Jobs

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Planetary management

A Job is where Pops work to produce resources on planets. Jobs are divided into different strata; higher stratum jobs are usually filled before lower stratum ones. Most Jobs are created by Districts and Buildings and thus limited in number.

Pops automatically fill empty jobs that they are capable of holding and generally choose the highest stratum job that gets the most out of their traits based on a weighting system; however, a priority can be set towards and away from specific jobs to ensure they are filled before others. New pops that are more suitable for a job than the current pop holding the job may take the job from it.

It is possible to force a re-evaluation of jobs by blocking and then re-enabling the jobs.

Job categories[edit | edit source]

Most jobs belong to a job category that is mentioned on certain tooltips, and groups it together with other similar jobs. This allows modifiers to apply to multiple job types.

For instance, Alloy Mega-Forges increasing output and upkeep by +1 Alloys and −1 Minerals from Metallurgists will also provide additional output and upkeep to Odd Factory Workers.

All sub-categories will always inherit multiplicative modifiers from their parent category, but only a few specified sub-categories also inherit additive modifiers.

Ruler jobs[edit | edit source]

Ruler stratum jobs. Gestalt Consciousness empires do not use this stratum or its jobs, nor use any equivalent.

Job	Output	Upkeep	Primary source	Weight
Politician	+6 Unity +3 Amenities	−2 Consumer goods	Non-Corporate authority: Capital building Other sources: Embassy Complex Military Academy Ministry of Production Auto-Curating Vault	Base: 1000 Modifiers: × pop output ×5 if already employed in this job ×0.1 if not Full Citizenship rights
Executive	+5 Unity +3 Amenities +4 Trade value	−2 Consumer goods −2 Energy	Corporate authority: Capital building Vault of Acquisitions	Base: 1000 Modifiers: × pop output ×5 if already employed in this job
Noble	+6 Unity +3 Amenities +2 Stability ×2 Authoritarian attraction for this pop ×0.1 Egalitarian attraction for this pop	−2 Consumer goods	Aristocratic Elite civic: Capital building Noble Estates Cybernetic Imperial authority: Capital building	Base: 1000 Modifiers: × pop output ×5 if already employed in this job ×0.1 if not Full Citizenship rights
Merchant	+12 Trade value +3 Amenities	−2 Consumer goods	Galactic Stock Exchange Merchant Guilds civic: Capital building	Base: 1000 Modifiers: × pop output ×5 if already employed in this job
Science Director	+4 Research output +3 Amenities	−2 Consumer goods	Research Institute Technocracy civic: Capital building Other sources: Vultaum Reality Computer Quantum Innovation Nexus Master Archive	Base: 1000 Modifiers: × pop output ×5 if already employed in this job ×2 if has Academic Privilege living standards ×0.2 if not Full Citizenship rights
High Priest	+8 Unity +3 Amenities ×0.1 Materialist attraction for this pop	−2 Consumer goods	Citadel of Faith Exalted Priesthood civic: Capital building Other sources: Saintly Hierarchy: Tier III temple / bureaucratic buildings	Base: 1000 Modifiers: × pop output ×5 if already employed in this job ×0.1 if not Full Citizenship rights
Technophant	+6 Unity +5 Engineering +5 Amenities	−2 Consumer goods	Cybernetic Creed Replaces High Priests Cybernetic Creed temples	Base: 1000 Modifiers: × pop output ×5 if already employed in this job ×0.1 if not Full Citizenship rights
Planetary Warden	+3 Amenities +3 Stability	−2 Consumer goods	Penal Colony: Capital building	Base: 1000 Modifiers: × pop output ×5 if employed as Politician ×0.1 if not Full Citizenship rights

Specialist and Complex Drone jobs[edit | edit source]

Specialist and Complex Drone stratum jobs.

Pops under Chattel Slavery cannot work Specialist or Ruler jobs. Other slave types may work some Specialist jobs, see species rights for details.

Industrial jobs[edit | edit source]

Industrial jobs produce advanced resources, typically using minerals upkeep.

Job	Output	Upkeep	Primary source	Empire	Weight
Metallurgist Foundry Drone Fabricator	+3 Alloys +1 if Machine Intelligence	−6 Minerals −2 if Machine Intelligence	Alloy Foundries Industrial Districts	Any	Base: 10 Modifiers: × pop output ×5 if already employed in this job ×2 if enslaved and can't work Servant jobs
Catalytic Technician Catalytic Drone	+3.75 Alloys +1.25 if Machine Intelligence	−9 Food −3 if Machine Intelligence	Catalytic Processing Catalytic Processing Catalytic Recyclers Organic Reprocessing Organic Retrofitting : Replaces Metallurgists	Any	Base: 10 Modifiers: × pop output ×5 if already employed in this job ×2 if enslaved and can't work Servant jobs
Artisan Artisan Drone	+6 Consumer goods +2 if Gestalt Consciousness	−6 Minerals −2 if Gestalt Consciousness	Civilian Industries Industrial Districts if uses consumer goods	Any	Base: 10 Modifiers: × pop output ×5 if already employed in this job ×2 if enslaved and can't work Servant jobs ×1.2 if consumer goods income below 5
Artificer	+7 Consumer goods +2 Trade value	−6 Minerals	Masterful Crafters Masterful Crafters Mastercraft Inc. : Replaces Artisans		Base: 10 Modifiers: × pop output ×5 if already employed in this job ×2 if enslaved and can't work Servant jobs
Pearl Diver	+6 Consumer goods +2 Trade value	−3 Food if organic main species −1 Energy if machine main species −4 Minerals	Anglers Anglers Trawling Operations Marine Machines Maritime Robotics and Wet climate Agriculture Districts		Base: 1 Modifiers: × pop output × pop output if Agrarian Idyll ×5 if already employed in this job ×2 if Indentured Servitude slavery ×1.1 if Agrarian Idyll ×0.1 if can work Servant jobs ×0.1 if food income below 5

Refinery jobs[edit | edit source]

Refinery jobs produce strategic resources, typically using minerals upkeep.

If the empire has a civic, refinery jobs have

+0.5 extra base output for their respective resource, and have

−15 base food upkeep instead of

minerals upkeep.

Job	Output	Upkeep	Primary source	Empire	Weight
Chemist Chem-Drone	+2 Volatile motes +0.5 if Catalytic Processing Catalytic Processing Catalytic Recyclers Organic Reprocessing Organic Retrofitting	−10 Minerals −15 instead if Catalytic Processing Catalytic Processing Catalytic Recyclers Organic Reprocessing Organic Retrofitting	Chemical Plants	Any	Base: 10 Modifiers: × pop output ×7 if already employed in this job ×0.2 if not Full Citizenship rights ×0.1 if can work Servant jobs
Gas Refiner Refinery Drone	+2 Exotic gases +0.5 if Catalytic Processing Catalytic Processing Catalytic Recyclers Organic Reprocessing Organic Retrofitting		Exotic Gas Refineries	Any	Base: 10 Modifiers: × pop output ×7 if already employed in this job ×0.2 if not Full Citizenship rights ×0.1 if can work Servant jobs
Translucer Lensing Drone	+2 Rare crystals +0.5 if Catalytic Processing Catalytic Processing Catalytic Recyclers Organic Reprocessing Organic Retrofitting		Synthetic Crystal Plants	Any	Base: 10 Modifiers: × pop output ×7 if already employed in this job ×0.2 if not Full Citizenship rights ×0.1 if can work Servant jobs

Research jobs[edit | edit source]

Research jobs produce research, typically using consumer goods upkeep. Gestalt job variants use minerals or energy upkeep instead.

