Living Metal Lakes
The "Living Metal Lakes" event in Stellaris — flavor, choices, and how to trigger it with the event console command.
Living Metal Lakes

Investigation of the caverns below the surface of … reveal them to be filled with a silvery liquid metal that flows from cavern to cavern in gleaming rivers, pooling into underground lakes. More surprising still is the discovery that this metal substance shares many key properties with organic lifeforms, including responding to environmental stimulus and exhibiting self-sustaining processes. It remains to be seen whether this exceptional metal should be classified as truly alive - but it may have several practical applications for our engineering technology.
The command below will trigger the "Living Metal Lakes" event in Stellaris:
Player choices
When this event fires, you can choose between the following option:
- Curious.
- Add deposit: Living Metal +1
Regardless of your choice
- Leads to event: Contact Report: Simple Forms of Life
Event chain
Stellaris events fire in chains — one event leads to the next. Here is how Living Metal Lakes (distar.150) connects.