Waters of Life
The "Waters of Life" event in Stellaris — flavor, choices, and how to trigger it with the event console command.
Waters of Life

The mystery of the canals was swiftly resolved thanks to a recent breakthrough. The wreck of a cruiser-sized machine was discovered, thousands of years old and pitted with age and exposure. Analysis quickly established that it was a burrowing automaton, activated and let loose on the planet in order to prepare irrigation canals that would facilitate the transformation of … into one giant mega-farm. Due to a programming error or a miscalculated deactivation date, the thoughtless machine stoically continued its mission to dig canals across the surface until it finally broke down, without a seed ever being planted.
The command below will trigger the "Waters of Life" event in Stellaris:
Player choices
When this event fires, you can choose between the following option:
- Scrap it for materials.