Modularity traditions

Tradition tree

5 traditionsThe Machine Age

Modularity is a tradition tree in Stellaris 4.5.2 with 5 traditions. Adopting it gives +0.1 Living Metal Produced per 100 Metallurgists and Agenda: Reshape Form. Finishing it gives -15% Upkeep from Jobs and +1 Ascension Perks Unlocked. Traditions: High-Speed Replacements, Liquid Metal Joints, Pacification Modules, High-Level Enhancements and Advanced Tools. DLC: The Machine Age.

Replace that which is lesser, augment it, upgrade it, perfect it.

Adoption bonus

When the tree is adopted

Modularity Traditions

+0.1Living Metal Produced per 100 Metallurgists

Unlocks agendaReshape Form

The 5 traditions

In the order they open: a tradition needs the ones named under it (has_tradition in its possible block).

High-Speed Replacements

Needs Modularity Traditions

+10%Worker Pop Resource Output
+400Pops with Auto-Modding Traits Optimized Per Month

Liquid Metal Joints

Needs High-Speed Replacements

+0.15Living Metal Upkeep per 100 Roboticists

Another version — when Gestalt Consciousness

+0.15Living Metal Upkeep per 100 Roboticists

Pacification Modules

Needs High-Speed Replacements

+5Stability
+50%Army Damage

Another version — when Gestalt Consciousness

+5Stability
+50%Army Damage

High-Level Enhancements

Needs Liquid Metal Joints

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Advanced Tools

Needs Pacification Modules

+4Machine Modification Points
+4Machine Species Trait Picks
-50%Modify Species Special Project Cost

Completion bonus

When all traditions are taken

Modularity Traditions Finished

-15%Upkeep from Jobs
+1Ascension Perks Unlocked

Who can pick Modularity

Read from the tree's potential block; our words where the game has no text.

DLC: machine age
Any of
- Machine Intelligence
- Is individual machine
None of
- Tradition: Nanotech Traditions
- Tradition: Virtuality Traditions
- Ascension perk: Organo-Machine Interfacing
- Has psionic ascension

Console command

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

effect add_tradition = tr_modularity_adopt

Each tradition's ID is in its card's address on this page and in /raw/traditions.json.

Modularity traditions: questions

What does the Modularity tradition tree do?

Which Modularity tradition comes first?

Every tradition needs another first; see each one.

How many tradition trees can I adopt?

Up to 7 (TRADITION_CATEGORIES_MAX, Stellaris 4.5.2); every finished tree's completion bonus also gives an ascension perk slot.

Source: common/tradition_categories/01_modularity.txt, common/traditions and localisation/english, Stellaris Cygnus v4.5.2 (9776). Layout template in the game: tree_12_11_11.