Advanced Shields
Field ManipulationAdvanced Shields is a tier 3 physics technology (Field Manipulation) in Stellaris 4.5.2. Its base cost is 6,000 research. It needs Shields. It unlocks Advanced Energy Skin, Large Advanced Shielded Musculature, Large Advanced Shields and 4 more and leads to 3 technologies. Console: research_technology tech_shields_4.
Advanced ShieldsField Manipulation· tier 3
6,000What Advanced Shields does
Modifiers as the game prints them, from the technology's modifier block; then the unlock lines its research card shows.
- +5%Army Health
What Advanced Shields 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 Shields
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
What Advanced Shields 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.
- Advanced Shields
- Uses bio-ships
In the game
An updated shield generator that produces an even stronger energy field. Only sustained enemy fire can penetrate this barrier.
Console command
Typed in the game's console (the ~ key); achievements are off for that game.
research_technology tech_shields_4Draw weight script, as in common/technology/00_phys_tech.txt
factor = 1.25
modifier = {
factor = 1.5
is_specialist_subject_type = {
TYPE = bulwark
}
}Advanced Shields: questions
How do I get Advanced Shields in Stellaris?
Research Shields first (3 technologies in the whole chain); then Advanced Shields can be drawn as one of the 3 physics research options.
What does Advanced Shields do?
It gives +5% Army Health. It unlocks Advanced Energy Skin (ship component), Large Advanced Shielded Musculature (ship component), Large Advanced Shields (ship component), Medium Advanced Shielded Musculature (ship component), Medium Advanced Shields (ship component), Small Advanced Shielded Musculature (ship component) and 1 more. It leads to Elite Cloaking Fields, Hyper Shields and Shield Harmonics.
What is the ID of Advanced Shields?
The technology's ID is tech_shields_4. To get it with the console: research_technology tech_shields_4 (Stellaris 4.5.2).
How much does Advanced Shields cost?
6,000 physics 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_phys_tech.txt and localisation/english, Stellaris Cygnus v4.5.2 (9776). Base numbers before empire-size and difficulty modifiers.