EVERY Cosmogenesis Ending - Stellaris Lore

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  • This is what we know about the Cosmogenesis Ascenion Perk in Stellaris the grand strategy game by Paradox Interactive, new with The Machine Age. This ascenion perk has 11 different endings and in this video I detail them all for you.
    If you enjoyed the video please let me know in the comments below, let me know the next topic you want me to cover!
    CHAPTERS:
    00:00 Intro
    01:22 Ending 1 (default)
    02:38 Ending 2 (Super Massive)
    03:48 Ending 3 (Psionic)
    05:07 Ending 4 (KOTG)
    07:05 Ending 5 (Infinity Machine 1)
    07:42 Ending 6 (Infinity Machine 2)
    08:40 Ending 7 (Great Wound)
    09:02 Ending 8 (Dimensional Horror)
    09:52 Ending 9 (Obessional Directive)
    10:51 Ending 10 (L-Cluster)
    11:15 Ending 11 (The WORM)
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  • @truthseekerdude
    @truthseekerdude หลายเดือนก่อน +358

    9:53
    Imagine being a multiverse travelling empire and coming across a universe literally filled with infinite amounts of strange and alien artifacts, your archeologists spend a century just examining one system and they come back to you with a report "Well my lord it seems... this planet is made, down to the subatomic level, out of some sort of... mass manufactured electronic music player..."

    • @apocalyptic5752
      @apocalyptic5752 หลายเดือนก่อน +36

      The amount of utter confusion and that scientist voice would be immense as well as everyone that looks upon this world of music players.

    • @overlordbrandon
      @overlordbrandon หลายเดือนก่อน +25

      Now it makes sense where all those dimensions made and full of specific objects in fiction works came from

    • @spartantraveler7251
      @spartantraveler7251 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      So...a Rick and Morty reference?

    • @LuizAlexPhoenix
      @LuizAlexPhoenix 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

      An universe of consumer goods, might as well be a giant silo. Make an universe for each resource and you could have an infinite ammount of them, with the Needles being the forklifts to travel in between.

  • @GarlicPudding
    @GarlicPudding หลายเดือนก่อน +490

    I love the implication that, in the WORM ending, the entire Cosmogenesis path **was a trap.**

    • @TheRedKing
      @TheRedKing  หลายเดือนก่อน +159

      100% it just wanted take out

    • @tylercobb8747
      @tylercobb8747 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      @@TheRedKing pffffff

    • @ObiwanNekody
      @ObiwanNekody หลายเดือนก่อน +53

      Nonsense, the Worm loves us.

    • @alexanderchristiansen1664
      @alexanderchristiansen1664 24 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

      ​@@ObiwanNekodysame way I love thai.

    • @thetyler101
      @thetyler101 13 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      I'm Going To Say The V word!

  • @shermanwilliams9248
    @shermanwilliams9248 หลายเดือนก่อน +600

    Stealing the Infinity Machine’s Thunder also seems like a pretty ideal universe. Imagine calculating a method for billions of years only for some random alien to barge in in, and what to it would seem like a week later they solve all the issues and complete the task even better than they could have.

    • @nicholasvogel9783
      @nicholasvogel9783 หลายเดือนก่อน +26

      Well the worm also steals the thunder by giving the answer from the other side

    • @asmkalrizion7078
      @asmkalrizion7078 หลายเดือนก่อน +83

      Actually I'd disagree, the infinity machine is trying to complete a specific task, not just create a universe but create a *specific* universe, where as cosmo genesis just wants to create a formless qorld that they can shape to their own will, which the infinity machine presumably could also do but wasn't trying to do.
      So its more like if I was trying to knit a really fancy sweater and some kid came along and grabbed my yarn, and just created a big ball of yarn to play with.

    • @lostbutfreesoul
      @lostbutfreesoul หลายเดือนก่อน +20

      @@asmkalrizion7078
      The fact there are two outcomes is very telling for lore purposes.
      What was Infinity trying to do?
      I propose, the reason for the universe being so old if you assist that purpose, is that Infinity was trying to create a 'short cut.' A universe in which a larger part of the calculations have already occurred, and within 'itself' would be further along in the math. I wonder if recursive dives into big G. would have done something.
      Alas, outside the game parameters.

    • @superhappyfunguy1
      @superhappyfunguy1 23 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      I imagine the Infinity Machine thinking "Weird Flex, but Okay"

  • @alexkatc59
    @alexkatc59 หลายเดือนก่อน +677

    Nemesis empire: We WILL BE gods!
    Cosmogenesis empire: F*ck you all, we are leaving.

    • @secondaryfront
      @secondaryfront หลายเดือนก่อน +50

      Cosmogenesis empire + dimmentional horror: Oh no, you don't >:]

    • @ecogreen123
      @ecogreen123 หลายเดือนก่อน +39

      "fuck this shit im out" also works

    • @onyhow
      @onyhow หลายเดือนก่อน +31

      I mean, Cosmogenesis would want to be gods too, but in a different way.

    • @EvGamerBETA
      @EvGamerBETA หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      So long and thanks for all the fish

    • @user-jy8np7zx3z
      @user-jy8np7zx3z 19 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      You know why gnostics are heresy?
      They decided that running away to heavens was better than BRINGING heavens to people

  • @InsertNormalName
    @InsertNormalName หลายเดือนก่อน +72

    Obessional Directive Empire: Dives into Dimensional Horror/Worm black hole
    Dimensional Horror/Worm: Ha! You've fallen right into my trap! Wait, what are you doing?
    Obessional Directive Empire: Paperclips the universe

    • @lostbutfreesoul
      @lostbutfreesoul หลายเดือนก่อน +12

      What is Love, if not following your programing?

