Flamethrower turret

Flamethrower turret

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Recipe
20 + 5 + 15 + 10 + 30 → 1
Total raw
32.5 + 5 + 40 + 30
Map color
Fluid storage volume	Fuel buffer: 100 Pass-through pipe: 100
Health	1400 1820 2240 2660 3500
Resistances	Fire: 0/100%
Stack size	50
Range	Minimum: 6 Maximum: 30 (Limited 120° arc)
Shooting speed	30/s
Damage	Contact damage: 3 fire Fire on the ground: 13/s fire Ignited objects: 100/s fire Ignition duration: 30 33 36 39 45 seconds
Area of effect size	2.5
Ammunition
Dimensions	2×3
Fluid consumption	3/s
Mining time	0.5
Prototype type	fluid-turret
Internal name	flamethrower-turret
Required technologies
Boosting technologies
Produced by
Fire on the ground lasts 2 seconds. Area of effect size applies to igniting objects and contact damage.

Flamethrower turrets work similarly to the Flamethrower, setting enemies on fire and doing damage over time. Unlike gun and laser turrets, they have a limited firing arc, and should therefore should be placed at choke points or behind walls. They can use crude, heavy, or light oil as ammunition, which must be provided via a pipe connected to the turret. Flamethrower turrets gain a damage bonus depending on the type of oil supplied to them. This bonus is multiplicative, it stacks with the bonus damage from research.

Ammunition	Effect
Crude oil	100% Damage
Heavy oil	105% Damage
Light oil	110% Damage

Unlike the laser and gun turrets, flamethrower turrets do not have a seeking projectile, instead firing directly at where the biters was at the point of firing. This means that they have a tendency to miss the first row of biters. Flamethrower turrets are very powerful because biters and spitters do not have fire resistance and the total 30,000 dealt to ignited enemies is a guaranteed death sentence for anything in the game.

The bonus technologies and fuel damage bonus for the flamethrower turret improve the contact damage and damage dealt by fire on the ground. However, they do not affect the damage dealt to ignited enemies, this fire always lasts 30 seconds and always deals 100 damage per second.

Flamethrower turrets create fire on the ground which lasts 2 seconds by default. If the turret keeps firing at that spot, the fire will last up to 30 seconds and its damage is increased up to 6 times, depending on how long the turret keeps firing at that spot.

History

• 0.13.0:
  • Introduced.
  • Damage upgrade technology introduced.

See also

• Gun turret
• Laser turret