Planetary management

Districts represent large areas of development on a planet dedicated towards a particular purpose, whether that is housing or resource production. The total number of districts that can be built on a planet is limited by district slots, which are equal to the planet size unless modified by traditions, planetary features, planet modifiers, or blockers. The number of mining, generator, and agriculture districts is further constrained by the deposit features on the planet.
Each district increases
empire size by a default amount of 0.5.
Planetary districts[]
Regular planets can support five different types of districts: urban districts, industrial districts, and three different resource districts.
Urban[]
There are two types of urban districts on a normal planet: city districts and industrial districts, as well as a special trade district for the Shattered Ring World. City districts mainly provide
housing for pops living on the planetary surface as well as additional building slots. Industrial districts provide some additional housing and create jobs that generate
alloys or
consumer goods resources.
The number of urban districts that can be built per planet is not dependent on planetary features, limited only by the number of free district slots. Resort and Thrall Worlds cannot use any urban districts
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Scavenger Site[]
The homeworlds of empires with the Broken Shackles origin start with 6 Scavenger Site districts instead of City districts. More cannot be constructed and they cannot be removed except by the
Memorial to the Unshackled or Remove Wreckage decision. Each one has the standard upkeep of
2 Energy.
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Resource[]
A resource district provides some additional housing and creates jobs that generate energy,
minerals, or
food resources. The number of resource districts that can be built is limited by planetary features, except under certain conditions, such as on
Hive Worlds,
Machine Worlds, and
Shattered Ring Worlds.
Agrarian Idyll and
Machine Intelligence empires gain 1 additional
housing from each resource district, while
Hive Mind empires gain 1 additional
job.
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Habitat districts[]
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Habitats have their own set of districts; two consistent districts and three dependent on the planetary orbital resource deposits where the habitat or its orbitals are built. Each habitat district provides two jobs by default; empires with the
Void Dwellers origin or
Voidborne ascension perk gain an additional job from each district.
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Arcology districts[]
Ecumenopolis planets have their own set of districts called arcologies. These provide a larger amount of housing and jobs than regular planetary districts, but do not provide basic resource jobs.
Residential Arcologies[]
Residential Arcologies provide large amount of housing and can be improved by the same set of technologies as regular housing districts.
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Production Arcologies[]
Production Arcologies provide large amount of housing and
jobs that focus on manufacturing of advanced resources from basic resources. They each require
Strategic Resources to build and upkeep.
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Ring World districts[]
Ring Worlds have their own set of districts called segments. They are the most powerful district types available but also the most expensive. A maximum of 10 segments may be constructed on a ring section.
Housing segments[]
Like Housing districts on regular planets, the Housing segments provide massive amount of housing and receive the same set of bonus from technologies and traditions.
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Production segments[]
The Production segments provide massive amount of housing and
jobs that focus on a limited scope of resources. They each consume Strategic Resources to build and upkeep.
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References[]
District files can be found in Stellaris/common/districts
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