Special Buildings
Special Buildings are gained from artifacts, blue prints, or other rewards. So they are not gained by research but by other means. Be it a mission, artifact points, tier reward, or NPC. As such they give more than one type of bonus or a bonus that is hard to get.
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The Buildings
As of the current time, every special building takes up a certain size on the planet, in exchange for the bonuses it bestows.
Artifact Buildings
These are buildings gained from Artifact points or Galaxy Points. So no missions grant them. But given their nature, they are the most commonly found buildings on a planet.
Name | Size | Gained from | Cost | Planetary Effect | Limit on Planet |
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Phase Cutter Chassis | 1 | Artifact Shipment or Artifact Market | 1,000 artifact points or 8 Galaxy Points | +1 Mining, +100 Attack | 2 |
Space Elevator Chassis | 1 | Artifact Shipment or Artifact Market | 1,000 artifact points or 8 Galaxy Points | +1 Artifact, +50 Population | 2 |
Spy Uplink Chassis | 1 | Artifact Shipment or Artifact Market | 1,000 artifact points or 8 Galaxy Points | +1 Research, +40 Cloak | 2 |
Processing Core Chassis | 1 | Artifact Shipment or Artifact Market | 2,000 artifact points or 14 Galaxy Points | +1 Artifact, +1 Mining | 1 |
Relay Tower Chassis | 1 | Artifact Shipment or Artifact Market | 2,000 artifact points or 14 Galaxy Points | +1 Artifact, +1 Research | 1 |
Refining Lab Chassis | 1 | Artifact Shipment or Artifact Market | 2,000 artifact points or 14 Galaxy Points | +1 Mining, +1 Research | 1 |
Warp Gate Chassis | 1 | Artifact Shipment or Artifact Market | 4,000 artifact points or 32 Galaxy Points | +1 Mining, +1 Artifact, +1 Research | 1 |
Blueprint Buildings
These are buildings that are added to your planetary build list by using a Blueprint Artifact. Blueprint Artifacts are found by completing certain missions. Once an Artifact Blueprint has been used, these buildings can then be built an unlimited number of times, as long as you have enough of the required building materials.
Name | Size | Gained from | Cost | Planetary Effect | Limit on Planet |
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Anti-Resistance Base | 3 | Mission: Attack on the Resistance | 200,000 CR and 5 Political Favor | +200 Defense, +100 Cloak | - |
Exotic Lab | 1 | Mission: Exotic Innovation | 500 CR, 5000 Exotic Matter | +1 Research | 1 |
Exotic Turret | 2 | Mission: Exotic Endeavours | 500 CR, 400 Exotic Matter | +250 Attack | - |
Exotic Barrier | 2 | Mission: Exotic Revelations | 500 CR, 400 Exotic Matter | +250 Defense | 2 |
Prejoran Slave Barrier | 20 | Mission:Slaves to the Cause | 100,000 CR, 50 Prejoran Tech | +6000 Defense, prevents any planetary resource production | - |
Sulcation Portal | 2 | Mission: Portal Prototypes | 500 CR, 50 Complex Tech Parts | +2 Mining, +200 Population | 1 |
Mission Buildings
These are buildings that are either added to your build list as a reward for totally completing a specific number of missions (Mission Completion Rewards) or are given as limited-edition Artifact buildings when you finish a specific mission.
