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The minigun is a very heavy, multi-shot ranged weapon that puts a lot of damage downrange in exchange for a move speed penalty.

Acquisition[edit]

Miniguns can be crafted at a Machining table once the Multibarrel weapons research project has been completed. They require 160 Steel, 20 Components, 60,000 ticks (16.67 mins) of work, and a Crafting skill of 7.

They can also be purchased from outlander and orbital combat suppliers, and outlander faction bases. They can also be found on the following raider kinds:

Raider Kind	Chance	Average Quality	Health
Heavy Mercenary	36.73%	Normal	70-320%
Cataphract	?	?	70-230%

Miniguns also spawn on all centipede gunners, including those gestated by a colony. However, it is not possible to loot them. The centipedes carrying it will not drop it on death, downing, or complete loss of manipulation like other weapons.

Summary[edit]

The minigun fires 25-shot bursts of rounds which deal a moderate amount of damage each; a short delay between each shot; a slightly longer time between bursts; slightly longer range and very low overall accuracy.

When equipped, a minigun reduces the pawn's base move speed by −0.25 c/s. As offsets such as these apply before multiplicative effects such as from Moving capacity, the actual impact on move speed can be larger or smaller than this value. For example, a pawn with 125% Moving would have their speed decreased by −0.3125 c/s, while a pawn with only 50% Moving would only have their speed decreased by −0.125 c/s. See Move Speed for details.

Analysis[edit]

The minigun takes what the LMG has and cranks it up to eleven.

Raw damage per second is, by far, the highest out of all non-explosive weapons in the game. It's almost double that of the chain shotgun, and 2.5 that of the LMG. Even against single targets, the minigun's average DPS technically surpasses the charge rifle past "short" range (12 tiles). In practice, miniguns are poor against single targets for a number of reasons. It is inaccurate, which makes damage highly variable. And it has a long warmup time; by the time a minigun starts firing, a charge rifle would have already completed a burst. Weapons like assault rifles and heavy SMGs are more reliably good against a lone target.

But the minigun isn't meant for single targets. The low accuracy and huge, 25-shot burst makes the minigun extremely good against crowds. Missed shots can hit other targets in the vicinity, negating much of the accuracy. Even low-skill pawns are bound to hit things with so many bullets. But, even then, the minigun is not without problems. The massive warmup/cooldown cycle and movement speed penalty makes it rather inflexible; pawns will become extremely vulnerable if shooting out in the open.

Therefore, miniguns are best used inside a well-defended emplacement, like a killbox, against large, clustered crowds of enemies. Note that they are expensive; not just costly in both production time and resources, but also in research requirements. They won't appear from raiders until the lategame.

Stats[edit]

The minigun is most accurate between 12 and 25 cells range, though the exponential accuracy application from Shooting skill means that the minigun is likely to hit its highest accuracy at between 0 and 14 cells, depending on Shooting level (it requires at least Shooting 8 for the best accuracy range to be anything other than 0 cells, however).

Against an unarmored human, a minigun can kill with 4 hits to the torso, 3-4 hits to the head, 3 hits to the neck or 1 hit to the brain; cripple or destroy limbs in 3 hits; and cripple or destroy eyes and digits with a single hit. It'll generally take around 7 hits (~9.8 seconds average) to incapacitate that human from pain shock.

From a strictly primary-target perspective, at a relative short range of 12 cells, a Minigun is best paired with Careful Shooter up to Shooting level 13, and Trigger-Happy at 14+. At a moderate range of 20 cells, Careful Shooter wins up through Shooting 18, and Trigger-Happy at 19+. Careful Shooting wins for all shooting levels at a target range of 24+ cells. However, against crowds of enemies, where accuracy is mostly irrelevant, Trigger-Happy wins at all Shooting levels and all ranges for rather obvious reasons.

