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

The machine stirs, ancient mechanisms clanking behind the smooth facade. After much whirring, buzzing, and a dramatic pause, a metallic panel slides back, and a ship-sized cylinder rolls out of the machine...The cylinder contains an ancient beverage, still miraculously preserved against the ravages of time. According to our market data, the long-forgotten drink is 20% more delicious than our current range of drinkable products for biological entities.
The command below will trigger the "The Machine Awakens" event in Stellaris:
Player choices
When this event fires, you can choose between these 2 options:
- Patent the drink. Sell it to the whole galaxy.
- Energy Credits: +None to None
- Fascinating.
- Minor Artifacts Found:
Event chain
Stellaris events fire in chains — one event leads to the next. Here is how The Machine Awakens (anomaly.7010) connects.
Triggered by
- Mysterious Monolith
anomaly.7000