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No Man’s Sky: How to Make More Money Fast and Easy

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No Man’s Sky is huge and amazing, with so many great things in store for us that you can never get bored. But if you are really unlucky, finding a series of horrible planets with little things on them, you might end up having no money in the game. Or you could end up finding an amazing ship you’d like to purchase, just to find out that you don’t have enough units to purchase them. To make sure that none of these happen to you, I am here to share with you a complete guide on how to make more money in No Man’s Sky: fast and easy.

The truth is that there are a ton of things that you can do to earn money, some easier than others, but in this article we’ll focus on what is easy and makes you a ton of money. It’s true that you can spend a lifetime on a planet, harvesting all the carbon there is and then selling it – but that would take an eternity to make you rich. Here are some faster methods to make money in No Man’s Sky:

First, take advantage of what each planet has to offer. It’s true that some are richer than others and some have a bigger potential to make you rich fast, but most of the planets out there have at least some opportunities for you to make easy money. However, the game has a way of telling you if there’s something really valuable there: Sentinels. The more there are on a planet, the more good resources you are bound to find – so don’t rush to leave when you find a Sentinles-infested planet, on the contrary!

Even if there are no actual resources to harvest, you can still get a ton of coins from Save points scattered around any planet. Each has those Cargo drop boxes (the green boxes) that sometime hold extremely valuable items. Make sure you find all those Waypoints on a planet (they’re marked with a question mark and you can see how many there are/ how many you found in the options menu on each planet) and you can leave the planet with 100,000 units or more.

However, the resources on each planet can be extremely valuable. The game randomly generates the planets, so it’s difficult to tell you what exactly to look for, but you will know when you get there: there are plants that produce something that looks like pearls and sells for a lot, there are planets that are huge Emeril mines… anything can happen on a planet that you find out there in the Universe, so always be on the lookout for valuable things and interact with everything!

But you can make a lot of money from very common stuff as well. For example, Plutonium and Iron are extremely easy to find and, even though they can’t make you much money if you sell them as individual units, you can use the crafting menu and get rich. For 10 units each, you can craft a Bypass Chip which sells for around 3,000 units. That’s easy money as long as you are near a trade station and have your inventory filled with Iron and Plutonium!

An even easier method, if you have some time on your hand, is to simply scan everything on a planet: it’s not just the animals that you can scan with your multitool and name, but also plants and even mineral deposits. Just use the multitool on all plants on a planet and name them and you will get a lot of money. If you don’t have all the names with you, you can simply keep the names generated by the computer: you still get the money for discovering and naming them! Plus, if you manage to discover everything on a planet, you get a nice bonus as well. It’s time consuming, it’s true, but it’s also fun and rewarding!

Commerce in the Space Station is another great and easy method. This involves finding a Space Station and checking out their trade items. Usually, each Space Station has about three items that they will pay a load of money for. Note those items and go to the docking station, where your ship is waiting. Every now and then, merchant ships will arrive there. Just talk to the aliens running them and buy the items that the Space Station is paying a lot of money for. Using this method, it’s not uncommon to find an item to buy from the ships with 20k and sell it for 40k or more in the Space Station. That’s really easy money!

Sell all the extremely valuable items (like Vortex Cubes and whatever Charms and Artifacts you discover) but hold on to your Atlas Stones. I don’t really want to spoil the game for you, but know that Atlas stones are extremely important and it might be better if you kept them instead of selling, even though they can give you a ton of money.

Finally, mining asteroids can prove to be extremely profitable. Just find a Space Station that buys the minerals you can get from Asteroids at a high price and do runs for them: go out there, destroy asteroids, collect a ton of minerals, come back, sell. Rinse and repeat and you’ll make millions in no time!

These would be some of the easiest methods to make a lot of money fast in No Man’s Sky. Do you have other methods to share with us? Let us know by commenting below.

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No Man’s Sky: How to Scan Flying Creatures

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I used to hate it when I saw flying creatures in No Man’s Sky! I thought that they are impossible to scan and identify, therefore making it impossible for you to get that nice money bonus from discovering everything on a planet. In some cases, it’s even more frustrating than the No Man’s Sky crashes and problems that we talked about earlier today. I remember that early on I spent over an hour searching for their nest, climbed on mountains and cursed at them using the little Gek language knowledge that I had… but nothing seemed to work.