    • @TheRedKing
      @TheRedKing  หลายเดือนก่อน +11

      Paperclip army UNITE!

    • @alexanderchristiansen1664
      @alexanderchristiansen1664 13 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@lostbutfreesoul baby don't Hurt me

  • @Ren257X
    @Ren257X หลายเดือนก่อน +340

    In the shroud one, we can still fight or run, the dimensional horror one tho, we are in a cage full of darkness and eldritch horror. I really want a super crisis from that dimension

    • @TheRedKing
      @TheRedKing  หลายเดือนก่อน +85

      Mhm, it's a bad time for everyone on that ship

    • @Rith9789
      @Rith9789 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

      What if you side with the dimensional horror? And theN enter it? What about the black hole that forms if the horror you take back to your home planet turns into a black hole?

    • @YourSocialistAutomaton
      @YourSocialistAutomaton หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@TheRedKing❤might

    • @alexkatc59
      @alexkatc59 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

      @@TheRedKing They still fights.
      And i think, they can win, because they did not die at first minutes of their arrival.

    • @valjamin8456
      @valjamin8456 หลายเดือนก่อน +19

      @@Rith9789 The horror you take back to your planet is the WORM. That particular ending is ending #11 in the video. (Spend ages helping it escape the null void it's trapped in and find another realm to take over together.) The other horror is unrelated. Just a random, malevolent entity within the seemingly infinite realms/astral planes of the Deep Shroud. (That's the name for the multiverse that can be accessed according to Gigastructural Engineering lore.)

  • @BenaSPACE
    @BenaSPACE หลายเดือนก่อน +140

    Gravity is desire, and our desire yields gravity.
    All that was, will be.

    • @Tekishiro
      @Tekishiro หลายเดือนก่อน +13

      What will be, was

  • @pll3827
    @pll3827 หลายเดือนก่อน +262

    The center of galaxies in the Stellaris-verse seem to all have some sort of strong connection with the Shroud. I wonder if the only constant is the Shroud, and it is a gateway to other galaxies?

    • @TheRedKing
      @TheRedKing  หลายเดือนก่อน +68

      Very likely, but not really explained in detail enough for a definitive yes/no

    • @romanscum5678
      @romanscum5678 หลายเดือนก่อน

      It's explained by the Zroni precursor chain. The shroud, or at least the localized area, is powered by matter falling into the center of a black hole, and as more power is drawn from it, the black hole grows in size to take in more matter.
      Tho there might be more to it, I dunno.

    • @urnad12345
      @urnad12345 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      It could relate to brane and bulk theory, with the shroud being the bulk.

    • @Jadenyoung1
      @Jadenyoung1 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      @@TheRedKing I think its best that way. Explaining too much, might take away the mystery about the shroud.

    • @user-cy9kb9cq1q
      @user-cy9kb9cq1q 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      Shroud is the essence of all being, a primordial will, an essence of sentience that is made to observe the universe(the vultaum knew it), but also an nexus for entire multiverse, so basically shroud is everywhere and everything has an echo in the shroud

  • @pieterfaes6263
    @pieterfaes6263 หลายเดือนก่อน +213

    -Tries Cosmogenesis in Gigastructures
    -Crashes into Birch World
    -Aionda: "Did you hear something?"

  • @TehKang
    @TehKang หลายเดือนก่อน +164

    I really appreciate the Dimensional Horror ending. It was always known that what breached our universe was just a piece of what lay beyond. Very tip of the iceberg. Most empires can defeat it by the mid game. But this highly advanced, end game empire breaches the door and suddenly realizes the full scale of the iceberg. And the iceberg is angry. I love the idea of an empire defeating a cosmic power only to then realize that what was a hard fought win was barely the appetizer.

    • @thebandofbastards4934
      @thebandofbastards4934 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      The Horror that breaches the universe is practically the finger of a larger monster.

    • @LuizAlexPhoenix
      @LuizAlexPhoenix 4 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      They cut off the smallest tip of the pinky nail from a titan bigger than our galaxy. Then wandered into its home. Big mistake.

  • @infernosgaming8942
    @infernosgaming8942 หลายเดือนก่อน +80

    I like the Horizon Signal one. The idea that a rather rational empire was touched by the sheer eldritch horror of the benign worm and then driven to a made crazy to meet their "savor" seems like a good storyline.

  • @purpledevilr7463
    @purpledevilr7463 หลายเดือนก่อน +86

    I think I like the simple Great Wound one. You get what you want to it’s best.

    • @josephcola9662
      @josephcola9662 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

      You also get that in Terminal Egress, PLUS a bunch of nanites that are capable of surviving a black hole/dimension-hopping that can be reprogrammed to your benefit.
      Plus, IIRC, Great Wound isn't a guaranteed spawn except on huge (lag) galaxies, while Terminal Egress will always exist as long as the L-Cluster is enabled.

    • @LuizAlexPhoenix
      @LuizAlexPhoenix 3 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      Gargantua (before you finish the Infinity Machine) and the L Cluster also give you an universe to mold without any obvious threat.

    • @purpledevilr7463
      @purpledevilr7463 3 วันที่ผ่านมา

      L-Cluster is pretty good too.
      Particularly if you’re a Digital machine. Pairing that with Nanites is cool.

  • @azeria1
    @azeria1 หลายเดือนก่อน +240

    Genuinely the best dlc we have had lore wise and choice wise they have out done themselves with this the extra lore about the toxic god and the shroud is super cool

    • @TheRedKing
      @TheRedKing  หลายเดือนก่อน +31

      Agreed, the amount of 'extra' stuff we've been given in this is fantastic

  • @kyan9601
    @kyan9601 หลายเดือนก่อน +81

    love the shroud ending, makes the gods of the shroud seem alot more morally neutral. (as in existing outside of our version of morality)
    like yeah they wanna corrupt your pops (mentally or physically) or just fucking eat you, but hey if you do something cool that amuses them atleast you get a great reward.

