
The Surveyor
The Surveyor is a relic in Stellaris 4.5.2. Owning it gives +1 Sensor Range. Its triumph (500 Energy Credits): Scan planets in your territory for new resource deposits. It is given by the event "Mining Drone Base Destroyed".
The Surveyor: passive effect
While the empire owns it: the relic's triggered_country_modifier blocks and what its resources block produces.


- +1Sensor Range
The Surveyor: triumph
Activating it: the modifiers its active_effect adds (from common/static_modifiers) for the days the files give, and the game's own lines.
- Scan planets in your territory for new resource deposits
- Relic Activation Cooldown: 1800
How to get The Surveyor
Every event (events/) and object of common/ whose effects run add_relic for it.
Mining Drone Base Destroyedevent story.332events/story_events.txt
In the game


An incredibly powerful scanning tool that uses technology that cannot be replicated. Its origins are shrouded in mystery - it does not seem to have been built by the Mining Drones who last possessed it.
Console command
Typed in the game's console (the ~ key) as a script effect; achievements are off for that game.
effect add_relic = r_surveyorThe Surveyor: questions
How do I get The Surveyor in Stellaris?
The game gives it in the event "Mining Drone Base Destroyed" (story.332).
What does The Surveyor do?
Passive: +1 Sensor Range. Scan planets in your territory for new resource deposits Relic Activation Cooldown: 1800
What is the ID of The Surveyor?
r_surveyor. In the console: effect add_relic = r_surveyor (Stellaris 4.5.2).
Source: common/relics/relics.txt, common/static_modifiers and events/, Stellaris Cygnus v4.5.2 (9776).