Name | Size | Gained from | Cost | Planetary Effect | Limit on Planet | # from Missions |
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Adaptive Spire | 1 | Mission: A Station Adrift | - | Adaptive Resource Bonus (see article for more details) | 2 | 20 |
Alarri Comm Tower | 1 | Mission: The Alarri Sojourn | - | +1 Research, +1 Artifact, +100 Cloak, | 1 | 10 |
Alarri Compound Turret | 1 | Mission: Breaching the Compound | - | +1 Mining, +1 Artifact, Attack +15%, Special Ability: Compound Lockdown 2 charges | 1 | 14 |
Alarri Signaling Drone | 1 | Mission: A Trap for Ja'kell | - | +1 Mining, +1 Artifact, Special Ability: Drone Signal 4 charges | 1 | 14 |
Antimatter Drill | 1 | Mission: Drill Capture | - | +1 Mining, +1 Artifact, +100 Defense | 1 | 10 |
Archaic Stasis Cells | 1 | Mission: Empty Arrival | - | +500 Invasion Defense, +200 Population | 1 | 10 |
Bioship Gene Lab | 1 | Mission: Uncertain Opportunity | - | Choice: +2 Research, +200 Population | 1 | 10 |
Bioship Landing Platform | 1 | Mission: Imminent Conflict | - | +200 Population, Adaptive cloak bonus (see the artifact article for more details), cannot be used on Gas or Plasma planets. | 1 | 10 |
Chron Shifter | 1 | Mission: The Dark Thief | - | +300 Cloak | 2 | 5 |
Cloning Center | 1 | Mission: Drannik Rebirth | - | +275 Population | 2 | 5 |
Convoy Heat Seeker | 1 | Mission: A Stryll Target | - | +1 Mining, +75 Population, doubled on Volcanic planets | 1 | 10 |
Council Base | 2 | Mission Completion Reward: 20th Tier | 10,000,000 CR and 15 Political Favor | +500 Invasion Defense, +100 Population | 1 | No Limit |
Drannik Databank | 5 | Mission: Ultimate Betrayal | - | +3 Research, +2 Artifact, +100 Attack, +100 Defense | 5 | |
Ergosphere Filter | 1 | Mission: The Aevax Experiment | - | +150 Cloak, +20% Cloak Bonus | 1 | 15 |
Klorvis Shroud Generator | 1 | One in four chance of receiving from Klorvis Debris, obtained from The Klorvis Aftermath | - | +1 Research, +200 Cloak | 2 | No Limit |
Klorvis Troop Gateway | 1 | One in four chance of receiving from Klorvis Debris, obtained from The Klorvis Aftermath | - | +750 Attack, +750 Defense | 1 | No Limit |
Litheor Core Tunnel | 1 | Mission: Reaching the Core | - | +2 Mining, +15% Cloak. You may choose to double the structure's size to 2 when building. If you do, its bonuses increase by 50% | 1 | 10 |
Litheor Transmutative Locator | 1 | Mission: Silent Extraction | - | Choose between the following bonuses:
+6% Artifact, +10% Defense | 1 | 6 |
Meta-Tuned Jammer | 1 | Mission: The Crimson Defector | - | Choice: +2 Research, +25% Cloak | 1 | 15 |
Modified Grid Pylons | 2 | Mission: Embattled Retreat | - | +2 Reseearch, +150 Cloak, +200 Defense | 1 | 15 |
Mylarai Stripcore Mine | 1 | Mission: The Mylarai Embargo | - | +4 Mining, -2 Artifact
(Note - Lowers Artifact Production by 2) | 1 | 15 |
Omnibase Chassis | 5 | Mission Completion Reward: 15th Tier | Single-Use Artifact | +3 Mining, +3 Research, +3 Artifact, +1000 Attack, +1000 Defense | 1 | 1 |
Orbital Stabilizer | 1 | Mission: Tremors From Below | - | +1 Artifact, +7% Mining. If the planet has small moons, large moons, or planetary rings, this structures' bonuses are doubled. | 1 | 15 |
Quantum Hydro-Meliorator | 1 | Mission: Octafari Distress | - | +1 Artifact, +100 Population. Population bonus doubles if built on a Terra, Gaia or Dyson planet. Population bonus triples if built on an Oceanic planet. | 1 | 15 |
Soldier Outpost | 2 | Mission Completion Reward: 4th Tier | 50,000 CR and 5 Political Favor | +300 Invasion Defense | No Limit | No Limit |
Statue of the Magnus | 2 | Mission: Journey of the Magnus | - | +1000 Invasion Defense. Strikes fear in the hearts of invaders. | No Limit | 7 |