Attack table

Ranged

Minigun			Accuracy (Touch)	Accuracy (Short)	Accuracy (Medium)	Accuracy (Long)	DPS (Optimal)	DPS (Touch)	DPS (Short)	DPS (Medium)	DPS (Long)	Market value
Quality	Dam.	AP	Accuracy (Touch)	Accuracy (Short)	Accuracy (Medium)	Accuracy (Long)	DPS (Optimal)	DPS (Touch)	DPS (Short)	DPS (Medium)	DPS (Long)	Market value
Awful	9	13.5%	12%	20%	20%	14.4%	33.08	3.97	6.62	6.62	4.63	580
Poor	10	15%	13.5%	22.5%	22.5%	16.2%	36.76	5.15	8.45	8.45	5.88	870
Normal	10	15%	15%	25%	25%	18%	36.76	5.51	9.19	9.19	6.62	1160
Good	10	15%	16.5%	27.5%	27.5%	19.8%	36.76	6.25	10.29	10.29	7.35	1450
Excellent	10	15%	18%	30%	30%	21.6%	36.76	6.62	11.03	11.03	8.09	1740
Masterwork	12.5	18.75%	20.25%	33.75%	33.75%	24.3%	45.95	9.19	15.62	15.62	11.03	2900
Legendary	15	22.5%	22.5%	37.5%	37.5%	27%	55.14	12.68	20.95	20.95	14.89	4160

^{For the full effects of qualities, see Quality. Values shown in Red indicate the weapon is out of range at the reference point for this range band. The value is provided due to the interpolated nature of accuracy between range points.}

Melee

Feature	Toggle
Attacks

Minigun			Barrels (Blunt)					Human: Left & rigth fist (Blunt)					HP	Value
Quality	DPS^[1]	AP^[1]	Dam.	Cool.	AP	DPS	Chance^[2]	Dam.	Cool.	AP	DPS	Chance^[2]	HP	Value
Awful	3.95	12.6%	9.36	2.6s	14.4%	3.6	25%	8.2	2s	12%	4.1	2× 37.5%	100	580
Poor	4.08	13.4%	10.53	2.6s	16.2%	4.05	33.33%	8.2	2s	12%	4.1	2× 33.33%	100	870
Normal	4.42	16.5%	11.7	2.6s	18%	4.5	75%	8.2	2s	12%	4.1	2× 12.5%	100	1160
Good	4.78	17.85%	12.87	2.6s	19.8%	4.95	75%	8.2	2s	12%	4.1	2× 12.5%	100	1450
Excellent	5.13	19.2%	14.04	2.6s	21.6%	5.4	75%	8.2	2s	12%	4.1	2× 12.5%	100	1740
Masterwork	6.03	22.58%	16.97	2.6s	26.1%	6.53	75%	8.2	2s	12%	4.1	2× 12.5%	100	2900
Legendary	6.75	25.28%	19.31	2.6s	29.7%	7.43	75%	8.2	2s	12%	4.1	2× 12.5%	100	4160

^{For the full effects of qualities, see Quality.}

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Note: This is the actual base average derived from the melee verb system updated in 1.1.2610, it may sometimes disagree with the listed value in the in-game infobox.
It may also change depending on the stats and the melee verbs available to the wielder if the weapon is wielded by some other than a baseline human.
↑ Chance for attack to be selected, assuming the weapon is wielded by a baseline human. It may change depending on the melee verbs available to the wielder

Version history[edit]

0.3.410 - Can now spawn on pawns
Beta 19 - forced miss radius removed allowing it to hit single targets; to compensate accuracy has been nerfed. Also received a buff to damage and a nerf to fire rate; the overall damage is slightly higher.
1.4.3523 - New weaponTag added to uniquely identify it for use by a specific centipede variant.

Old sprite, replaced on or before 4/4/15

Weapons

Melee | Neolithic: Breach axe • Club • Ikwa • Knife (Jade) • Spear

Medieval: Gladius • Longsword • Mace • Axe • Warhammer

Ultra: Eltex staff • Monosword (Persona) • Plasmasword (Persona) • Zeushammer (Persona)

Improvised: Beer • Elephant tusk • Thrumbo horn • Wood

Ranged | Neolithic: Greatbow • Pila • Recurve bow • Short bow • Flamebow

Industrial: Assault rifle • Autopistol • Bolt-action rifle • Chain shotgun • Heavy SMG • Launcher (EMP, Incendiary, Smoke, Toxbomb ) • LMG • Machine pistol • Minigun • Pump shotgun • Revolver • Sniper rifle

Spacer: Charge lance • Charge rifle

Consumables: Doomsday rocket launcher • Triple rocket launcher

Throwables: EMP grenades • Frag grenades • Molotov cocktails • Tox grenades

Mechanoid: Heavy charge blaster • Inferno cannon • Needle gun • Thump cannon • Beam graser • Charge blaster turret • Hellsphere cannon • Mini-flameblaster • Mini-shotgun • Slugthrower • Spiner • Toxic needle gun

Structures: Autocannon • Mini-turret gun • Mortar (Weapon) • Uranium slug cannon • Auto-mortar • Inferno cannon (Turret) • Light charge blaster • Mini-slugger • Tactical turret gun

[Actual-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Note: This is the actual base average derived from the melee verb system updated in 1.1.2610, it may sometimes disagree with the listed value in the in-game infobox.
It may also change depending on the stats and the melee verbs available to the wielder if the weapon is wielded by some other than a baseline human.

