Decadent

Biological species trait

+1 point back

Biological

Lithoid

Decadent is a biological species trait in Stellaris 4.5.2 that gives 1 trait point back. It is for Biological and Lithoid species and can be picked when a species is created. It gives -10% Worker Happiness and -10% Slave Happiness. Opposite of Hive-Minded and Serviles.

Cost: -1
At species creation: yes
Random species: yes
Species: Biological, Lithoid
ID: trait_decadent

What Decadent does

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

Species

-10%Worker Happiness
-10%Slave Happiness

Opposite traits

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

Hive-Minded

Serviles

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 negative organic traits
- from
  - When Any of (Without: biogenesis; Tradition: Genetic Traditions)
    - Tradition: Genetic Resequencing
  - Otherwise
    - Any of
      - Tradition: Genotype Regeneration
      - Tradition: Unnatural Selection

In the game

This species believes that whenever there is hard work that needs doing, that work is always best done by somebody else.

Decadent: questions

How many trait points does Decadent cost?

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

What traits are opposite to Decadent?

Hive-Minded and Serviles: a species cannot have both.

Can I pick Decadent at species creation?

Yes, for Biological and Lithoid species.

What is the ID of Decadent?

trait_decadent

Source: common/traits/04_species_traits.txt, Stellaris Cygnus v4.5.2 (9776).