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

Primitive image capturing technology managed to record our observation post while it was in low orbit above …. Alongside eyewitness testimonies, these photographs have inspired some nations to build "ladders to heaven" in order to investigate further. While this is obviously a futile effort, competition between nation states is having a destabilizing effect. Old tensions are flaring up in the race to complete the first "ladder", fueled by national pride and scarcity of resources.
The command below will trigger the "Ladders to Heaven" event in Stellaris:
Player choices
When this event fires, you can choose between these 2 options:
- Discredit proof of our existence.
- +200 Energy Credits
- Continue observations.
- The Society Research output from the observation post is doubled
Regardless of your choice
- Society: +None to None
Event chain
Stellaris events fire in chains — one event leads to the next. Here is how Ladders to Heaven (strange_worlds.3075) connects.
Triggered by
- Orbital Anomaly
strange_worlds.3070
Can lead to
- The Truth Is Out There
strange_worlds.3080 - The Great Ladder Wars
strange_worlds.3085
Firing conditions
Show raw conditions
exists = event_target:pre_ftl_country