Scarcity Algorithms

Cyborg species trait

+1 point back

Biological

LithoidNot at creationThe Machine Age

Scarcity Algorithms is a cyborg species trait in Stellaris 4.5.2 that gives 1 trait point back. It is for Biological and Lithoid species, added later, not at species creation. It gives -25% Trader Workforce. Opposite of Trading Algorithms and Thrifty.

Cost: -1
At species creation: no
Random species: no
Species: Biological, Lithoid
ID: trait_cyborg_scarcity_algorithms

What Scarcity Algorithms does

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

Species

-25%Trader Workforce

Opposite traits

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

Trading Algorithms

Thrifty

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 cybernetic traits
- Trait: Cybernetic
- Requires the Integrated Anatomy Tradition.

In the game

Aggressively cost-aware coding hampers risk-taking and therefore denies opportunities for greater profits.

Scarcity Algorithms: questions

How many trait points does Scarcity Algorithms cost?

Scarcity Algorithms gives 1 trait point back (common/traits, Stellaris 4.5.2).

What traits are opposite to Scarcity Algorithms?

Trading Algorithms and Thrifty: a species cannot have both.

Can I pick Scarcity Algorithms 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 Scarcity Algorithms?

trait_cyborg_scarcity_algorithms

Source: common/traits/10_species_traits_cyborg.txt, Stellaris Cygnus v4.5.2 (9776).