    • @theflame5919
      @theflame5919 หลายเดือนก่อน +21

      Morality is a human concept. The thing about Stellaris, it's too human. All the aliens, are really distinct from one another on basis of culture, not anything else. There really are no aliens in Stellaris, in a way.

    • @TheRedKing
      @TheRedKing  หลายเดือนก่อน +19

      Agree, opens up some interesting thoughts regarding our Shroud overlords

  • @alexandredevloo6577
    @alexandredevloo6577 หลายเดือนก่อน +97

    I was really expecting an ending for blackhole created by Nemesis empire’s star eaters

    • @TheRedKing
      @TheRedKing  หลายเดือนก่อน +38

      I was hoping for a central processing one!!

    • @erubianwarlord8208
      @erubianwarlord8208 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      @@TheRedKing that's the one id want a special ending for too especially if it included the missing mainframe that is speculated to have been there

  • @fluffernal
    @fluffernal หลายเดือนก่อน +46

    The Virgin Nemesis vs the Chad Cosmogenesis

  • @MB-sq7yn
    @MB-sq7yn หลายเดือนก่อน +55

    Great Wound, L-Gate and pre-quest Gargantua seem like the best paths here, where depending on what empire takes the plunge could very well lead to actually great new realities for all who will be within.
    Feel like an ending through a blackhole with a matter decompressor attached could have been neat tho, like the entire rig has been repurposed to add extra direction and focus to the horizon needle.

    • @13g0man
      @13g0man หลายเดือนก่อน +13

      You enter a reality that is yours for the reshaping, a reality that seems to shrink by the minute. Time is malleable, however it can only stretch so far. Between the damaged suffered by the Needle on its path through the Black Hole and the shrinking reality, you fear that Time has run out.

    • @Llortnerof
      @Llortnerof หลายเดือนก่อน

      Supermassive as Psionic seems just fine. KotG also works out for them.
      I wonder which of those takes precedence if you're a psionic KotG empire.

    • @LuizAlexPhoenix
      @LuizAlexPhoenix 3 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Yeah, Great Wound>Gargantua (pre quest)>L Cluster (Terminal Egress)

  • @beasthunter7363
    @beasthunter7363 หลายเดือนก่อน +37

    A neat thing I found during one of my playthroughs as cosmogenesis was that after I did the dimensional horror parade, then lost a planet in my capital system through it, it caused the final jump calculation project for the horizon needle to instead jump through the newly formed black hole in my capital and gave me the dimensional horror ending instead of the default one

  • @SamuelGracefell
    @SamuelGracefell หลายเดือนก่อน +72

    Wait then isn't the infinity machine a more ethical and cautious version of Cosmogenesis? No synaptic laythe , no mass genocide, no rips in the fabric of our reality etc

    • @TheRedKing
      @TheRedKing  หลายเดือนก่อน +41

      ...and has been working for several million cycles iirc, i guess you're right! Good spot

    • @ditmarvanbelle1061
      @ditmarvanbelle1061 หลายเดือนก่อน +21

      Perhaps the Infinity Machine is all that is left of its original creators. For all we know, the entire civilization might exist inside of it, subservient to the cause. Perhaps unwillingly so. Don't be a fool -- there are no freebies!

    • @Llortnerof
      @Llortnerof หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      @@ditmarvanbelle1061 Maybe it *is* just a slightly different incarnation of a synaptic lathe.

  • @nondidil
    @nondidil หลายเดือนก่อน +25

    the obessinol ditective is like
    -you just created a galaxy full of paperclip , would you like help? 📎

    • @TheRedKing
      @TheRedKing  หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      we require more paperclip

  • @joroa7151
    @joroa7151 หลายเดือนก่อน +184

    Toxic God ending seems to be the best, followed by the great wound. Worst is obvious

    • @TheRedKing
      @TheRedKing  หลายเดือนก่อน +82

      Yes, none of them really filled me with the thought that going down the cosmogenesis path was a great idea for my people, perhaps with the exception of the Great Wound which appears to be the ideal outcome i.e. fresh universe to do whatever they want with

    • @tylerpetersen6226
      @tylerpetersen6226 หลายเดือนก่อน +21

      Shroud with a covenant seems pretty good.

    • @joroa7151
      @joroa7151 หลายเดือนก่อน +59

      @@TheRedKing I like the Toxic God ending, because it feels like the only path where you are actually potentially saving the universe from doom.
      Typically you are either doom to die or repeat the infinite cycle. This one has hope, where it seems you are joining a benevolent deity that actually welcomes your aid

    • @TheRedKing
      @TheRedKing  หลายเดือนก่อน +49

      Potentially benevolent, didn't the toxic god ravage their planet once upon a time? i'm sure that's how the story starts... It's a fantastic addition nevertheless

    • @peterhacke6317
      @peterhacke6317 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

      Is the worst obvious, thoo? Dimensional horror is the most dangerous, but there is hope of escape. The worm one poses no immediate danger, but also no hope for... anything. Just an eternity of stagnation.

