Clone Soldier

Biological species trait

No cost

Biological

LithoidNot at creation

Clone Soldier is a biological species trait in Stellaris 4.5.2 that costs no trait points. It is for Biological and Lithoid species, added later, not at species creation. It gives +50% Governing Ethics Attraction, -40 Leader Lifespan and +50% Army Damage. Opposite of Fertile, Slow Breeders, Rapid Breeders, Clone Soldier Ascendant and 8 more.

Cost: 0
At species creation: no
Random species: no
Species: Biological, Lithoid
ID: trait_clone_soldier_infertile

What Clone Soldier does

Modifier lines by where they apply, as the game prints them; then the trait's own effect text.

Species

+50%Governing Ethics Attraction
-40Leader Lifespan
+50%Army Damage
+25%Pop Food Upkeep
+25%Pop Mineral Upkeep
+25%Pop Alloy Upkeep

Opposite traits

A species cannot have this trait together with any of these.

Fertile

Slow Breeders

Rapid Breeders

Clone Soldier Ascendant

Clone Soldier Descendant

Budding

Crystallization

Polymelic

Psychological Infertility

Existential Iteroparity

Egg Laying

Incubators

When modification offers it

species_potential_add and species_possible_add: when genetic or robotic modification shows and allows the trait (the wording is ours).

Can add cloning traits
- from
  - Tradition: Clone Synthesization
from
- Country flag: clone_army_full_potential

In the game

Engineered for compliance and war: short-lived, unable to reproduce naturally, and very efficient.

Clone Soldier: questions

How many trait points does Clone Soldier cost?

Clone Soldier costs no trait points (common/traits, Stellaris 4.5.2).

What traits are opposite to Clone Soldier?

Fertile, Slow Breeders, Rapid Breeders, Clone Soldier Ascendant, Clone Soldier Descendant, Budding, Crystallization, Polymelic, Psychological Infertility, Existential Iteroparity and 2 more: a species cannot have both.

Can I pick Clone Soldier at species creation?

No — it is not offered when a species is created (initial = no); it comes from genetic or robotic modification, events or other effects.

What is the ID of Clone Soldier?

trait_clone_soldier_infertile

Source: common/traits/02_species_traits_basic_characteristics.txt, Stellaris Cygnus v4.5.2 (9776).