Cryptic Stinger
BiologyRareDangerousThe Machine AgeCryptic Stinger is a rare dangerous tier 5 society technology (Biology) in Stellaris 4.5.2. Its base cost is 70,000 research. It has no prerequisite technology. Console: research_technology tech_cosmogenesis_stinger.
Cryptic StingerBiology· tier 5
70,000What Cryptic Stinger does
Modifiers as the game prints them, from the technology's modifier block; then the unlock lines its research card shows.
- Unlocks Ship Type: Cryptic StingerCryptic Stinger Brimming with more weapon systems than its power source should sustain, this Stinger shouldn't function, and yet, it fires. Continuously.
How to get Cryptic Stinger
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 5 opens after 6 tier 4 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.
It needs no other technology.
- DLC: machine age
- Uses bio-ships
In the game
Brimming with more weapon systems than its power source should sustain, this Stinger shouldn't function, and yet, it fires. Continuously.
Console command
Typed in the game's console (the ~ key); achievements are off for that game.
research_technology tech_cosmogenesis_stingerCryptic Stinger: questions
How do I get Cryptic Stinger in Stellaris?
It has no prerequisite: it can be drawn as one of the 3 society research options once tier 5 is open. 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 is the ID of Cryptic Stinger?
The technology's ID is tech_cosmogenesis_stinger. To get it with the console: research_technology tech_cosmogenesis_stinger (Stellaris 4.5.2).
How much does Cryptic Stinger cost?
70,000 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_machine_age_tech.txt and localisation/english, Stellaris Cygnus v4.5.2 (9776). Base numbers before empire-size and difficulty modifiers.