Planet Smelting
VoidcraftRareApocalypsePlanet Smelting is a rare tier 5 engineering technology (Voidcraft) in Stellaris 4.5.2. Its base cost is 24,000 research. It needs Colossi. It unlocks Planet Smelter. Console: research_technology tech_pk_smelter.
Planet SmeltingVoidcraft· tier 5
24,000What Planet Smelting 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 Planet Smelting
Research in Stellaris is drawn: each area offers 3 cards at a time, weighted by each technology's draw weight (here 20) 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.
The whole research path: 2 technologies, 64,000 base research with this one
- DLC: Apocalypse
- Country flag: colossus_project
- Can get planet smelter
- Any of
- Origin: Red Giant
- Is world forger empire
- Is infernal empire
- owner species
- Ascension perk: Galactic Hyperthermia
- Any of
In the game
Focusing a searing energy beam into the planet's mantle, the Smelter destabilizes its core, triggering tectonic chaos and rendering the surface violently unstable.
Console command
Typed in the game's console (the ~ key); achievements are off for that game.
research_technology tech_pk_smelterDraw weight script, as in common/technology/00_apocalypse_tech.txt
factor = 0.50
modifier = {
factor = @federation_perk_factor
has_federation = yes
federation = {
has_federation_perk = rare_tech_boost
any_member = {
has_technology = tech_pk_smelter
}
}
}
modifier = {
factor = 0.20
NOR = {
has_trait_in_council = {
TRAIT = leader_trait_maniacal
}
has_trait_in_council = {
TRAIT = leader_trait_maniacal_2
}
has_trait_in_council = {
TRAIT = leader_trait_maniacal_3
}
has_trait_in_council = {
TRAIT = leader_trait_curator
}
has_trait_in_council = {
TRAIT = leader_trait_expertise_voidcraft
}
}
}Planet Smelting: questions
How do I get Planet Smelting in Stellaris?
Research Colossi first (2 technologies in the whole chain); then Planet Smelting can be drawn as one of the 3 engineering research options. 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 does Planet Smelting do?
It unlocks Planet Smelter (ship component).
What is the ID of Planet Smelting?
The technology's ID is tech_pk_smelter. To get it with the console: research_technology tech_pk_smelter (Stellaris 4.5.2).
How much does Planet Smelting cost?
24,000 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_apocalypse_tech.txt and localisation/english, Stellaris Cygnus v4.5.2 (9776). Base numbers before empire-size and difficulty modifiers.