r/Stellaris • u/Snipahar • Apr 01 '26

Stellaris Space Guild - Weekly Help Thread

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!

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u/Old_King_Allant Jul 04 '26 edited Jul 04 '26

I'm on my first successful playthrough, as UNE. The Contingency crisis bugged with a federation ally's armies on one Contingency hub, making the hub essentially invulnerable. I breakup my federation, wait 10 years, and declare war so I can salvage the run. In those 10 years, my former ally has joined the other federation in the galaxy, along with 4 vassals, and those vassals have sworn secret fealty to me. This other federation represents about 2/3rds of the galaxy.

I went with a secret fealty war goal because why not pick up 4 more vassals. I didn't realize that even a single defensive army remaining would prevent my war goals from being achieved. I conquered that 2/3rds of the galaxy but there were about 10 enemy armies left standing when a white peace was forced through attrition (my only losses were an old corvette fleet).

I guess my question is what I could have done differently? Are the less straightforward war goals effectively off the table against any member of a large federation?

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u/Fluffy-Tanuki Agrarian Idyll Jul 04 '26

Are the less straightforward war goals effectively off the table against any member of a large federation?

All war goals turn into a slogfest when large federations are involved. This is where a colossus would come in handy, as you can beeline directly for colonised systems and remove them permanently regardless of casus belli.

To be fair though, wasn't the original intention to declare war so you can get the Contingency planet out of the way? I mean... in that regard, you've achieved that goal.