Empire interface

Version

This article has been verified for the current PC version (3.14) of the game.

User interface

Game setup

Main interface

Planet interface

Unit interface

Empire interface

Diplomacy interface

Controls

Stellaris' Interface, also called user interface (UI), or graphical user interface (GUI), has a number of specific screens and visual elements. This article will focus on the pragmatic purpose and utility of the interface (as opposed to the stylistic elements).

All tabs of the empire interface can be rearranged in-game.

Empire UI

Empire

Empire UI

The empire screen presents information regarding the empire and its government. The player can find here:

• The current ruler and their traits.
• The empire's ethics and civics.
• Authority type and next election date (if has elections) or next heir (if imperial).
• The empire's origin.
• The empire's diplomatic weight.
• Reform Government button - Change the empire's authority and civics for a unity cost.
• A switchable list of either:
  • Modifiers currently affecting the empire.
  • Diplomatic relations with other empires.

Elections

See also: Election

Elections UI

The election UI can be brought up by clicking the notification during an election. Elections occur periodically in the following authority governments types

• Democratic
• Oligarchic
• Dictatorial
• Corporate
• Election cycle depends on authority type

During elections, the election UI shows the date of the election and a list of candidates (taken from leaders) with information on:

• Leader level
• Potential ruler traits
• Current position (if holds one)

A random leader (if , the leader with the highest election chance) will be made the ruler at the election date. The player can also intervene and support or elect a specific leader for a unity cost.

Demographics

Main article: Population

Demographics UI

The demographics tab keeps track of the empire's population. The player can find here:

• Pie chart showcasing the species breakdown within the empire
• The dominant species as well as that species' traits
• A summary of modifiers affecting the empire's pops (such as pop growth speed and bonus to the production of resources)

Advisor voice

Advisor UI

The advisor tab allows the player to choose the voice of the advisor or use the automatically determined voice.

• There are 9 advisor voices in the base game - one for each ethic in addition to the standard one.
• There are 12 advisor voices added by various DLCs.

Government

Council Council The Council displays the current councilors along with their level and traits that take effect when the leader is on the council. It also displays launched agendas and progress towards launching the current agenda.

Factions Factions The Factions tab provides an overview of the populace's political groupings, and allows the player to see their demands. The player can also see a faction's happiness, effects, and size. They can also choose to promote or suppress the faction.

Policies & Edicts Policies & Edicts The Policies & Edicts tab lists all available government policies and edicts. Many of them are limited by technology, ethics, or other factors. Some policies are not shown until certain conditions are met, such as researching a certain technology or encountering a primitive empire.

Log views

Situation log Situation Log The Situation Log displays a list of all currently available special projects, archaeology sites, first contacts, and other potential tasks or points of interest. New items will appear through exploration or events.

Anomalies log Anomalies Log The Anomalies log displays a list of all currently available anomalies that were discovered and left behind, along with information about their difficulty level.

Victory log Victory Log The Victory screen shows the current rank of every known empire. During game setup, the victory year (default 2500) can be set. When that year is reached the empire with the most victory points wins the game. This tab will be greyed out if the victory year was disabled or AI empires set to zero in game settings.

Market

Market Market The Market tab displays all current tradable resources along with their conversion rate. If the Galactic Market has been established, that empire is shown at the top right. The player can set automatic monthly trades in this screen.

Slave market Slave Market The Slave Market tab shows all available slave pops that anyone can buy or set free along with possible destination colonies. The player can also sell enslaved pops or non-sentient robots.

Society management

Tradition Traditions The Traditions tab allows the player to spend unity to unlock traditions which give provide their empire various benefits and eventually unlock Ascension Perks which provide an empire significant benefits.

Crisis Player crisis This tab shows the crisis perks as well as progress towards the next crisis level. It is grayed out until the empire takes a crisis ascension perk.

Fleet management

Fleet manager Fleet manager Through the fleet manager tab, the player can manage all of the empire's fleets. All fleets are listed in the middle-top part of the tab. Their admiral and current orders are also here. On the right side is the build queue of the fleet. If the player is adding new ship designs to the fleet, this changes to list all ship designs.

Ship designer Ship designer All ships in use within the empire are designed here. New Hull Sizes and Components will be unlocked as new technologies are discovered.

Contacts

Contacts Contacts In the Contacts tab, the player can see a detailed list of all the empires they have encountered. In addition to regular empires, this screen also lists fallen empires, enclaves, primitives, marauders, and other special empires, such the endgame crisis. The left side panel shows details of the selected empire, depending on empire type and intel level. The main panel lists all known empires, and the player can filter this list by empire type and sort it by several aspects, including opinion towards the player, diplomatic status, and relative power.

Agreements Agreements In the agreements tab, the player can see the terms of agreement, loyalty, and subject type. The overlord (whether the player or another empire) will be displayed on the left side, while the subject (whether the player or another empire) will be displayed on the right side. It is grayed out unless the empire is either an overlord or a subject.

Discoveries

Relics Relics This tab shows all Relics recovered. If Ancient Relics is installed but Grand Archive is not it will also display the number of Minor Artifacts and all the possible artifact actions.	Astral Actions Astral Actions This tab shows all the possible astral actions as well as the number of Astral Threads and completed astral rifts.
Collection Collection This tab shows all Specimens recovered. If Ancient Relics is installed it will also display the number of Minor Artifacts and all the possible artifact actions.	Vivarium Vivarium This tab shows all space fauna that has been captured as well as the Vivarium Capacity.

Technology

Technology view

Main article: Technology

The Technology screen shows the current research efforts, previously researched technologies, and possible research options. Technologies are categorized into three different fields, with each field typically having three available research options. The gear button can be selected to automate research.

Claims

Claims)

See also: Claims

This screen lists all the available claims. Claims can be added by spending influence or removed, though there is no refund for doing so. While this UI is open, the player can click systems on the map in order to add them to the list.

Leaders

Leaders

Main article: Leader

The Leaders tab lets the player review, hire, and dismiss commanders, officials and scientists.

Species

Species

Main article: Species rights

The Species tab lists all types of intelligent beings the player has encountered with details on their traits and homeworld. The list can be switched between all known species in the galaxy and only those residing in the empire. The player can also set the species rights for each species here and modify or uplift them if technology to do so has been researched.

Planets and sectors

Planets and Sectors

This tab allows the player to manage their sectors and the colonies within them. Every line shows the name of a sector, its governor, the number of systems, colonies, and pops in the sector, and its total production. Clicking on a sector shows a list of all planets in that sector. It is possible to send resources from the empire stockpile to the shared stockpile through this tab. Players can also release a sector as a new vassal empire. Planets which are not part of a sector are not shown.

Expansion planner

Expansion planner

The expansion planner shows all known habitable planets, including potential habitable terraforming targets. The list of planets can be filtered by survey and colonization status, and the list can be sorted by each attribute. This allows the player to easily find and colonize planets by clicking on them.