Cruel
Commander
Official
ScientistCruel is a negative leader trait in Stellaris 4.5.2 for Commander, Official and Scientist. It gives -5 Stability and -2.5 Stability. It upgrades to Leader Trait Sadistic 2.
What Cruel does
Modifier lines by where the leader applies them, as the game prints them; triggered ones with their condition.
- -5Stability
- -2.5Stability
Tiers
replace_traits: each tier replaces the one before when the leader gains it.
Opposite traits
Righteous
Leader Trait Righteous 2Who can get it
leader_potential_add and the other limits of the trait (the wording is ours).
- Not: Trait is crisis faction
- Not: Ethic: Pacifist
In the game
This leader is harsh with their subordinates, affecting … ability to retain qualified colonial staff.
Cruel: questions
Which leaders can get Cruel?
Commander, Official and Scientist; it is a negative trait.
Does Cruel upgrade?
It is replaced by Leader Trait Sadistic 2 at the next tier.
What traits are opposite to Cruel?
Righteous and Leader Trait Righteous 2.
What is the ID of Cruel?
leader_trait_sadistic
Source: common/traits/00_governor_traits.txt, Stellaris Cygnus v4.5.2 (9776).