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The mini-turret is a stationary defense mechanism which automatically fires at any enemies entering its range of 24.9 tiles. It fires a 3-round burst with no need for warmup, has a slow 4.8 second cooldown and 96% per-tile accuracy. While turrets are somewhat underwhelming on their own, large groups of turrets are able to incapacitate or kill small groups of hostiles within seconds.

After firing 120 rounds it requires a barrel change, costing:

20 steel in Peaceful and Base Builder difficulty
30 steel in Medium difficulty
40 steel in Rough difficulty and above

Turrets have a 50% chance of exploding when it reaches 20% health.

Construction

Constructing the turret requires research in gun turrets (some scenarios have it already researched).

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

Material	Steel Cost	Cost	Hit Points	Flammability (%)	Market Value	Beauty
Steel	100	3	120	28	300	-20
Plasteel	40	3 + 60	335	14	740	-20
Uranium	40	3 + 60	300	0	555	-20
Silver	40	3 + 600	84	28	785	-14
Gold	40	3 + 600	72	28	6,185	0

Materials

Steel is the most viable option early-game, but it's advisable to switch them out for plasteel turrets as soon as you can, as steel turrets aren't very durable and therefore can't withstand sustained gunfire.
The most effective material is plasteel. It has the most HP, very low flammability, is somewhat easier to obtain mid-late game, and saves steel for other purposes.
You should expect turrets to be frequently replaced, and uranium is too rare and expensive to be practical.
Silver and gold are poor material choices due to their poor durability.

Images

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

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.

Usage

See also: Defense structures#Turrets

Used alone or in small numbers, mini-turrets do not provide much additional firepower. However, raiders will often target the turret instead of the colonists if it is closer to them, shielding the colonists from harm until the turret is destroyed. However, attackers will not take an unpowered turret as a primary target. The firepower of the turrets adds up when massed together, to the point where turrets alone can sometimes beat back even massive raids. Larger colonies often build a "killbox": An entrance area designed to funnel raiders where turrets can do maximum damage while the raiders' own ability to fight back is minimized. Using sandbags to protect your turrets can be a solid tactic in either case. Raiders with long ranged weapons can snipe mini-turrets from outside its range, so forcing them into close range with walls or terrain is recommended.

Turret explosion

Radius of mini-turret explosion visualized.

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 few seconds later. All nearby raiders will run in an attempt to get out of the blast radius to keep their skin intact.

The explosion deals 400 damage to walls, 200 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. Due to this, it's best to space out groups of turrets so that one exploding doesn't create a chain reaction. This is somewhat less of a risk with Plasteel turrets.

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Graphs

The below shows accuracy and DPS of a turret across its range.

Version history

Prior to Beta 19, it used to be called the Improvised turret. It also used more power (350W) and costed more to build, but did not require barrel changes.

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
Related: Antigrain warhead • EMP shell • Firefoam shell • High-explosive shell • Incendiary shell • Smoke shell • Tox shell