[Chance-2] Chance for attack to be selected, assuming the weapon is wielded by a baseline human. It may change depending on the melee verbs available to the wielder

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+| name = Minigun
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-|image = Minigun.png|Minigun
+| description = A multi-barrel machine gun. It's unwieldy, but once it starts firing it fires very fast. Where most self-loading guns are powered by the energy from the gunpowder, the minigun uses an electric motor to rapidly cycle cartridges through the weapon.
-|description = "A multi-barrel machine gun with an '''extremely high rate of fire'''. Mechanoid-built."
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+| handling = Heavy
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+| cooldown = 138
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+| velocity = 70
-|DPS = DPS
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+| research = Multibarrel weapons
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+| DPS = DPS
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+| stoppingPower = 0.5
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+| meleeattack1dmg = 11.7
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+| MeleeWeaponAverageDPS = 4.5
+| MeleeWeaponAverageAP = 18
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+{{Info|The '''minigun''' is a very heavy, multi-shot [[ranged weapon]] that puts a lot of damage downrange in exchange for a [[move speed]] penalty.}}
-== Description ==
+== Acquisition ==
-Heavy weapon belonging to the [[Mechanoid]] category. Fires a large barrage of bullets after a long warmup time.
+Miniguns can be crafted at a [[{{P|Production Facility 1}}]] 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}}.
+They can also be [[trade|purchased]] from outlander and orbital combat suppliers, and [[outlander]] [[faction base]]s. They can also be found on the following [[raider#Humanlike|raider]] kinds:
+{| class="wikitable sortable"
+! Raider Kind !! Chance !! Average Quality !! Health
+|-
+| [[Raiders#Heavy mercenary|Heavy Mercenary]]      || 36.73% || Normal || 70-320%
+|-
+| [[Empire#Cataphract|Cataphract]] {{RoyaltyIcon}} ||   ?    ||    ?   || 70-230%
+|}
+Miniguns also spawn on all [[centipede gunner]]s, including those gestated by a colony. However, it is not possible to loot them. The centipedes carrying it will not drop it on [[death]], [[downing]], or complete loss of [[manipulation]] like other weapons.
+== Summary ==
+The minigun fires {{P|Burst Count}}-shot bursts of rounds which deal a moderate amount of damage each; a short delay between each shot; a slightly longer time between bursts; slightly longer range and very low overall accuracy.
+{{Apparel Move Speed Note|0.25}}
-== Acquisition ==
-The minigun can be crafted at a [[Machining table]] after researching [[Research|Multibarrel weapons]], salvaged from [[Mechanoid#Centipede|Centipedes]] or occasionally dropped by [[Raider#Heavy mercenary|heavy mercenary raiders]].
 == Analysis ==
-Miniguns are excellent crowd control weapons. Their miss radius and extremely high DPS are valuable assets when it comes to crowd control, especially in later game when there are many more enemies in raids.
+The minigun takes what the [[LMG]] has and cranks it up to eleven.
-If you manage to get multiple miniguns to your name, you could possibly have a great deal of firepower on your side, but also a high risk of collateral damage if within your base, dependent on setup.
-The minigun is even more powerful if equipped on [[Traits|trigger-happy]] colonists, as they have a 50% reduced warm-up time, allowing them to fire much faster; the accuracy penalty is completely irrelevant for this weapon as it has a forced miss radius. This forced miss radius won't change whether the minigun is worn-out and of awful quality, or pristine and legendary; quality also bears absolutely no relevance to miniguns unless at point-blank, and lower quality will actually be better because they won't affect colony wealth as much.
+Raw damage per second is, by far, the highest out of all non-explosive weapons in the game. It's almost double that of the [[chain shotgun]], and 2.5 that of the LMG. Even against single targets, the minigun's average {{DPS}} technically surpasses the [[charge rifle]] past "short" range (12 tiles). In practice, miniguns are poor against single targets for a number of reasons. It is inaccurate, which makes damage highly variable. And it has a long warmup time; by the time a minigun starts firing, a charge rifle would have already completed a burst. Weapons like assault rifles and heavy SMGs are more ''reliably'' good against a lone target.
