
Arkship Mastery
Arkship Mastery is a tier 4 engineering technology (Voidcraft) in Stellaris 4.5.2. Its base cost is 10,000 research. It needs Arkship Engineering. It unlocks Civilian Arkship III, Military Arkship III and Scientific Arkship III and leads to 4 technologies. Console: research_technology tech_arkship_tier_3.
What Arkship Mastery does
Modifiers as the game prints them, from the technology's modifier block; then the unlock lines its research card shows.
- Unlocks Arkship Upgrade: Arkship MasteryArkship Mastery The pinnacle of mobile megastructure engineering. These Arkships represent the full extent of what a traveling civilization can achieve.
What Arkship Mastery 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 Capital Shipyardcondition
Arkship Spinal Devastator Mountcondition
How to get Arkship Mastery
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.
The whole research path: 2 technologies, 19,000 base research with this one
- Nomadic empire
What Arkship Mastery leads to
Technologies that list it as a prerequisite.
In the game
The pinnacle of mobile megastructure engineering. These Arkships represent the full extent of what a traveling civilization can achieve.
Console command
Typed in the game's console (the ~ key); achievements are off for that game.
research_technology tech_arkship_tier_3Draw weight script, as in common/technology/00_nomads_dlc_tech.txt
modifier = {
factor = 5
has_technology = tech_arkship_construction
}
modifier = {
factor = 1.25
has_tradition = tr_expansion_finish
}Arkship Mastery: questions
How do I get Arkship Mastery in Stellaris?
Research Arkship Engineering first (2 technologies in the whole chain); then Arkship Mastery can be drawn as one of the 3 engineering research options. It also has conditions (see Requirements on this page).
What does Arkship Mastery do?
It unlocks Civilian Arkship III (ship size), Military Arkship III (ship size), Scientific Arkship III (ship size), Arkship Capital Shipyard (starbase module) and Arkship Spinal Devastator Mount (starbase module). It leads to Exodus Jump Coordinator, Planetary Reprocessor, Stellar Engine and Subspace Imaging Array.
What is the ID of Arkship Mastery?
The technology's ID is tech_arkship_tier_3. To get it with the console: research_technology tech_arkship_tier_3 (Stellaris 4.5.2).
How much does Arkship Mastery cost?
10,000 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.