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Bio-Reactor

Tier 1 society technology · Biology
SocietyTier 1BiologyRare

Bio-Reactor is a rare tier 1 society technology (Biology) in Stellaris 4.5.2. Its base cost is 1,000 research. It needs Industrial Agriculture. It unlocks Bio-Reactor and leads to Advanced Bio-Reactor. Console: research_technology tech_bio_reactor.

Bio-ReactorBiology· tier 11,000
Base cost
1,000
Area
Society
Tier
1
Draw weight
100
Path from start
1 techs, 1,000 research
ID
tech_bio_reactor

What Bio-Reactor unlocks

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

Building · 1

How to get Bio-Reactor

Research in Stellaris is drawn: each area offers 3 cards at a time, weighted by each technology's draw weight (here 100) and its weight modifiers. As a rare technology it is drawn less often, and some rare ones only appear after an event, a relic or a special project.

Conditions (potential)
  • Not: Wilderness empire

What Bio-Reactor leads to

Technologies that list it as a prerequisite.

In the game

A facility where organic matter is converted into energy at a highly efficient rate.

Console command

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

research_technology tech_bio_reactor
Draw weight script, as in common/technology/00_soc_tech.txt
factor = 0.1
modifier = {
	factor = 20
	OR = {
		is_catalytic_empire = yes
		is_machine_empire = yes
		is_mechanical_empire = yes
		is_lithoid_empire = yes
	}
}
modifier = {
	factor = @federation_perk_factor
	has_federation = yes
	federation = {
		has_federation_perk = rare_tech_boost
		any_member = {
			has_technology = tech_bio_reactor
		}
	}
}

Bio-Reactor: questions

How do I get Bio-Reactor in Stellaris?

Research Industrial Agriculture first; then Bio-Reactor can be drawn as one of the 3 society 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 Bio-Reactor do?

It unlocks Bio-Reactor (building). It leads to Advanced Bio-Reactor.

What is the ID of Bio-Reactor?

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

How much does Bio-Reactor cost?

1,000 society 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_soc_tech.txt and localisation/english, Stellaris Cygnus v4.5.2 (9776). Base numbers before empire-size and difficulty modifiers.

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