
Advanced Harbinger Development
Advanced Harbinger Development is a tier 3 society technology (Biology) in Stellaris 4.5.2. Its base cost is 6,000 research. It needs Improved Harbinger Development. It unlocks Accelerated Juvenile Growth Gland, Crystalline Growth Regulators, Mature Growth Gland and 3 more. Console: research_technology tech_harbinger_growth_2.
What Advanced Harbinger Development does
Modifiers as the game prints them, from the technology's modifier block; then the unlock lines its research card shows.
- Unlocks Ship Type: Elder HarbingerElder Harbinger Grown for maximum strength and battlefield superiority.
What Advanced Harbinger Development 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 Advanced Harbinger Development
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: 4 technologies, 15,000 base research with this one
- Uses bio-ships
In the game
Advanced incubation systems produce biological ships of exceptional durability and firepower. Genetic fine-tuning and superior growth environments create vessels capable of dominating the battlefield with unmatched resilience.
Console command
Typed in the game's console (the ~ key); achievements are off for that game.
research_technology tech_harbinger_growth_2Draw weight script, as in common/technology/00_biogenesis_tech.txt
modifier = {
factor = 0.1
NOT = {
years_passed > 20
}
}
modifier = {
factor = 10
any_neighbor_country = {
has_technology = tech_harbinger_growth_2
}
}
modifier = {
factor = 2
years_passed > 30
}
modifier = {
factor = 3
years_passed > 35
}
modifier = {
factor = 4
years_passed > 40
}
modifier = {
factor = 1.25
has_tradition = tr_supremacy_adopt
}Advanced Harbinger Development: questions
How do I get Advanced Harbinger Development in Stellaris?
Research Improved Harbinger Development first (4 technologies in the whole chain); then Advanced Harbinger Development can be drawn as one of the 3 society research options. It also has conditions (see Requirements on this page).
What does Advanced Harbinger Development do?
It unlocks Accelerated Juvenile Growth Gland (ship component), Crystalline Growth Regulators (ship component), Mature Growth Gland (ship component), Rapid Incubation Matrix (ship component), Elder Harbinger (ship size) and Elder Offspring Harbinger (ship size).
What is the ID of Advanced Harbinger Development?
The technology's ID is tech_harbinger_growth_2. To get it with the console: research_technology tech_harbinger_growth_2 (Stellaris 4.5.2).
How much does Advanced Harbinger Development cost?
6,000 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_biogenesis_tech.txt and localisation/english, Stellaris Cygnus v4.5.2 (9776). Base numbers before empire-size and difficulty modifiers.