Job	Output	Upkeep	Primary source	Empire	Weight
Researcher Calculator	+3 Research output	−2 Consumer goods (if ) −4 Energy (if ) −6 Minerals (if )	Research Labs	Any	Base: 10 Modifiers: × pop output ×2 if Academic Privilege living standards ×1.5 if already employed in this job ×0.8 if Indentured Servitude slavery ×0.2 if Full Citizenship rights ×0.1 if can work Servant job
Brain Drone	+3 Research output	−2 Consumer goods (if ) −4 Energy (if ) −6 Minerals (if )	Research Labs	Any
Archaeo-Engineer Archaeo-Engineering Drone Archaeo-Engineering Unit	+5 Society +2 Physics +2 Engineering +0.3 Minor artifacts on Relic Worlds	−2 Consumer goods (if ) −4 Energy (if ) −6 Minerals (if )	Faculty of Archaeostudies	Any	Base: 10 Modifiers: × pop output ×1.5 if already employed in this job ×2 if Academic Privilege living standards ×0.8 if Indentured Servitude slavery ×0.2 if Full Citizenship rights ×0.1 if can work Servant job
Astral Researcher Astral Drone Astral Unit	+5 Physics +1 Society +1 Engineering +0.3 Astral threads	−2 Consumer goods (if ) −4 Energy (if ) −6 Minerals (if )	Astral Siphons	Any	Base: 10 Modifiers: × pop output ×2 if Academic Privilege living standards ×1.5 if already employed in this job ×0.8 if Indentured Servitude slavery ×0.2 if Full Citizenship rights ×0.1 if can work Servant job
Nanotech Researcher Nanotech Research Unit	+6 Engineering +2 Society +2 Physics +1 Naval capacity	−1 Consumer goods (if ) −4 Energy (if ) −1 Nanites	Nanotech traditions Nanite Research Facilities	Any	Base: 10 Modifiers: × pop output ×2 if Academic Privilege living standards ×1.5 if already employed in this job ×0.8 if Indentured Servitude slavery ×0.2 if Full Citizenship rights ×0.1 if can work Servant job
Astrometeorologist Astrometeorologist Drone Astrometeorologist Unit	+6 Physics +2 Engineering +2 Society Additional output during a storm or within a nebula: +3 Physics +1 Engineering +1 Society	−2 Consumer goods (if ) −4 Energy (if ) −6 Minerals (if )	Astrometeorology Observatory	Any	Base: 10 Modifiers: × pop output ×2 if has Academic Privilege living standards ×1.5 if already employed in this job ×0.8 if Indentured Servitude slavery ×0.2 if not Full Citizenship rights ×0.1 if can work Servant job
Zookeeper	+10 Society +4 Amenities +2 Amenities per pop on planet with job: Conserved Fauna Gladiatorial Beast Protected Fauna Gladiatorial Xeno	−1 Consumer goods	Alien Zoo		Base: 10 Modifiers: × pop output ×2 if Academic Privilege living standards ×1.5 if already employed in this job ×0.8 if Indentured Servitude slavery ×0.2 if Full Citizenship rights ×0.1 if can work Servant job
Necromancer	+6 Physics +6 Society +2 Naval capacity +2 with Ground Defense Planning +3 Planetary defense armies +2 if a Commander is governing the planet	−2 Consumer goods	Dread Encampment		Base: 10 Modifiers: × pop output ×10 if a Commander is governing the planet ×2 for each (stackable) ×1.1 Cybernetic ×1.1 Limited Regeneration ×0.5 if Weak ×0 if can't work Soldier jobs

Unity jobs[edit | edit source]

Unity jobs produce unity, typically using consumer goods upkeep. Gestalt job variants use energy upkeep instead.

Pops employed in Priest category jobs have ×0.1 Materialist ethic attraction.

Job	Output	Upkeep	Primary source	Weight
Bureaucrat	+4 Unity	−2 Consumer goods	Non-Corporate: Administrative Offices	Base: 10 Modifiers: × pop output ×1.5 if already employed in this job ×0.2 if not Full Citizenship rights ×0.1 if can work Servant job
Manager	+4 Unity +2 Trade value	−2 Consumer goods	Corporate: Replaces Bureaucrats	Base: 10 Modifiers: × pop output ×1.5 if already employed in this job ×0.2 if not Full Citizenship rights ×0.1 if Indentured Servitude slavery ×0.1 if can work Servant job
Steward	+4 Unity +1 Trade value +1 Amenities	−2 Consumer goods	Worker Cooperative: Replaces Executives and Managers	Base: 10 Modifiers: × pop output^[3]
Coordinator	+4 Unity	−4 Energy	Machine Intelligence: Uplink Nodes	Base: 1000 Modifiers: × pop output ×1.5 if already employed in this job
Synapse Drone	+4 Unity	−2 Energy −2 Food if biological −2 Minerals if lithoid	Hive Mind: Synaptic Nodes	Base: 1000 Modifiers: × pop output ×1.5 if already employed in this job
Priest	+4 Unity +2 Amenities	−2 Consumer goods	Non-Corporate: Temples	Base: 10 Modifiers: × pop output ×2 if Exalted Priesthood ×1.5 if already employed in this job ×0.2 if not Full Citizenship rights ×0.1 if can work Servant job
Prosperity Preacher	+3 Unity +3 Amenities +2 Trade value +1 with Gospel of the Masses	−2 Consumer goods	Corporate: Replaces Priests Temple of Prosperity	Base: 10 Modifiers: × pop output ×2 if Exalted Priesthood ×1.5 if already employed in this job ×0.2 if not Full Citizenship rights ×0.1 if can work Servant job
Haruspex	+3 Unity +2.5 Engineering −1 Engineering if Corporate +1 Trade value if Corporate +2 Amenities	−2 Consumer goods	Cybernetic Creed: Replaces Priests and Prosperity Preachers Cybernetic Creed temples	Base: 10 Modifiers: × pop output ×2 if Exalted Priesthood ×1.5 if already employed in this job ×0.2 if not Full Citizenship rights ×0.1 if can work Servant job
Death Priest	+3 Unity +3 while a Sacrifice edict is active +2 Amenities +1 Society research	−2 Consumer goods	Death Cult Death Cult Corporate Death Cult : Sacrificial Temples	Base: 10 Modifiers: × pop output ×2 if Exalted Priesthood ×1.5 if already employed in this job ×0.2 if not Full Citizenship rights ×0.1 if can work Servant job

Monument jobs[edit | edit source]

These jobs are added by planet-unique monuments.