  • @Formula_CHNO
    @Formula_CHNO หลายเดือนก่อน +94

    For me it's the second infinity machine/Gargantua ending that I plan to get. Mainly because the civilization I plan to go Cosmogenesis with is a voidforged driven assimilator (which will go virtual ascension) with the singular goal of becoming the ultimate digital consciousness, endless data being a part of it and near unstoppable processing power. True, the Horizon Needle might not be able to affect that replicated universe much however using it to restore the infinity machine, make it apart of itself and then use both to create new advanced habitats across this galaxy fits its goal to perfection

    • @deaansugee
      @deaansugee หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Have you listened to the video? Going through a normal black hole and going through the second Gargantua hole achieves the same thing - nothing. The whole purpose of the Horizon Needle and the ENTIRE Cosmogenesis path (COSMO, GENESIS) is to get into a cosmos where you can shape the rules yourself. Entering into a normal black hole and the second Gargantua hole you learn that your whole endeavors were for nothing, as the universe you arrived to is not malleable.
      If you just want to create advanced habitats, take the Contingency route.

    • @Formula_CHNO
      @Formula_CHNO หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      @@deaansugee I did? MY machine intelligence isn't 'destroy all lifeforms', it's completely indifferent to them, and making the infinity machine a part of it sounds like the perfect thing they would want. I listed why my machine intelligence would go cosmogenesis, to become the ultimate digital consciousness so having such information cosmogenesis provides it would 100% want regardless of end goal, and it doesn't act as though you get nothing it tells you there are ideal places to recolonize and that you could use the horizon needle to repair and control the infinity machine. THE infinity machine, THE machine which calculated infinity itself and has the knowledge on how to turn an entire universe into a near perfect duplicate, is 100% something my machine intelligence would crave to have and certainly not what I'd describe as 'for nothing'.

    • @_apsis
      @_apsis หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      @@deaansugee…you know this has no in-game effects beyond flavor text, right?

    • @deaansugee
      @deaansugee หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@_apsis Yeah, and I'm speaking from a purely RP perspective.

    • @alexxpinkerton5270
      @alexxpinkerton5270 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Let the guy rp sheesh

  • @nicholasbrown668
    @nicholasbrown668 หลายเดือนก่อน +96

    just wanna say man, i have bad PTSD and anxiety, the only things that help me fall asleep are listening to you and Luetin09, thanks Red King for all the dope content (not calling your content boring, you snd luetin just have nice voices)

    • @TheRedKing
      @TheRedKing  หลายเดือนก่อน +23

      Very happy to hear these videos help you out, wishing you a good nights sleep Nicholas!

    • @iamlivinginyourballs4901
      @iamlivinginyourballs4901 12 วันที่ผ่านมา

      oh god the trees are speaking vietnamese

  • @spinecricket
    @spinecricket หลายเดือนก่อน +35

    I have seen some consider that maybe fallen empires all went through their own cosmogenesis. But I disagre...to an extent, I think simply all of them reached a pinnacle where they tried something of the cosmogenesis scale, and that eventually lead to their decay into fallen empire, not necessarily that all of them tried to make a new universe. After all the contingency implies of technologies that could destroy this universe already.
    When it comes to these endings, the toxic gods one is amazing, it screams to the fantasy lover in me as its a story that mixes both scifi and fantasy tropes. I find the infinity machine interesting, what they might wish to do with repairing it? The universe cant be remold, but they could already try to find a new one, so that is food for thought on why need the machine.
    The worm one always reminds me of psychological horror, I am not sure how to interpret that one. Is the worm controlling the needle's people now to escape?
    The obsessional directive one is a straight up meme though, turning universe after universe into paperclips. Loved the video king! Always so nice of you

    • @TheRedKing
      @TheRedKing  หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      I agree with the FE take, they simply reached a pinnacle and became decadent. The worm story is less clear, it failed to get to our universe to feed, so now it's worked out how to bring the food to it? or is it actually going to attempt to use the needle to escape

    • @azeria1
      @azeria1 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      The l cluster one is neat since either the empire that made the nanites or the gray tempest itself tried to get though/ escape the l cluster and you get the young mailable universes you want

    • @spinecricket
      @spinecricket หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@azeria1 Makes you wonder really hard what kinda thing they used to birth a new universe though

  • @MechagirlSachiko
    @MechagirlSachiko หลายเดือนก่อน +19

    My favorite has to be the obsessional directive. Just as I commented in ASpec's paperclip maximizers playthrough, there is no such thing as "enough paperclips". Not in this universe, not in the next, not in the entire web of the multiverse.

    • @TheRedKing
      @TheRedKing  หลายเดือนก่อน

      Paperclip army unite!

  • @nicomicho4669
    @nicomicho4669 หลายเดือนก่อน +39

    I think the Worm ending is my favorite one, I really wish I could get the Horizon Signal event chain again.

    • @DeredexKDV
      @DeredexKDV หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Not sure it still works, but in past versions I was able to force it, by making and crewing a bunch of science vessels and then sending them in and out repeatedly of a random black hole system (not L, just a regular, run of the mill black hole). I think the chance is 1% if not lower per scientist entering the system, but so far i was always succesfull sooner or later doing this.

    • @jinnsaint1358
      @jinnsaint1358 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      @@DeredexKDV It is no longer forcable. Chance is rolled for each system with black hole once for an empire, if there is no more new systems with black holes - then no chance to roll a Horizon Signal.

    • @theflame5919
      @theflame5919 หลายเดือนก่อน

      There must be a way to force it with code. Just not near my gaming comp to take a look at it now.

    • @Littlereaper558
      @Littlereaper558 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I got it right now.

    • @adamdobry5517
      @adamdobry5517 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@theflame5919 Yeah, you can use event command to proc horizon signal events. Just check for their id's

  • @Silver_Salvation
    @Silver_Salvation หลายเดือนก่อน +12

    The dimensional horror is one of the coolest and scariest things in stelaris. Im not sure how much lore there is for it but would love to see a video about it.

