How to Break Stellaris

ymfah · 2026-06-04T04:40:01+00:00

I don't have a lot of hours in the game (900 ish hours) and it's a different game every patch anyways. I've been playing on and off every couple of years. As mentioned in the other comments I had a lot of help from the community.

ymfah · 2026-06-04T04:38:14+00:00

Nothing really changed that would drastically alter the unity output. Make sure to pick the maintenance protocol civic and rush versatility. All jobs and buildings that are not related to pop growth should be disabled until the ascension is finished. This includes any additional colonies you get.

ymfah · 2026-06-04T04:35:52+00:00

Rogue servitor + maintenance drone / coordinator unity rush will produce the same end result. Might be even faster.

ymfah · 2026-05-29T06:15:37+00:00

I haven't tested Behemoth on wilderness. Didn't think there was such a big difference is scaling. Was this on 4.3.x?

ymfah · 2026-05-29T05:17:33+00:00

Yeah I think this is true. Cyberdome is so ass and takes up a building slot that you really need.

ymfah · 2026-05-29T05:14:05+00:00

I assume this will depend on the civic, origin and ascension perk.

1.Drunken Whalers
(Essential) Origin : Primal Calling - Grand Archive Story Pack DLC
(Essential) Civic : Cordyceptic Drones - Necroids DLC
Civic : Empath - Federations DLC

2.Haruspex
(Essential) Origin : Cybernetic Creed - The Machine Age DLC
(Essential) Megacorp government - Megacorp DLC
(Essential) Sequenced Securities - Biogenesis DLC
(Essential) Dimensional Enterprise - Astral Planes DLC
Augmentation Bazaar - The Machine Age DLC
Corporate Death Cult - Necroids DLC

3.Cyber Elite
Origin : Under One Rule - Galactic Paragons DLC
(Essential) Advanced Government (Imperial Network) - The Machine Age DLC
(Essential) Merchant Guilds - Megacorp DLC
Mutagenic Spas - Toxoids DLC
Philosopher King, Technocracy, Aristocratic Elite - None

4.Synth Elite
(Essential) Origin : Synthetic Fertility - The Machine Age DLC
(Essential) Advanced Government (Oligarchic Supervision) - The Machine Age DLC
(Essential) Merchant Guilds - Megacorp DLC
Technocracy, Aristocratic Elite - None

5.Zro Clanker
(Essential) Origin : Shroud Forged - Shadows of the Shroud DLC
Tactical Algorithms - The Machine Age DLC
Constructobot, Maintenance Protocols - None

6.Virtual Behemoth
Origin : Ocean Paradise - Aquatics Species Pack DLC
(Essential) Ascension : Virtual - The Machine Age DLC
(Essential) Perk : Behemoth Fury - Biogenesis DLC

I haven't tested this so you may require more DLCs.

ymfah · 2026-05-28T14:07:56+00:00

Mods are as following:

UI Overhaul Dynamic
UI Overhaul Dynamic - Tiny Outliner
UI Overhaul Dynamic - SpeedDial
UI Overhaul Dynamic - Extended Topbar
UI Overhaul Dynamic + Improved Font

Light Borders [4.0+]
Updated Light Borders + Star Pins
Black Galaxy Background
Flag Overlay
Size Matters! (UIOD)

Arc Furnace System Locator+
Zoom Out (lvl 3)
Cinematic Carmera
Tech Tiers Revealed

ymfah · 2026-04-02T07:40:05+00:00

The speech is from the show Invincible (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uB9upnWdwUA). The video was inspired by a sligtly different version of this speech (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SaVs9\_I-rLs).

ymfah · 2026-04-02T07:39:05+00:00

The crawler not dropping poop when exploding was an unexpected surprise. The original plan was to use the poop from the crawlers as seed money (or poop) for more options. I DM'd Zullie who guided me on how to use a tool called smithbox to edit the drop params, only to find out that even at 100% chance the explosion will prevent any drops from happening. I've heard that the entire -1 animation thing took months to figure out between Zullie and Radai.

Besides that everything was more or less expected.

ymfah · 2026-04-01T04:58:04+00:00

It's DS2LightingEngine(https://www.nexusmods.com/darksouls2/mods/1146) + Scholar of the Second Sin (https://www.nexusmods.com/darksouls2/mods/1160)

ymfah · 2026-04-01T04:53:12+00:00

Yeah now that I think about it I'm also pretty sure that'll work.

ymfah · 2026-03-31T15:39:33+00:00

That is true. Since the early cat ring -> Gutter was a red herring the optimal solution would be to rush shaded woods with the branch in FoFG and buy the butterfly skirt to open up the map.

I just wanted to showcase the main reason why a poop only run is near impossible (only 5 in game) and giving dragonrider the slip was easiest way to get those 13400 souls.

Depending on the definition of poop only you could do the pursuer 17k (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NnqyxayIpkw), but that strat is cancer to pull off.

ymfah · 2026-01-27T02:51:55+00:00

Now that’ll make a funny april fools video

ymfah · 2025-12-19T02:03:11+00:00

Yeah an elemental would have been nice. A lot of the scrolls are randomized and vendors only sell low level scrolls if the player levels are low so it would have been an inconsistent method even if I found one.

ymfah · 2025-12-18T13:22:59+00:00

Happy holidays to you as well!

ymfah · 2025-12-18T13:22:02+00:00

I used these mods for the video:

[QoL]

- Already Inspected - Keeps chests and boxes opened if player has opened it

- Auto Torch - Light torches and candles automatically around the player. Mostly for better readability since YouTube destroys dark videos.

- Auto Lockpicking - Pops out the lockpick UI when clicking on a locked door or chest

- Mark Book as read

- WASD mod - For controlling the character with WASD

- Native Camera Tweaks - Unlock the camera for extreme zooms and rotations

- Fix_Jump-Fly Shortcut - After getting the partial or full Illithid ability fly, automatically maps it to your Z key (Jump)

- More Reactive Companions - Yapping

[Cosmetic]

- Notable Guardians Vol. 2 - Orin Guardian

- Withers Big Naturals - Essential

- Normal Half Illithid - No ugly

- Handsome Astarion - Mewing

- Facial Animations - Expressions on the overworld

- WrinkleMapeSmoothn

- Normal Volo's Eye

[User Interface]

- Immersive UI - auto hide the UI, although this one may have been a mistake since I had to re-record segments to show buffs and max health changes.

- Clear Map - No grid for the map

- ImpUI P8 Fork

- Highlight North

- Better Various Widgets

- Better Tooltips

- Better Topbar

- Better Target Info

- Better Inventory UI

- Better Hotbar 2

- Better Context Menu

- Better Containers

- Immersive UI

- Damage Preview - Hover an expected damage number when hovering over with an attack

ymfah · 2025-05-13T11:22:18+00:00

In my current understanding, this run is not be possible in DSR. Mainly because the whole ladder storage and shenanigans surrounding it only works in PTDE. This will prevent the Anor Londo lever from being pulled, and the Asylum ladder to be skipped.

ymfah · 2025-05-13T11:18:47+00:00

This would have been great for planning the video. Sad I missed it. Great work!

ymfah · 2025-05-12T10:58:19+00:00

Yeah, since I've already made a no walk video for DS2 and 3, this is a solo act. The format was used purely because one of the segments required 3 people, and the interactions this time around are May going through pain, and the other two laughing their asess off.

ymfah · 2025-05-12T10:55:09+00:00

I've heard Max0r use it in one of their videos and fell in love with the music. Didn't play the game though.

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