Job	Output	Upkeep	Primary source	Weight
Culture Worker	+4 Unity +10% Governing ethics attraction Additional effects based on empire ethics	−3 Consumer goods	Monuments	Base: 10 Modifiers: × pop output ×1.5 if already employed in this job ×0.2 if not Full Citizenship rights ×0.1 if can work Servant job
Evaluator	+4 Unity +3 Amenities	−2 Energy	Sensorium Sites Simulation Sites	Base: 1000 Modifiers: × pop output
Death Chronicler	+4 Unity +2.5 Stability Additional effects based on empire ethics	−3 Consumer goods	Sanctuaries of Repose	Base: 20 Modifiers: × pop output ×1.5 if already employed in this job ×0.2 if not Full Citizenship rights ×0.1 if can work Servant job
Chronicle Drone	+4 Unity +2.5 Stability +3 Amenities	−1 Energy −2 Basic resources Resources used depend on base pop upkeep: Biological and : −1 Energy −2 Food Biological and Phototrophic or Radiotrophic: −2 Energy (reduced to −1 if and Tomb World) −1 Food Lithoid: −1 Energy −2 Minerals Mechanical, Machine or Voidling: −2 Energy −1 Minerals	Sanctuaries of Repose	Base: 10 Modifiers: × pop output

Monument jobs gain additional effects depending on the empire's governing ethics:

Ethic	Regular effect	Fanatic effect
Authoritarian	+3 Edict fund	+6 Edict fund
Egalitarian	−1.25% Pop housing usage	−2.5% Pop housing usage
Materialist	+2 Amenities	+4 Amenities
Spiritualist	−2.5% Pop amenities usage	−5% Pop amenities usage
Militarist	+1 Naval capacity	+2 Naval capacity
Pacifist	+5% Trade value from living standards	+10% Trade value from living standards
Xenophobe	+1.25% Citizen happiness	+2.5% Citizen happiness
Xenophile	−1.25% Pop upkeep	−2.5% Pop upkeep

Holo-Museum jobs[edit | edit source]

The following jobs are added by empire-unique Holo-Museum buildings.

Job	Output	Upkeep	Primary source	Empire
Historical Curator Historical Curator Drone	+6 Unity +5 Stability	−2 Consumer goods	Holo-Museum of History	Any
Xeno-Geologist Xenogeologist Drone	+5 Unity +6 Engineering research	−4 Minerals	Holo-Museum of Geology	Any
Wonder Curator Wonder Curator Drone	+5 Unity +10 Edict fund	−10 Amenities	Holo-Museum of Wonders	Any

Their job category depends on empire type:

Individualist jobs are categorized as Culture Worker category jobs.
Gestalt Consciousness jobs are categorized as Evaluator category jobs.

Trade jobs[edit | edit source]

These jobs produce trade value, typically using consumer goods upkeep. All of them benefit from Trader category modifiers.

Job	Output	Upkeep	Primary source	Weight
Trader	+8 Trade value +2 Amenities	−1 Consumer goods	Commercial Zones Trade Districts	Base: 10 Modifiers: × pop output ×5 if already employed in this job
Resort Worker	+4 Trade value +2 Unity Empire-wide effects: +2% Trade value from living standards −1% Pop amenities usage	−2 Consumer goods	Resort Districts	Base: 10 Modifiers: × pop output ×5 if already employed in this job
Numistic Priest	+6 Trade value +2 Unity +2 Amenities	−2 Consumer goods	Numistic Shrine	Base: 10 Modifiers: × pop output ×5 if already employed in this job

Amenities jobs[edit | edit source]

These jobs produce amenities, typically using consumer goods upkeep.

Job	Output	Upkeep	Primary source	Weight
Entertainer	+10 Amenities +1 Unity Pleasure Seekers Pleasure Seekers Corporate Hedonism civic: +1% Pop growth or assembly speed Pop growth speed Mechanical pop assembly speed	−1 Consumer goods	Holo-Theatres	Base: 15 Modifiers: × pop output ×3 if Domestic Protocols and Servitude rights ×2 if planet amenities below 2 and not already employed in this job ×1.5 if already employed in this job ×0.2 if not Full Citizenship rights ×0.1 if planet amenities above 5 and not already employed in this job ×0.1 if Domestic Servitude slavery
Duelist	+10 Amenities +2 Naval capacity +2 Unity ×2 Militarist attraction for this pop ×0.1 Pacifist attraction for this pop	−1 Alloys	Warrior Culture: Replaces Entertainers	Base: 15 Modifiers: × pop output ×10 if Battle Thralls slavery ×1.5 if already employed in this job ×0.5 if planet amenities above 5 and not already employed in this job ×0.2 if not Full Citizenship rights
Hyper-Gladiator	+10 Amenities +2 Unity	−1 Alloys	Cyberdome	Base 15 Modifiers: × pop output ×10 if Battle Thralls slavery ×1.5 if already employed in this job ×0.5 if planet amenities above 5 and not already employed in this job ×0.2 if not Full Citizenship rights
Storm Dancer	+8 Amenities +4 Unity	—	Storm Summoning Theater	Base 15 Modifiers: × pop output ×1.5 if already employed in this job ×0.2 if not Full Citizenship rights ×0.1 if can work Servant job ×0.1 if Indentured Servitude slavery

Crime reduction jobs[edit | edit source]

These jobs reduce planet crime.

	Job	Cat.	Produces	Primary source	Empire	Weight
	Enforcer		+1 Stability −25 Crime +2 Planetary defense armies	Precinct Houses		Base:10 Modifiers: × pop output with Judgment Corps tradition ×10 if planet crime above 15 and not already employed for this job ×10 if already employed as Enforcer ×10 if Battle Thralls slavery ×2 for each: (stackable) ×1.5 if Strong ×1.1 Cybernetic ×1.1 Limited Regeneration ×0.8 if Indentured Servitude ×0.5 if Weak ×0.2 if not Full Citizenship rights ×0.1 if can work Servant job ×0.01 if planet crime at or below 15 and not already employed for this job
	Hunter-Seeker Drone		+1 Unity −20 Deviancy +2 Planetary defense armies	Sentinel Posts

Pop growth and assembly jobs[edit | edit source]

These jobs produce pop growth and pop assembly.

Job	Output	Upkeep	Primary source	Weight
Medical Worker	+5 Amenities +5% Pop growth speed +5% Organic pop assembly speed +2.5% Habitability	−1 Consumer goods	Gene Clinics	Base 15 Modifiers: × pop output ×10 if planet amenities below 0 and not already employed for this job ×2 if Pharma State ×1.5 if already employed in this job ×1.5 if planet has a Pharma State branch office ×0.5 if Indentured Servitude slavery ×0.2 if not Full Citizenship rights ×0.1 if can work Servant job
Roboticist	+2 Mechanical pop assembly +1 with Living Metal Joints	−2 Alloys	Robot Assembly Plants	Base 500 Modifiers: ×10 if robotic main species
Replicator	+1 Mechanical pop assembly +0.5 with Living Metal Joints	−1 Alloys	Machine Assembly Plants
Spawning Drone	+5 Amenities +2 Organic pop assembly	−5 Food if biological −5 Minerals if lithoid	Spawning Pools
Offspring Drone	+5 Amenities +2 Organic pop assembly +10% Menial Drone Output Defense Armies are replaced by Offspring-Led Armies	−5 Food if biological −5 Minerals if lithoid	Offspring Nest
Reassigner	+2 Organic pop assembly	−2 Food if biological −2 Minerals if lithoid −1 Consumer goods	Posthumous Employment Center	Base: 500
Necrophyte	Job can be taken by all slave types +5 Amenities +1.5 Unity Every 10 years from the colony's creation all Necrophyte pops are changed to primary species	Individualist: −1 Pop upkeep −1 Consumer goods Hive Mind: −2 Pop upkeep	Chambers of Elevation	Base: 1000 Modifiers: × pop output ×0.75 if enslaved ×0.75 if unaffected by happiness
Mutagenic Spa Attendant	+1.5% Pop growth speed −0.25% Habitability −0.75% Happiness Effects increased by each Industrial District	−1 Consumer goods	Mutagenic Spas	Base: 10 Modifiers: × pop output^[4] ×5 if already employed in this job ×2 if enslaved and can't work Servant jobs
Permutation Attendance Drone	+2% Organic pop assembly speed −0.75% Habitability Effects increased by each Industrial District	−4 Food if biological −4 Minerals if lithoid	Mutagenic Permutation Pools
Lubrication Terminal	+1.5% Mechanical pop assembly speed +1% Pop amenities usage Effects increased by each Industrial District	−4 Minerals	Hyper Lubrication Basins

Ascension jobs[edit | edit source]

The following jobs are unlocked as part of an ascension path.

