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The mini-turret is a stationary defense mechanism which fires at incoming enemies.

Acquisition

Mini-turrets can be constructed once the Gun turrets research project has been completed. They require 30 Stuff (Metallic, 300 for SMVs), 70 Steel, 3 Components, 1,800 ticks (30 secs) of work, and a Construction skill of 5.

Alternatively, turrets can be uninstalled and looted from various world sites.

Summary

The mini-turret uses the mini-turret gun weapon. In addition to the weapon's accuracy, the turret itself has a per-tile shooting accuracy of 96% or equivalent to a Shooting skill of 8. It fires a 2-round burst, with no need for warmup, but with a slow 4.8 second cooldown. It has a maximum range of 28.9 tiles, but is unable to hit enemies within an tile radius. These ranges are centered on the lower left tile of the turret, regardless of orientation. Despite its damage, the autocannon's stopping power is almost non-existent, not even being able to stagger humans - the same is also true for the uranium slug turret.

After firing 60 rounds, it needs to be reloaded with 80 steel by a hauler. This can be adjusted in the storyteller settings, but all default difficulty settings do not alter this.

As of version 1.3.3117, turrets don't benefit from cover. Despite displaying in the mouse-over box as such, empirical testing demonstrates that mini-turrets do not benefit at all.^[1]

Like all turrets, they cannot target enemies through blind smoke and are temporarily disabled by sources of EMP, with downtime scaling to the EMP damage dealt. Unlike mechanoids, turrets do not adapt to EMP and thus can be continuously restunned.

Visualization of effective turret range of all three turrets, from uranium slug turret (top), to autocannon turret (middle), to mini-turret (bottom).
Green is 80 - 100% of peak accuracy, blue is 50 - 80% of peak accuracy, red is below 50% of peak accuracy and grey is outside range. Gold tiles are spaced every 5 tiles. Values from 1.0.

Explosion

Mini-turrets have a 50% chance to explode when damaged below 20% health. The exploding turret will spark and emit a hissing sound for 240 ticks (4 secs) before exploding, dealing 50 Bomb damage in a 5.9 tile radius centered around the lower left tile of the turret. Bomb damage is multiplied 8x against walls, 4x against other impassable structures and plants, and 2x against passable buildings. All nearby raiders will attempt to move out of the blast radius before detonation.

Radius of mini-turret explosion visualized.

Analysis

Material

You should expect turrets to be frequently replaced.
Steel is the most viable option early-game, but steel turrets aren't durable and won't survive sustained firepower.
The most effective material is plasteel. It has the most HP, is non-flammable, is somewhat easier than uranium to obtain mid-late game, and saves steel for other purposes.

Stats table

Mini-turret	Beauty	Work to Build	HP	Flammability	Market Value
Material	Beauty	Work to Build	HP	Flammability	Market Value
Bioferrite	-20	004,500 ticks (1.25 mins)	200	52.5%	270
Gold	0	001,620 ticks (27 secs)	60	28%	3,235
Plasteel	-20	003,960 ticks (1.1 mins)	280	0%	515
Silver	-14	001,800 ticks (30 secs)	70	28%	535
Steel	-20	001,800 ticks (30 secs)	100	28%	290
Uranium	-20	003,420 ticks (57 secs)	250	0%	420

Images

Steel Mini-Turret
Plasteel Mini-Turret
Uranium Mini-Turret
Silver Mini-Turret
Golden Mini-Turret

Graphs

True DPS over Range

Version history

0.2.363 - Made turret look and sound weak to match its functionality.
Alpha 3 - Auto-turret renamed to Improvised Turret.
Beta 19 - renamed from Improvised turret to mini-turret. Power decreased from 350W and costed decreased, but now requires barrel changes.
1.1 - it was nerfed to fire a 2-round burst, down from 3.
1.1.2569 - Range increased from 25 to 29.
1.1.2618 - Reload cost was doubled and the fuel capacity was halved, while the damage was increased to 11 from 10.
1.3.3200 - Damage increased from 11 to 12. Accuracy increased: touch 0.7 -> 0.77, short 0.64 -> 0.7, medium 0.41 -> 0.45, long 0.22 -> 0.24. Turret ammo cost is no longer factored by difficulty (previously: Adventure Story and below reduced cost).

Original sprite of the auto-turret and improvised turret.

References

↑ https://i.imgur.com/mq4aojR.mp4

Architect

Security: Barricade • Sandbags • Spike trap
(research): Autocannon turret • Foam turret • Mini-turret • Rocketswarm launcher • Uranium slug turret • Mortar
IEDs: IED trap • IED incendiary trap • IED EMP trap • IED firefoam trap • IED smoke trap • IED antigrain warhead trap • IED tox trap • IED deadlife trap
Related: Antigrain warhead • EMP shell • Firefoam shell • High-explosive shell • Incendiary shell • Smoke shell • Tox shell • Deadlife shell

