Where should I build habitats?

[The_Renegade09]

Title.
I researched habitats but honestly now I have no idea what a good place for them is. Planets with lots or no resources?

[tempest.of.emptiness]

That depends on the intended purpose of the habitat. If you want to use it to mine minerals, then you need to place it over a mineral deposit because only habitats over mineral deposits can build mining districts to extract minerals. If you want to use it for research, then you can put it over a science deposit (any type) and build research districts, or you can put it anywhere, build housing districts, and use research buildings to provide the research jobs. If you plan to do something more generic, like produce alloys or provide admin capacity then location does matter at all.

Edit: To clarify, when I say that location doesn't matter, keep in mind that building a habitat over a resource unnecessarily is a waste. So, don't build a habitat over a mineral deposit and then use that to do something other than mine minerals (for example).

[The_Renegade09]

Originally posted by tempest.of.emptiness:

That depends on the intended purpose of the habitat. If you want to use it to mine minerals, then you need to place it over a mineral deposit because only habitats over mineral deposits can build mining districts to extract minerals. If you want to use it for research, then you can put it over a science deposit (any type) and build research districts, or you can put it anywhere, build housing districts, and use research buildings to provide the research jobs. If you plan to do something more generic, like produce alloys or provide admin capacity then location does matter at all.

Thanks, didn't know they were that versatile. Is the amount of resources relevant? Or is a habitat over a +2 mineral planet just as useful as a habitat over a +10 mineral planet?

[galadon3]

for minerals the amount doesnt matter, for rare gas, crystals etc the amount matters, so in case of minerals use the small deposits first, cause it doesnt matter for the habitat but for the mining station
(mining habitats allways have the same amount of mining districts but in case of rare ressources you can build as many extraction buildings as the amount of the deposit)

[Emergent]

This was all very helpful, thanks!

[tathen]

build them in space ._.

[Evilgenius]

everywhere, but I mostly build them around science space deposits. it is a cheap way of increasing science jobs.

[Heimdall313]

In addition to the above info which is correct, you can also drop a habitat in chokepoint systems (preferably a useful energy/mineral/research one) and build Fortresses on it with a Planetary Defense Shield; fortress habitats in a Citadel system are extremely obnoxious speedbumps for AI that often gums them up for literal years as they try to bombard and invade it, and can't progress due to the FTL inhibitor.
Humans will simply use a Colossus to nuke it but the AI is hopelessly stupid when it comes to fortified positions. But if you're playing without Apocalypse DLC its extremely tedious to break such a position. 2-3 forts with a shield can buy you an enormous amount of time when placed properly.

[♍VoidTraveler]

Originally posted by tathen:

build them in space