Until, eventually, I found out how to scan flying creatures in No Man’s Sky and identify them easily, then name them Annoyance #1, Annoyance #2, Big Annoyance and so on. Ahem…

So, without further ado, here is how I use to scan and identify flying creatures in No Man’s Sky (there might be other ways to do it, but my method never fails!):

Shoot the suckers down!

Yup, that’s not really the first rule in the book of interplanetary travel and discovery, but it does work like a charm. Aim at one of those alien birds and shoot them down! Your multitool can easily scan corpses as well, so there’s no problem about that!

The only problem might come from the fact that you might need some upgrades to your multi tool in order to have the required range to bring them down. Alternately, you can spend some time finding a high enough point (there should be some sort of mountains or hills around somewhere) and shoot them down from there.

I know it’s not an ideal method, but it works!

Another method that works well when it comes to identifying flying creatures in No Man’s Sky is trying to identify them from a distance. If you are far away from them, the crazy movements they make will become less of an annoyance and you will be able to spend enough time focused on them to warrant you the discovery. So just get a bit farther away from them and zoom into them once or twice. With a bit of luck, you will identify them the peaceful way.

If this doesn’t work, shooting always does. Guaranteed!

Did you find a different way to scan the flying creatures in No Man’s Sky? If so, let us know how you did it by commenting below!

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How to Fix No Man’s Sky Crashes, Low FPS, Blurry Visuals and More

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No Man’s Sky has just been launched and everybody’s been playing it like crazy, discovering new planets and forms of life, following the Atlas path and wondering what’s at the center of the galaxy. But some people were not as lucky as the rest, as they had trouble with No Man’s Sky crashes, low FPS, blurry visuals and other performance-related problems that managed to take away some charm or simply made the game unplayable.

If you’re one of the gamers who can’t fully enjoy No Man’s Sky because of these problems, we’re here to help and share with you some fixes for No Man’s Sky crashes, low FPS issues, graphical problems and more. So let’s not waste any second and let’s get this started: the universe is out there waiting for you to explore it!

We’ll start with some tips and suggestions on how to fix No Man’s Sky crashes

– Systems running on an older AMD Phenom processor are reportedly experiencing numerous crashes at start-up. It seems that, for now, there’s nothing you can do but change your processor or wait for Hello Games to patch the game (or try the method below):

– Install the experimental patch. This could do more harm than good to your game, but it could also fix the crashing problems. This solution works in August 2016 – it might not work in the future. However, in order to try it now, right click No Man’s Sky in Steam and select Properties. In the new window go to Betas and enter the code 3xperimental, then select the experimental build in the drop-down menu. This will give you access to the experimental build which has solved many of the crashes for gamers worldwide.

– Try the regular potential fixes that work for any game out there: verify the game’s integrity on Steam to make sure that there are no missing or corrupt files and make sure that you have the latest graphics drivers installed.

– Some of the crashes were fixed after changing the screen resolution of the display. Make sure that you use your monitor’s native resolution if you are having problems and they might disappear!

– Trying to run the game in windowed mode (borderless window) has also been reported by many gamers as a possible solution to the random crashes.

– Finally, there might be a problem with the game’s settings file. In most cases, checking the game’s integrity works great when it comes to fixing it, but if it doesn’t, there’s a Reddit user that described what you have to do. Check out the detailed instructions here.

If you are getting poor FPS and/or blurry visuals in No Man’s Sky, here is what you can do to fix that:

– Lower some of the game’s visual settings. Most importantly, disable anti-aliasing and Vsync in the game, from the settings menu: this does wonder to FPS rate.

– If you feel comfortable about editing game files, do it! Make sure you backup the files first, then go to your game’s install folder: No Man’s Sky\Binaries\Settings and open the TKGRAPHICSSETTINGS.MXML with notepad or any text editor and find the Gysnc line. Turn that to false and FPS rates should improve a lot.

– running the game in borderless window mode will improve the frames per second, just as it does help with the in-game crashes.

That would be it for now in terms of potential fixed for No Man’s Sky crashes and FPS problems. If you have other potential fixes or suggestions, don’t hesitate to let us know in the comment section below!

