Synaptic Lathe
Synaptic Lathe is a megastructure in Stellaris 4.5.2. Each empire can only build one Megastructure. It needs the Scalable Reservoir Computing technology. All stages take 80 months and 300 Influence (the costs every empire pays).
Where to build a Synaptic Lathe
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.
- Cannot build on an unsurveyed planet.
- Cannot build on planets that have unresearched anomalies discovered by us or any other Empire.
- Cannot build due to existing Megastructure.
- Cannot build due to orbital debris.
- Cannot build on a minor planetary body (asteroid or moon).
- Cannot build around a star.
- When from (Controlled by the AI)
- or
- Has deposit for: Mining Station
- Has deposit for: Research Station
- or
- 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 cannot build more than one Synaptic Lathe.
- Cannot build due to existing Megastructure.
- We have renounced our Cosmogenesis ambitions.
Synaptic Lathe 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: 300 Influence.
Synaptic Lathe
A computer of unreasonable proportions that uses sentient beings as processing chips to generate research and advanced logic, eventually killing them. Its efficiency rises dramatically the more units are plugged into it.
300Influence
15,000Alloys — if Not: Uses bio-ships7,500Alloys — if Uses bio-ships
26,250Food — if Uses bio-shipsHow to unlock the Synaptic Lathe
Other versions of the Synaptic Lathe
Ruins the galaxy can start with or a war leaves behind (restoring one is its own chain of stages) and upgrades that branch off the main line.
Ruined Synaptic Lathe (ruined)
Ruined Synaptic Lathe
The shattered remains of a Synaptic Lathe. It once was a giant computer using sentient beings as chips to uncover the universe's secrets.
Synaptic Lathe: questions
Where can I build a Synaptic Lathe?
Each empire can only build one Megastructure. Cannot build on an unsurveyed planet. Cannot build on planets that have unresearched anomalies discovered by us or any other Empire. Cannot build due to existing Megastructure. Cannot build due to orbital debris. Cannot build on a minor planetary body (asteroid or moon). Cannot build around a star. When from (Controlled by the AI)
How do I unlock the Synaptic Lathe?
Research Scalable Reservoir Computing.
Source: common/megastructures/16_cosmogenesis_world.txt and localisation/english, Stellaris Cygnus v4.5.2 (9776). Build times before build-speed modifiers.