Buildings
🏗 Buildings
Buildings form the foundation of every colony in Stellar Realms. They determine your economic strength, military capability, expansion speed, and technological progression.
Each Realm introduces new structures aligned with empire growth:
- Realm 1 — Core Infrastructure & Foundational Economy
- Realm 2 — Advanced Extraction & Market Expansion
- Realm 3 — High-Technology & Terraforming Era
- Realm 4 — Ascension & Transcendence Structures
All buildings scale exponentially in cost and build time.
🌍 Realm 1 Buildings (Foundation Era)
Realm 1 focuses on establishing a stable economy, energy production, fleet construction, and defensive capability.
⚡ Energy & Production
Solar Plant Generates energy from stellar radiation. Primary early-game energy source. Energy output scales per level.
Steel Mine Extracts raw steel ore from planetary crust. Production increases ~18% per level.
Quartz Mine Harvests crystalline quartz for advanced components. Production increases ~18% per level.
Gas Extractor Refines volatile gases used for fleet propulsion and advanced systems. Production increases ~18% per level.
Warehouse Unified storage facility for all resources. Base protected share: 30%. Capacity increases significantly per level.
🏗 Core Infrastructure
Shipyard Constructs ships and orbital platforms. Higher levels unlock larger hull classes.
Research Lab Enables research and improves research speed. Later links across colonies via Research Network.
Fleet Hangar Stores idle fleets and enables Safe-Stow mechanics.
Defense Yard Constructs planetary defense structures.
Engineering Lab Improves building, ship, and defense production speed. At high levels significantly accelerates development.
🛰 Realm 2 Buildings (Expansion Era)
Realm 2 introduces rare resource production, market systems, and advanced power structures.
🔋 Advanced Energy
Fusion Reactor High-output energy plant consuming Gas as fuel. Designed for mid-to-late expansion phases.
🪨 Rare Resource Extraction
Iridium Refinery Produces Iridium used for advanced fleets and defenses.
Silicium Extractor Extracts Silicium for high-tech systems and structures.
🏛 Economic Infrastructure
Trading Center Enables player-to-player market trading and alliance contracts. Tax efficiency improves with upgrades.
🌕 Moon & Detection Infrastructure
Radar Station (Moon Only) Extends detection range and increases early warning time for incoming fleets.
Sensor Array (Moon Only) Deep-space scanning system required for advanced fleet visibility and intelligence mechanics.
🌌 Expansion Milestone
Gravimetric Tower Enables advanced expansion mechanics including proto-moon engineering. Major progression milestone structure.
🌌 Realm 3 Buildings (High-Technology Era)
Realm 3 marks the beginning of late-game infrastructure and advanced resource systems.
⚛ Elerium Systems
Elerium Synthesizer Produces synthetic Elerium required for advanced reactors and high-tier fleets.
Elerium Reactor Massive energy production structure powered by Elerium.
🌍 Planetary Engineering
Terraformer Expands available building slots and slightly improves planetary resource richness.
🌕 Lunar Expansion
Lunar Terraformer (Moon Only) Increases available building slots on moons.
Warp Gate (Moon Only) Enables instant fleet travel between linked Warp Gates. Cooldown-based strategic infrastructure.
👑 Realm 4 Buildings (Ascension Era)
Realm 4 introduces transcendence and realm-transition structures.
Ascension Gate Monumental structure enabling transition into other galaxies of realm 4. Unlocks advanced fleets, research tiers, and prestige systems.
📊 Building Scaling & Mechanics
- Costs scale exponentially by level.
- Build time increases progressively per upgrade.
- Some buildings require specific research levels.
- Moon-only structures can only be constructed on moons.
- Advanced structures require Realm progression milestones.
🧠 Strategic Notes
- Energy balance is critical; overextension limits production.
- Infrastructure scaling determines long-term dominance.
- Moon structures are essential for advanced PvP intelligence.
- Terraforming becomes mandatory in high-realm expansion.