+But the minigun isn't meant for single targets. The low accuracy and huge, 25-shot burst makes the minigun extremely good against crowds. Missed shots can hit other targets in the vicinity, negating much of the accuracy. Even low-skill pawns are bound to hit things with so many bullets. But, even then, the minigun is not without problems. The massive warmup/cooldown cycle and movement speed penalty makes it rather inflexible; pawns will become extremely vulnerable if shooting out in the open.
-Despite all this, it may be impractical to use outside of point-blank to very close range combat (even with higher qualities), or against single or highly spread out targets due to the forced miss radius.
+Therefore, miniguns are best used inside a well-defended emplacement, like a [[killbox]], against large, clustered crowds of enemies. Note that they are expensive; not just costly in both production time and resources, but also in [[research]] requirements. They won't appear from [[raider]]s until the lategame.
-Sometimes it may be a better idea to sell it to suppliers who will pay quite some money for one, or smelt it for a little steel.
+=== Stats ===
+The minigun is most accurate between 12 and 25 cells range, though the exponential accuracy application from Shooting skill means that the minigun is likely to hit its highest accuracy at between 0 and 14 cells, depending on Shooting level (it requires at least Shooting 8 for the best accuracy range to be anything other than 0 cells, however).
-A single centipede armed with a minigun is almost trivial to deal with if engaged at even medium range and behind a wall or sandbags, simply spreading out sufficiently, or distracted with lone colonists; stack up multiple miniguns with [[Inferno cannon]]s and [[Heavy charge blaster]]s and things can quickly get out of hand without killzoning, (ideally at least 6) mortars or just outright raw firepower.
+Against an unarmored human, a minigun can kill with 4 hits to the torso, 3-4 hits to the head, 3 hits to the neck or 1 hit to the brain; cripple or destroy limbs in 3 hits; and cripple or destroy eyes and digits with a single hit. It'll generally take around 7 hits (~9.8 seconds average) to incapacitate that human from pain shock.
-== Usage ==
+From a strictly primary-target perspective, at a relative short range of 12 cells, a Minigun is best paired with Careful Shooter up to Shooting level 13, and Trigger-Happy at 14+.  At a moderate range of 20 cells, Careful Shooter wins up through Shooting 18, and Trigger-Happy at 19+. Careful Shooting wins for all shooting levels at a target range of 24+ cells. However, against crowds of enemies, where accuracy is mostly irrelevant, Trigger-Happy wins at all Shooting levels and all ranges for rather obvious reasons.
-The minigun is a good weapon against entrenched raiders packed closely together. Due to its radius and high DPS it can hit multiple raiders at once, rapidly pumping their bodies full of lead.
-It also functions as an excellent quasi-melee weapon, rapidly ripping the enemy to shreds at point-blank range. It deals higher DPS than all melee weapons save for the [[scyther blade]] at point blank. This works well especially when you are facing a manhunter pack ambush with large animals such as [[elephant]]s or [[rhinoceros]]; most if not all of the shots will connect, killing or downing the poor animal outright with 1 burst, while melee weapons are much slower.
+{{Weapon Stats Table}}
-The minigun often requires manual targeting as colonists tend not to choose the best targets for the minigun to shoot at. It also performs significantly better if you're firing at a point right behind the enemy by manually aiming it there.
+== Version history ==
+* [[Version/0.3.410|0.3.410]] - Can now spawn on pawns
+* Beta 19 - forced miss radius removed allowing it to hit single targets; to compensate accuracy has been nerfed. Also received a buff to damage and a nerf to fire rate; the overall damage is slightly higher.
+* [[Version/1.4.3523|1.4.3523]] - New weaponTag added to uniquely identify it for use by a specific centipede variant.
-It is capable of hitting a single moving target, so you may use it against them.
+<gallery>
+OldMinigun.png|Old sprite, replaced on or before 4/4/15
+</gallery>
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+{{Nav|weapon|wide}}
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+[[Category:Equipment]] [[Category:Weapons]] [[Category:Industrial Weapons]]
-[[Category:Weapons]]
+[[Category:Ranged Weapons]] [[Category:Burst Weapons]]
-[[Category:Equipment]]