Military units and structures

Some units and structures are marked as Military units or Military structures and are high priority targets for enemy forces. They will be attacked on sight by:

• Biters, spitters, and worms.
• Turrets, combat robots, and personal laser defense.
• The player, when holding down "shoot enemy" SPACE.

There are a few exceptions:

• Artillery turrets and Artillery wagons will not attack units automatically, they only attack structures automatically.
• Enemies are not "distracted" by Construction and Logistic Robots, so enemies will not enter combat on sight. However, enemies already in combat will prioritize these robots like any other military unit.
• Land mines are only targeted by enemies during the first 2 seconds after placement, as they arm and bury in the ground. Also, enemies do not enter combat when triggering and taking damage from a land mine.

Modding

Military units and structures are identified by a flag on EntityWithOwnerPrototype. This can be changed by modding, except for units and unit spawners. The default military prototypes are listed in the table below.

Military units

Icon	Name	Default force	Prototype
	Player	player	character
	Defender capsule	player	combat-robot
	Distractor capsule	player	combat-robot
	Destroyer capsule	player	combat-robot
	Construction robot	player	construction-robot
	Logistic robot	player	logistic-robot
	Land mine	player	land-mine
	Small biter	enemy	unit
	Small spitter	enemy	unit
	Medium biter	enemy	unit
	Medium spitter	enemy	unit
	Big biter	enemy	unit
	Big spitter	enemy	unit
	Behemoth biter	enemy	unit
	Behemoth spitter	enemy	unit

Military structures

Icon	Name	Default force	Prototype
	Gun turret	player	ammo-turret
	Flamethrower turret	player	fluid-turret
	Laser turret	player	electric-turret
	Artillery turret	player	artillery-turret
	Small worm	enemy	turret
	Medium worm	enemy	turret
	Big worm	enemy	turret
	Behemoth worm	enemy	turret
	Biter spawner	enemy	unit-spawner
	Spitter spawner	enemy	unit-spawner
	Player port		player-port
	SimpleEntityWithForce		simple-entity-with-force

History

• 2.0.7:
  • Radars are no longer a military units
  • Compilatron removed

• 0.18.0:
  • Construction and Logistic Robots can no longer distract enemies