Plasteel Materials
MaterialsPlasteel Materials is a tier 2 engineering technology (Materials) in Stellaris 4.5.2. Its base cost is 2,500 research. It needs Ceramo-Metal Materials. It unlocks Large Plasteel Armor, Large Plasteel Carapace, Large Plasteel Ferrodermis and 10 more and leads to 2 technologies. Console: research_technology tech_ship_armor_3.
Plasteel MaterialsMaterials· tier 2
2,500What Plasteel 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 Plasteel 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.
Large Plasteel Armor
Large Plasteel Carapace
Large Plasteel Ferrodermis- Medium Plasteel Armor
- Medium Plasteel Carapace
- Medium Plasteel Ferrodermis
Plasteel Carapace- Plasteel Carapace
- Plasteel Carapace
- Plasteel Carapace
Regenerative Large Plasteel Armor- Regenerative Medium Plasteel Armor
- Regenerative Small Plasteel Armor
- Small Plasteel Armor
- Small Plasteel Carapace
- Small Plasteel Ferrodermis
How to get Plasteel Materials
Research in Stellaris is drawn: each area offers 3 cards at a time, weighted by each technology's draw weight (here 75) and its weight modifiers. Tier 2 opens after 6 tier 1 technologies of the same area.
The whole research path: 2 technologies, 3,750 base research with this one
What Plasteel 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.
- Plasteel Materials
- Uses bio-ships
In the game
Plasteel is an elastic material that combines many of the qualities of plastics and metal. It is relatively cheap to produce and can be used to augment ship armor.
Console command
Typed in the game's console (the ~ key); achievements are off for that game.
research_technology tech_ship_armor_3Draw weight script, as in common/technology/00_eng_tech.txt
factor = 1.25
modifier = {
factor = 1.5
is_specialist_subject_type = {
TYPE = bulwark
}
}Plasteel Materials: questions
How do I get Plasteel Materials in Stellaris?
Research Ceramo-Metal Materials first (2 technologies in the whole chain); then Plasteel Materials can be drawn as one of the 3 engineering research options.
What does Plasteel Materials do?
It gives +5% Army Health. It unlocks Large Plasteel Armor (ship component), Large Plasteel Carapace (ship component), Large Plasteel Ferrodermis (ship component), Medium Plasteel Armor (ship component), Medium Plasteel Carapace (ship component), Medium Plasteel Ferrodermis (ship component) and 7 more. It leads to Durasteel Materials and Matter Compression.
What is the ID of Plasteel Materials?
The technology's ID is tech_ship_armor_3. To get it with the console: research_technology tech_ship_armor_3 (Stellaris 4.5.2).
How much does Plasteel Materials cost?
2,500 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.