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Transgenic Crops

Repeatable society technology · Biology
SocietyBiologyRepeatable

Transgenic Crops is a repeatable society technology (Biology) in Stellaris 4.5.2. Its base cost is 50,000 research, rising by 5,000 per level. It needs Gene Crops. Console: research_technology tech_repeatable_improved_tile_food_output.

Transgenic CropsBiology· repeatable50,000
Base cost
50,000
Per level
+5,000
Area
Society
Tier
repeatable
Draw weight
15
Path from start
3 techs, 53,000 research
ID
tech_repeatable_improved_tile_food_output

What Transgenic Crops does

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

  • +5%Food Food from Jobs

How to get Transgenic Crops

Research in Stellaris is drawn: each area offers 3 cards at a time, weighted by each technology's draw weight (here 15) and its weight modifiers. Tier 5 opens after 6 tier 4 technologies of the same area.

The whole research path: 3 technologies, 53,000 base research with this one
  1. Industrial Agriculturestarting tech
  2. Eco Simulation1,000 · tier 1
  3. Gene Crops2,000 · tier 2
Conditions (potential)
  • Not: Wilderness empire

In the game

Transgenic crops offer the nutritional elements of several standard food crops in one convenient package.

Console command

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

research_technology tech_repeatable_improved_tile_food_output
Draw weight script, as in common/technology/00_soc_tech_repeatable.txt
factor = @repatableTechFactor

Transgenic Crops: questions

How do I get Transgenic Crops in Stellaris?

Research Gene Crops first (3 technologies in the whole chain); then Transgenic Crops can be drawn as one of the 3 society research options. It also has conditions (see Requirements on this page).

What does Transgenic Crops do?

It gives +5% Food Food from Jobs.

What is the ID of Transgenic Crops?

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

How much does Transgenic Crops cost?

50,000 society research before modifiers, +5,000 per level. 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_soc_tech_repeatable.txt and localisation/english, Stellaris Cygnus v4.5.2 (9776). Base numbers before empire-size and difficulty modifiers.

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