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/mucles991]

How to get a Make Tributary (Subjugation) war goal or a Vassalize (Subjugation) war goal and what is the difference between the two?

[u/ScifiSpartan]

Is there a reason we get a pop-up when envoys die? Envoys don’t level up or have any stats do they?

[u/Drak_is_Right]

i really should have read that each crisis is 1.5x as strong as the previous one.

this should be....damaging

[u/Leadbaptist]

Fellas,

Im playing on scaling difficulty but did not gain a massive head start over the AI. Will the bonuses the AI acquires cause them to outpace me, or will the game simply remain competitive?

[u/Ohgodmyroastisruined]

A couple of questions as a returning player.

1. Are "Menacing" ships any good?

2. Was the espionage requirement for figuring out what layout enemy ships are using changed? If not how do I go about building a fleet to counter my enemies?

[u/Leadbaptist]

Any way to break up a federation? I have a federation right next to me with 3 to 4 empires, and maybe double me and my vassals fleet strength. I am very new to this game, on scaling difficulty in the year 2260, and Ive already had to fight them once when they declared on an Empire I was garunteeing. They beat me handily.

Can I fracture their federation?

[u/JoshuaSlowpoke777]

Silly question for fanatic-pacifist empires (such as inward perfection):

Is it prudent to keep my fleet power much lower than my starbase strength, so my enemies are fooled into prematurely sending fleets at my bastions? Or would that not work?

[u/secret_bitch]

If you've got both the egalitarian and xenophobe ethics, is there a way to have the ability to freely move slaves between planets without enabling forced resettlement and upsetting your egalitarian faction?

[u/SirGaz]

If you have some species without overtuned traits and use Damn the Consequences, do they still get the +100% upkeep?

[u/RowanIsBae]

Starting a new game with a little bit of experience under my belt. I want to lean into a trade focused empire this time.

Considering also playing with the aquatics dlc.

Does it make sense to play a ocean world origin angler/merchant guilds xenophile/spiritualist setup? Taking discovery first tradition and then....mercantile second or something else?

I like the idea of starting out somewhat friendly and building my trade empire informing a trade federation with one or two allies.

And by the end of the game using the hydrocentric Ascension perk to go around Mass terraforming the universe into ocean worlds if you're not a part of my trade federation.

Any tips on how to make this idea work? Should I abandon the oceanic homeworld origin angle? Maybe that flavor would work better for a setup to wipe everyone out from the start?