Stellaris Ascension Perks Tier List [All Ranked] (2024)

FAQs

What's the best ascension perk in Stellaris? ›

For any unity-focused empire, the One Vision ascension perk is an incredibly good choice as it gives not only a 10% bonus to unity but a 50% bonus to governing ethics attraction as well, making the populations far more likely to gravitate toward the empire's ethics as opposed to unrelated or incompatible ones.

Each additional Ascension Perk you unlock increases the maximum Ascension Tier by 1, with an extra 4 tiers unlocked once you unlock all of the Perk slots. This lets you Ascend planets up to ten times, for a maximum bonus of 250% of the base Planetary Designation effects.

Once all eight ascension perk slots have been unlocked, an additional four planetary ascension tiers are unlocked for a maximum of 10, a possible total +250% designation effect increase and −50% reduction in empire size from that planet.

Mind over matter unlocks the Psionic Tradition tree. Correct. Also, selecting the Mind Over Matter ascension perk unlocks a Government Agenda which progresses by Psionic Theory 25% and unlocks as a permanent research option. You still need Psionic Theory in order to progress through the Psionics tradition tree.

Xeno-Compatibility Ascension Perk to allow the reproduction of two organic species into a hybrid species.

The benefits of "sprawling" your empire far outweigh the costs. It's only there to give a chance to empires that want to play tall. As for fleet size, a lot depends on what difficulty you're on. You usually only want to build fleet size up in preparation for war, though, since the upkeep costs will hurt you otherwise.

2500 is considered endgame, but its not technically over until the endgame crisis around that time point is defeated. End game crisis can start as soon as 2400 by default. Totally conquering the galaxy and by eliminating all other empires ends the game for me.

When focusing on the main objectives, Stellaris is about 31½ Hours in length. If you're a gamer that strives to see all aspects of the game, you are likely to spend around 337 Hours to obtain 100% completion.

Titans have a strict build limit, with a base of 1 allowed per empire; every 200 Naval Capacity increases an empire's Titan cap by 1, up to a maximum of 20 Titans at 3800 naval capacity. Offspring ships have a strict build limit too: Every 10 Naval Capacity increases Offspring Corvette cap by 1.

It improves the planets designation whatever it might be and reduces the empire size from the planet. Ascending the world improves those bonuses. Some planets designations ascend better than others. In particular the forge ecumenopolis deserves your points.

What does the Ascension Tier do in Stellaris? ›

Each planetary ascension tier increases the effects of the planet designation by 25% and reduces size from the colony by 5%, which includes pops, districts and the colony itself. Ascension tiers are not lost if the designation is changed. All designations gain +10% pop growth and assembly speed on ringworlds.

Planet capacity is capped at 500.

Players take the role of a single FTL-capable civilization, referred to as an empire, with the goal of exploring and claiming systems, colonizing habitable planets, and expanding their economy to outcompete rival civilizations progressively encountered through first contact events.

Malevolent, war-like and beyond "normal" comprehension, the Unbidden wage an endless war for something they call the Throne of Eternity, the right to which is measured solely in the energy of all living things, from the most insignificant bacterium to the most powerful intergalactic species.

Stellaris is a very complex game with lots of things that affect each other. For example, you can't just start attacking other empires because you want to, you need an official reason to do so, and once you do fulfill a reason that lets you declare war, whether you capture territory or not depends on other choices.

For an overall game-wide perspective, genetic Ascension with the overtuned origin is considered the best path, providing high pop growth speed and assembly.

Each planetary ascension tier increases the effects of the planet designation by 25% and reduces size from the colony by 5%, which includes pops, districts and the colony itself. Ascension tiers are not lost if the designation is changed. All designations gain +10% pop growth and assembly speed on ringworlds.

Imperial Prerogative

Government Perk. Official capacity +2, Reduce Empire Size from Colonies by -50%. Enacted Council Agenda Effect Duration is increased by +9% for each unlocked Government Perk (Including this one).

Players can Ascend planets up to 10 times, for a maximum bonus of 250 percent of the base Planetary Designation effects.