Mineral Cutting Beams
IndustryMineral Cutting Beams is a tier 2 engineering technology (Industry) in Stellaris 4.5.2. Its base cost is 2,000 research. It needs Long-Range Mineral Scanners. It leads to Autonomous Mining Drones. Console: research_technology tech_space_mining_3.
Mineral Cutting BeamsIndustry· tier 2
2,000What Mineral Cutting Beams does
Modifiers as the game prints them, from the technology's modifier block; then the unlock lines its research card shows.
- +10%Resources Produced from Mining Stations
What Mineral Cutting Beams unlocks
Everything in the game files that lists this technology as a prerequisite; “condition” marks objects that check for it in their conditions instead.
Arkship Harvest Processing Arrayscondition
How to get Mineral Cutting Beams
Research in Stellaris is drawn: each area offers 3 cards at a time, weighted by each technology's draw weight (here 85) and its weight modifiers. Tier 2 opens after 6 tier 1 technologies of the same area.
The whole research path: 3 technologies, 4,500 base research with this one
What Mineral Cutting Beams 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.
- Mineral Cutting Beams
- Nomadic empire
In the game
These powerful short-range lasers can easily slice through rock, making the extraction of minerals a more efficient affair.
Console command
Typed in the game's console (the ~ key); achievements are off for that game.
research_technology tech_space_mining_3Mineral Cutting Beams: questions
How do I get Mineral Cutting Beams in Stellaris?
Research Long-Range Mineral Scanners first (3 technologies in the whole chain); then Mineral Cutting Beams can be drawn as one of the 3 engineering research options.
What does Mineral Cutting Beams do?
It gives +10% Resources Produced from Mining Stations. It unlocks Arkship Harvest Processing Arrays (starbase building). It leads to Autonomous Mining Drones.
What is the ID of Mineral Cutting Beams?
The technology's ID is tech_space_mining_3. To get it with the console: research_technology tech_space_mining_3 (Stellaris 4.5.2).
How much does Mineral Cutting Beams cost?
2,000 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_eng_tech.txt and localisation/english, Stellaris Cygnus v4.5.2 (9776). Base numbers before empire-size and difficulty modifiers.