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+__NOTOC__
 <onlyinclude>
 {{infobox main|security|
-|name = Improvised turret
+|name = Mini-turret
-|image = ImprovisedTurretA16.png|Improvised turret
+|image = ImprovisedTurretA16.png|Mini-turret
-|description = An improvised turret that automatically fires at nearby enemies. Explodes when damaged. Its hacked-together AI brain isn't very smart, and 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."
 |type = Security
 |placeable = Yes
 |size = 1|1
-|hp = 100
+|hp = 120
-|cooldown = 309
+|cover = 0.4
-|mass base = 100
+|flammability = 0.7
-|power = -350
+|minimum skill = 5
-|buy = {{icon|metal|100}} + {{icon|buildingmat|75}} + {{icon|component|3}}
+|mass base = 10
-|sell = {{icon|metal|75}} + {{icon|buildingmat|56.25}} + {{icon|component|2.25}}
+|power = -80
-|beauty = -60
+|beauty = -20
-}}</onlyinclude>
+|damage = 10
-{{infobox main|weapon|
+|armorPenetration = 15
-|name = Improvised Turret Gun
+|range = 24.9
-|image = ImprovisedTurretGun.png|Improvised Turret Gun
+|accuracyTouch = 70
-|type = Equipment
-|type2 = Weapons
-|description = "Jury-rigged gun attached to a turret."
-|class = Modern
-|damage = 11
-|range = 25.9
-|accuracyTouch = 80
 |accuracyShort = 64
 |accuracyMedium = 41
 |accuracyLong = 22
+|accuracyAvg = 60.4
 |mode = Burst
-|warmup = 90
-|cooldown = 40
 |burst = 3
 |burstTicks = 8
+|cooldown = 288
+|velocity = 70
+|stoppingPower = 0.5
 |DPS = DPS
-|velocity = 70
+|buy = {{icon|metal|40}} + {{icon|buildingmat|60}} + {{icon|component|3}}
-|sell = {{icon|silver|0}}
+|sell = {{icon|metal|30}} + {{icon|buildingmat|45}} + {{icon|component|2.25}}
 }}
-== Description ==
+</onlyinclude>
+The '''mini-turret''' is a stationary defense mechanism which automatically fires at any enemies entering its range of 24.9 tiles. It fires a 3-round burst with no need for warmup, has a slow 4.8 second cooldown and 96% per-tile accuracy. While turrets are somewhat underwhelming on their own, large groups of turrets are able to incapacitate or kill small groups of hostiles within seconds.
-The '''improvised turret''' is a stationary defense mechanism which automatically fires at any enemies ( [[Animals|psychotic animals]] / [[raiders]]) entering its range of 25.9 tile radius. It fires a 3-round burst with no need for warmup, has a slow 5.15 second cooldown and 96% per-tile accuracy. While turrets are somewhat underwhelming on their own, large groups of turrets are able to incapacitate or kill small groups of hostiles within seconds.
+After firing 120 rounds it requires a barrel change, costing:
+*20 steel in Peaceful and Base Builder difficulty
-It has a target size of 68% making them harder to hit.
+*30 steel in Medium difficulty
+*40 steel in Rough difficulty and above
 Turrets have a 50% chance of exploding when it reaches 20% health.
-[[File:Improvised turret.png|900px]]
+== Construction ==
+Constructing the turret requires research in [[Research#GunTurrets|gun turrets]] (some scenarios have it already researched).
-== Obtaining ==
-Constructing the turret requires research in [[Research#MicroelectronicsBasics|microelectronics basics]] and [[Research#GunTurrets|gun turrets]] (some scenarios have Gun Turrets already researched).
 Alternatively, it can be opportunistically uninstalled and looted from various world sites.
-== Materials ==
-There`s 5 variants: Shocking Steel, Perfect Plasteel, Unaffordable Uranium, Stunning Silver, and Glorious Gold. Regardless of what material's used; turrets will always give out -60 beauty - so using Gold or Silver will have more impact on colony wealth (increasing raids) while doing little to nothing as they have low Hit Points.
 {| {{STDT| sortable c_25 text-center}}
 ! Material !! Steel Cost !! Cost !! Hit Points !! Flammability (%) !! Market Value || Beauty
 |-
-| style="text-align:left;" | Steel || 175 {{Icon Small|steel}} || 3 {{Icon Small|components}} || 100 || 20 || 425 {{Icon Small|silver}} ||-60
+| style="text-align:left;" | Steel || 100 {{Icon Small|steel}} || 3 {{Icon Small|component}} || 120 || 28 || 300 {{Icon Small|silver}} ||-20
 |-
-| style="text-align:left;" | Plasteel || 100 {{Icon Small|steel}} || 3 {{Icon Small|components}} + 75 {{Icon Small|plasteel}} || 280 || 10 || 1,335 {{Icon Small|silver}} ||-60
+| style="text-align:left;" | Plasteel || 40 {{Icon Small|steel}} || 3 {{Icon Small|component}} + 60 {{Icon Small|plasteel}} || 335 || 14 || 740 {{Icon Small|silver}} ||-20
 |-
-| style="text-align:left;" | Uranium || 100 {{Icon Small|steel}} || 3 {{Icon Small|components}} + 1,500 {{Icon Small|uranium}} || 250 || 0 || 9,280 {{Icon Small|silver}} ||-60
+| style="text-align:left;" | Uranium || 40 {{Icon Small|steel}} || 3 {{Icon Small|component}} + 60 {{Icon Small|uranium}} || 300 || 0 || 555 {{Icon Small|silver}} ||-20
 |-
-| style="text-align:left;" | Silver || 100 {{Icon Small|steel}} || 3 {{Icon Small|components}} + 1,500 {{Icon Small|silver}} || 70 || 20 || 1,775 {{Icon Small|silver}} ||-60
+| style="text-align:left;" | Silver || 40 {{Icon Small|steel}} || 3 {{Icon Small|component}} + 600 {{Icon Small|silver}} || 84 || 28 || 785 {{Icon Small|silver}} ||-14
 |-
-| style="text-align:left;" | Gold || 100 {{Icon Small|steel}} || 3 {{Icon Small|components}} + 1,500 {{Icon Small|gold}} || 60 || 20 || 15,270 {{Icon Small|silver}} ||-60
+| style="text-align:left;" | Gold || 40 {{Icon Small|steel}} || 3 {{Icon Small|component}} + 600 {{Icon Small|gold}} || 72 || 28 || 6,185 {{Icon Small|silver}} || 0
 |}
+==== Materials ====
+* Steel is the most viable option early-game, but it's advisable to switch them out for plasteel turrets as soon as you can, as steel turrets aren't very durable and therefore can't withstand sustained gunfire.
