9776).