Stellar Engine
Field ManipulationRareStellar Engine is a rare tier 4 physics technology (Field Manipulation) in Stellaris 4.5.2. Its base cost is 10,000 research. It needs Arkship Mastery and Dark Matter Drawing. Console: research_technology tech_arkship_stellar_igniter.
Stellar EngineField Manipulation· tier 4
10,000What Stellar Engine does
Modifiers as the game prints them, from the technology's modifier block; then the unlock lines its research card shows.
- Unlocks Contract Type: Stellar IgnitionStellar Ignition contracts let us transform gas giants into newborn stars, unlocking vast energy and research resources for the system.
What Stellar Engine unlocks
Everything in the game files that lists this technology as a prerequisite; “condition” marks objects that check for it in their conditions instead.
Arkship Stellar Ignitercondition
How to get Stellar Engine
Research in Stellaris is drawn: each area offers 3 cards at a time, weighted by each technology's draw weight (here 40) and its weight modifiers. Tier 4 opens after 6 tier 3 technologies of the same area. As a rare technology it is drawn less often, and some rare ones only appear after an event, a relic or a special project.
10,000
The whole research path: 7 technologies, 49,000 base research with this one
- Nomadic empire
In the game
A dark matter injection system capable of triggering stellar-scale fusion events. It has no safe setting.
Console command
Typed in the game's console (the ~ key); achievements are off for that game.
research_technology tech_arkship_stellar_igniterDraw weight script, as in common/technology/00_nomads_dlc_tech.txt
modifier = {
factor = 2
OR = {
has_trait_in_council = {
TRAIT = leader_trait_curator
}
has_trait_in_council = {
TRAIT = leader_trait_spark_of_genius
}
has_trait_in_council = {
TRAIT = leader_trait_spark_of_genius_2
}
has_trait_in_council = {
TRAIT = leader_trait_maniacal
}
has_trait_in_council = {
TRAIT = leader_trait_maniacal_2
}
has_trait_in_council = {
TRAIT = leader_trait_maniacal_3
}
}
}
modifier = {
factor = @federation_perk_factor
has_federation = yes
federation = {
has_federation_perk = rare_tech_boost
any_member = {
has_technology = tech_arkship_stellar_igniter
}
}
}Stellar Engine: questions
How do I get Stellar Engine in Stellaris?
Research Arkship Mastery and Dark Matter Drawing first (7 technologies in the whole chain); then Stellar Engine can be drawn as one of the 3 physics research options. It is a rare technology: its draw weight is low, and some are only offered after an event, a relic or a special project. It also has conditions (see Requirements on this page).
What does Stellar Engine do?
It unlocks Arkship Stellar Igniter (starbase module).
What is the ID of Stellar Engine?
The technology's ID is tech_arkship_stellar_igniter. To get it with the console: research_technology tech_arkship_stellar_igniter (Stellaris 4.5.2).
How much does Stellar Engine cost?
10,000 physics 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.