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Insanity Clicker Cheats: Tips & Tricks to Keep on Clickin’

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Insanity Clicker is a brand new endless clicker type of game that was recently released on Steam and its gory approach with monsters and illnesses and scary minions to help you destroy enemies that seem to have spawned from hell, make it extremely appealing to many people, myself included. I found myself playing the game for hours each day and now I am here to share with you some Insanity Clicker cheats & tips to help you progress faster. Because, yes, there is a lot more about this game than it appears at fist and there’s a lot you can accomplish.

So if you want to learn about Amnesia, Sins, Illnesses but also how to progress through the levels a lot faster, read on my strategy guide filled with Insanity Clicker tips and cheats to help you get going.

1. You will do multiple runs
In case you just started playing the game, you should know that in Insanity Clicker you will progress until progress will become very slow, then reset your progress and start over, but with added bonuses that make things everything easier: on your second run, you will be able to get ever further, then reset to start over stronger than before and ready to progress, again, even further. This is the game’s mechanic.

2. Keep your skills for bosses
There are 9 skills that you will unlock once your minions reach certain levels, and you should always micromanage them smartly and keep most of them for boss battles. Skills 4, 5 are money-related, and I would always use them as soon as I have the chance, while skill number 8 doubles the effect of the next skill you use, meaning that you can also use it to boost your damage even more or increase the money you get – it’s your choice, but I would personally keep it for that difficult to kill boss.

3.Stop playing the game
Well, not like forever, but take long breaks and return. I only played 6 minutes on my first run during a break at work, then forgot about the game and only reopened it 24 hours after and there were close to 500k teeth waiting for me. Progress from that moment one was extremely easy and I was cruising through the levels for a while. So don’t think that the more time you spend in the game, the better – on the contrary! As soon as progress seems to be slow, take a break for at least a couple of hours and come back later after the money piled up and you can take on the more powerful monsters.

4. How to upgrade minions
You will naturally upgrade minions and unlock them starting with the cheaper ones and then continuing with the more expensive ones. Hover your mouse over the Level Up button on each minion and see how much damage they cause: you also get a percentage of the total damage, and that is really important.

Cobra, for example, which is the first minion you unlock, will soon become obsolete and with upgrades of your better minions, will deal 1% or less than the total damage. That’s the time when I will stop upgrading that minion and focus on others. But make sure that before you start ignoring minions, you have unlocked all their skills (most of them stop getting new skills at level 100) as skills are important to boost your damage, including click damage.

5. When and how to Amnesia
When you Amnesia, you basically reset your progress and start over. The first time you should Amnesia at level 100 (or go as far as 150 if you can) in order to get the most in terms of Sins, which not only boost your stats, but also can be used to level up illnesses.

The first time you Amnesia, you should unlock all illnesses since they are free and keep your Sins intact for the extra DPS (maybe level up Bulimia and Delirium once or twice, but nothing else). Progress to a level greater than 150 this time and Amnesia again. The point is to get as many Sins as possible each time you reset your progress and keep as many Sins as possible in order to increase your DPS so always do the math and decide if its better to upgrade the Illnesses or keep the sins for the added bonus.

These would be for now our Insanity Clicker tips and tricks. Do you have other strategies that fellow players might find useful? Let us know by commenting below!

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Worm.is Cheats: Tips & Strategy Guide (Wormis cheats)

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Worm.is

You can still feel the craze of the .io games (Agario, Slitherio and so on) and these types of games are far from offering all they can and new titles, even though highly similar to the originals, are bringing new things and new gameplay mechanics to make them even better and more addictive. Such is the case of Worm.is: The Game, a title I just stumbled upon on Steam and I became addicted to.

After endless hours of playing and leveling up and trying out the different game modes and strategies, I am here to share with you some Worm.is cheats: a complete set of tips and tricks for a complete strategy guide. Hopefully this will improve your game at least a little bit!

1. Run in circles
You can’t die if you hit your own body and others can’t touch it unless they want to become instant snake food, so if you want to increase your chances of staying alive, learn to move in circles or always close to your body. This way, whenever a threat is nearby, you can easily go to the safety of your own body and avoid it – even more, increase the chances of your attacker hitting you.