Job	Output	Upkeep	Primary source	Weight
Telepath	+9 Unity −10 Crime +5% Resources from Psionic pops +5% with Breach the Shroud +1% per Divine Conduit councilor level Additional effects depending on Covenant Composer of Strands: +2% / +5% Pop growth speed Eater of Worlds: +5 / +12 Naval capacity Instrument of Desire: +7 / +15 Amenities Whisperers in the Void: +3 / +6 Research	−1 Energy	Psi Corps Sanctums	Base: 20 Modifiers: × pop output ×2 if Resilient ×1.5 if already employed in this job ×0.2 if not Full Citizenship rights ×0.1 if can work Servant job ×0.1 if Indentured Servitude slavery
Gestation Drone	+10% Pop growth speed (empire-wide) +5 Amenities +2 Society research +2 Engineering research	−1 Alloys −5 Food when growing biological pops −5 Minerals when growing lithoid pops	Gestation World Machine capitals Nexus Districts
Augmentor Augmentor Drone	+5 Amenities +6 Engineering If Cybernetic main species: −3 Engineering (+3 total) +10% Pop growth speed (if ) +5% Pop growth speed (if ) +5% Organic pop assembly speed (if ) +4 Trade value if Individualist and either: Augmentation Bazaars civic Augmentation Bazaars branch office owner	−1 Alloys	Augmentation Center Individualist: Augmentation Bazaar Offworld Implant Hub Hive Mind: Spawning Pools Offspring Nest	Base: 500 if Individualist Base: 1300 if Hive Mind
Identity Designer	+5 Amenities +5 Engineering If Mechanical main species: −3 Engineering (+2 total) +1 Mechanical pop assembly (empire-wide)	−2 Alloys	Identity Complex AI Emporium	Base: 500

Worker and Menial Drone jobs[edit | edit source]

Worker and Menial Drone jobs

Job	Cat.	Output	Primary source	Empire	Weight
Colonist	—	+3 Amenities +1 Food if biological +1 Minerals if Lithoid	Reassembled Ship Shelters		Base: 200 Modifiers: × pop output ×1.5 if already employed in this job ×0.8 if Indentured Servitude ×0.1 if can take Servant jobs
Clerk		+1% Trade value +3 Trade value +3 Amenities	Commercial Zones City Districts		Base: 0.65 Modifiers: × pop output If can't take Servant jobs: ×10 if Robotic Servitude and can't take Specialist jobs ×2 if Robotic Servitude ×0.25 if enslaved ×1.5 if already employed in this job ×1.1 if Corporate authority ×0.1 if can take Servant jobs
Maintenance Drone		+4 Amenities	Hive capitals Hive Districts Machine capitals Nexus Districts
Soldier Warrior Drone		+4 Naval capacity +0.25 Stability +3 Planetary defense armies	Strongholds	Any
Mortal Initiate		+2 Unity +2 Amenities +1 Society Research ×0.1 Materialist attraction for this pop	Sacrificial Temples
Ranger		+3 Amenities +2 Society research Additional resources based on the Natural Blockers on the planet	Ranger Lodge
Spectator	—	+2 Energy +2 Trade value	Cyberdome

Basic resource jobs[edit | edit source]

The following jobs produce basic resources such as energy, minerals, or food.

Job	Output	Primary source	Empire
Technician Tech-Drone	+6 Energy +2 if robotic main species	Energy Grids Betharian Power Plants Generator Districts	Any
Miner Mining Drone	+4 Minerals	Mineral Purification Plants Mining Districts	Any
Scrap Miner Scrap Miner Drone	+2 Minerals +1 Alloys	Shattered Ring World: Replaces Miners	Any
Farmer Agri-Drone	+6 Food −1 if robotic main species +1 if Organic Retrofitting	Food Processing Facilities Hydroponics Farms Agriculture Districts	Any
Angler	+8 Food +2 Trade value	Anglers Anglers Trawling Operations Marine Machines Maritime Robotics and Wet climate: Replaces Farmers

Strategic resource gatherer jobs[edit | edit source]

The following jobs produce strategic resources such as exotic gases, rare crystals, or volatile motes from rare planetary features. They are Worker jobs for regular empires, but Complex Drone jobs for gestalt empires.

Job	Output	Primary source	Empire
Crystal Miner Crystal Mining Drone	+2 Rare crystals	Rare Crystal Deposit	Any
Gas Extractor Gas Extraction Drone	+2 Exotic gases	Exotic Gas Deposit	Any
Mote Harvester Mote Harvesting Drone	+2 Volatile motes	Volatile Mote Deposit	Any

Prison Industrial jobs[edit | edit source]

Special jobs unique to Penal Colonies. They have smaller upkeep and output than the standard industrial jobs, and are Worker stratum jobs instead.

Job	Output	Upkeep	Primary source	Weight
Penal Metallurgist	+1.5 Alloys	−3 Minerals	Alloy Foundries Prison Industrial Districts	Base: 10 Modifiers: × pop output ×5 if already employed in this job ×2 if enslaved and can't take Servant jobs
Penal Catalytic Technician	+1.875 Alloys	−6 Food	Catalytic Processing Catalytic Processing Catalytic Recyclers : Replaces Penal Metallurgists	Base: 10 Modifiers: × pop output ×5 if already employed in this job ×2 if enslaved and can't take Servant jobs
Penal Artisan	+3 Consumer goods	−3 Minerals	Civilian Industries Prison Industrial Districts	Base: 10 Modifiers: × pop output ×5 if already employed in this job ×2 if enslaved and can't take Servant jobs ×1.2 if consumer goods income below 5
Penal Artificer	+3.5 Consumer goods +1 Trade value	−3 Minerals	Masterful Crafters Masterful Crafters Mastercraft Inc. : Replaces Penal Artisans	Base: 10 Modifiers: × pop output ×5 if already employed in this job ×2 if enslaved and can't take Servant jobs

Slave jobs[edit | edit source]

Slave jobs can only be worked pops belonging to a species that is enslaved.

Job	Cat.	Output and upkeep	Pop modifiers	Slavery type	Source	Description
Servant	—	+4 Amenities +5 if Pleasure Seekers Pleasure Seekers Corporate Hedonism	−0.5 Housing usage if organic	Domestic Servitude Robotic Servitude (and )	Automatically generated for unemployed pops	Servants perform various menial domestic tasks and household work for their masters.
Livestock		+4 Food if biological +2 Minerals if lithoid	−0.5 Housing usage −10% Political power	Livestock	Automatically generated for all pops	They have but one purpose: to become food for their betters.
Protected Fauna		+1 Amenities −1 Food if biological −1 Minerals if lithoid	−0.75 Amenities usage −0.5 Housing usage −10% Political power	Livestock	Alien Zoo	These xenos are cared for and studied in a controlled environment, ensuring their conservation.
Gladiatorial Xeno		+1 Amenities −1 Food if biological −1 Minerals if lithoid	−0.75 Amenities usage −0.5 Housing usage −10% Political power	Livestock	Alien Zoo and Warrior Culture: Replaces Protected Fauna	These xenos are pitted in combat against our warriors, entertaining the masses while keeping the bestial population at sustainable levels.
Toiler	—	+2 Amenities +5 if Pleasure Seekers Pleasure Seekers Corporate Hedonism		Any	Thrall-World Automatically generated for unemployed pops	Toilers perform the grueling menial labor required to keep the crude infrastructure of the Thrall-World running.
Overseer		−25 Crime +25% Happiness +2 Planetary defense armies		Any	Governor's Palace / Estates Overseer Residences	These relatively privileged slaves keep their less fortunate brethren in line.
Battle Thrall		+4 Naval capacity +5% Army damage		Battle Thralls	Battle Thrall Districts Strongholds	Elite slave warriors, trained from birth, who fight with unparalleled zeal and ferocity. Their loyalty and dedication make them formidable on the front lines.
Grid Amalgamated		+4 Energy	−0.5 Housing usage	Grid Amalgamation	Automatically generated for all pops	Their organic energy will be absorbed, until they expire.
Organic Specimen		+1 Unity −1 Food	−0.5 Housing usage	Sapient Specimens	Automatically generated for all pops	The uplifted organics enhance our drones' life-creation subroutines, infusing new perspectives and lessons into future projects.

