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

The investigation of the strange and wild behavior currently besetting … has been completed. In the vast network of cave tunnels that permeates the planet's crust an enigmatic fungus has been found. It grows all over the caves - floor, walls, ceiling - and stretches out for thousands of miles. The fungus frequently releases spores that are vented out of the caves - for what purpose has not been established, but we know for certain that it causes primitive behavior in our species, releasing primal urges within. We can try to find a useful application of this phenomenon, or we can exterminate the fungus altogether.
The command below will trigger the "Savage Spores" event in Stellaris:
Player choices
When this event fires, you can choose between these 2 options:
- Live...
- Start special project: Utilize the Cave Mushrooms
- ... or Let Die.
- Start special project: Exterminate the Cave Mushrooms