Improved Incubators
BiologyGrand ArchiveImproved Incubators is a tier 2 society technology (Biology) in Stellaris 4.5.2. Its base cost is 2,000 research. It needs Artificial Breeding. It unlocks Cutholoid Hatchling, Elite Emerald Crystal Shard, Elite Ruby Crystal Shard and 8 more and leads to Metabolic Gases. Console: research_technology tech_improved_incubators.
Improved IncubatorsBiology· tier 2
2,000What Improved Incubators does
Modifiers as the game prints them, from the technology's modifier block; then the unlock lines its research card shows.
- Unlocks Feature: Destroyer-Scale Space Fauna CloningHatcheries can now clone larger specimens of Space Fauna, rivalling the size of more traditional Destroyers.
What Improved Incubators 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 Improved Incubators
Research in Stellaris is drawn: each area offers 3 cards at a time, weighted by each technology's draw weight (here 65) and its weight modifiers. Tier 2 opens after 6 tier 1 technologies of the same area.
The whole research path: 2 technologies, 6,000 base research with this one
- DLC: grand archive
What Improved Incubators 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.
- Improved Incubators
- Is beastmasters empire
In the game
We can improve the artificial growth processes established in our hatcheries, accelerating the early developmental stages in order to create more mature clones.
Console command
Typed in the game's console (the ~ key); achievements are off for that game.
research_technology tech_improved_incubatorsDraw weight script, as in common/technology/00_grand_archive_tech.txt
modifier = {
factor = 0.1
NOT = {
years_passed > 10
}
}
modifier = {
factor = 10
any_neighbor_country = {
has_technology = tech_improved_incubators
}
}
modifier = {
factor = 2
years_passed > 15
}
modifier = {
factor = 3
years_passed > 20
}
modifier = {
factor = 4
years_passed > 30
}
modifier = {
factor = 1.25
has_tradition = tr_domestication_adopt
}Improved Incubators: questions
How do I get Improved Incubators in Stellaris?
Research Artificial Breeding first (2 technologies in the whole chain); then Improved Incubators can be drawn as one of the 3 society research options. It also has conditions (see Requirements on this page).
What does Improved Incubators do?
It unlocks Cutholoid Hatchling (ship size), Elite Emerald Crystal Shard (ship size), Elite Ruby Crystal Shard (ship size), Elite Sapphire Crystal Shard (ship size), Elite Topaz Crystal Shard (ship size), Emerald Crystal Shard (ship size) and 5 more. It leads to Metabolic Gases.
What is the ID of Improved Incubators?
The technology's ID is tech_improved_incubators. To get it with the console: research_technology tech_improved_incubators (Stellaris 4.5.2).
How much does Improved Incubators cost?
2,000 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_grand_archive_tech.txt and localisation/english, Stellaris Cygnus v4.5.2 (9776). Base numbers before empire-size and difficulty modifiers.