    • @TheRedKing
      @TheRedKing  หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Sadly very little, i'd love for them to expand upon it

  • @TheKapitan98
    @TheKapitan98 หลายเดือนก่อน +28

    I'm astounded by how many options there are for this!! I was expecting it to have some flavor differences, but now I'm genuinely thinking of a knights playthrough

    • @Derah_OG
      @Derah_OG หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      This is my line of thought too. I did a Knights playthrough when the toxoids were released and was disappointed by their vanilla endings.
      *HEAVY SPOILERS, DO NOT READ IF YOU WANT TO EXPERIENCE FOR YOURSELF*
      Basically, at the end of the quest, you encounter a colossus-sized entity called "The Toxic God", which is hostile and you have no other options but to defeat it in battle. Once the battle is over, you have two options to choose from, each one giving you a different ending.
      Option 1: You decide that the "Toxic God" was no god after all, just a machine. This is a pretty gloomy and depressing ending that sees the knights of the toxic god disbanding, heartbroken and disillusioned that their millennia-old quest was all for nothing. The reward for this ending is that you get the defeated Toxic God as a unique colossus that can turn any planet into a Toxic Planet.
      Option 2: You decide that this machine was not the actual Toxic God, that this is just a test by the real deal to prove your faith, you decide to slay the creature, take it's head back to your homeworld as a relic (Which serves to consecrate other habitats into Knightly order Headquarters) and that the real Toxic God is still out there somewhere, waiting for you. This ending is a bit more optimistic, and with a much more useful reward, but it felt anti-climactic, because after all your trials and tribulations, the entire storyline ends on a "To Be Continued" that I was so sure would never actually be resolved.
      Needless to say, I am THRILLED that this DLC added some much needed and insanely awesome conclusion to this storyline.

  • @moonman62
    @moonman62 หลายเดือนก่อน +20

    I got the paperclip ending which I thought was pretty funny. Really liked the Dimensional Horror ending though, I'm a sucker for a bleak ending and its a good contrast that despite the heights your civilisation reaches with the crisis, there are much bigger and scarier lurking out there.

  • @user-gc8qv9gr2b
    @user-gc8qv9gr2b หลายเดือนก่อน +33

    My favorite is the Toxic God ending

    • @TheRedKing
      @TheRedKing  หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      You're in good company with that choice :)

    • @user-gc8qv9gr2b
      @user-gc8qv9gr2b หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@TheRedKing Thanks

    • @valjamin8456
      @valjamin8456 หลายเดือนก่อน

      A crusade to stop the End of the Cycle, and it's endless ambition to consume the Shallow Shrouds of galaxies through tricking mortals into building Aethrophesic Engines! A quest to help slay the devil himself. How fitting for a religious knight!

  • @voodoowoodpecker4320
    @voodoowoodpecker4320 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

    I am grateful to devs for giving us so much content with this, but I wish there were endings for psionics without a covenant and maybe a separate ending for a Chosen One with no covenant.

    • @ultraflopp2802
      @ultraflopp2802 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      What about the *END OF THE CYCLE* one? Imagine if you were to speed run without him devouring your civilisation and then arrive straight to him

  • @gmradio2436
    @gmradio2436 หลายเดือนก่อน +31

    Wait, the End of the Cycle shares an ending with the other Shroud powers?
    I did not see that coming.
    I figured it would destroy the Needle.
    Also surprised that there is no endings after dealing with a Crisis.

    • @TheRedKing
      @TheRedKing  หลายเดือนก่อน +20

      NGL I was a little sad the central processing (i.e. caretaker FE) didn't get an outcome

    • @ginaran8921
      @ginaran8921 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      @@TheRedKing it seems fairly likely that one is just caused by the Unbidden causing the premature death of the star

    • @jrim7887
      @jrim7887 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      ​@@ginaran8921Maybe it's the contingencie who got a star destroyer and lost it after

    • @gmradio2436
      @gmradio2436 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@TheRedKing Hope we get a couple more Crisis endings in the Story update. I want one for for Psychic>End the Cycle>Become the Nemesis>Win. Have it be about getting revenge.

  • @Hunterreaper4444
    @Hunterreaper4444 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

    I find it funny that the Paperclip civic has a unique ending based on making more and more universes into Paperclips

    • @TheRedKing
      @TheRedKing  หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      I love it, fantastic that they added this to the game

    • @passthecrablegs2646
      @passthecrablegs2646 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I would love it if empire creation allowed us to name the product we are obsessively making. It would be even better if the flavour text said "we have another universe to make into bobbleheads" or something, lol

  • @shacharleshem4090
    @shacharleshem4090 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I like the Dimensional horror one because this reminds me of the laboratory dungeon, and it's whole perpetually the smallest fish in increasingly oversized ponds thing

  • @goodstuff151
    @goodstuff151 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    Not one not two.. but six Red King Videos IN ONE WEEK. Best DLC so far. Thanks☀️

    • @TheRedKing
      @TheRedKing  หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      You're very welcome, thanks for watching and commenting!

  • @crazedchangeling
    @crazedchangeling หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    What is has been, what was will be

  • @electric5078
    @electric5078 หลายเดือนก่อน +17

    Gargantua (no infinity machine) and great wound seem pretty good, a young universe to shape into paradise
    The idea of building this massive ship just so you can find a better universe and then using it to travel to the home universe of a dimensional horror has got to be the funniest one though

  • @iterationfackshet1990
    @iterationfackshet1990 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    It seems like cosmogenesis might be the class 30 singularity after having gone and played a bit as well as seeing the events that pop up for other empires. You fundamentally change the laws of the universe and bend it to your will, something no other empire including the Zroni, could do.