2. Follow the crowded areas
In crowded areas, chances of snakes getting destroyed and becoming snake food are higher than anywhere else. That’s why it is important to try and lurk near populated areas, while doing your best to stay safe – there’s no shame in rushing to eat snake pieces even if you didn’t destroy the snake. It’s all for getting bigger and crowded areas are the best spots to do that!

3.Use the super speed
Right clicking gives you super speed for as long as you keep the mouse button pressed, but you also lose some of your worm’s length while doing it, so only use the super speed when it’s really necessary, for example when close to an enemy worm and when speeding up a bit will put you in front of it and turn it into worm food. Learn how the super speed works, because where you are fast controlling your worm isn’t that easy anymore.

4. Complete the daily quests
For easy money or even better, items and chests, the best thing you have to do is to complete the daily quests. Some are more difficult than others, but you should make sure that you complete them all on a daily basis to make your worm the best out there.

5. Protect the egg!
If you are playing the catch the egg game mode, you can be extremely helpful for your squad mates if you protect eggs that are dropped. You need to be fairly large in order to do this properly (and, of course, carry an egg yourself). When these conditions are met, simply go to a dropped egg and circle around it until one of your teammates comes and gets it – if you circle around it, none of the enemy worms will be able to get it!

6. Win the hunger games
It’s really fun to play and win the Hunger Games mode in Wormis: you don’t even have to take part into the battle and even though that takes away a bit of the fun, it helps you win. So simply stay away from the crowds in this game mode and eat as many bits as possible, getting as big as possible without risking it all. Then start playing once there are 3-4 worms left in the game and you can be the winner – easily!

7. Collect the coins
Coins are extremely important in the game because you use them to buy equipment that increases your stats and give you advantages in the game, so make sure that you collect all the coins that you see when playing. The more you play, the more coins you will get – and even more, the more you stay alive in each game type, the more coins you get!

These would be for now our Wormis tips and cheats. Do you have extra advice for people playing the game? Let us know by commenting below.

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Stellaris Guide: How to Win Wars

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Stellaris Guide

Stellaris is that type of game that shows no mercy if you make even the smallest mistake and if you’ve played the game at least a little bit, you know that there are a lot of mistakes you can make during a playthrough. The biggest unknown in most cases and one of the biggest challenges in the game is going to war and even more so winning wars.

I remember that I was eager to declare my first war during my first playthrough. I had no real idea what to expect or how to do it, so I just maxed out my fleet and declared war to the closest empire. I went straight to their home base laughing at their ships that were attacking my mining outposts in solar systems that I had no troops in. Just a few moments later, after their entire fleet decided to respond to my futile attempts to destroy their planet, I was left with just three ships and it was game over for me. War is difficult and winning them takes a lot more than just clicking some buttons. I am here to share with you my complete guide to winning wars in Stellaris, because you probably need some extra advice.

1. The way you start the game is extremely important! I’ve already shared some valuable tips & tricks on how to start a game, but the short version would be this: research Colony Ships ASAP, Maximize your Minerals & Energy production, Survey as many systems as possible and rush to build your first 4 colonies. I don’t really recommend attacking anybody before you have at least four planets and spaceports (for the extra fleet size).

2. During this time and your rapid expansion, it’s extremely important to focus on researching advances for your military ships. Focus on a single type of weapon and armor and hope that your nearby species are not strong against these. You can even go to slavery in order to increase your outputs (if you get such bonuses from the governments you’ve chosen) and you can also switch to +30% society research in your policies to quickly get colony ships and solve the alien language quests faster.

3. Hoard minerals and make sure that you have enough to rebuild your entire fleet (most likely, it won’t be needed, but having this will surely help). Make sure that you upgrade your corvettes to the latest technology and that they are not weak against the enemy you’re facing. Have in mind that if you have higher numbers, you can still get destroyed by an enemy fleet that has defensive bonuses against your weapons and/or offensive bonuses against your armor/shields.

Look for an alien race that has less power than you do. They are the best choice when it comes to winning wars and if you have such a race, you’re almost guaranteed a win if you do things the right way. You can also destroy empires that are similarly powered, but it might be a bit more difficult. So Golden Rule of Thumb: go for the weak ones first!

4. Prepare your defenses. This step might not be needed, but it’s best to be prepared. Check out the routes leading to your planets and the most likely directions from which the enemy might come (easier in Warp and Hyperdrive, a bit more difficult to guess with Wormholes). Build Defensive Outposts there: they won’t destroy AI fleets in most occasions, but they will give you enough time to come and defend your Planets and, most importantly, destroy the enemy fleet. Usually, the one who wins the first major battle will win the war.