Special jobs[edit | edit source]

Unemployed[edit | edit source]

Pops that do not have a job, either because none is available or because they do not meet requirements, are unemployed. Depending on living standards, most unemployed pops will suffer a happiness penalty. With Comfort the Fallen resolution, happiness penalty for unemployed pops is reduced by −10%

Living standards	Unemployment effects
Mandatory Pampering	−80% Happiness
Academic Privilege Decent Conditions Stratified Economy Basic Subsistence Decadent Lifestyle	−60% Happiness if Ruler −50% Happiness if Specialist −40% Happiness if Worker
Chemical Bliss Employee Ownership	No happiness penalty
Utopian Abundance	+1 Unity +1.5 Research
Social Welfare Shared Burden	+1 Unity
Drone	If Hive Mind: +1 Minerals If Natural Neural Network: +1 +1.5 +1

Undergoing Assimilation[edit | edit source]

Pops set to Assimilation citizenship have their stratum changed to Assimilation and are automatically set to Undergoing Assimilation jobs. The job's effects depend on the assimilation type.

Purging[edit | edit source]

Pops set to Undesirables citizenship have their stratum changed to Undesirables and are automatically set to Purging jobs that produce resources based on the purge type. Certain purge types are inherit base output modifiers from certain categories.

Purged pops also produce additional resources based on certain empire types, regardless of purge type:

+2 Unity with the Fanatic Purifiers civic
+2 Society with the Devouring Swarm civic
5~100 Unity per purged pop with the Determined Exterminator civic

Purge type	Happiness	Purging output	Inferits modifiers from
Displacement	−30%
Neutering	−20%
Necrophage	−50%	Purged pop becomes primary species
Extermination	−1000%
Forced Labor	−1000%	+3 Food +3 Minerals	Farmers Miners
Processing	−1000%	+6 Food if pop is biological +4 Minerals if pop is lithoid +3 Alloys if pop is robotic	Farmers if biological Miners if lithoid Metallurgists if robotic
Chemical Processing	−1000%	+6 Energy	Technicians
Material	−1000%	+5 Consumer goods	Artisans

Subversive jobs[edit | edit source]

High crime, deviancy, or unemployment can create planet modifiers that add subversive jobs. Pops will abandon subversive jobs if Ruler, Specialist, or Soldier jobs become available. All subversive jobs have negative output.

Job	Output	Requirements	Description
Criminal	−5 Trade value +5 Criminal branch office trade value	Criminal-related planet modifier	These criminals live outside the bounds of legal society, some by choice and some by circumstances.
Deviant Drone	−1 Energy	Drone Deviancy planet modifier	These deviants no longer obey the Hive Mind.
Corrupt Drone	−1 Energy	Drone Corruption planet modifier	These drones have been corrupted and no longer obey the directives of the core intelligence.

Pre-sapient jobs[edit | edit source]

Pre-sapients are not normally productive, but depending on the Pre-Sapients policy, they can produce amenities or resources. Pre-sapient pops use the Pre-Sapients stratum.

Job	Produces	Upkeep	Source
Pre-Sapient	—	—	Default for pre-sapients
Hunted Pre-Sapient	+4 Food if pop is biological +2 Minerals if pop is lithoid	—	Pre-Sapients policy is Hunted
Conserved Fauna	+1 Amenities	−1 Food if pop is biological −1 Minerals if pop is lithoid	Pre-Sapients policy is Protected Alien Zoo Warrior Culture
Gladiatorial Beast	+1 Amenities	−1 Food if pop is biological −1 Minerals if pop is lithoid	Pre-Sapients policy is Protected Alien Zoo Warrior Culture

Bio-Trophy[edit | edit source]

Organic pops in Rogue Servitor empires use a special Bio-Trophy stratum and jobs. Employed Bio-Trophy pops have their housing needs automatically fulfilled.

	Job	Cat.	Produces	Sources
	Bio-Trophy		+2 Unity +1% Complex Drone output −1 Housing usage for this pop	Organic Sanctuaries Sanctuary Arcologies

Neural Chip[edit | edit source]

Pops on the Synaptic Lathe have their stratum changed to Computing Component and are automatically set to Neural Chip jobs.

	Job	Output	Upkeep	Description
	Neural Chip	Multiplied by total Neural Chips / 20 +0.75 Society research +0.75 Physics research +0.75 Engineering research +0.025 Advanced Logic	Multiplied by total Neural Chips / 40 −4	A single Neural Chip is inconsequential. Once connected, their processing capabilities increase exponentially.

Origin jobs[edit | edit source]

Unique jobs unlocked by certain origins.

Broken Shackles jobs[edit | edit source]

Empires with the Broken Shackles origin start with unique buildings that provide low tech jobs. They are replaced by regular jobs once the buildings are upgraded.

Job	Cat.	Stratum	Produces	Upkeep	Source	Description
Administrator		Specialist	+2 Unity	−1 Consumer goods	Administrative Hub (if )	Our former masters delegated much of their empire's day-to-day administration to indentured assets. The result was a class of highly trained logistics personnel.
Supervisor		Specialist	+2 Unity +2 Trade value	−1 Consumer goods	Administrative Hub (if Corporate)	Our former masters delegated much of their empire's day-to-day administration to indentured assets. The result was a class of highly trained managers.
Preacher		Specialist	+2 Unity +2 Amenities	−1 Consumer goods	Administrative Hub (if Spiritualist)	Our preachers remind us that freedom is a divine right; united in faith, we find our common strength.
Scientist		Specialist	+1 Research	−1 Consumer goods	Laboratory Complex	Our former masters ignored our gifts and downplayed our intelligence. Now, the keenest minds among us are free to follow their ambition.
Militia	—	Specialist	−10 Crime +1 Planetary defense army	—	Command Center	Indentured soldiers were mainly used as cannon fodder; the fortunate few who survived have volunteered to protect our newfound freedom with their lives.
Laborer		Worker	+3 Consumer goods +1.5 Alloys	—	Scrap Refinery	As assets they were worked to the bone. With freedom has come renewed purpose, and a vigor that no slave could ever hope to match.
Prospector		Worker	+3 Minerals	—	Scrap Refinery	Stubborn, ill-mannered, indomitable; these former indentured miners are as solid as scrap metal.
Reactor Engineer		Worker	+4 Energy	—	Power Plant	Aboard their masters' vessels, indentured engineers were often assigned the lowliest and most dangerous jobs. This hardship only sharpened their skills.
Homesteader		Worker	+4 Food	—	Makeshift Farms	The agri-worlds of our former masters were scenes of brutal oppression. Now, our homesteaders are free to enjoy the fruits of their labor.
Scavenger		Worker	+1 Alloys +0.5 Research +2 Amenities	—	Crashed Slaver Ship	Scavengers explore the ruins of the Crashed Slaver Ship for anything of value.

