Destructive Research - Barren Crisis
The "Destructive Research - Barren Crisis" event in Stellaris — flavor, choices, and how to trigger it with the event console command.
Destructive Research - Barren Crisis

As a side effect of the toxic wastes caused by our research on …, it seems some of the plant and animal life that used to thrive there have gone extinct and caused a chain reaction of issues for a lot of the fauna and flora on the planet. As unexpected as it might have been, those living on … have thankfully been mostly unharmed by it, though it has made life harder for them.
The command below will trigger the "Destructive Research - Barren Crisis" event in Stellaris:
Player choices
When this event fires, you can choose between these 2 options:
- Not a problem big enough that it cannot be dealt with then.
- A significant chance of further side-effects on ….
- This has gone on long enough, end the experiments.
Event chain
Stellaris events fire in chains — one event leads to the next. Here is how Destructive Research - Barren Crisis (subject.2060) connects.
Triggered by
- Destructive Research
subject.2055
Can lead to
- Destructive Research - Ocean Crisis
subject.2065
Firing conditions
Show raw conditions
overlord_subject_event_trigger = yes
exists = event_target:targeted_planet
event_target:targeted_planet = {
is_owned_by = event_target:subject_empire
}