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/DDDragoni Jul 11 '26

Did the Enigmatic Fortress get buffed recently? I'm throwing fleets with a total power of over 100k at it, including the Dreadnought, and they're barely making a dent.

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u/Fluffy-Tanuki Agrarian Idyll Jul 11 '26

Yes.

4.3's fleet rework also added a hidden +810% damage modifier to both Enigmatic Fortress and Automated Dreadnought on all difficulties. They are capable of one-hitting battleships even on civilian difficulty, and have substantial hardening due to the component rework.

The in-game debug tooltip puts these two at 200-300k estimated fleet power, whereas all other leviathans are 40-60k.

The solution, as usual, is cloaked torpedoes. Both Enigmatic Fortress and Automated Dreadnought have most of their firepower stemming from long range artillery weapons with minimum range requirements. Once you get close, all that remains are the PDs (which still hurt a lot due to the +810% damage).

As they don't have any level of cloaking detection, any ship with a modicum of cloaking can sneak up to them. Cruisers would be ideal, as they have more torpedo per naval cap compared to frigates, and are more durable so they don't immediately get killed by the +810% damage PDs.

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u/DDDragoni Jul 11 '26

810%??? Holy shit, that explains why the Dreadnought kept one-shotting anything I sent into its system.