Stellaris guide: tips and tricks for beginners

Stellaris builds on Paradox's rich architecture of emergent gameplay, with a dozen pieces of mechanics whizzing by your head while you try to keep an eye on events and control the pulse of what's going on. Building your first Habitat? Taking down your first Leviathan? Balancing the resource budget as you roll out to war? These are big deals, and space - as Douglas Adams wrote - is a big place. Here are our Stellaris tips to help you out.

This article is mainly aimed at newcomers, or at least past players returning after a long break, but hopefully even veteran players will be able to glean some insights that will help them in the wars to come.

All information is correct as of Version 2.8. We've just had some new changes drop, but these basics will still apply. Below, you'll find tips for managing your economy, planets, your pops, trading and an introduction to diplomacy and ship design. There's also specific tips for some of the unique empires, such as Hiveminds - everything you need to level-up your skills and conquer the galaxy.

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