Galactic Paragons and 3.8 “Gemini” Update Now Available for Stellaris

The latest expansion for Stellaris, Galactic Paragons, is now available. This expansion expands the Council mechanic, adds additional civics, and allows leaders you command to amplify your empire's vision. Additionally, the 3.8 “Gemini” update has been launched, which includes new features, quality of life improvements, story events, bug fixes, and more.

Galactic Paragons Features

• Unique Council Roles: Specialized roles and benefits are included in Galactic Paragons to expand upon the new Council Mechanics in Stellaris! Find dozens of unique council roles based on your civics and government types, and unlock additional positions as your empire evolves.
  
• New Dynamic Leaders: Recruit, improve, and follow the leaders of your empire through the ages! You may shape them by picking their traits, selecting their veteran class, and guide them towards their destiny, up until they retire - or perish!
  
• Meet Galactic Heroes: Attract paragons of renown to your council: unique leaders with their own art, events, and stories may join your empire and bring their own benefits to your government. Or, discover four Legendary Paragons with intricate event chains and unique mechanics!
  
• New Traditions, Civics, And More:
  
  • A new “Under One Rule” Origin that tells the tale of the leader who founded your empire
    
  • Eight new Civics focused on leadership, from immortalizing the personalities of leaders past in digital archives to heavily optimized council selection via corporate charter
    
  • 12 new Veteran Classes
    
  • Hundreds of new Leader Traits
    
  • Two new Tradition Trees, giving players new edicts and improved leaders
    
  • New ships, art, and story content

3.8 “Gemini” Update Features

Cooperative Multiplayer (Beta)

The Custodian team has made it possible for several players to play the same empire in Stellaris with the new Cooperative Multiplayer (Beta) feature. Players can access coop multiplayer by clicking Multiplayer and ticking Allow Coop or clicking Cooperative to have up to 5 players join the host’s empire. Cooperative multiplayer is currently still in beta, and the team will be doing some polish, bug, and desync fixes during post-launch support.

Empire Council

The base-game Stellaris now includes a ruling council, where up to three leaders will assist you in ruling your empire - your Ruler, your Head of Research, and your Defense Minister. Each leader gives bonuses to their area of expertise, which grow increasingly more powerful as they level up over time.

Ruler Creator

In 3.8 “Gemini”, a Ruler creator has been introduced where you can choose your ruler’s appearance and starting trait.

Renowned & Legendary Leaders

Paragon leaders are not just for owners of Galactic Paragons! Six existing leaders have been updated to the new leader system introduced in Galactic Paragons, including new traits, new and/or updated events, and in some cases, updated artwork.

Ground Combat

Ground Combat has had some love from the Custodian team as well. Planetary Devastation has been rebalanced, and starbases now have the ability to construct offensive armies. Additionally, bombardment damage will now scale based on planet size, with larger planets taking less damage than smaller planets, and planets that have been bombarded to the point where they have no defensive armies will now have a chance to surrender without being invaded.

Sector Editor

The Sector Editor has returned, making it possible to edit Sectors in the Planets and Sectors screen. Planetary capitals are still limited to be at least four jumps away from one another, however this should make it easier to resolve your sector gore, and make your sectors more visually appealing.

Capital Designations

Four new Capital Designations for non-Gestalt empires have been added in 3.8 “Gemini”. Choose Factory Capital, Forge Capital, Trade or Extraction Capital to boost your economies even further!

Fleet & Ship Designer

The Fleet and Ship designer has been updated, with the two tabs now on the same screen, allowing you to easily swap between them when designing ships and fleets. The Fleet Editor itself has also had some usability improvements.

Science Ship Automation

The new Science Ship Automation modules have been added, including Explore Systems, Survey Systems, Investigate Anomalies, Excavate Archaeology Sites, and Research Special Projects. The default settings are Explore Systems and Survey Systems, which is the same functionality as before 3.8.

(Almost) Rebindable Hotkeys

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Get Galactic Paragons and the 3.8 “Gemini” update now and explore the vast and wondrous galaxy of Stellaris!