Psionics is a tradition tree opened by an ascension perk in Stellaris 4.5.2 with 5 traditions. Adopting it gives Agenda: Psionic Supremacy and All pops from your primary species will gain the Latent Psionic trait.. Finishing it gives -10% Edict Upkeep, -20% Shroud Delve Cooldown and +1 Ascension Perks Unlocked. Traditions: Psi Corps, Mind Readers, Great Awakening, Breach the Shroud and Shrouded Communications.
We shall unlock the power within the … mind.
Adoption bonus
Psionic Traditions
- All pops from your primary species will gain the Latent Psionic trait.
Unlocks agendaPsionic SupremacyAnother version — when Origin: Teachers of the Shroud
- Research option gained: Telepathy
The 5 traditions
In the order they open: a tradition needs the ones named under it (has_tradition in its possible block).
Psi Corps
- Unlocks Building: Psi Corps
Mind Readers
- +10Base Intel Level
Great Awakening
- All Latent Psionic species will unlock their full psionic potential. Allows Psionic Assimilation of other species, unlocking their latent abilities. Allows the Assimilation of Pops into or out of a Hive-Mind.
Breach the Shroud
- Unlocks a Special Project to Breach the Shroud. Job Efficiency for Psionic Pops per 100 Telepaths: +5%
Shrouded Communications
- +2Codebreaking
- +2Encryption
Completion bonus
Psionic Traditions Finished
- -10%Edict Upkeep
- -20%Shroud Delve Cooldown
- +1Ascension Perks Unlocked
Who can pick Psionics
Read from the tree's potential block; our words where the game has no text.
- Not: DLC: Shadows of the Shroud
- Not: Gestalt Consciousness
- None of
- Has cybernetic ascension
- Ascension perk: Biomorphosis
- Has synthetic ascension
- Is natural design empire
- Is individual machine
- Has purity ascension
- Any of
- Country flag: Adopt Tradition Tree: Purity
- Origin: Wilderness
- Any of
- Has cloning ascension
- Any of
- Country flag: Adopt Tradition Tree: Cloning
- Any of
- Has mutation ascension
- Any of
- Country flag: Adopt Tradition Tree: Mutation
- Origin: Evolutionary Predators
- Any of
- Origin: Mindwardens
Console command
Typed in the game's console (the ~ key) as a script effect; achievements are off for that game.
effect add_tradition = tr_psionics_adoptEach tradition's ID is in its card's address on this page and in /raw/traditions.json.
Psionics traditions: questions
What does the Psionics tradition tree do?
Psionics is a tradition tree opened by an ascension perk in Stellaris 4.5.2 with 5 traditions. Adopting it gives Agenda: Psionic Supremacy and All pops from your primary species will gain the Latent Psionic trait.. Finishing it gives -10% Edict Upkeep, -20% Shroud Delve Cooldown and +1 Ascension Perks Unlocked. Traditions: Psi Corps, Mind Readers, Great Awakening, Breach the Shroud and Shrouded Communications.
Which Psionics tradition comes first?
Psi Corps and Mind Readers need no other tradition of the tree; the rest need the ones named under each.
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_psionics.txt, common/traditions and localisation/english, Stellaris Cygnus v4.5.2 (9776). Layout template in the game: tree_21_12.