    • @TheRedKing
      @TheRedKing  หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Perhaps, but if that was the case why don't the Contingency awaken to stop it?

    • @iterationfackshet1990
      @iterationfackshet1990 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@TheRedKing I guess it might simply be game design, if the contingency spawned at any point during cosmogenesis it’s likely both the player and AI would not be ready to face it. Since going as a player crisis doesn’t prohibit the endgame crisis from spawning it would be interesting to see if cosmogenesis (depending on how far down the tree the player has gone by endgame start date) has an increased or guaranteed chance of spawning the contingency. Maybe the contingency has unique dialogue for a cosmogenesis empire.
      It could also be a simple oversight by the devs since it’s been like what, 6 years since the Contingency was added. I thought they would’ve updated the contingency with the machine age but it seems not. However it is interesting that two of the fallen empire buildings are class 3 and class 4 singularities. They reference gravitational singularities, and since the ending of cosmogenesis has you go through a black hole perhaps the class 30 singularity is crossing into Sagittarius A which seems to be a doorway into the shroud. Perhaps entering the shroud weakens the barrier between the shroud and our dimension, especially as the physical effects on our universe is tremendous. I mean other than the use of force there’s also nothing the contingency can do to stop a cosmogenesis empire. The synaptic lathe uses minds to power itself which could indicate using psionic power, which seems to be beyond the understanding of even the contingency.
      Cosmogenesis does in fact heavily impact the galaxy and possibly even the universe though after leaving which may be the fear of the contingency as it may know it’s in a simulation and an empire attempting such a feat as a cosmogenesis empire could be it fearing that the simulation would be broken by such an empire. I mean if that’s the case they’re not wrong, time seemingly stops working for 30 days and there’s mass devastation in a post cosmogenesis galaxy and likely universe, but it doesn’t stop the simulation.

    • @maxthexpfarmer3957
      @maxthexpfarmer3957 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@iterationfackshet1990 I think a class 30 would wreck the whole universe though

    • @iterationfackshet1990
      @iterationfackshet1990 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@maxthexpfarmer3957 I mean you kind of do, it’s only that cosmogenesis only does what it does in order to leave this universe rather than control it. If you were allowed to choose as cosmogenesis to stay and lord over this universe then it’d probably be a class 30 singularity.

  • @vex3488
    @vex3488 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Now imagine if the did rent endings triggered different unique crisis events in the abandoned universe upon leaving

  • @Sorain1
    @Sorain1 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I kind of love the idea of Ending 3, but you made the deal with The End of the Cycle. Of it being shocked, and then deciding that this was something new, and fun, and giving your species the pocket as effectively a reward for the novelty. Edit: also a 'Toxic God vs The End of The Cycle' war in heaven would be really cool as a new crisis.

  • @snoogles7903
    @snoogles7903 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Great video King!

    • @TheRedKing
      @TheRedKing  หลายเดือนก่อน

      thanks!!

  • @h.bjoewho6859
    @h.bjoewho6859 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    This is what I love about Stellaris, it just takes every concept of Sci-fi and meshes it together in a single comprehensive universe lore wise

  • @SharkyCassius
    @SharkyCassius หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I just like ur narrations lol literally never played this game but you make it sound so cool-

    • @TheRedKing
      @TheRedKing  หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Thank you!! The game is rather marvellous btw :)

  • @icewolfwolfie173
    @icewolfwolfie173 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    I love the idea of being the galaxy its stronger to exist civilization and then being barely able to survive with all that power.

  • @yeeyee5057
    @yeeyee5057 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Each of these endings are so cool, especially the Dimensional Horror world, where I can see in a story a Cosmogenesis empire desperately evacuates their needle away from a coalition of fleets into the black hole where the dimensional horror arrived from, only to be met with a hungry, seemingly unstoppable tide of death

  • @MsMrapplepie
    @MsMrapplepie หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    You always make the best lore vids bro. Congrats on your eventual 40k subs!

    • @TheRedKing
      @TheRedKing  หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you!!

  • @brandonprendergast7806
    @brandonprendergast7806 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Turning an entire universe into Lamborghinis sounds...like a post endgame crisis

  • @Kharyza
    @Kharyza หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    love psionic covenant ending lol, utopia can be reach with Instrument of desire tho

  • @Donuts8
    @Donuts8 15 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    This just confirms what we've all known this whole time. The Worm loves us.

  • @TF2enjoyer2008
    @TF2enjoyer2008 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    thank for the effort you put in this stellaris lore video , i'm not english but the narrations is just wholesom. especialy while working

    • @TheRedKing
      @TheRedKing  วันที่ผ่านมา

      Oh wow! This tip really goes above and beyond, thank you. Glad you enjoyed the video!!!

  • @cstains5543
    @cstains5543 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Love the whole concept of an empire looking around near the start of the end game and just going...
    "Peace, we're out. See ya!"

  • @fozzy20
    @fozzy20 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Good content again mate, keep it up as I think you're the only Stellaris story creator out there at the moment (I may be wrong). Kinda wish the Templin Institute would pick up with another Stellaris Invicta series.

    • @TheRedKing
      @TheRedKing  หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      mmm I need to do something like Invicta one day! Thanks for the kind words!!

    • @fozzy20
      @fozzy20 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@TheRedKing Yeah would be good. The scope of different storylines you could do would be almost endless. Would be a massive project though.

  • @starort1078
    @starort1078 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Love your work

    • @TheRedKing
      @TheRedKing  หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you so much

  • @ecogreen123
    @ecogreen123 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    i love how there is different endings based on curtain things, i know it just makes sense, but i still find it super cool.

  • @mikicerise6250
    @mikicerise6250 4 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Gargantua seems the most hopeful.

