Growth vats Growth moments?

[Officer zzguy]

Hi, do colonists being grown in a vat still get growth moments? Or do I have to take them out? How much is the penalty for not getting their "learning" need?

[di eshor ribly]

In order: Yes, at ages 3 (keep as colonist or enslave), 7 (trait/passions), 10 (trait/passions), and 13 (trait/passions/"adulthood").

No you don't have to remove them. At 18 the vat spits them out automatically.

Instead of getting to choose between 1-5 traits and 1-3 passions a vat baby might get one trait choice and no skill passions. Skills will also be lower for vat babies.

[Garatgh Deloi]

Originally posted by Officer zzguy:

How much is the penalty for not getting their "learning" need?

They are basically trash pawns if you grow them entirely in a growth vat.

That said, having easy access to quickly (relatively) grown disposable trash pawns can be useful (and they can become decent with a good xenogerm).

But for you core pawns you likely do not want to vat grow them during their learning phase.

[boytype]

Here are the offspring from my last game. They were all raised outside of a vat.
They all turned into god pawns, basically by the time they were 16.

I literally did nothing special to raise them except give them a gun as soon as they turned 3 and then put them on 100% Anything schedule except for sleep hours.

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