StellarStellaris
Ethics and Civics Classic + Worthy Ascension Perks - Compatibility Patch

Stellaris 4.4 | compatibility patch | requires Ethics and Civics Classic and Worthy Ascension Perks

What this patch does

Both mods redefine the same four vanilla ascension perks: Detox, Lord of War, Mastery of Nature and Nihilistic Acquisition. Stellaris keeps only the last definition it reads (decided by file name, not by load order), so with both mods enabled Ethics and Civics Classic's versions win and Worthy's reworks of these four perks are silently lost - no Ambition/Capstone effects, no extra modifiers.

This patch provides merged definitions that contain both mods' changes.

When you need it

Only if you run both Ethics and Civics Classic and Worthy Ascension Perks. Everything else in both mods is unaffected either way.

How the conflict is resolved / what is kept

Base text = Worthy's reworked perks, with E&C's rules merged in:

  • Detox - Worthy's Toxic Knights / Voidworm options and modifiers are back; E&C's rule that the Early Space Age origin needs Terrestrial Sculpting (instead of Climate Restoration) is kept. Nomadic empires still cannot take Detox (vanilla/Worthy behaviour).
  • Lord of War - Worthy's Ambition effect (doubled enclave capacity) is back; E&C's AI preference for its corporate-military civics is kept.
  • Mastery of Nature - Worthy's Ambition/Capstone effects and +1 urban district on new colonies are back; E&C's rule that Ecocentrists cannot take the perk and E&C's AI weights are kept.
  • Nihilistic Acquisition - Worthy's slave-market/slave-output modifiers and Capstone effect are back; E&C's despoiler civic variants still exclude the perk (they grant raiding anyway).

Nothing else is changed. Arcology Project is only modified by E&C and therefore not touched.

Load order

Does not matter - the patch works by file name (zzz_) and wins regardless of position. Placing it below both mods is still good practice.
(Also using Plentiful Traditions 4.x - Extra Perks? Its vanilla-perk copy overrides all other Worthy perks - use the separate Plentiful Traditions Extra Perks - Vanilla Perk Override Fix as well.)

Required mods

Ethics and Civics Classic (Primitive Nomad Update) | Worthy Ascension Perks (4.4)

Notes


  • One file, no new content, no text of its own (uses both mods' existing tooltips). Safe to add or remove mid-game.
  • Kept in sync with the current versions of both mods; if either mod changes these four perks again the patch will be updated.


Credits

All content belongs to the authors of Ethics and Civics Classic and Worthy Ascension Perks; this patch only merges their definitions.

One of a set of small, single-purpose compatibility patches. Found a problem? Please comment with your mod list and the relevant error.log lines.
TitleCompatibility Patch: Ethics and Civics Classic + Worthy Ascension Perks
Steam ID3788021953
Steam App281990 (steamDB)
Steam Manifest/UGC5031710759941621489
Creator SteamID76561198008816684
Steam Created2026-08-22T13:17:42+00:00
Steam Updated2026-10-04T16:14:19+00:00
Steam Updated relative8.4 days ago
Revision #0
Revision archived?NO!
Revision file date
Tracked Steam files8
Tracked mod files0
Mod size28.33 KB

Tracked mod revisions

Title Revision # Archived? Size Metadata created Metadata last updated
Compatibility Patch: Ethics and Civics Classic + Worthy Ascension Perks 0 NO 27.96 KB 2026-10-10 14:15:55 2026-10-10 23:05:01
Compatibility Patch: Ethics and Civics Classic + Worthy Ascension Perks 0 NO 27.98 KB 2026-10-10 14:15:55 2026-10-10 23:05:01
Compatibility Patch: Ethics and Civics Classic + Worthy Ascension Perks 0 NO 28.33 KB 2026-10-10 14:15:55 2026-10-10 23:05:01
Compatibility Patch: Ethics and Civics Classic + Worthy Ascension Perks 0 NO 28.57 KB 2026-10-10 14:15:55 2026-10-10 23:05:01
Compatibility Patch: Ethics and Civics Classic + Worthy Ascension Perks 0 NO 28.6 KB 2026-10-10 14:15:55 2026-10-10 23:05:01


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