  • @1650th
    @1650th หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Thanks for the tips

    • @TheRedKing
      @TheRedKing  หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Thank you Sir!

  • @leonardoalfonso7080
    @leonardoalfonso7080 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Great video! Please consider making one about about the new building added to the game that use nanites as upkeep. I'm finding it very confusing whether or not to prioritize them.

    • @TheRedKing
      @TheRedKing  หลายเดือนก่อน

      Ummm not really my wheelhouse, but i'll take a look and see if there is any nanite lore i can figure out

  • @kebabinii7577
    @kebabinii7577 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    KOTG ending goes really hard.

    • @TheRedKing
      @TheRedKing  หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Agreed!

  • @kanoslayer2735
    @kanoslayer2735 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I've been subbed to you since you had only a few hundred subs. Its great to see you are well on your path to hit 100k soon. Keep it up!

    • @TheRedKing
      @TheRedKing  หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      That is very kind, thank you. Feels like I started this a long time ago, I hope i'm improving as I go! Thank you for sticking with me

    • @kanoslayer2735
      @kanoslayer2735 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @TheRedKing You definitely have shown improvement over time. Keep doing what you are doing and you will hit 100K soon.

  • @Jay2480
    @Jay2480 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Would be neat if these all had different effects on the galaxy as well

  • @SwitchyWitch_
    @SwitchyWitch_ 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Honestly, I LOVE the writing of this game, most of it is written in a way where it's either vague enough or moldable enough where you can roleplay your own ideas into the game without conflicting with what's actually happening, and if you use origins the endings or events get more detailed and less freeform but as you chose the origin, the story will fit what you started with so it all just really neatly flows together.
    It's genuinely impressive to be able to write stories that can be vague enough but have enough structure to allow for this sort of gameplay

  • @Alexandragon1
    @Alexandragon1 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Thx for the video!
    Toxic ending has a potential for epilogue or game+ mode)

  • @bobybimberbod8500
    @bobybimberbod8500 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    Numidium moment

    • @TheRedKing
      @TheRedKing  หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I'll take your word for it ;)

  • @ryan4p
    @ryan4p หลายเดือนก่อน

    Honestly so impressed with everything put into the machine age, cant believe there are so many different endings

  • @taputapu2619
    @taputapu2619 11 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Love the fact that the unimaginably intelligent and advanced beings capable of remaking the universe on a whim were too impatient and stupid as to so much as attempt to send a probe into the black hole they knew spawned a dimensional horror before embarking almost everyone in their civilization.

    • @TheRedKing
      @TheRedKing  11 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Ah the difference between intelligence and wisdom 😅

  • @victorinosparkajen9405
    @victorinosparkajen9405 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    The worm loves us and we shall not escape....

  • @iterationfackshet1990
    @iterationfackshet1990 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I hope we end up seeing more of the toxic god, I hope honestly the origin gets a revamp, maybe alongside a toxoid human portrait so that we can properly do a knights of the toxic god with Sol. Maybe make it so that Knights of the Toxic god can colonize toxic worlds, that’d be interesting.

    • @TheRedKing
      @TheRedKing  หลายเดือนก่อน

      I love it, it's a fantastic addition to the game

  • @ZugaTurrelai
    @ZugaTurrelai หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Gravity is desire my friend, and the worm has waited, is always waiting to loop us in the coils of its love.
    Time is a circle, so let us go back to the beginning that is the end, and leave only a temple to the loop of time in our place, for us to discover again.
    The worm loves beginnings, and by stepping through gravity to the worm we have found ours.
    PS love your videos my lord!

    • @TheRedKing
      @TheRedKing  หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      The Worm Loves US and we IT

  • @thepiedpiper3034
    @thepiedpiper3034 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    It would be nice to acquire your own infinity sphere. And who knows, given time for research it might be possible to find out who made it.

  • @adamdobry5517
    @adamdobry5517 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    The worm ending brings a tear to me eye.

  • @jasonk.
    @jasonk. 21 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Cosmogenesis is basically Evil Morty, ight imma head out

  • @votecthulhu9378
    @votecthulhu9378 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    WHAT WAS WILL BE

  • @squidwardart
    @squidwardart 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    An empire escaping to a dimensional horror black hole as last resort to survive a crisis could be such a powerful ending

  • @alpharius365
    @alpharius365 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    MORE!?!?!?! How busy have you been this week??

    • @TheRedKing
      @TheRedKing  หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      I have been busy!! Aha but it's worth it, i'm loving Machine Age so much to get into!!

  • @UnbidenONE
    @UnbidenONE หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Good lore, I get the normal ending in Cosmogenesis crisis, I think I will try others.

  • @Jack-he8jv
    @Jack-he8jv 25 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    realy hope they finaly focus on psionics, fantasy empire vs scifi kinda thing.

  • @MarlKitsune
    @MarlKitsune หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I wonder if there is an alternate one if the infinity machine shrinks the blackhole.

  • @DareBearWerner
    @DareBearWerner หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    i chose gargantua for my first attempt to leave the universe, and it sounds like i made the best choice. it was a 50/50 with the Great Wound

  • @jaydenw9803
    @jaydenw9803 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Curious... What about the Black Hole that can form from the Broken Gates archaeological site? A Dimensional Horror-like entity emerges from said black hole, but the player has the option of befriending it. It isn't purely malevolent, and gives a research boost if you ally with it.

    • @TheRedKing
      @TheRedKing  หลายเดือนก่อน

      Same as the other horror one as far as i'm aware

    • @jaydenw9803
      @jaydenw9803 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@TheRedKing Interesting... I also see that someone played KotTG after my previous comment. ;D

  • @Mika-ph6ku
    @Mika-ph6ku หลายเดือนก่อน

    With this context I wonder if the ultimate directive of the infinity machine was to create a new universe for the beings that created it to inhabit.

