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Laser turret

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Laser turret

Laser turret entity.png

Recipe

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20
+
Battery.png
12
+
Electronic circuit.png
20
+
Steel plate.png
20
Laser turret.png
1

Total raw

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45
+
Battery.png
12
+
Copper plate.png
30
+
Iron plate.png
20
+
Steel plate.png
20

Recipe

Time.png
20
+
Battery.png
12
+
Electronic circuit.png
20
+
Steel plate.png
20
Laser turret.png
1

Total raw

Time.png
70
+
Battery.png
12
+
Copper plate.png
80
+
Iron plate.png
40
+
Steel plate.png
20

Map color

Health

1000

Stack size

50

Range

24

Shooting speed

1.5/s

Damage

20 laser

Dimensions

2×2

Energy consumption

1.2 MW (electric)

Drain

24 kW (electric)

Mining time

0.5

Prototype type

electric-turret

Internal name

laser-turret

Required technologies

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Boosting technologies

Laser shooting speed (research).png
Energy weapons damage (research).png

Produced by

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Player.png

Consumed by

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Personal laser defense.png

Laser turrets are an advanced defense building with a longer range, infinite ammo, good damage and use electricity to operate (and a smaller amount of energy when idle). By dealing laser damage they don't face any resistances (enemies receive full damage) but have a lower rate of fire than gun turrets. Each shot costs a constant 800kJ of energy; as the shooting speed increases through upgrades, so too does the power required to keep firing.

Since using laser turrets to ward off attacks can cause electricity usage spikes, using accumulators to offset the cost is recommended to keep the rest of the network fully functional.

The drain of 24kW per turret can quickly add up when using lots of them around many edges of your base. For corners you don't expect to be under frequent attack, it may be easier on your electric network to use other kinds of turrets at less critical installations or those unlikely to be attacked.

Achievements

Raining-bullets-achievement.png Raining bullets

Win the game without building any laser turrets.

History

  • 0.15.0:
    • Laser turret projectiles move much faster
  • 0.12.0:
    • All turrets now have a 2x2 footprint
    • Made 4x as powerful and expensive.
  • 0.7.1:
    • Decreased resting energy consumption of laser turret to 1/3 of original value.
  • 0.7.0:
    • Added upgrade technologies.

See also