Horizon Needle
Horizon Needle is a megastructure in Stellaris 4.5.2. Each empire can only build one Megastructure, in orbit of their Capital. It needs the Nascent Universes technology. All stages take 160 months and 17,500 Advanced Logic, 1,000 Dark Matter (the costs every empire pays).
Where to build a Horizon Needle
The game's own requirement line, then the conditions of the first stage (possible) and of the planet or star it goes around (placement_rules).
Each empire can only build one Megastructure, in orbit of their Capital.
- When from (Not: Nomadic empire)
- The system has a starbase
- Cannot build outside Empire borders.
- Otherwise
- Requires the system is on a Wayline with a Wayport or Wayhold.
- We have renounced our Cosmogenesis ambitions.
Horizon Needle stages
Cost lines with a condition apply only to the empires it names (bio-ship empires pay food instead of part of the alloys).
How it's counted
Totals in the head count only the costs every empire pays: 17,500 Advanced Logic, 1,000 Dark Matter.
Horizon Needle
A manifest violation of the laws of the universe, this ship possesses reality editing capabilities. It is designed to pierce the event horizon of a black hole and plunge into the heart of the singularity, where infinite density begets infinite gravity.
17,500Advanced Logic
1,000Dark Matter
50,000Alloys — if Not: Uses bio-ships25,000Alloys — if Uses bio-ships
87,500Food — if Uses bio-shipsHow to unlock the Horizon Needle
Who can build it (potential)
- Technology: Nascent Universes
- Not: Country flag: cosmogenesis_needle_built
Horizon Needle: questions
Where can I build a Horizon Needle?
Each empire can only build one Megastructure, in orbit of their Capital.
How do I unlock the Horizon Needle?
Research Nascent Universes.
Source: common/megastructures/16_cosmogenesis_needle.txt and localisation/english, Stellaris Cygnus v4.5.2 (9776). Build times before build-speed modifiers.