Symbiont Test Lab Upgrade | 0 | Mission: The Trellith Symbiosis | - | Upgrades an existing Refining Lab structure on your planet to a Symbiont Test Lab, doubling its research and mining bonuses. The new structure will also provide a 20% population bonus. | 1 | 20 |
Taltherian Archives | 1 | Mission: Echoes from Taltheria | - | +1 Research, +1000 Research Capacity | 2 | 10 |
Trellith Comm Relay Upgrade | 0 | Mission: The Trellith Emergence | - | Upgrades an existing Relay Tower structure on your planet to a Trellith Comm Relay, doubling its research and artifact bonuses. | 1 | 20 |
Vaash Holomatrix | 1 | Mission: The Message Within | - | +1 Research, +200 Cloak. If you are a Zolazin, Vygoid, or a Hacker when this is first built, it also provides a 7% research bonus. | 1 | 15 |
Void Barrier Chassis | 1 | Mission: Darkness Falls | - | +110 Cloak | 1 | unlimited (repeatable mission) |
Voliir Transgenic Lock | 2 | Mission: Delivering the Treatment | - | +1 Mining, +2 Research, +1 Artifact. Choose a group of professions when building this. While installed, ships of the chosen professions cannot invade the planet. -Biologist, Builder, Explorer | 2 | 10 |
Xecti Signal Repeater | 1 | Mission: The Broodmind Hunt | - | +10% Research | 1 | 15 |
XTS-10 Injector | 1 | Mission: Building the Injector | - | +3 Mining, -150 Population
(Note: reduces max population) | 1 | 5 |
X-Pulse Tower | 1 | Mission: Protecting the Colonies | - | +350 Attack, +350 Defense | 2 | 10 |
Zolazin Analyzer | 1 | Mission: The Zolazin Pursuit | - | +1 Artifact, +1 Research | 2 | 10 |
Zolazin Void Tower | 1 | Mission: Spoils of War | - | +100 Cloak | 1 | Random drop chance per click |
NPC Loot Drops
These buildings are gained by defeating specific NPCs. These NPC's may appear at the end of a specific mission, or may simply appear in your normal random NPC list.
Name | Size | Gained from | Planetary Effect | Limit on Planet | # Available |
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Akulan Gas Ingestor | 1 | NPC: Akulan Entity | +3 Research, -2 Artifact (Note - Lowers Artifact production by 2) | 1 | - |
ArcRift Tower | 1 | NPC: Chaotic ArcRift Entity | +6% Artifact. Can only be built on Rift Planets. | 2 | - |
Captured Crimson Base | 5 | NPC: Crimson Operations Base (One battle available per completion of the Crimson Operations mission.) | +2 Mining, +2 Research, +2 Artifact, +250 Attack, +250 Defense | 1 | 5 |
Convoy Heat Seeker | 1 | NPC: Hired Convoy (One battle available per completion of the A Stryll Trap mission.) | +1 Mining, +75 Population (Mining and population bonus is doubled if built on a Volcanic Planet - becomes Volcanic Heat Seeker.) | 1 | 8 |
Crimson Phase Launcher | 1 | NPC: Crimson Shrieker (One battle available per completion of the Crimson Confrontation mission.) | +250 Attack | 2 | 5 |
Crimson Rift Aperture | 1 | NPC: Kelethor, Crimson Hauler | Artifact: 1, Attack: 400, Cloak: 200
If you occupy two or more rift planets, all bonuses are doubled. | 1 | NPC Drop |
Dark Pylon Shifter | 1 | NPC: Dark MegaComplex | +400 Defense, +90 Cloak | 1 | NPC drop |
Dark Anti-Beacon | 1 | NPC: Dark Command Nexus | +500 Defense, +150 Cloak | 1 | NPC drop |
Dark Null Beacon Upgrade | 1 | NPC: Pevreon, Dark Specialist | Upgrades an existing Dark Anti-Beacon on your planet to a Dark Null Beacon, doubling all of its bonuses. The new structure will also provide a 10% defense bonus. | 1 | NPC drop |
Drannik Databank | 5 | NPC: Drannik Databank (One battle available per completion of the Ultimate Betrayal mission.) | +3 Research, +2 Artifact, +100 Attack, +100 Defense | 1 | 5 |
Extracted Lithovoric Stem | 1 | NPC: Broodmind Clone (One battle available per completion of the Cold Evasion mission.) | +10% Mining | 1 | 15 |
