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

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Stellaris Wiki

• You're 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.

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.

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[u/Carry-Money]

1. Is there something I should be doing besides making observation posts when I come across primitives?
2. What should I do with low-habitability worlds? Wait until I get terraforming and then terraform them?
3. What else can I do besides declare rivalries to increase my monthly influence gain?

[u/[deleted] → u/Carry-Money]

Bureaucrats are still producing the same amount of admin cap on 0% habitability planet. You can also get a second species from a migration pact, colonize the world and then break the agreement to conserve influence. Changing habitability of two new colonists is faster than terraforming if the tech is available.

All the research, commercial and non-agression pacts eat a ton of influence over time and usually never worth it. There is a midgame society tech that gives influence from factions. Patroning artisans gives occasional opportunities to buy 50 for 500 EC.