A pair of assimilators
The assimilator is a protoss building used for harvesting vespene gas. Although materials were usually warped in from Aiur, vespene is still required for these materials to be produced and the creation of warp rifts.[1]
Tal'darim assimilators wretch vespene gas from the ground, triggering earthquakes and decimating surrounding ecosystems.[2]
Game Structure[]
StarCraft[]
An assimilator must be warped in on top of a vespene geyser before probes can collect vespene gas from it, packaging the gas for collection.[1] A probe can gather 8 gas in a single run and 2 gas unit if it is depleted.[3]
Upgrades[]
- +1 armor bonus to shields per level for all units and structures.
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Development[]
The following section contains information from a previous version of StarCraft beta which is no longer valid.
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An early assimilator from the StarCraft beta. A probe can be seen carrying vespene cans away
During the StarCraft beta, assimilators possessed a different appearance from their final version.[4]
StarCraft II[]
The assimilator remains much the same as its predecessor in StarCraft. Probes now gather 4 gas in one run. In addition, the assimilator no longer yields any gas when it is depleted.
Upgrades[]
- +1 armor to shields per level.
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Legacy of the Void[]
In the StarCraft II: Legacy of the Void, once tier 3 of the solar core is unlocked, assimilators can be upgraded into orbital assimilators for 25 solarite. Orbital assimilators harvest gas automatically.
Co-op Missions[]
In Co-op Missions, Vorazun gains the orbital assimilator upgrade at level 2, allowing her to automatically harvest vespene gas. Zeratul gains access to the ancient assimilator, which autmoatically harvests gas and automatically begins construction when an ancient nexus is built.
Increases the shield armor of all protoss units and structures.
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The Spear of Adun harvests vespene gas from orbit without the need for Probes.
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Development[]
The following section contains information from a previous version of StarCraft II which is no longer valid.
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The assimilator's StarCraft II form went through a few revisions before the designers decided upon the current version in-game. The intention for the update was to showcase the functionality a little better by actually seeing the little gas cubes being manufactured inside.[5] The final form is effectively a dome that covers a vespene geyser, with a crater visible inside.[6]
Heart of the Swarm Notes[]
The following section contains information from a previous version of StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm which is no longer valid.
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Heart of the Swarm beta files mention a terrazine assimilator.[7]
Images[]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Underwood, Peter, Bill Roper, Chris Metzen and Jeffrey Vaughn. StarCraft (Manual). Irvine, Calif.: Blizzard Entertainment, 1998.
- ↑ Blizzard Entertainment. StarCraft II: Legacy of the Void. Collections Tab: Skins. October 17, 2016
- ↑ Blizzard Entertainment. StarCraft. (Blizzard Entertainment) (in English). March 31, 1998
- ↑ [1], accessed on 2011-07-20
- ↑ 2011, SC2: Protoss Assimilator. Deviantart, accessed on 2011-02-15
- ↑ Assimilator Screenshot Official StarCraft II website. Accessed 2009-01-13.
- ↑ Blizzard Entertainment. Heart of the Swarm beta Map Editor. (Activision Blizzard) (in English). September 4, 2012