Earthbound

Biological species trait

No cost

Biological

Pre-sapient

LithoidNot at creation

Earthbound is a biological species trait in Stellaris 4.5.2 that costs no trait points. It is for Biological, Pre-sapient and Lithoid species, added later, not at species creation. It gives +10% Technician Workforce and +50% Defense Army Damage. Opposite of Starborn and Migratory.

Cost: 0
At species creation: no
Random species: yes
Species: Biological, Pre-sapient, Lithoid
ID: trait_presapient_earthbound

What Earthbound does

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

Species

+10%Technician Workforce
+50%Defense Army Damage

Opposite traits

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

Starborn

Migratory

In the game

Members of this species are very possessive of the planets they call home.

Earthbound: questions

How many trait points does Earthbound cost?

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

What traits are opposite to Earthbound?

Starborn and Migratory: a species cannot have both.

Can I pick Earthbound 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 Earthbound?

trait_presapient_earthbound

Source: common/traits/03_species_traits_presapients.txt, Stellaris Cygnus v4.5.2 (9776).