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The mortar is a ''manned'' stationary siege defense mechanism which launches 1-round artillery [[mortar shell]]s at any enemy that enters its 500-tile firing radius, but it will not fire once the enemies have reached within 30 tiles. It can be manually set a forced target. This is one of the three varieties available once Mortars technology has been researched, the other two being the [[EMP mortar]] and the [[Incendiary mortar]]. All mortar varieties must be placed in an unroofed area to fire, though the shells can break open constructed roofs on impact (making sieges where enemies use these very dangerous). It has a 5.8-second warmup time, has a 28-second cooldown period, and an 11-tile forced inaccuracy radius.
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The mortar is a ''manned'' stationary siege defense mechanism which launches 1-round artillery [[mortar shell]] at any enemy that enters its 500-tile firing radius but it will not fire once the enemies have reached within 30 tiles, or can be manually set a forced target. This is one of the three varieties available once Mortars technology has been researched, the other two being the [[EMP mortar]] and the [[Incendiary mortar]]. All mortar varieties must be placed in an unroofed area to fire. It has a 5.8-second warmup time, has 28 cooldown seconds  and a 11-tile forced miss radius.
  
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There is no way to increase mortar accuracy. Reliable shelling for this mortar is somewhat expensive and usually requires multiple manned mortars. The mortar installations themselves explode in a 4.9-tile radius when destroyed and deal 50 damage.
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There is no way to increase mortar accuracy. Reliable shelling for this mortar is somewhat expensive and usually requires multiple manned mortars. Mortars explode a 4.9-tile radius when destroyed and deal 50 damage.
  
 
There are three Mortar versions: explosive, [[incendiary mortar]] and [[EMP mortar]].  
 
There are three Mortar versions: explosive, [[incendiary mortar]] and [[EMP mortar]].  
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== Strategy ==
 
== Strategy ==
  
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Mortars are effective against [[Raid#Siege|siege]] bases, clustered raiders preparing or walking towards your base, or [[Crashed Ship Part|crashed ships]] and their [[Mechanoid|mechanoid]] passengers. While 2 mortars are usually enough for static siege bases, at least 4 will be needed for effective direct attacks on raiders.
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Mortars are effective against [[Raid#Siege|siege]] bases, raiders preparing or walking towards your base, or crashed ships and their mechanoid passengers. While 2 mortars are enough for siege bases, at least 4 will be needed for direct attacks on raiders.
  
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Mortars are ineffective against enemies equipped with [[shield belt]]s, as they are resistant to mortar hits and those of high qualities can regenerate faster than the mortar fires. Pairing them with [[EMP mortar]]s to disable the shields beforehand can overcome this problem easily.
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Mortars are ineffective against enemies equipped with [[shield belt]]s, as they are resistant to mortar hits and those of high qualities can regenerate faster than the mortar fires. Pairing them with [[EMP mortar]]s can overcome this problem easily.
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Any colonist can crew a Mortar, regardless of their Shooting skill, because firing accuracy is moot when these artillery pieces have a fixed inaccuracy radius. This lets even your usually non-combatant craftsmen, farmers, and oafs contribute to defense by loading and lobbing shells at enemies while your gun-armed soldiers are out shooting bullets.
 
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Don't get complacent. It can be easy to rely on the power of your own soldier colonists and turret firepower to survive most attacks, but in the late game, enemy groups tend to get very large, and you will see more and more of them equipped with high-tier weaponry like [[Doomsday rocket launcher|rocket launchers]] and [[Sniper rifle|sniper rifles]] which can kill you and blow through your defenses with contemptible ease. Being able to retaliate with the heavy firepower of Mortars at great range is a serious boon that should not be overlooked. They can injure or even wipe out tightly packed groups of enemies before they reach your colony, suppress enemy artillery during a siege, and provide crucial heavy fire support against increasingly difficult Mechanoid invasions. If you have the resources and the research, Mortars and a healthy stock of shells should be a midgame priority item.
 
  
  
 
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Revision as of 23:59, 19 September 2017

Mortar

Mortar

"Mortar launcher. Lobs bombs over walls. Very inaccurate but long-ranged."

Base Stats

Type
Structure – Security
Market Value
1500 Silver
Mass
200 kg
Beauty
-60
HP
180

Building

Size
2
Cover Effectiveness
40%

Ranged Combat

"Single-shot" is not in the list (Melee, Single-Shot, Single Thrown, Single-Use, Burst) of allowed values for the "Mode" property.
Mode
Single-shot
Damage
50 dmg
Warm-Up
500 ticks (8.33 secs)
Cooldown
1,680 ticks (28 secs)
Range
500 tile(s)
Minimum Range
30 tiles
Accuracy
79% - 42% - 18% - 6%
Velocity
41 (m/s)
Burst Count
1 (per burst)
Miss Radius
16 tile(s)
Blast Radius
3.5
DPS
1.38

The mortar is a manned stationary siege defense mechanism which launches 1-round artillery mortar shell at any enemy that enters its 500-tile firing radius but it will not fire once the enemies have reached within 30 tiles, or can be manually set a forced target. This is one of the three varieties available once Mortars technology has been researched, the other two being the EMP mortar and the Incendiary mortar. All mortar varieties must be placed in an unroofed area to fire. It has a 5.8-second warmup time, has 28 cooldown seconds and a 11-tile forced miss radius.

There is no way to increase mortar accuracy. Reliable shelling for this mortar is somewhat expensive and usually requires multiple manned mortars. Mortars explode a 4.9-tile radius when destroyed and deal 50 damage.

There are three Mortar versions: explosive, incendiary mortar and EMP mortar.

  • Plan grid: Mortar sits between 4 tiles

  • Manning a mortar

  • Setting a forced target

Strategy

Mortars are effective against siege bases, raiders preparing or walking towards your base, or crashed ships and their mechanoid passengers. While 2 mortars are enough for siege bases, at least 4 will be needed for direct attacks on raiders.

Mortars are ineffective against enemies equipped with shield belts, as they are resistant to mortar hits and those of high qualities can regenerate faster than the mortar fires. Pairing them with EMP mortars can overcome this problem easily.


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 Content added by the Biotech DLC • IED deadlife trap Content added by the Anomaly DLC
Related
Antigrain warhead • EMP shell • Firefoam shell • High-explosive shell • Incendiary shell • Smoke shell • Tox shell Content added by the Biotech DLC • Deadlife shell Content added by the Anomaly DLC

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