Alternately, prepare your armies. This is also optional, as your main goal in wars is to get the empires become your vassals and make them part of your empire after the waiting period (usually 10 years). If you won’t do this, although this is the best method, you need to complicate things by training armies to attack their planets.

5. Declare the war and instantly go on the offensive. Pause the game and prepare your moves. The AI will react almost instantly, but if you have the upper hand, you will win. Try to go for their fleet and destroy it – at the same time making sure that you rebuild the Corvettes you are losing – use all Starports to do that to have them ready faster. Ideally, you should draw the enemy in near a Defensive Outposts, but usually it won’t happen. Just charge them and make sure you win your first conflict. Retreat, repair, refill and attack again: this always gives you the upper hand.

If you have this option, start destroying their mining facilities. Go for minerals and energy only to make it impossible for them to rebuild their fleet. Finally, if they don’t come up with a peace offer, start the diplomacy event yourself and ask them to surrender.

I prefer to go the Vassals route and make them part of the empire later on. Enslave all the Pops (you get no penalties this way and there are no risks) and quickly build up a new fleet. Rinse and repeat, always making sure that your Corvettes (I usually prefer them for attacking) are updated with the latest weapons and tech and that they actually have weapons and armor that are strong against the race you’re fighting.

This would be it. Wars in Stellaris are really difficult, but with a bit of planning and strategy, you will easily win them all and become the ruler of the universe!

Did you play Stellaris? What do you think about this game?

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Doom 2016 Cheats, God Mode Code

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Now that we’ve already fixed all the Doom 2016 crashes and problems and we can fully focus on enjoying this amazing game, some gamers might want an easy go through it and would like to get some cheats as they are, when it comes to games at least, the best way to make life easier. And that’s exactly what we have to share with you in this article: all the Doom 2016 cheats and codes – including the infamous god mode.

We’ll start with the Doom cheat codes:

First, you will have to activate the console by pressing Ctrl + Alt + Tilde key on your keyboard (~). Then, write any of the commands below to get the indicated effect (note that these won’t work on Nightmare mode):

iddqd – enables GOD Mode (but you still get damage from hazards)
ida – gives you all suit mod slots and the suit mods themselves
idkfa – fully upgrades Health, Armor, Weapon Mods and Ammo Capacity, gives all Weapons and Suit Slots & Mods
idfa – fully upgrades Armor, Health, and Ammo Capacity
idka – gives you all Weapon Mods, Weapons, and also fully upgrades Weapon Mods
iddt – reveals all unexplored areas and items
idgk – enemies become immune to all normal weapons, and you can only kill demons with Glory Kills

This would be it in terms of Doom 2016 cheats, but I am sure that it’s more than enough to make your progress through the game a lot easier. Just remember that these codes won’t work in the Nightmare mode.

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Best Stellaris government types (and Guide to All Governments)

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Stellaris government types

Stellaris

Stellaris is an epic game that offers, before adding any mods, 15 different government types to choose from and just as many advanced government forms to advance to. It might seem – and it is, up to a point – overwhelming to deal with so many options, so I’ve decided to write this complete guide to Stellaris government types and share with you which is, in my opinion, the best government type in the game.

It’s worth noting that some of these government forms are weak in certain situations but could actually be pretty strong in the right circumstances, while some weak government types can be combined with powerful Ethics in order to change the tides. But we’ll keep these advanced options and strategies away right now and focus on the basics: which is the best government type in Stellaris and a quick guide to all other types of government in the game with a few words on their strengths and weaknesses. So let’s get started with…

Best Stellaris Government

Despotic Hegemony

This is by far my favorite and I clearly consider it one of the best – if not the best – in the game. It gives you +5% research speed and +10 Survey speed (double these amounts for its advanced form, Neural Network Administration) and allows you to build one Elite Assault Army per ruler. Researching faster puts you ahead of other civilizations, while the extra Survey speed allows you to explore the galaxy faster and find the best planets for your colonies before anybody else does. The Elite Army that you can build is also very powerful for conquering planets, but you should play this for the first two bonuses it offers. A great option for early-mid game domination that turns into a flawless victory in late-game situations.

