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Ceramo-Metal Materials

Tier 1 engineering technology · Materials
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Ceramo-Metal Materials is a tier 1 engineering technology (Materials) in Stellaris 4.5.2. Its base cost is 1,250 research. It needs Nanocomposite Materials. It unlocks Ceramo Chitin Carapace, Large Ceramo Chitin Carapace, Large Ceramo Chitin Ferrodermis and 10 more and leads to 3 technologies. Console: research_technology tech_ship_armor_2.

Ceramo-Metal MaterialsMaterials· tier 11,250
Base cost
1,250
Area
Engineering
Tier
1
Draw weight
95
Path from start
1 techs, 1,250 research
ID
tech_ship_armor_2

What Ceramo-Metal Materials 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 Ceramo-Metal Materials 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 Ceramo-Metal Materials

Research in Stellaris is drawn: each area offers 3 cards at a time, weighted by each technology's draw weight (here 95) and its weight modifiers.

What Ceramo-Metal Materials 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.

  • Ceramo-Metal Materials
    • Uses bio-ships

In the game

A combination of different metals and ceramics that result in a strong armor without sacrificing flexibility.

Console command

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

research_technology tech_ship_armor_2
Draw weight script, as in common/technology/00_eng_tech.txt
factor = 1.25
modifier = {
	factor = 1.5
	is_specialist_subject_type = {
		TYPE = bulwark
	}
}

Ceramo-Metal Materials: questions

How do I get Ceramo-Metal Materials in Stellaris?

Research Nanocomposite Materials first; then Ceramo-Metal Materials can be drawn as one of the 3 engineering research options.

What does Ceramo-Metal Materials do?

It gives +5% Army Health. It unlocks Ceramo Chitin Carapace (ship component), Large Ceramo Chitin Carapace (ship component), Large Ceramo Chitin Ferrodermis (ship component), Large Ceramo-Metal Armor (ship component), Medium Ceramo Chitin Carapace (ship component), Medium Ceramo Chitin Ferrodermis (ship component) and 7 more. It leads to Ceramo-Metal Alloys, Ceramo-Metal Infrastructure and Plasteel Materials.

What is the ID of Ceramo-Metal Materials?

The technology's ID is tech_ship_armor_2. To get it with the console: research_technology tech_ship_armor_2 (Stellaris 4.5.2).

How much does Ceramo-Metal Materials cost?

1,250 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_eng_tech.txt and localisation/english, Stellaris Cygnus v4.5.2 (9776). Base numbers before empire-size and difficulty modifiers.

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