Knightly Order jobs[edit | edit source]

Empires with the Knights of the Toxic God origin use unique jobs on their starting habitat and consecrated habitats, as well as from upgraded homeworld features.

Job	Stratum	Produces	Upkeep	Sources	Weight
Lord Commander	Ruler	+6 Naval capacity +5 Amenities Based on Quest event choices: +4 / 8 / 12 / 16 / 20 Unity +2 / 4 / 6 / 8 Research Continued the Quest and has Cosmogenesis ascension perk: +2 / 4 / 6 / 8 Advanced Logic (uses research multiplier)	−2 Alloys	Order's headquarters habitat: Habitat Central Control	Base 15 × pop output
Knight	Specialist	+4 Naval capacity +2 Planetary defense armies Based on Quest event choices: +3 / 6 / 9 / 12 / 15 Unity +2 / 4 / 6 / 8 Research Continued the Quest and has Cosmogenesis ascension perk: +1 / 2 / 3 / 4 Advanced Logic (uses research multiplier) Added by Quest event choices: +5 Amenities	−1 Alloys Upkeep may be removed with a sixth quest choice	Order's Keep Order's Castle Upgraded homeworld features	Base: 24 × pop output
Squire	Worker	+2 Amenities +2% Resources from Knights and Lord Commander Lover's Pox planet modifier: +0.25 Organic pop assembly	Lover's Pox planet modifier: −0.5 Alloys	Order's Keep Order's Castle Order's Demesne Upgraded homeworld features	Base: 1.2

Wrangler jobs[edit | edit source]

Empires with the Primal Calling origin use unique Wrangler jobs, with different variants depending on stance (or Warrior Culture civic). They are added by unique Wildlife buildings and the Untamed Wilds modifier.

They are all classified as Wranglers, a sub-category of Culture Workers, and also produce additional output based on empire ethics.

Job	Output	Upkeep	Stance
Wrangler	+4 Society +4 Amenities +2 Unity	−2 Consumer goods	Wrangler
Rancher	+4 Society +4 Amenities +2 Unity	−2 Consumer goods	Rancher
Trophy Hunter	+3 Food +6 Amenities +2 Unity	−2 Consumer goods	Trophy Hunter
Animal Handler	+6 Society +3 Unity	−2 Consumer goods	Animal Handler
Beastfighter	+4 Society +6 Amenities +1 per Arbiter of Duels councilor level +4 Unity	−1 Consumer goods −1 Alloys	Warrior Culture (any stance)
Wrangler Drone	+4 Society +4 Amenities +2 Unity +2.5% Organic pop assembly speed	−6 Minerals	Wild Consciousness
Symbiosis Integrator	+6 Society +3 Unity +2.5% Organic pop assembly speed	−6 Minerals	Symbiotic Partnership
Hunter Drone	+5 Food +4 Amenities +2 Unity +2.5% Organic pop assembly speed	−6 Minerals	Hunter-Killers

Overlord jobs[edit | edit source]

Overlord jobs are generated by Overlord holdings and can be used by both individualist and Gestalt Consciousness subjects. The upkeep is paid by the subject. All overlord jobs have a priority of 4 and the subject cannot lower or raise the job's priority.

Job	Overlord output	Subject output	Subject upkeep	Source
Aid Worker	+5 Unity	+5 Amenities	N/A	Aid Agency
Overlord Trader	+7 Energy	+10 Amenities	−7 Energy	Emporium
Overlord Academic	+3 Research	+1 Research	−2 if Individualist subject −6 if Hive Mind subject −4 if Machine Intelligence subject	Satellite Campus
Overlord Propagandist	+0.15 Influence		−1 Unity	Ministry of Truth
Overlord Metallurgist	+3 Alloys +1 if Machine Intelligence subject		−6 Minerals −2 if Machine Intelligence subject	Offworld Foundry
Overlord Catalytic Technician	+3 Alloys +1 if Machine Intelligence subject		−9 Food −3 if Machine Intelligence subject	Offworld Foundry (if Catalytic Catalytic Processing Catalytic Recyclers Organic Reprocessing Organic Retrofitting subject)
Overlord Beholder	No job effect, effect added by holding: Defense platform cap on starbases and orbital rings: +1 if subject is Tier I Bulwark +2 if subject is Tier II Bulwark +4 if subject is Tier III Bulwark		−2 if Tier I Bulwark −4 if Tier II Bulwark −8 if Tier III Bulwark	Vigil Command
Overlord Manager	+0.25 Unity	+4 Unity +1 Trade value	−2 Consumer goods	Franchise Headquarters
Overlord Recruiter	Every 5 years, if non-gestalt subject and pop species has citizenship in overlord empire: 20% Chance pop migrates to the overlord capital	+3 Planetary defense armies	−5 Energy −2 Unity	Recruitment Office
Overlord Ranger	+10 Unity	−10% Pop consumer goods upkeep	N/A	Ranger Lodge
Medical Worker		+5 Amenities +5% Pop growth speed +5% Organic pop assembly speed +2.5% Habitability Additional effects from Pharma State: Pharma State subject: +4 Trade value +2 Amenities Corporate Clinic branch office building on planet: +2 Trade value +1 Amenities	−1 Consumer goods	Genomic Services Outreach (if Individualist subject)
Spawning Drone		+5 Amenities +2 Organic pop assembly	−6 Food if biological subject −6 Minerals if lithoid subject	Genomic Services Outreach (if Hive Mind subject)
Replicator		+1 Mechanical pop assembly	−1 Alloys	Genomic Services Outreach (if Machine Intelligence subject)
Overlord Breeder	No job effect, effect added by holding: +2 Pop assembly on overlord capital		−6 Food if biological overlord −6 Minerals if lithoid overlord	Splinter Hive
Overlord Arborist	+15 Food		−10 Food	Tree of Life Sapling
Offspring Drone Feeder	+8 Society Research	+5% Worker output (if ) +5% Menial Drone output (if ) Defense Armies become Offspring-Led Armies	−6 Food if biological overlord −6 Minerals if lithoid overlord	Offspring Nest
Mind Thrall	+1.5 Research		N/A	Distributed Processing
Overlord Bio-Trophy	+3 Unity −1 Unity if Gestalt subject	−1 Pop housing usage −200% Pop upkeep +2 Unity −1 Unity if Gestalt subject +40% Happiness for this pop +1% Planet happiness No happiness effect if Gestalt subject	N/A	Organic Haven
Overlord Mortal Initiate	Pop can be used for overlord Sacrifice edicts	+2 Unity +1 Society research +2 Amenities	N/A	Sacrificial Shrine
Overlord Necromancer	+6 Physics research +6 Society research	+2 Planetary defense armies	−6 Food if biological subject −6 Minerals if lithoid subject N/A if robotic subject	Dread Outpost
Overlord Reassigner		+1 Zombie pop every 5 years	−6 Food if biological subject −6 Minerals if lithoid subject N/A if robotic subject	Reemployment Center
Mutagenic Spa Attendant	+5 Unity	+1.5% Pop growth speed −0.5% Habitability −0.5% Happiness Effects increased by each Industrial District	−1 Consumer goods	Mutagenic Spa
Permutation Attendance Drone	+5 Unity	+2% Organic pop assembly speed −0.75% Habitability Effects increased by each Industrial District	−2 Food	Mutagenic Permutation Pool
Lubrication Terminal	+5 Unity	+1.5% Mechanical pop assembly speed +1% Pop amenities usage Effects increased by each Industrial District	−2 Minerals	Hyper Lubrication Basin
Overlord Knight	Based on overlord Quest event choices: +3 / 6 / 9 / 12 Unity +2 / 4 / 6 / 8 / 10 Research	+2 Planetary defense armies +3 Stability	−1 Alloys	Order's Commandery

Event jobs[edit | edit source]

Event jobs are generated by either planetary features or planet modifiers.