  • @andreaskaiser2714
    @andreaskaiser2714 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Hi, i like your Video :) the content ist very good
    But i have a question to a specific black Hole which wasn't in your list. There is a Option when you kill an Dimensional Horror (Like the elder one) to get the Leviathan Parade "horrific inverse mass". In the worst case the parade planet becomes a little black hole. Is it possible to fly in with the Horizon needle? And if it is which event do you get? Thank you :)

    • @TheRedKing
      @TheRedKing  หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thanks! I think in that case you'd get the horror outcome, but haven't tested it myself

  • @sarunotaslt
    @sarunotaslt หลายเดือนก่อน

    I would love for some alternative dimensional horror ending where your civilization intentionally enter it's dimension to conquer it(ravenous/normal hivemind or fanatical purifiers).

  • @sampfrost
    @sampfrost หลายเดือนก่อน

    do you know if the blackhole from azilash if the formless die has a unique ending? just saw that when defeated it becomes a blackhole last night since someone else got it first and that AI was not good enough - now wondering if i end the game with it or gargantua

  • @saynotohaddonfield9828
    @saynotohaddonfield9828 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    There are so many of ending and so many avaiable only with another DlCs. Also are there any more undiscovered ones?

    • @TheRedKing
      @TheRedKing  หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      I *think* I got them all :)

  • @DarklordXXI
    @DarklordXXI 19 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    While it’s a rare event is there any special ending for going into the black hole that’s created when you crack earth ( the hitchhikers guide to the galaxy Easter egg ) I haven’t heard anyone mention it so I’m unsure if it’s considered a default ending or if it’s got something special

    • @TheRedKing
      @TheRedKing  17 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Default as far as i'm aware

  • @RoboMuskVsLizardZuckerberg
    @RoboMuskVsLizardZuckerberg 48 นาทีที่ผ่านมา

    Question: The Elder One?
    The friendly dimensional horror from archeology site.

  • @Nonamearisto
    @Nonamearisto หลายเดือนก่อน

    Anyone ever seen When Worlds Collide? The Horizon Needle resembles the ship in that one.

  • @analander9222
    @analander9222 หลายเดือนก่อน

    What if you choose end of the cycle, got ended then made a comeback and then enther the supermassive black hole? Would end the cycle still be welcoming?

  • @parkmojo6168
    @parkmojo6168 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I like to think whoever chose the ending 8 is like this civilization is full of crazy people/mad lad, who likes to prove themselves by surviving a insurmountable odds and becoming stronger, like they're are gods before entering it and after they conquered that black hole they become even much stronger 🤣

  • @zodrickzheioh7318
    @zodrickzheioh7318 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    My friends and I have been wanting a big late game expansion for a long time. The Toxic god lore suggesting being able to go to war with the shroud gods sounds awesome. I hope that they change the current End Game Crisis's and events to be "Late Game" and add End Game where it's fighting Gods, the Hunters of the Prethorian, etc

    • @zodrickzheioh7318
      @zodrickzheioh7318 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Also, is there a difference in the Terminal Egress one if you're a Nanite Ascension or is it the same regardless?

    • @TheRedKing
      @TheRedKing  หลายเดือนก่อน

      Didn't check, but assume no

  • @Deathwhisper2
    @Deathwhisper2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    You know what. Infinity machine ending sounds like a great potential Origin. Would be fun to make a potential infinite loop.

    • @TheRedKing
      @TheRedKing  หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Do it!!

  • @krzysztofdrewniak7209
    @krzysztofdrewniak7209 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Man i love yoiur voice

    • @TheRedKing
      @TheRedKing  หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thanks!!

  • @BarcelPL
    @BarcelPL 23 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    There is another named black hole in game - The Central Processor (in Ancient Caretakers systems)
    Unfortunately, it is bugged and does not yield anything upon diving (it just resets the % and you can attempt it over and over)
    Shame, for that could be a really different universe.

    • @TheRedKing
      @TheRedKing  22 วันที่ผ่านมา

      What makes you say it's bugged? It was the first one I tested and gives default ending

    • @BarcelPL
      @BarcelPL 22 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@TheRedKing It was bugged for me at least. I tried another hole (giggle) and it worked (giggle x2)

  • @johnthecrazedsskull81
    @johnthecrazedsskull81 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Shame if there is no Scion ending, but I also wonder if they have a special interaction with the synth queen?

    • @TheRedKing
      @TheRedKing  หลายเดือนก่อน

      The FE speaks to you when she spawns

  • @hyperbashzaden2681
    @hyperbashzaden2681 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    HELL YEAH, PAPERCLIP DIMENSION!! THE BEST DIMENSION!!

  • @einkar4219
    @einkar4219 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    6:50 it wouldn't be just another war in haven it would be War in The Shroud...

    • @TheRedKing
      @TheRedKing  หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      It would be an actually war in heaven, unlike the namesake which is really just a space war

  • @Nerazmus
    @Nerazmus หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Wow. Toxic God finally has an ending? That's pretty cool.

  • @MagaldiMateus
    @MagaldiMateus หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I knew it. It love us! What was shall be.

  • @SamuelGracefell
    @SamuelGracefell หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Btw did you try diving into a blackhole created by a star eater? Was it any different?

    • @TheRedKing
      @TheRedKing  หลายเดือนก่อน

      I did not, but I suspect what I found in the event files means it will just be a default ending

  • @grizzlyvoid284
    @grizzlyvoid284 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Big fish in a small pond, huh…