
Terror Stars: How Do You Unlock Them?
To unlock Terror Stars, players must acquire the “Terror Stars” Cultural Trait via the Nihilism Ideology Tree. “Terror Stars” is the capstone trait of the Nihilism tree which means that players will need to have acquired at least five other Nihilistic Cultural Traits before it can be unlocked. Cultural Traits like “Terror Stars” are acquired by spending Culture Points. Culture Points can be earned from events and from player’s Capital City improvement which provides 1 Culture Point per turn. Players can hasten the acquisition of various Cultural Traits by increasing their civilization's Awareness of each ideology. The more Awareness an ideology has, the larger the Ideology Discount for traits in that Ideology’s tree. Awareness can be increased through certain choices in events. To get to “Terror Stars,” players will want to make choices that add points of Nihilism. Nihilism in particular has the Trait “Moral Relativism” which makes it so all event choices give awareness into every ideology which can greatly accelerate the growth of your Ideology Discount. If you are planning to play a game with the goal of unlocking Terror Stars, I highly recommend playing as a Civilization with Nihilism as its Cultural Focus such as the Korath or Cosmic Contaminant. A Civilization’s Cultural Focus provides an additional 25 Awareness for that Ideology starting turn one - translating into a 25% discount for Cultural Traits in that tree.













Terror Stars: What Do They Do?
Terror Stars have what is called a “Terror Star Beam.” To use a Terror Star Beam, you will need to move your Terror Star within range of a Star at which point you will be able to select the Star as the target of the beam. Once selected, the Terror Star will begin charging - taking three turns before being ready to fire.


