How does one build the stagnant ascendancy buildings after you get them as an option?

[cybera]

I conquered some stagnant ascendancy and after that I started getting the build options for their OP special buildings but its all grayed out. The tool-tip says that I need a schematic from Arcane Deciphering, but I'm pretty sure that I've gotten all possible techs as I've been doing repeatable techs for quite a while. So how do I activate those?

[Elitewrecker PT]

Do you have ancient relics DLC?

[tempest.of.emptiness]

As far as I know there is never a case where you can build as many of these buildings as you want.

Through Arcane Deciphering it is possible to get a schematic that will allow you to build one instance of a particular special building. Not one per planet, one in your entire empire. After you build it you cannot build another one unless and until you find another schematic for that building through Arcane Deciphering.

The exception is any of those buildings that are already present on a conquered planet. Those will continue to function, and can be repair if ruined - but if you demolish them you won't be able to rebuild them, on that planet or on another one.

I believe that those buildings are not even supposed to appear in the build list unless you can build them, but back in 2.7 (or maybe even before, I'm not absolutely certain) they started appearing in some cases when they probably should not, grayed out and unbuildable like you described. I assume that is a bug, although perhaps it is a feature as it allows you to see that you need to find another schematic before you can build one.

[cybera]

So how exactly do you find a schematic? Is it a tech option is the archaeology resource options for 500? I tried that a lot of times but no luck yet.

[cybera]

Originally posted by Elitewrecker PT:

Do you have ancient relics DLC?

Yes it seems I do. Seems to be some kind of story pack. I am missing something called Paragon's though.

[Midas]

In the relic view, you can decipher relics, you get a tech bonus, or tech speed bonus, or very rarely a shematic

[Elitewrecker PT]

Originally posted by cybera:

Originally posted by Elitewrecker PT:

Do you have ancient relics DLC?

Yes it seems I do. Seems to be some kind of story pack. I am missing something called Paragon's though.

Then yeah, you have to use the deciphering option in the minor artifact menu.

[tempest.of.emptiness]

Each time you decipher you get some reward. Usually it is some research points in a specific research tree. Sometimes it is a temporary 10% boost to all research output. Rather rarely, you may discover a schematic for a special building. If I spend most of the game deciphering when the cooldown is up and I get two special buildings out of it I consider myself fortunate.

[cybera]

Understood, thanks a bunch guys. I guess I have been trying it the correct way but its just low odds.