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Supersolid Materials

Tier 3 engineering technology · Materials
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Supersolid Materials is a tier 3 engineering technology (Materials) in Stellaris 4.5.2. Its base cost is 6,000 research. It needs Self-Connecting Circuitry. It unlocks Advanced Engineering Complex. Console: research_technology tech_engineering_3.

Supersolid MaterialsMaterials· tier 36,000
Base cost
6,000
Area
Engineering
Tier
3
Draw weight
50
Path from start
3 techs, 10,500 research
ID
tech_engineering_3

What Supersolid Materials unlocks

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

How to get Supersolid Materials

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, 10,500 base research with this one
  1. Scientific Methodstarting tech
  2. Nanomechanics1,500 · tier 1
  3. Self-Connecting Circuitry3,000 · tier 2
Conditions (potential)
  • Not: Wilderness empire

In the game

The quantum mechanical properties of these materials hold the key to superposition states, a revolutionary development for both material and industrial science.

Console command

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

research_technology tech_engineering_3
Draw weight script, as in common/technology/00_eng_tech.txt
modifier = {
	factor = 0
	NOR = {
		has_technology = tech_mine_rare_crystals
		has_technology = tech_rare_crystals
		has_country_flag = has_market_access
	}
}
modifier = {
	factor = 2
	years_passed > 25
}
modifier = {
	factor = 2
	years_passed > 30
}
modifier = {
	factor = 2
	years_passed > 35
}
modifier = {
	factor = 2
	years_passed > 40
}
modifier = {
	factor = 1.5
	is_specialist_subject_type = {
		TYPE = scholarium
	}
}

Supersolid Materials: questions

How do I get Supersolid Materials in Stellaris?

Research Self-Connecting Circuitry first (3 technologies in the whole chain); then Supersolid Materials can be drawn as one of the 3 engineering research options. It also has conditions (see Requirements on this page).

What does Supersolid Materials do?

It unlocks Advanced Engineering Complex (building).

What is the ID of Supersolid Materials?

The technology's ID is tech_engineering_3. To get it with the console: research_technology tech_engineering_3 (Stellaris 4.5.2).

How much does Supersolid Materials 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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