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Improved Cruiser Hulls

Tier 3 engineering technology · Voidcraft
EngineeringTier 3Voidcraft

Improved Cruiser Hulls is a tier 3 engineering technology (Voidcraft) in Stellaris 4.5.2. Its base cost is 6,000 research. It needs Cruisers. It leads to Advanced Cruiser Hulls. Console: research_technology tech_cruiser_hull_1.

Improved Cruiser HullsVoidcraft· tier 36,000
Base cost
6,000
Area
Engineering
Tier
3
Draw weight
50
Path from start
3 techs, 12,000 research
ID
tech_cruiser_hull_1

What Improved Cruiser Hulls does

Modifiers as the game prints them, from the technology's modifier block; then the unlock lines its research card shows.

  • +10%Cruiser Hull Points
  • +10%Offspring Cruiser Hull Points
  • Cruiser Hull Points: +10%

How to get Improved Cruiser Hulls

Research in Stellaris is drawn: each area offers 3 cards at a time, weighted by each technology's draw weight (here 50) and its weight modifiers. Tier 3 opens after 6 tier 2 technologies of the same area.

The whole research path: 3 technologies, 12,000 base research with this one
  1. Corvettesstarting tech
  2. Destroyers2,000 · tier 2
  3. Cruisers4,000 · tier 3
Conditions (potential)
  • Not: Uses bio-ships

What Improved Cruiser Hulls leads to

Technologies that list it as a prerequisite.

Other names for some empires

technology_swap: the same research shows another name (and sometimes other effects) when its condition holds.

In the game

Advances in building techniques will allow for the construction of sturdier and more durable cruisers.

Console command

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

research_technology tech_cruiser_hull_1
Draw weight script, as in common/technology/00_eng_tech.txt
modifier = {
	factor = 1.25
	has_tradition = tr_supremacy_adopt
}

Improved Cruiser Hulls: questions

How do I get Improved Cruiser Hulls in Stellaris?

Research Cruisers first (3 technologies in the whole chain); then Improved Cruiser Hulls can be drawn as one of the 3 engineering research options. It also has conditions (see Requirements on this page).

What does Improved Cruiser Hulls do?

It gives +10% Cruiser Hull Points and +10% Offspring Cruiser Hull Points. It leads to Advanced Cruiser Hulls.

What is the ID of Improved Cruiser Hulls?

The technology's ID is tech_cruiser_hull_1. To get it with the console: research_technology tech_cruiser_hull_1 (Stellaris 4.5.2).

How much does Improved Cruiser Hulls cost?

6,000 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_eng_tech.txt and localisation/english, Stellaris Cygnus v4.5.2 (9776). Base numbers before empire-size and difficulty modifiers.

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