The other options

Military Dictatorship

Another government I like because it offers great advantages up to the late game stages: +20% Naval Capacity and -5% Navy Upkeep (double in its advanced form), plus a not-that useful in the long run Oversized Military Ship per ruler (+50% armor, HP and shields). However, the first bonuses give you the chance to become a very powerful empire in mid-game and late game situations especially from the sheer numbers of your fleet. And since a large fleet is always welcome, this is a good option for most attack-minded people out there.

Military Junta

Offering -10% Ship Cost and -25% Ship upgrade cost (double in its advanced form), this is a good option for creating a dominant empire early on. However, I don’t think these are really bonuses to love especially in the later game phases when you will most likely have a ton of resources anyway. But if you want to try and rush attacks early on, this one might be a good choice.

Direct Democracy

+2 Core Planet Limit (doubles when you advance) is all that you get from this form of Government and it’s pretty useful in early game situations, especially if you want to get rid of the early Sectors that make things more complicated instead of simplifying them. This could indeed offer a nice bonus to take advantage of and build your race into the dominant one in the galaxy. I am actually considering starting a game with this form of government and switching to something else in later game stages, but it still doesn’t sound as fun as my Despotic Hegemony.

Plutocratic Oligarchy

Many people like this form of government, but I don’t think it’s that good, really. It gives you +5% (+10% in its advanced form) yields in Mineral and Energy, but in the long run not some bonuses to really write home about. They are indeed useful early on for the extra minerals and energy that allow you to build your empire slightly faster, but there are better options out there!

Theocratic Republic

This one’s a better version of the Direct Democracy government as it offers the +2 Core Planet limit and -10% Ethic Divergence (both doubling when it advances), but it is paired with a way weaker ethic in my opinion, so it’s not as powerful in the long run. Choosing between these two is pretty difficult, though so probably each could make for an interesting game.

Military Republic

I believe that all Military types of governments have the potential to be very useful. This particular one gives you -10% Army and Naval Upkeep and +5% War Happiness (all double when it advances to Martial Democracy). This could be interesting to play especially in late-game situations, and the War Happiness boost is really welcome. You should give this a try if you have the chance.

Despotic Empire

An interesting mix because of an extremely useful bonus (-15% Building cost which doubles when you advance it) as well as an intriguing second bonus: +10% Slave Mineral and Food Tile Yield (also doubles when you advance). It also offers one oversized Military Station per ruler (+50% armor, HP and shields) but that’s not as impressive as it sounds. I haven’t played or relied too much on slavery, to be honest in order to be able to fully assess the situation, but I’d say that even though a good option, it’s not really good in the long run.

Indirect Democracy

This might be decent if you’re running a Leader-focused game, but usually not that good in my opinion. It gives you +1 Leader Starting Skill Level and -10% Leader Recruitment Cost (doubles in both areas when you advance it) but in the late game when most of the surveying has been done and it’s easier to reach the level cap with your Leaders, it doesn’t seem that useful anymore. Better than other options, though!

Science Directorate

One pretty good bonus (+1 Research Alternative) and one not-so-great (+1 Leader Capacity) make this not one of my favorites, nor the best in the game. It’s true that the extra technology alternative is extremely useful especially early on – since you could, in theory, be really unlucky and be delayed to getting the Colonization options, but it loses all purpose later on in the game. You also don’t really need the extra leader, so I’d say pass to this one.

Moral Democracy

If you want your people to be the hippies of the galaxy, this is the choice you should make since you get +10% Happiness (double when you advance). While happiness is definitely important in large – and even small – empires, there are more fun ways to play the game. If you want the easy way out, you could try this one and hope that your pacifist traits are not ignored.

Divine Mandate

+50 Slavery Tolerance and -15% Resettle cost (all doubling when you advance), combined with an actually interesting unique building (Grand Mausoleum – offering -10% Ethic Divergence) make up for a pretty interesting, but highly situational government type. Maybe it would deserve to be higher on the list because of the Slavery Tolerance bonus – I told you already that I am not really using the slavery option, so I don’t really know all the implications. The Resettle costs are pretty useless though, so I really would not rush to give this one a try.