Gauss Chain | 2 | NPC: Allovore Entity | +2 Research, +1 Mining, +1 Artifact, +300 Defense. If you occupy 10+ planets that are metallic, dyson, and/or ecumenopolis when this is built, its bonuses double. | 1 | NPC drop |
Interrogation Center | 1 | NPC: Svax, Stryll Punisher | +2 Research, +200 Defense. Cannot be constructed on Gas planets. | 1 Stryll Structure | NPC drop |
Interrogation Stronghold | 1 | NPC: Xavox, Stryll Punisher | +2 Research, +300 Defense. Cannot be constructed on Gas planets. | 1 Stryll Structure | NPC drop |
Lazuli Darkmine Cluster | 1 | NPC: Attiroth, Lazuli Carrier | +1200 Attack, +30% Attack | 2 | NPC drop |
Lazuli Darkmines | 1 | NPC: Rethion, Lazuli Superhauler | +600 Attack, +25% Attack | 2 | NPC drop |
Lazuli Pylon | 1 | NPC: Renegar, Lazuli Station | +600 Invasion Defense | 3 | NPC drop |
Modified Grid-Pylon | 2 | NPC: Octafari Grid-Pylon (One battle available per completion of the Embattled Retreat mission.) | +2 Research, +150 Cloak, +200 Defense | 1 | 15 |
Rithkar's War Forge | 2 | NPC: Rithkar's Guardship (One battle available per completion of the Vengeful Deeds mission.) | Choice Bonus: +2 Artifact, +2 Mining, +30% Attack -OR- +3 Artifact, +1 Mining, +10% Attack | 1 | 10 |
RSL Data Uplink | 3 | NPC: RSL Data Uplink (One battle available per completion of the Network of Secrets mission.) | +3 Research, +50 Defense, +100 Cloak | --------- | 10 |
Shadin Grid Network | 1 | NPC: Sha'din AI Matrix | +2 Research | 1 Sha'din Structure | NPC drop |
Shadin Hypergrid Network | 1 | NPC: Sha'din Hypergrid | +2 Research, +200 Defense | 1 Sha'din Structure | NPC drop |
Shadin Hyperport Network | 1 | NPC: Sha'din Hyperport | +3 Research, +400 Defense | 1 Sha'din Structure | NPC drop |
Sha'jha Uplink Upgrade | 0 | NPC: The Sha'jha Uplink (One battle available per completion of The Sha'jha Approach mission.) | +2 Research, +120 Cloak (Doubles the research bonus and triples the cloak bonus of an existing Spy Uplink Chassis)1 | 2 | 25 |
Silthion Gas Vesicle | 1 | NPC: Silthion Queen NPC: Silthion Hive Colony | +2 Research, +150 Cloak | 1 | NPC drop |
Silthion T-Plasma Vesicle | 1 | NPC: Silthion Hybrid Cluster | +3 Research, +1 Artifact, +300 Cloak | 1 | NPC drop |
T.O. Grid Barrier | 1 | NPC: T.O. Council Station (One battle available per completion of the 'Restructuring' the Council mission.) | +400 Defense | 2 | 5 |
T.O. Manufacturing Core Upgrade | 0 | NPC: T.O. Hyperseeker (Appears randomly as a blockade npc on Terra or Gaia Planets) | Upgrades an existing Processing Core structure on your planet to a T.O. Manufacturing Core, doubling its mining and artifact bonuses. | 1 | NPC drop |
XRP Warp Inhibitor | 2 | NPC: XRP Warp Station | +800 Defense, While on the planet, no further artifacts or abilities can be used on the planet. Can only be constructed on planets that have not been attacked in the last week. | 1 | NPC drop |
1 The net effect of the Sha'jha Link Upgrade is +1 Research and +80 cloak. The stated +2 and +120 are the final stats of the upgraded building.
Base Crate Buildings
These buildings are obtained from raiding bases of level 4 and upwards.
Name | Size | Gained from | Planetary Effect | Limit on Planet | # Available |
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Adumbrate Station | 1 | Large Base Crate (Level 5): 30% chance, Massive Base Crate (Level 6): 60% chance, Colossal Base Crate (Level 7 or 8): 60% chance | Artifact:1, Research: 1, Cloak: 200. | 2 | Unlimited |
Tri-Phase Upgrade | 0 | Base Crate (Level 4): 5% chance, Large Base Crate (Level 5): 60% chance | Upgrades an existing Phase Cutter structure on your planet, tripling all of its bonuses. | 2 | Unlimited |
CT Lab Buildings
These buildings can be built in the Collective Theory Lab in exchange for artifacts and energy.
