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

Country eventDLC: Distant Stars
Our victorious fleet circles the dying Tiyanki Matriarch, her glowing flesh scored by countless blast-marks. The violent thrashing of her tentacles, still trying to grasp at nearby ships, first slows, then draws abruptly to an end. At last she expires: the ancient Matriarch laid to an end, like her would-be hunters before us.
The command below will trigger the "Death of the Matriarch" event in Stellaris:
Player choices
When this event fires, you can choose between these 4 options:
- At last.Available only if Must not have civic: Memorialists.
- Understood.Available only if Requires civic: Memorialists.
- Send in the ….
- Harvest genetic material from the beast.
- Unlocks the Polymelic trait for Leviathan Transgenesis.
Event chain
Stellaris events fire in chains — one event leads to the next. Here is how Death of the Matriarch (distar.212) connects.
Can lead to
- Death of the Matriarch
distar.213 - Tiyanki Conservation Act Violation
galcom.110
Firing conditions
Show raw conditions
exists = event_target:elderly_tiyanki_fleet
FromFromFrom.fleet = {
is_same_value = event_target:elderly_tiyanki_fleet
}