Enlightened Monarchy

Despite its huge offering in terms of bonuses: -25% Edict Cost, +25% Edict Duration, +1 Core Planet Limit (all doubling in its advanced state), PLUS the option to build a Royal Garden per ruler (offering +10% happiness), I consider this a weak or, at best, highly situational type of government. The problem is that you still need a lot of influence for the edicts – an influence that will have to be spent on other more important things like growing your civilization and recruiting new leaders and I always had Influence hoarding problems.

Peaceful Bureaucracy

This one gives you +1 Leader Pool Choices, +1 Empire Leader Capacity, and -15% Leader Recruitment costs (all bonuses double when you advance to Irenic Protectorate). Not very useful because I doubt that you will really need the extra leader even late in the game. The other two bonuses are slightly better, but I would never consider this form of government as a solid choice for my game.

Theocratic Oligarchy

I think that this is by far the weakest type of government in the game, offering -10% Ethic divergence and -15% Leader recruitment cost. No, thanks!

These would be the Stellaris government types and you have them listed from the best to the worst (in my opinion). Do you agree with my Stellaris rankings? Which is your favorite government type in the game?

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Best Stellaris Tips, Tricks & Strategies to Help You Win Games

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Stellaris

Stellaris is indeed a stellar game! The depth of this game is incredible and the AI is so ruthless that even on Normal levels regular players can have a lot of trouble: in my case, during my first playthough – the tutorial – I was absolutely crushed and most of it was caused by the fact that I had no idea what I was doing. In the end, managing an entire interplanetary civilization is not an easy task! However, I kept learning and finding new things and tweaking during my other playthroughs and I still believe that I am not an expert when it comes to this game. But I do have a solid understanding of at least some of its mechanics and I am here to share that with you in this article where I give you my best Stellar tips and tricks in a complete strategy guide that will help you win all your games.

It won’t be easy and you should also make sure you check out my previous article where I detail the starting strategies you should always apply as they’re not completely covered by this guide. But do read on – and prepare for a long and hopefully helpful read in my guide. I give you Vgamerz’ best Stellaris tips and tricks below!

1. Colonies are extremely important
I can’t really stress just how important the colonies are. Of course, having great options varies from game to game, but even if you don’t really have a lot in terms of offers, you should still set up colonies: 3-4 in early to mid-game should be your goal, because the sooner you establish the colonies, the sooner you can build them up and turn them into real powerhouses for your empire and, most importantly, have them add to the number of ships you can control. So set up your colonies, make sure that you care for their food needs at first and slowly build them for the future.

When it comes to Colonies, take future upgrades into consideration and choose your building placements accordingly. You will know these by playing the game multiple times, but the best thing to start with is to choose a starting location for your colonist ship (or whatever it’s called in the game) near tiles with energy or minerals in order to get the adjacency bonuses later on in the game. You could go even a step further and specialize your colonies: have a mining one and an energy-producing one.

2. Never stop surveying
I mentioned this in my starting tips article, but it has to be said here as well: survey as soon as the game starts and keep on doing it until you have the entire universe figured out. Remember that early on you can (and should) explore new solar systems with your Corvettes: do it in order to avoid losing your Science Ship in unexpected encounters. Do all the research that pops up, but take care with anomalies that have a high failure rate: it’s better to just leave them for later as you can lose them or even lose your scientist, which is extremely bad.

3. What resources are extremely important
Of course, all resources are extremely important, but Minerals are the most important early in the game – so make sure you focus on producing these first. Influence is also extremely important for the long run and the thing I usually failed at hoarding: declare rivals and use the Capital to get as much influence as possible. And, most important, don’t waste it for relocating Pops or other useless things. Influence is the most difficult to get!

4. Have your warships ready for any type of enemy
I would suggest specializing and focusing research on weapon advances in a couple of areas only, but your ship designs should be as varied as possible. I would recommend specializing your warships – and doing it heavily – but try to do that based on the enemies you’ve picked (or pick an enemy who is weak to your current starship setup). There are mainly three types of weapons: lasers, missiles and projectile weapons and each has its weakness. In my opinion, the best to focus on early are the Missiles because the Point Defenses counter for them is unlocked later on in the game and gives you a slight advantage early on. However, you should have warship designs for each category of weapon (and ready to defend against any type of enemy weapon) for when war starts. This is why it’s extremely important to know your enemy and know what kind of technology they use in order to be able to counter it. If you don’t do this, you will lose all wars!