Name | Size | Gained from | Planetary Effect | Limit on Planet | # Available |
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Astrobiology Ward | 1 | 50 Cloning Pods, 50 Longevity Serums, 30 Space Elevator Chassis, 50 Energy. | Population +500, Population Bonus +50% | 1 | Unlimited |
DM79 Datacenter | 1 | 25 Alien Data Discs, 30 Positron Clouders, 30 Grid Consoles, 50 Energy. | Research +4 on Gas Planets, +6 on all other planet types. | 1 | Unlimited |
Domain Walker | 1 | 30 Sentry Guards, 30 Shield Sentries, 30 Phase Cutters, 50 Energy | Attack: 600, Defense: 600 | 2 | Unlimited |
Galactic Concord Station | 1 | 50 Halcyon Traps, 50 Calming Amplifiers, 40 Processing Cores, 100 Energy | Mining: 1, Artifact: 1, Defense +10%. If the planet has not been attacked in the last 9 months when this is first built, all bonuses are doubled. | 1 | Unlimited |
Hypergate Upgrade | 0 | 50 Warp Gates, 30 Wormhole Emitters, 50 Tachyon Cylinders, 100 Energy. | Upgrades an existing warp gate on a planet, doubling its bonus. | 1 | Unlimited |
Hypersensor Satellite | 2 | 40 Continuum Beacons, 40 Subspace Seekers, 40 Relay Tower Chassis, 50 Energy. | Artifact: 2, Research: 2 | 1 | Unlimited |
Isolation Bureau | 2 | 50 Refining Lab Chassis, 50 Calming Amplifiers, 50 Dark Pyramids, 100 Energy. | All Resources:1, Cloak:200. All bonuses double if built on a planet that only YOU have scanned. | 1 | Unlimited |
Polychoron Vault | 1 | 20 Mass Storage Pods, 20 Tesseract Containers, 20 Containment Cages, 50 Energy. | Increases mineral, artifact, and research storage capacities by 1000 units each. | 1 | Unlimited |
Resonance Inhibitor | 1 | 50 Dark Pyramids, 30 Containment Cages, 40 Spy Uplink Chassis, 100 Energy. | Cloak: 250, Invasion Defense: 500. | 2 | Unlimited |
Timed-Reward Buildings
These are buildings are available as Holiday specials. This means their availability is both time-limited and limited in number. Furthermore, if you miss out on buildings that are gained through these missions there is no guarantee that you will get another chance to get them.
Name | Size | Gained From | Build Cost | Planetary Effect | Planetary Limit |
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Guarded Memorial | 2 | Mission: Honoring the Fallen (Memorial Day 2010) | None | +1 Research, +250 Defense | 1 |
M.O.T.H.E.R. (Massively Occupied Trans-Habitation Eco Residence) | 2 | Daily Reward (Mother's Day 2010) | None | +150 Population | 1 |
M.O.T.H.E.R. 2.0 (Massively Occupied Trans-Habitation Eco Residence) | 1 | Daily Reward (Mother's Day 2012) | None | +400 Population, +200 Defense | 1 |
Permafrost Sub-Network | 1 | Mission: Beneath the Snow (December Holidays 2010, 2011 & 2012) | None | +50 Cloak, +50 Population, +1 Research. All bonuses are doubled if installed on an Icy planet. | 1 |
Sarkonis Headquarters | 1 | NPC: Sarkonis, Harvest Leader (Thanksgiving 2012) | None | +1 Research, +500 Population, +10% Defense | 1 |
T.O. Harvest Vault II | 2 | GP Item (Thanksgiving 2012) | None | +3 Mining, +3000 Mineral Capacity | 2 |
Captured T.O. Harvester III | 2 | NPC: T.O. Harvester (Thanksgiving 2012) | None | +2 Mining, +1 Artifact, +600 population | 1 |