Job	Cat.	Produces	Upkeep	Sources
Subterranean Liaison Officer Subterranean Contact Drone	N/A	+3 Amenities −1 Pop housing usage +6 Trade Value +6 Energy +3 +2	N/A	Subterranean Contact Zone
Unification Officer		+4 Unity +3 Amenities	−1 Consumer Goods	Unified Purpose
Robot Caretaker		+5 Unity +5 Engineering research	N/A	Enigmatic Robot
Bio-Assistant		+3 Unity +5% Drone output −1 Pop housing usage for this pop	−1 Energy	Machine Interface Center
Dimensional Portal Researcher Dimensional Portal Drone		+12 Physics research Additional effects from Probe the Dimensional Portal outcome: Dimension of Suffering outcome: −6 if finished Close the Portal special project High-Energy Dimension outcome: +6 Energy Null Void outcome: +0.2 Dark Matter +1 if finished Probe the Void special project Mirror Dimension outcome: +2 / 3 / 6 / 12 Amenities +2 / 3 / 6 / 12 Trade Value +2 / 4 / 6 / 8 Energy	−3 Consumer Goods −3 if Dimension of Suffering outcome −3 Food if biological −3 Minerals if Lithoid −3 Energy	Portal Research Area Extradimensional Experimentation
Space-Time Anomaly Researcher Space-Time Anomaly Drone		+8 Physics research +4 Engineering research +0.2 Dark Matter	−2 Consumer Goods −1 if Technocracy −6 Minerals −4 Energy	Space-Time Anomaly
Munitions Decommissioner Munitions Decommissioning Drone Munitions Decommissioning Unit		+10 Engineering +1 Alloys +1 Naval capacity +1 Minor artifacts if Ancient Relics DLC is active +1 Minor artifacts with Archaeo-Engineers (+2 total)	−2 Consumer Goods	Weapon Extraction Facility
Odd Factory Worker Odd Factory Drone		+4 Alloys	N/A	Odd Factory
Transmuter Transmuter Drone		+4 Alloys	−1 Pop upkeep	Blue Lotus Prototype Blue Lotus Facility
Operator Operator Drone		Base production: +5 Alloys (+2 to +7 total based on choices) +6 Alloys (+4 to +8 total based on choices) Potential modifiers from Hidden Vault choices: Remembrance Hall: +0.5 Unity if Subterranean +0.5 Unity if Masterful Crafters Masterful Crafters Mastercraft Inc. +1 Unity if both of the above Earthquake: −1 Alloys if used bulky contraption Negative effect averted if either: Insight: −1 Alloys if blasted the doors ( only) Foundry Heart: +1 Society if either: +1 Engineering if either: Work Conditions: −1 Alloys if regulated work time ( only) −20% Happiness of employed pop if rotated operators ( only) +20% Amenities usage of employed pop if rotated drones ( only) Negative effect averted with Recycling Center: +1 Alloys if either: More or Less?: +1 Alloys if Remnants +1 Alloys if positive outcome (34% chance) No effect (66% chance)	Base upkeep: −5 Minerals (0 to −9 total based on choices) Potential modifiers from Hidden Vault choices: Earthquake: +2 Minerals upkeep if used wall pipes Negative effect averted if either: Work Conditions: −1 Minerals upkeep if regulated work time ( only) Recycling Center: −2 Minerals upkeep if either: −1 Minerals upkeep (34% chance) No effect (66% chance) More or Less?: +1 Minerals upkeep if Remnants −2 Minerals and +2 Food upkeep if either: +2 Minerals upkeep if positive outcome (34% chance) +1 Minerals upkeep if negative outcome (26% chance) No effect (40% chance)	Operational Manufactorium
Gas Plant Engineer Gas Plant Drone		+3 Exotic Gases +5% Exotic Gases from Jobs	−10 Minerals	Spore Vents
Cave Cleaners Cave Cleaner Drone		+5 Minerals +10% Minerals from Jobs	−2 Energy	Cave Shroom Veins
Nemma Miner Nemma Mining Drone		+3 Minerals +2 Food	−2 Energy	Nemma Mining Operation
Dismantler Drone Dismantler		+1 Minerals +1 Alloys +0.5 Engineering research	N/A	Manufactorium Scrapyard
Deep Sea Diver Underwater Drone		+3 Minerals +1 Alloys	−3 Food −3 Energy	Rich Seabed
Titan Hunter		+8 Food +8 Trade Value	N/A	Delicious Titans
Alien Hunter		+2 Food +2.5% Habitability	N/A	Invasive Fauna
Puddle Technician Puddle Technician Drone		+6 Food −1 if robotic main species +1 Alloys	N/A	Metallic Puddles

Pre-FTL jobs[edit | edit source]

Pre-FTL civilizations use the same strata system as normal empires, but their jobs provide negligible output.

Standard pre-FTL jobs[edit | edit source]

These jobs are used by regular pre-FTL civilizations.

Job	Stratum	Produces	Source	Ages	Description
Industrial jobs
Bureaucrat	Ruler	+3 Amenities +1 Unity	Regional Capitals		Many early industrialist and post-industrialist societies are governed by an ever-expanding class of civil servants.
Priest	Specialist	+2 Amenities +1 Unity	Regional Capitals		Religious leaders who occupy various priestly offices.
Researcher	Specialist	+1 Research	Regional Capitals		Researchers employing scientific methodology to advance the rapidly expanding knowledge base of their civilization.
Soldier	Specialist	+3 Defense armies	Regional Capitals		Professional Soldiers, typically armed with early projectile weapons powered by exothermic combustion.
Entertainer	Specialist	+8 Amenities	Regional Capitals		Celebrities and media personalities that provide entertainment and distraction from day-to-day life.
Technician	Worker	+1 Energy	Primitive Power Plant		These technicians shuffle coal or maintain primitive nuclear generators.
Farmer	Worker	+3 Food	Primitive Farms		These farmers work the land, typically with the help of primitive but effective farming equipment.
Laborer	Worker	+2 Consumer goods −2 Minerals	Primitive Factory		These early industrial laborers toil away in factories, which can now be operated day and night thanks to recent advances in electricity.
Miner	Worker	+3 Minerals	Primitive Mine		Dangerous and sometimes lethal work in the dark bowels of the planet.
Pre-industrial jobs
Feudal Noble	Ruler	+3 Amenities +1 Unity	Stone Palaces		The landed nobility rule from their stone castles and keeps.
Cleric	Specialist	+2 Amenities +1 Unity	Stone Palaces		Spiritual leaders and preachers who conduct religious ceremonies and oversee all matters concerning faith.
Scholar	Specialist	+1 Research	Stone Palaces		The learned of this society, often relying on oral tradition to pass knowledge between generations.
Warrior	Specialist	+3 Defense armies	Stone Palaces		Members of a primitive warrior class. These fighters rely on bladed weapons, spears or various blunt instruments to see them through combat.
Peasant	Worker	+2 Food (if ) +2 Minerals (if )	Generated for all unemployed pops		The peasants toil endlessly in the fields, so that those perceived as their betters might prosper.
Hunter-Gatherer	Worker	+1 Food (if ) +1 Minerals (if ) +1 Amenities	Generated for all unemployed pops	Stone Age	These semi-nomadic primitives survive by foraging and hunting. There is evidence of early tool use.

