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Assimilator SC2 Game3

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]

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.[2]

Upgrades

  • +1 armor bonus to shields per level for all units and structures.
Acquisition
Purchased from Forge
Hotkey S
Level 1
Cost 200 Minerals 200 Vespene gas 267seconds
Level 2
Cost 300 Minerals 300 Vespene gas 300seconds
Required Cybernetics core
Level 3
Cost 400 Minerals 400 Vespene gas 333seconds
Required Cybernetics core
ve

Development

The following section contains information from a previous version of StarCraft beta which is no longer valid.
Assimilator SC1Dev Game1

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.[3]

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.
Acquisition
Purchased from Forge
Hotkey S
Level 1
Cost 150 Minerals 150 Vespene gas 121.6seconds
Level 2
Cost 200 Minerals 200 Vespene gas 144.6seconds
Required Twilight council
Level 3
Cost 250 Minerals 250 Vespene gas 167.9seconds
Required Twilight council
ve

Development

The following section contains information from a previous version of StarCraft II which is no longer valid.

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.[4] The final form is effectively a dome that covers a vespene geyser, with a crater visible inside.[5]

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The following section contains information from a previous version of StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm which is no longer valid.

Heart of the Swarm beta files mention a terrazine assimilator.[6]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Underwood, Peter, Bill Roper, Chris Metzen and Jeffrey Vaughn. StarCraft (Manual). Irvine, Calif.: Blizzard Entertainment, 1998.
  2. Blizzard Entertainment. StarCraft. (Blizzard Entertainment) (in English). March 31, 1998
  3. [1], accessed on 2011-07-20
  4. 2011, SC2: Protoss Assimilator. Deviantart, accessed on 2011-02-15
  5. Assimilator Screenshot Official StarCraft II website. Accessed 2009-01-13.
  6. Blizzard Entertainment. Heart of the Swarm beta Map Editor. (Activision Blizzard) (in English). September 4, 2012
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