[1] ttps://i.imgur.com/mq4aojR.mp4

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+| image = ImprovisedTurretA16.png|Mini-turret
-|description = A portable automatic turret. Requires steel to refurbish its barrel after heavy use. May explode when damaged. Its dumb AI brain can't be directly controlled, so beware of friendly fire.
+| description = A portable automatic turret. Requires steel to refurbish its barrel after heavy use. May explode when damaged. Its dumb AI brain can't be directly controlled, so beware of friendly fire.
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+| passability = pass through only
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+| cover = 0.4
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+| minifiable = true
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+| size = 1 ˣ 1
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+| hp = 100
-|sell price multiplier = 0.7
+| sell price multiplier = 0.7
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+| beauty = -20
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+| power = -80
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+| terrain affordance = light
-|research = gun turrets
+| research = gun turrets
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+| thingCategories = BuildingsSecurity
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+| skill 1 = Construction
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+| skill 1 level = 5
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+| work to make = 1800
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+| stuff tags = Metallic
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+| resource 1 amount = 30
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+| resource 2 = Steel
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+| resource 2 amount = 70
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+| resource 3 = Component
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+| resource 3 amount = 3
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+| armorPenetration = 18
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+| range = 28.9
-|accuracyTouch = 77
+| accuracyTouch = 77
-|accuracyShort = 70
+| accuracyShort = 70
-|accuracyMedium = 45
+| accuracyMedium = 45
-|accuracyLong = 24
+| accuracyLong = 24
-|accuracyAvg = 54
+| accuracyAvg = 54
-|mode = Burst
+| mode = Burst
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+| burstTicks = 8
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-|DPS = DPS
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 }}
 The '''mini-turret''' is a stationary defense mechanism which fires at incoming enemies.
 == Acquisition ==
-Mini-turrets are constructed with {{Required Resources}} and take {{Ticks|{{P|Work To Make}}}} to build, and requires [[Research#Gun turrets|Gun Turrets]] to be researched. Note that some [[Scenario system|scenarios]] start with it already researched.
+Mini-turrets can be constructed once the [[Research#{{P|Required Research}}|{{P|Required Research}}]] research project has been completed. They require {{Required Resources}}, {{Ticks|{{P|Work To Make}}}} of work, and a [[{{P|Skill 1}}]] skill of {{P|Skill 1 Level}}.
 Alternatively, turrets can be uninstalled and looted from various world sites.
-==Summary==
+== Summary ==
-A [[power]]ed mini-turret automatically fires with a [[mini-turret gun]] at any enemy entering its range of 24.9 tiles, if not set to Hold Fire. Turrets can also be stunned by [[EMP]] damage, and can't target pawns if there's [[blind smoke]] in the way. After firing 60 rounds, mini-turrets need to be reloaded with {{Icon small|steel||80}} [[steel]] by a hauler. This can be adjusted in the [[storyteller settings]], but all default [[difficulty]] settings do not alter this.
+The mini-turret uses the [[mini-turret gun]] weapon. In addition to the weapon's accuracy, the turret itself has a per-tile [[shooting accuracy]] of 96% or equivalent to a [[Shooting]] skill of 8. It fires a 2-round burst, with no need for warmup, but with a slow 4.8 second cooldown.  It has a maximum range of {{P|Range}} tiles, but is unable to hit enemies within an {{P|Minimum Range}} tile radius. These ranges are centered on the lower left tile of the turret, regardless of orientation.  Despite its damage, the autocannon's stopping power is almost non-existent, not even being able to stagger [[human]]s - the same is also true for the [[uranium slug turret]].
-The turret itself fires with an accuracy of 96%, equal to a Shooting skill of 8. It fires a 2-round burst, with no need for warmup, but with a slow 4.8 second cooldown. Enemies will only target turrets that are active, unless they are a [[raider]] with no other targets available (where they can attack any building).
+After firing 60 rounds, it needs to be reloaded with {{Icon Small|Steel||80}} [[steel]] by a hauler. This can be adjusted in the [[storyteller settings]], but all default [[difficulty]] settings do not alter this.
 As of [[Version/1.3.3117|version 1.3.3117]], turrets don't benefit from [[cover]]. Despite displaying in the mouse-over box as such, empirical testing demonstrates that mini-turrets do not benefit at all.<ref>https://i.imgur.com/mq4aojR.mp4</ref>
+Like all turrets, they cannot target enemies through [[blind smoke]] and are temporarily disabled by sources of [[EMP]], with downtime scaling to the EMP damage dealt. Unlike mechanoids, turrets do not adapt to EMP and thus can be continuously restunned.
+[[File:Turret_range_comparison.png|900px|thumb|center|Visualization of effective turret range of all three turrets, from uranium slug turret (top), to autocannon turret (middle), to mini-turret (bottom). <br>
+Green is '''80 - 100% of peak accuracy''', blue is '''50 - 80% of peak accuracy''', red is '''below 50% of peak accuracy''' and grey is '''outside range'''. Gold tiles are spaced every 5 tiles. Values from 1.0.]]
 === Explosion ===
-Turrets have a 50% chance to explode when it reaches 20% health. The exploding turret will spark and emit a hissing sound shortly before exploding a {{ticks|240}} later. All nearby raiders will run in an attempt to get out of the blast radius (3 tiles).
+Mini-turrets have a 50% chance to explode when damaged below 20% health. The exploding turret will spark and emit a hissing sound for {{ticks|240}} before exploding, dealing 50 [[Damage Types#Bomb|Bomb damage]] in a 5.9 tile radius centered around the lower left tile of the turret. Bomb damage is multiplied 8x against [[wall]]s, 4x against other impassable structures and plants, and 2x against passable buildings. All nearby raiders will attempt to move out of the blast radius before detonation.
-The explosion deals 50 [[Damage Types#Bomb|Bomb damage]] - which does 400 damage to [[wall]]s, 200 to plants and impassible buildings, 100 damage to all others structures and furniture, 50 damage to the slag chunks and components that drop, and around 50 damage across multiple body parts to all pawns unlucky enough to get caught in the explosion. Doors do not block the explosion.
 [[File:Mini radius.png|thumb|center|250px|Radius of mini-turret explosion visualized.]]