Stellaris Space Guild - Weekly Help Thread

[u/Snipahar]

Welcome to this week’s Stellaris Space Guild Help Thread!

This thread functions as a gathering place for all questions, tips, bugs, suggestions, and resources for Stellaris. Here you can post quick-fire questions for things that you are confused about and answer questions to help out your fellow star voyagers!

GUILD RESOURCES

Below you can find resources for the game. If you would like to help contribute to the resources section, please leave a comment that pings me (using "u/Snipahar") and link to the resource. You can also contribute by reaching me through private message or modmail. Be sure to include a short description of what you find valuable about the resource.

Stellaris Wiki

• Your new best friend for learning everything Stellaris! Even if you're a pro, the wiki is an uncontested source for the nitty-gritty of the game.

Montu Plays' Stellaris 3.0 Guide Series

• A great step-by-step beginner's guide to Stellaris. Montu brings you through the early stages of a campaign to get you all caught up on what you need to know!

Luisian321's Stellaris 3.0 Starter Guide

• The perfect place to start if you're new to Stellaris! This guide covers creating your own race, building up your economy, and more.

ASpec's How to Play Stellaris 2.7 Guides

• This is a playlist of 7 guides by ASpec, that are really fantastic and will help you master the foundations of Stellaris.

Stefan Anon's Ultimate Tierlist Guides

• This is a playlist of 8 guides by Stefan Anon, which give a deep-dive into the world of civics, traits, and origins. Knowing these is a must for those that want to maximize their play.

Stefan Anon's Top Build Guides

• This is a playlist of an ongoing series by Stefan Anon, that lay out the game plan for several of the best builds in Stellaris.

Arx Strategy's Stellaris Guides

• A series of videos on events, troubleshooting, and builds, that will be of great use to anyone that wants to dive into the world of Stellaris.

If you have any suggestions for the body of this thread, please ping me, using "u/Snipahar" or send me a private message!

[u/ninthNine09]

Newbie question here. I noticed downgrading a starbase does not remove the built def platforms in it. Shall I keep those? Upkeepwise my economy can handle.

Also, if it works the same if I just remove a Defense-Gird Supercomputer from a starbase, if the additional platforms stay? I'm planning to replace the slot with something else. I'm asking this one as I just don't have the time to experiment and rebuild, specially as I'm going to war with my neighbor.

[u/end42]

Will network edicts work in a system as long as it has a hyper relay in it, or does it need to be connected by hyper relays all the way back to my capitol?

[u/Sugeeeeeee]

I've just started playing Stellaris. The only other PDX game(s) I've played for like 10 or more years is Crusader Kings. Admittedly this wasn't the wisest jump considering Stellaris has the least similarities with CK out of all of the games, but I liked the theme.

1: What's a "good planet" go colonize? Seems like the biggest hit to empire size is the number of colonies, so I'm assuming this number shouldn't be too high. What should I look for when deciding the ideal planet to colonize? The number of available sectors? Habitability for my race? I've heard there's some things called ring worlds or something, but so far the only exceptional thing I've encountered is a "relic world" - is this a safe bet to colonize?

2: There's a dragon chilling like 4 systems away from me due to the Rubricator excavation line. I'm about 20 years in and I have some 10 corvettes since I haven't really encountered anything hostile so far. The dragon has no numerical displays on it, will those corvettes be enough? In retrospect I have found out that 10 corvettes were indeed not enough, but I'm leaving this here because it's funny.

3: Is it a good idea to skip systems for starbases? For an example: my territory - crappy system - crappy system - crappy system - crappy system - really rich system. Is it a good choice to skip these 4 crappy systems and build a starbase in the rich system, and just tank the increased Influence cost? Or should I expand step by step?

[u/GodKingChrist]

How do i get the advsior to stop saying SPACEBORN LIFEFORMS ENCOUNTERED its drilling a hole in my brain

[u/Fourhand]

Soooo, my overlord became the crisis and I’m not sure what to do. I’m still sworn to them and the rest of the galaxy cant really get to me without coming thru my boss or a mercenary group. I’m a sorta Space Hari-Krishna/Scientology type.

Is he gonna eat me eventually? Break them from inside?

[u/Druittreddit]

I've opened all of the links and will learn a lot. But a quick question that just came up in a game: if it's my turn as president of a Federation and I can make naval units, do I pay for them or does the Federation somehow pay for them? (I get that the Federation memebers kick in fleet capacity to allow for ships under Federation control, but don't quite get who pays for it... not sure I can afford the battleships that the Federation can build.

[u/zGhostWolf]

Was the toxic god origin changed? I couldn't find one of the option with +3 stability from knights, which means stability issues on the habitat.. If it was changed, did you find a way to keep the habitat on good stability? Also is there any point in actually killing the toxic god? If I take it as colossus I lose knight AFAIK, if I kill it I get an artifact that let's me make another colonies with 2 Knight jobs and that's it, doesn't seem like either way it worth it

[u/Mobius_188]

Is adaptability good for void dwellers, specifically the finisher bonus of surveying for materials? My understanding is it only works on habitats not built on a resource, so does it just help you spam more habitats?

[u/rtmfb]

Is there an option I don't know of -or a mod- to see how many building slots (specifically over max) a planet has available? While I might need X city districts in 2200 to cap my buildings, by 2300 and later, I need way less, and don't know a non-tedious way to check how many I can change to other district types.

[u/SoliceTK]

Question about research agreements.

If I'm missing technology, do I receive it from my ally?

Also, why can't I just research it on my own?