Shifting Sands
The "Shifting Sands" event in Stellaris — flavor, choices, and how to trigger it with the event console command.
Shifting Sands

Ship event
The sand dunes of … are treacherous indeed. The fine grained sand runs almost like a liquid, making most landings an ordeal beyond measure. However, our brilliant science team has found a solution thanks to some innovative thinking. A chemical solution, fabricated by Science Officer …, can be used to bind the sand in key locations, making the … easier to traverse.
The command below will trigger the "Shifting Sands" event in Stellaris:
Player choices
When this event fires, you can choose between these 2 options:
- Splendid!
- Gain modifier: Liquid Sands
- Add deposit: Quicksand Basin
- Unfortunate.
- Gain modifier: Shifting Sands
- Gain modifier: Liquid Sands
- Add deposit: Quicksand Basin