Fortification traditions
Fortification is a tradition tree in Stellaris 4.5.2 with 5 traditions. Adopting it gives +2 Station Capacity, +50% Station Upgrade Speed and Agenda: Impenetrable Border. Finishing it gives +50% Defense Platforms Cap, -20% Station Upkeep and +1 Ascension Perks Unlocked. Traditions: Resistance is Frugal, Never Surrender, Bulwark of Harmony, Defensive Zeal and Fortress Doctrine.
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Adoption bonus
Fortification Traditions
- +2Station Capacity
- +50%Station Upgrade Speed
Unlocks agendaImpenetrable BorderThe 5 traditions
In the order they open: a tradition needs the ones named under it (has_tradition in its possible block).
Resistance is Frugal
- +25%Defense Army Health
Defensive Zeal
- +33%Station Damage
- +33%Station Hull Points
- +33%Defense Platform Damage
- +33%Defense Platform Hull Points
- Starbases and Defense Platforms have their Hull Points and Damage increased by 33%.
Never Surrender
- -25%Orbital Bombardment Damage
- -25%War Exhaustion Gain
- +25%
Hostile Claim Influence Cost
Fortress Doctrine
- +2Station Capacity
- -50%Station Upgrade Cost
Another version — when DLC: nemesis; Not: Gestalt Consciousness
- +2Station Capacity
- -50%Station Upgrade Cost
- +4Defense Against Hostile Operations (Sabotage Starbase Facility)
As Vigilant Thought Processes — when Without: nemesis; Hive Mind
- +2Station Capacity
- -50%Station Upgrade Cost
As Vigilant Thought Processes — when DLC: nemesis; Hive Mind
- +2Station Capacity
- -50%Station Upgrade Cost
- +4Defense Against Hostile Operations (Sabotage Starbase Facility)
As Guardian Subroutines — when Without: nemesis; Machine Intelligence
- +2Station Capacity
- -50%Station Upgrade Cost
As Guardian Subroutines — when DLC: nemesis; Machine Intelligence
- +2Station Capacity
- -50%Station Upgrade Cost
- +4Defense Against Hostile Operations (Sabotage Starbase Facility)
Bulwark of Harmony
- +33%Ship Build Speed (Defensive War)
- +15%Home Territory Fire Rate
Completion bonus
Fortification Traditions Finished
- +50%Defense Platforms Cap
- -20%Station Upkeep
- +1Ascension Perks Unlocked
Another version — when DLC: federations
- +50%Defense Platforms Cap
- -20%Station Upkeep
- +1Ascension Perks Unlocked
- Defense Platforms Cap +50% Station Upkeep -20% Grants access to the Martial Alliance Federation type. Allows access to the Eternal Vigilance Ascension Perk. Ascension Perks Unlocked: +1
Who can pick Fortification
Read from the tree's potential block; our words where the game has no text.
- Not: Nomadic empire
- Any of
- DLC: Apocalypse
- DLC: overlord
Console command
Typed in the game's console (the ~ key) as a script effect; achievements are off for that game.
effect add_tradition = tr_unyielding_adoptEach tradition's ID is in its card's address on this page and in /raw/traditions.json.
Fortification traditions: questions
What does the Fortification tradition tree do?
Fortification is a tradition tree in Stellaris 4.5.2 with 5 traditions. Adopting it gives +2 Station Capacity, +50% Station Upgrade Speed and Agenda: Impenetrable Border. Finishing it gives +50% Defense Platforms Cap, -20% Station Upkeep and +1 Ascension Perks Unlocked. Traditions: Resistance is Frugal, Never Surrender, Bulwark of Harmony, Defensive Zeal and Fortress Doctrine.
Which Fortification tradition comes first?
Resistance is Frugal and Defensive Zeal 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/00_fortification.txt, common/traditions and localisation/english, Stellaris Cygnus v4.5.2 (9776). Layout template in the game: tree_111_11.