Assimilator

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Assimilator
Structure
Race	Protoss
Properties
Hit points	450
Shields	450
Production
Minerals	100
Combat
Armor	1

The assimilator is a protoss building used for harvesting vespene gas. Although materials are usually warped in from Aiur, vespene is still required for these materials to be produced and the creation of warp rifts.^[1]

Contents 1 StarCraft 1.1 Upgrades 2 StarCraft II 2.1 Building Upgrades 3 Trivia 4 References

[edit] 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]

[edit] Upgrades

Plasma shields
Researched at	Forge
Hotkey	S
Properties
Level Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Minerals 200 300 400 Gas 200 300 400 Required Cybernetics core Cybernetics core
Notes
+1 bonus to shields per level for all units and structures.

[edit] StarCraft II

Assimilator
Structure
Race	Protoss
Properties
Hit points	450[2][3]
Shields	450[2][3]
Type	Armored, Mechanical, Structure
Production
Minerals	75[4]
Build time	30[2][3]
Requires	None
Hot key	A[3]

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The assimilator remains much the same as its predecessor in StarCraft II.

[edit] Building Upgrades

Plasma shields
Researched at	Forge[5]
Hotkey	S[5]
Properties
Level Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Minerals 200[5] 300[5] 400[5] Gas 200[5] 300[5] 400[5] Research time 140[5] 170[5] 200[5]
Notes
+1 to shields per level.
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[edit] Trivia

The assimilator architecture seems basically to be a dome that covers an vespene geyser. In a recent screenshot, a crater is visible inside the "dome" at one of the two assimilators of the screenshot.^[6]

[edit] References

Protoss Units and Structures of StarCraft/Brood War
Ground units	Probe · Zealot · Dragoon · Reaver · High templar · Archon • Brood War only • Dark templar · Dark archon
Air units	Shuttle · Scout · Arbiter · Carrier (Interceptor) · Observer • Brood War only • Corsair
Basic buildings	Nexus · Assimilator · Pylon · Gateway · Forge · Shield battery · Cybernetics core · Photon cannon
Advanced buildings	Robotics facility · Stargate · Citadel of Adun · Robotics support bay · Fleet beacon · Templar archives · Observatory · Arbiter tribunal

Protoss Units and Structures of StarCraft II
Infantry	Probe · Zealot · High templar · Dark templar · Archon
Land mechanized	Stalker · Immortal · Disruptor · Colossus
Air vehicles	Warp prism · Observer · Phoenix · Void ray · Carrier (Interceptor) · Mothership
Basic buildings	Nexus · Assimilator · Pylon · Gateway (Warp gate) · Forge · Cybernetics core · Obelisk
Combat buildings	Photon cannon
Advanced buildings	Twilight council · Dark shrine · Templar archives · Robotics facility · Robotics support bay · Stargate · Fleet beacon
Campaign-Exclusive Protoss Units and Structures of StarCraft II	Special Protoss Units	Stone zealot
Scrapped	Removed units	Escort · Reaver · Soul hunter/purifier · Star relic · Stasis orb · Tempest (Shuriken) · Twilight archon
	Removed buildings	Observatory · Phase cannon · War beacon · War shrine