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Arkship Construction

Tier 3 engineering technology · Voidcraft
EngineeringTier 3Voidcraft

Arkship Construction is a tier 3 engineering technology (Voidcraft) in Stellaris 4.5.2. Its base cost is 4,000 research. It has no prerequisite technology. It leads to 4 technologies. Console: research_technology tech_arkship_construction.

Arkship ConstructionVoidcraft· tier 34,000
Base cost
4,000
Area
Engineering
Tier
3
Draw weight
65
Path from start
none
ID
tech_arkship_construction

What Arkship Construction does

Modifiers as the game prints them, from the technology's modifier block; then the unlock lines its research card shows.

  • Unlocks Feature: Arkship Construction
    Arkship Construction Allows our Arkships to construct additional Arkships using the Megastructure Build Menu. Our society need not be limited to one home. With the ability to construct additional Arkships, every direction becomes a path, and every path becomes ours.

What Arkship Construction unlocks

Everything in the game files that lists this technology as a prerequisite; “condition” marks objects that check for it in their conditions instead.

Megastructure · 3

How to get Arkship Construction

Research in Stellaris is drawn: each area offers 3 cards at a time, weighted by each technology's draw weight (here 65) and its weight modifiers. Tier 3 opens after 6 tier 2 technologies of the same area.

It needs no other technology.

Conditions (potential)
  • Nomadic empire

What Arkship Construction leads to

Technologies that list it as a prerequisite.

In the game

Our society need not be limited to one home. With the ability to construct additional Arkships, every direction becomes a path, and every path becomes ours.

Console command

Typed in the game's console (the ~ key); achievements are off for that game.

research_technology tech_arkship_construction
Draw weight script, as in common/technology/00_nomads_dlc_tech.txt
factor = 1000

Arkship Construction: questions

How do I get Arkship Construction in Stellaris?

It has no prerequisite: it can be drawn as one of the 3 engineering research options once tier 3 is open. It also has conditions (see Requirements on this page).

What does Arkship Construction do?

It unlocks Arkship (Civilian) (megastructure), Arkship (Military) (megastructure) and Arkship (Scientific) (megastructure). It leads to Arkship Engineering, Civilian Arkships, Military Arkships and Scientific Arkships.

What is the ID of Arkship Construction?

The technology's ID is tech_arkship_construction. To get it with the console: research_technology tech_arkship_construction (Stellaris 4.5.2).

How much does Arkship Construction cost?

4,000 engineering research before modifiers. In game the cost grows with empire size (+0.2% per point above the base, common/defines) and the galaxy's tech cost setting.

Source: common/technology/00_nomads_dlc_tech.txt and localisation/english, Stellaris Cygnus v4.5.2 (9776). Base numbers before empire-size and difficulty modifiers.

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