Hive Mind pre-FTL jobs[edit | edit source]

These jobs are used by Hive Mind pre-FTL civilizations.

Job	Stratum	Produces	Source	Ages	Description
Spawning Drone	Complex Drone	+8 Amenities	Continental Nexus Stone Hive	All except	Having each member of a society reproduce is vastly inefficient. These drones specialize in generating whatever new drones the Hive needs.
Maintenance Drone	Menial Drone	+2 Amenities	Generated for all unemployed pops	All except	If there is one universal truth in this universe, it's that everything breaks. These drones are made to fix whatever is broken.
Industrial jobs
Synapse Drone	Complex Drone	+3 Amenities +1 Unity	Continental Nexus		Administrating and coordinating an entire country is no easier if you are a single individual. These drones ensure that every drone has an appropriate task.
Brain Drone	Complex Drone	+1 Research	Continental Nexus		Drones employing the scientific method are capable of taking massive leaps in their consciousness knowledge base. Often too large.
Warrior Drone	Complex Drone	+3 Defense armies	Continental Nexus		Specialized for war, these hulking drones have multiple specialized appendages perfected for crushing their own species.
Tech-Drone	Menial Drone	+1 Energy	Primitive Power Plant		Operating dirty energy generators is not a job any living being can do forever. Still, these drones are enhanced with superior lungs as well as inherent radioactive resistance, so they last longer than most.
Agri-Drone	Menial Drone	+3 Food	Primitive Farms		Food production overseen by a continent spanning hive-mind is a marvel of logistics and agronomy, every section of the designated agricultural area is used to its fullest.
Factory Drone	Menial Drone	+2 Consumer goods −2 Minerals	Primitive Factory		Drones that are more or less part of the very factory they work in. These specialized laborers assemble everything from weapons to vehicles at an astounding rate.
Mining Drone	Menial Drone	+3 Minerals	Primitive Mine		Sacrificing safety for success, these drones delve deep beneath the earth to feed the ever-hungry engine that is society.
Pre-industrial jobs
Nascent Synapse Drone	Complex Drone	+3 Amenities +1 Unity	Stone Hive		Many early industrialist and post-industrialist societies are governed by an ever-expanding class of civil servants.
Cerebellum Drone	Complex Drone	+1 Research	Stone Hive		Analyzing and discovering solutions to new difficulties is the hallmark of any flourishing society - these drones focus on finding solutions for other drones' problems and avoiding future pitfalls.
Simple Warrior Drone	Complex Drone	+3 Defense armies	Stone Hive		Having yet to fully come to grips with genetic specialization, these drones are grown bulkier to protect their hive. They have yet to evolve any specialized weapon appendages.
Basic Agricultural Drone	Menial Drone	+2 Food (if ) +2 Minerals (if )	Generated for all unemployed pops		Simple and unspecialized drones work the fields, their consciousness aware that food can be grown, but the task has yet to be optimized.
Sustenance Drone	Menial Drone	+1 Food (if ) +1 Minerals (if ) +1 Amenities	Generated for all unemployed pops	Stone Age	The difference between a successful hivemind and a starved one comes down to how successful their resource procurement is.

Unique pre-FTL jobs[edit | edit source]

These jobs are used by unique pre-FTL civilizations.

Job	Stratum	Produces	Source	Pre-FTL civilization	Description
Scavenger	Worker	+1 Food +1 Minerals +1 Consumer Goods	Junkheap	Pre-FTL Ketlings	They scurry amongst the scrapyards, collecting discarded machinery and ancient electronics for repurposing.
Content Terraformer	Ruler	+3 Unity +0.5 Stability +1 Amenities	Solarpunk buildings	Habinte Unified Worlds	Having achieved their utopia these world sculptors are glad to rest.

Fallen empire jobs[edit | edit source]

Fallen empires use a special set of Precursor stratum jobs that have no upkeep. By default, pops without any building-provided jobs will be Hedonists.

	Job	Produces	Source	Precursor	Description
	Overseer	+5 Stability +10 Amenities	Ancient Palace	Holy Guardians Gestalt Consciousness	The stalwart few who have rejected lives of luxury in favor of public service. It is up to them to oversee and guide the remnants of their ancient civilization.
	Protector	−25 Crime +3 Defense armies	Ancient Palace Ziggurat of Justice	Gestalt Consciousness	So that the majority can sleep peacefully and enjoy their lives of extravagance, these rough individuals stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would do them harm.
	Hedonist	+2 Unity	Generated for all unemployed pops	Holy Guardians Gestalt Consciousness	A life of total opulence, where every possible material need or desire can be satisfied.
	Archivist	+5 Research	Master Archive (found only on The Archives)	Keepers of Knowledge	Each data fragment must be filed, cataloged and indexed exactly according to the ancient rites as they were established eons ago by the First Librarian.
	Xeno-Keeper	+10 Amenities −20 Crime +2 Defense armies	Xeno Preserve (found only on The Preserve)	Enigmatic Observers	These precursor zookeepers look after the needs of the Xeno-Wards under their care.
	Xeno-Ward	+2 Unity	Primitives stratum	Enigmatic Observers	These specimens have been gathered here, in settings that approximate their natural environments, to ensure the preservation of their species in an often chaotic and destructive galaxy.
Holy Guardians
	Sky Cardinal	+5 Stability +10 Amenities	Ancient Palace		And it was there, in the sky, that the future was born. The light was blinding, but a few could see past it. They took it upon themselves to lead others forwards.
	Augur of the Shroud	+10 Unity	Phased Empyrean Shrine (found only on Sky Temple)		It speaks, but not in words. To divine any kind of meaning, one must hover on the precipice of madness.
	Acolyte of the Hyperspanner	+6 Energy	Class-3 / Class-4 Singularity Replaces Technicians		Remember also the hyperspanner, and how it was used by Bazagg the Shining to tame the sun when it seemed like darkness would overtake the world.
	Acolyte of the Hammer	+6 Minerals	Quantum Drilling Plant / Hub Replaces Miners		And with one mighty blow, Saint Mazakudal used her burning hammer to split the skull of the First Wraith in two, opening up the path to the crystals.
	Acolyte of the Plow	+8 Food	Nourishment Complex / Center Replaces Farmers		For was it not the plow, this most noble of instruments, that Kazargiel used to sever the poisonous tail of the thrice-cursed demon and stave off famine?
	Acolyte of the Workshop	+3 Amenities +2 Consumer goods	Generated for all unemployed pops		And so Aznakha said to the acolytes, "go to the workshops, and form with your own crafts the future you seek."
Ancient Caretakers
	Guardian	−25 Crime +3 Defense armies	Ancient Control Center		These ancient machines maintain a ceaseless vigil over the long-expired remains of billions of cryogenically frozen sapients.
	Caretaker	+6 Amenities	Generated for all unemployed pops		These ancient machines tirelessly maintain and repair the decaying machinery of the ringworld on which they reside.

References[edit | edit source]

↑ Managers have their own sub-category that inherits all Administrator category modifiers. On its own, it is only used by the Initiate Performance Competition decision.
↑ Each bath attendant job variant has its own separate category, and is not grouped under a single shared category in-game.
↑ Steward job weights do not check for amenities production, and check whether a pop is employed as Manager rather than Steward. Most likely a bug caused by weights being copied over from Manager.
↑ Seemingly a bug, modifiers copied over from Artificer.