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Asteroidal Carapace

Tier 3 engineering technology · Materials
EngineeringTier 3MaterialsGrand Archive

Asteroidal Carapace is a tier 3 engineering technology (Materials) in Stellaris 4.5.2. It has no prerequisite technology. It unlocks Asteroidal Carapace. Console: research_technology tech_asteroidal_carapace.

Asteroidal CarapaceMaterials· tier 3
Base cost
not listed
Area
Engineering
Tier
3
Draw weight
0
Path from start
none
ID
tech_asteroidal_carapace

What Asteroidal Carapace unlocks

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

Ship component · 1

How to get Asteroidal Carapace

Research in Stellaris is drawn: each area offers 3 cards at a time, weighted by each technology's draw weight (here 0) and its weight modifiers. Tier 3 opens after 6 tier 2 technologies of the same area.

It needs no other technology.

Conditions (potential)
  • DLC: grand archive

In the game

The shell of a Cutholoid is not mineral alone, but reinforced with strong biological fibers. We can synthesize this process using advanced metallurgic techniques.

Console command

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

research_technology tech_asteroidal_carapace

Asteroidal Carapace: questions

How do I get Asteroidal Carapace 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 Asteroidal Carapace do?

It unlocks Asteroidal Carapace (ship component).

What is the ID of Asteroidal Carapace?

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

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

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