Offworld Trade Companies
StatecraftOffworld Trade Companies is a tier 1 society technology (Statecraft) in Stellaris 4.5.2. Its base cost is 1,500 research. It needs Interplanetary Commerce. It leads to Interstellar Economics. Console: research_technology tech_space_trading.
Offworld Trade CompaniesStatecraft· tier 1
1,500What Offworld Trade Companies unlocks
Everything in the game files that lists this technology as a prerequisite; “condition” marks objects that check for it in their conditions instead.
Offworld Trading Companycondition
Waystation Trade Modulecondition
How to get Offworld Trade Companies
Research in Stellaris is drawn: each area offers 3 cards at a time, weighted by each technology's draw weight (here 90) and its weight modifiers.
- Regular empire (not gestalt)
What Offworld Trade Companies leads to
Technologies that list it as a prerequisite.
In the game
Trade across interstellar distances presents a new set of challenges to overcome. It is critical to achieve the transfer of goods from one system to another in a timely and above all cost efficient manner.
Console command
Typed in the game's console (the ~ key); achievements are off for that game.
research_technology tech_space_tradingDraw weight script, as in common/technology/00_soc_tech.txt
modifier = {
factor = 1.25
has_tradition = tr_prosperity_adopt
}Offworld Trade Companies: questions
How do I get Offworld Trade Companies in Stellaris?
Research Interplanetary Commerce first; then Offworld Trade Companies can be drawn as one of the 3 society research options. It also has conditions (see Requirements on this page).
What does Offworld Trade Companies do?
It unlocks Offworld Trading Company (starbase building) and Waystation Trade Module (starbase module). It leads to Interstellar Economics.
What is the ID of Offworld Trade Companies?
The technology's ID is tech_space_trading. To get it with the console: research_technology tech_space_trading (Stellaris 4.5.2).
How much does Offworld Trade Companies cost?
1,500 society 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_soc_tech.txt and localisation/english, Stellaris Cygnus v4.5.2 (9776). Base numbers before empire-size and difficulty modifiers.