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Advanced Stinger Development

Tier 4 society technology · Biology
SocietyTier 4Biology

Advanced Stinger Development is a tier 4 society technology (Biology) in Stellaris 4.5.2. Its base cost is 12,000 research. It needs Improved Stinger Development. It unlocks Accelerated Juvenile Growth Gland, Improved Rangefinder Cluster, Mature Growth Gland and 4 more. Console: research_technology tech_stinger_growth_2.

Advanced Stinger DevelopmentBiology· tier 412,000
Base cost
12,000
Area
Society
Tier
4
Draw weight
35
Path from start
5 techs, 34,000 research
ID
tech_stinger_growth_2

What Advanced Stinger Development does

Modifiers as the game prints them, from the technology's modifier block; then the unlock lines its research card shows.

  • Unlocks Ship Type: Elder Stinger
    Elder Stinger Grown for ultimate speed, precision, and battlefield dominance.

What Advanced Stinger Development 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 Stinger Development

Research in Stellaris is drawn: each area offers 3 cards at a time, weighted by each technology's draw weight (here 35) and its weight modifiers. Tier 4 opens after 6 tier 3 technologies of the same area.

The whole research path: 5 technologies, 34,000 base research with this one
  1. Maulersstarting tech
  2. Weaversstarting tech
  3. Harbingers4,000 · tier 3
  4. Stingers8,000 · tier 4
  5. Improved Stinger Development10,000 · tier 4
Conditions (potential)
  • Uses bio-ships

In the game

The apex of bioship growth technology, these advanced facilities produce Stingers of unmatched speed and lethality. Optimized genetic templates and cutting-edge incubation techniques ensure these ships dominate any battlefield with swift and deadly precision.

Console command

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

research_technology tech_stinger_growth_2
Draw weight script, as in common/technology/00_biogenesis_tech.txt
modifier = {
	factor = 0.1
	NOT = {
		years_passed > 50
	}
}
modifier = {
	factor = 10
	any_neighbor_country = {
		has_technology = tech_stinger_growth_2
	}
}
modifier = {
	factor = 2
	years_passed > 60
}
modifier = {
	factor = 3
	years_passed > 65
}
modifier = {
	factor = 4
	years_passed > 70
}
modifier = {
	factor = 1.25
	has_tradition = tr_supremacy_adopt
}

Advanced Stinger Development: questions

How do I get Advanced Stinger Development in Stellaris?

Research Improved Stinger Development first (5 technologies in the whole chain); then Advanced Stinger Development can be drawn as one of the 3 society research options. It also has conditions (see Requirements on this page).

What does Advanced Stinger Development do?

It unlocks Accelerated Juvenile Growth Gland (ship component), Improved Rangefinder Cluster (ship component), Mature Growth Gland (ship component), Volatile Spiracles (ship component), Ancient Stinger (ship size), Elder Offspring Stinger (ship size) and 1 more.

What is the ID of Advanced Stinger Development?

The technology's ID is tech_stinger_growth_2. To get it with the console: research_technology tech_stinger_growth_2 (Stellaris 4.5.2).

How much does Advanced Stinger Development cost?

12,000 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_biogenesis_tech.txt and localisation/english, Stellaris Cygnus v4.5.2 (9776). Base numbers before empire-size and difficulty modifiers.

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