5. Build your Frontier Outposts where they matter
Frontier Outposts are extremely expensive in terms of Influence costs, so make sure that you build them where they matter and where you need them the most: usually the best choice being somewhere near a good planet you can colonize. Don’t overuse them and don’t put them to waste: you’re only given a chance with their placement, so make it count. For example, I placed one of mine too far away from the planet I wanted to colonize and by the time I had enough Influence to build a new one, a different race had already conquered those lands, so I was left with a bit of space that offered very little in return – especially when combined with the huge costs of building the Frontier Outposts!

6. Don’t rush to go to war
I did and I lost: it was during my tutorial phase, where I though I’d be able to obliterate my Reptilian neighbors who were half my size. I jumped with my fleet to attack their home base and get things sorted out ASAP, and so I did: my fleet was highly unprepared for their type of fleet and after our first battle, I was down to just 4 ships left while they had an amazing 10-12 still alive. There’s little sense in saying that it was game over for me very soon after.

So when you go to war, make sure you’re prepared: having an extremely solid fleet is extremely important. A strategy that’s worth trying is to divide it in two fleets in order to easily take out their resource producing improvements in different Solar Systems. We’ll talk more in depth about winning wars in a different article, but until then, you should still know that you have to be prepared: get ready to defend your planets and don’t hesitate to build Defense Stations or platforms, because they can really save the day. Upgrade all your ships before attacking and don’t rush to destroy their planets: take their resources first, destroy their Constructor ships and try to take out their fleet. Also, have enough Minerals ready to quickly replenish your lost warships, otherwise you will soon be overpowered. War is extremely complicated and you should only start one when you are ready for it.

7. Don’t underestimate Fallen Empires
These annoying and highly overpowered empires are the things you don’t want to see anywhere near your borders. If you meet them, though, try to stay on their good side for as long as possible. If they’re far away and especially if there are other civilizations between you and them, you can ignore them usually (and I would even suggest declaring them your Rivals for the extra Influence gains) but otherwise stay on their “liked civilizations” list at all costs!

8. Wormhole travel is the best
The best form of travel for your spaceships, in my opinion, is by wormholes because that’s the fastest way to travel. The game does list it as advanced, which might scare you off a little bit, but trust me and try it, then master it. Just make sure that you build your wormhole stations in areas that you can defend with relative ease (areas where your enemy is most unlikely to pop) and you should be just fine. Being quick from one point to another and being able to get from point A to point B in just two jumps gives you a massive advantage, so my suggestion is to always go for Wormhole travel.

These would be, for now, my top tips and tricks for Stellaris. I will definitely add more in the future, so make sure to check back. Also, if you have tips and tricks for fellow players that you think will be useful, don’t hesitate to let us know by leaving a comment below.

Guides & Cheats

Stellaris Cheat Codes & Console Commands

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Stellaris has been launched and we’re obsessed with this game and if you’re reading this, chances are that you’re on the same boat. However, this is a brutally difficult game and even though we’ve shared with you some tips and tricks to get a head start in the game and we’re planning to share even more strategies in the future, you might just want at a given point to take the easy route and cheat. If that’s the case, I am here to share with you a bunch of Stellaris cheat codes that will make your life a lot easier in the game – but might take away some of the fun too.

In order to enter and use any of the Stellaris cheat codes listed below, you must activate the console by pressing the tilde key (`) – it’s usually the key next to the 1 key on your keyboard. Once activated, type in any of the codes below to get the indicated result (note that this doesn’t work if you’re playing in Irnoman Mode):

Cash #### – adds the indicated amount of Minerals (so if you type Cash 5000 you get 5000 minerals)

Invincible – your fleet takes no damage

Research_Technologies – instantly research all technologies

AI – Toggles AI (write the command again in order to reactivate AI)

Society #### – Adds the indicated amount to your society

Survey – Instantly survey all planets

Influence #### – Adds the indicated amount of influence

Debug_Yesmen – All AI players will accept any demands you make

Instant_Build – Instantly completes current build projects

Finish_Research – Instantly completes all current research projects

This is it for now! We’ll make sure to update this list with more Stellaris cheat codes if we find any extra.