+* The most effective material is plasteel. It has the most HP, very low flammability, is somewhat easier to obtain mid-late game, and saves steel for other purposes.
+* You should expect turrets to be frequently replaced, and uranium is too rare and expensive to be practical.
+* Silver and gold are poor material choices due to their poor durability.
+{{clear}}
-* Steel is the most viable option early-game, but it's advisable to switch them out for Plasteel Turrets as soon as you can, as Steel Turrets aren't very durable and therefore can't withstand sustained gunfire.
+== Images ==
-* The most effective material is Plasteel: it has the most HP, very low flammability, is somewhat easier to obtain mid-late game, and saves Steel for other purposes.
-* You should expect Turrets to be frequently replaced, and Uranium is too rare and expensive to be practical.
 <gallery>
-File:SteelTurret.png|Steel Improvised Turret
+File:SteelTurret.png|Steel Mini-Turret
-File:PlasteelTurret.png|Plasteel Improvised Turret
+File:PlasteelTurret.png|Plasteel Mini-Turret
-File:UraniumTurret.png|Uranium Improvised Turret
+File:UraniumTurret.png|Uranium Mini-Turret
-File:SilverTurret.png|Steel Improvised Turret
+File:SilverTurret.png|Silver Mini-Turret
-File:GoldenTurret.png|Golden Improvised Turret
+File:GoldenTurret.png|Golden Mini-Turret
 </gallery>
-== Graphs ==
+[[File:Improvised turret.png|900px]]
-The below shows accuracy and DPS of a turret across its range.
-[[File:TurretAccuracy.png|600px]]
+[[File:Turret_range_comparison.png|1000px|thumb|left|Visualization of effective turret range of all three turrets, from uranium slug turret (top), to autocannon turret (middle), to mini-turret (bottom). <br>
-[[File:urretDPS.png|600px]]
+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.]]
+{{clear}}
-== Tactics ==
+== Usage ==
-Used alone or in small numbers, turrets do not provide much additional firepower. However, raiders will often target the turret instead of the colonists if it is closer to them, shielding the colonists from harm until the turret is destroyed. However, attackers will not take an unpowered turret as a primary target. The firepower of the turrets adds up when massed together, to the point where turrets alone can sometimes beat back even massive raids. Larger colonies often build a "killbox": An entrance area designed to funnel raiders where turrets can do maximum damage while the raiders' own ability to fight back is minimized. Using [[Sandbags]] to protect your turrets can be a solid tactic in either case.
+{{see also|Defense structures#Turrets}}
+Used alone or in small numbers, mini-turrets do not provide much additional firepower. However, raiders will often target the turret instead of the colonists if it is closer to them, shielding the colonists from harm until the turret is destroyed. However, attackers will not take an unpowered turret as a primary target. The firepower of the turrets adds up when massed together, to the point where turrets alone can sometimes beat back even massive raids. Larger colonies often build a "[[Defense tactics#Killboxes|killbox]]": An entrance area designed to funnel raiders where turrets can do maximum damage while the raiders' own ability to fight back is minimized. Using [[sandbags]] to protect your turrets can be a solid tactic in either case. Raiders with long ranged weapons can snipe mini-turrets from outside its range, so forcing them into close range with walls or terrain is recommended.
-When building a turret, there's a 50% chance that it will never explode; regardless of what amount of health it's at. Normally; a turret will spark and emit a hissing sound that increases in pitch, once it drops to or below 20% of its maximum HP (e.g. a Steel Improvised Turret will begin hissing at 20/100 Hit Points), and explode a few seconds later. When a turret's about to explode, all nearby raiders will run in an attempt to get out of the blast radius to keep their skin intact.
+== Turret explosion ==
+[[File:Mini radius.png|thumb|right|300px|Radius of mini-turret explosion visualized.]]
-When a Turret explodes; it does 200 damage to all structures within its radius, 50 damage to the slag chunks and components that drop, and typically 12-36 damage (with variances in increments of 4 points) to all pawns unlucky enough to get caught in the explosion - but it will sometimes do 48 damage too.
+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 few seconds later. All nearby raiders will run in an attempt to get out of the blast radius to keep their skin intact.
+The explosion deals 400 damage to walls, 200 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. Due to this, it's best to space out groups of turrets so that one exploding doesn't create a chain reaction. This is somewhat less of a risk with Plasteel turrets.
-=== Example of an Explosion ===
+{{clr}}
-''Trogo is attacking a Steel Turret with his Awful Wooden Shiv. It's at 21 HP, but it's still fine.'' <br>
-[[File:Turret21HP.png|200px|Turret at 21 HP]]
+== Graphs ==
+The below shows accuracy and DPS of a turret across its range.
-''The turret's now at 20 HP and begins to spark and hiss - Trogo's in danger.'' <br>
+[[File:TurretAccuracy.png|600px]]
-[[File:TurretSparking.png|200px|Turret is now sparking]]
+[[File:TurretDPS.png|600px]]
+== Version history ==
-''The turret has now exploded: Trogo's wounded, structures are damaged - all hell's let loose. Took several screenshots and merged them into one image to demonstrate the full extent of the damage.'' <br>
+Prior to Beta 19, it used to be called the Improvised turret. It also used more power (350W) and costed more to build, but did not require barrel changes.
-[[File:ExplosionDamagesEdited.png|439px|Turret has now exploded]]
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