Abilities are distinct from traits in that they represent the culture of a given race, rather than any innate characteristics.
Base Game
Name | Description | Requirements |
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Adaptable | Can colonize tier 1 extreme worlds | |
Amphibious | Can colonize water worlds early game, with no penalty. Can terraform 1 extra water tile each tech age. | Mercenaries Expansion |
Ancient | Gets Research from Precursor Artifacts | |
Coercive | Planets can adjust their planetary Production manually. | |
Colonizers | First improvement on all new colonies is free. | |
Discreet | Receives a free random tier 1 mercenary every game, when they first encounter the Bazaar. | Mercenaries Expansion |
Engineers | Shipyard production decays at half of the normal rate. | |
Entrepreneurs | Trade Routes give Approval bonuses to both parties and 2 extra Trade Routes | |
Intuitive | Starts with free Research (250 research) | |
Knowledgeable | Starts knowing the location of other homeworlds | |
Paranoid | Free drones defend planets, shipyards and starbases | |
Prolific | Planets start with 100% more population than is brought on the Colony ship | |
Scavengers | Have a 25% chance capturing the ships of your vanquished foes. | Revenge of the Snathi DLC |
Starfaring | All starbases get the first module free. All ships are immune to Nebula | |
Synthetic | Disables Food and natural Growth. Instead an Assembly project is used to produce Citizens. | |
Unrelenting | Invasions never cost credits | |
Unwavering | Colonies are much harder to Culture flip | |
Vigilant | Starbase have larger Areas of Effect. Enemy ships are slowed, and player ships gain an attack bonus, while in the area of any starbase. | Mercenaries Expansion |
Warriors | Ignore 10% of all damage done to their ships. All weapons have 10% longer range. | Mercenaries Expansion |
Wealthy | Starts with tourism enabled and with extra credits (+2500bc) | |
Zealots | Get an Ideology point each time you invade a planet (15 points to dominant Ideology) |
Removed
The following abilities were removed for the final release but still remain within the game's code.
- Patriotic (Immune to the large empire Approval penalty)
Expansions & DLC
List of abilities with all DLC and expansions activated
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Angry |
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Bureaucrats |
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Certain |
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Colonizers |
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Conquerors |
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Cybernetic |
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Determined |
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Devout |
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Diplomatic |
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Discreet |
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Engineers |
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Experienced |
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Heroic |
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Hopeful |
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Intuitive |
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Inventive |
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Knowledgeable |
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Paranoid |
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Prolific |
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Resourceful |
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Scavengers |
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Slavers |
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Starfaring |
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Time Travelers |
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Traders |
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Unrelenting |
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Unwavering |
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Vigilant |
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Warriors |
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Wealthy |
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Xenophobic |
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