MG Turret

Rapid-fire defense against light vehicles and aircraft.

BuildingDefensesTier 1Structure

Stats

Tier: Tier 1
Cost: 130 metal
Build time: 10 s
Hit points: 400
Armor: Structure
Vision: 8 tiles
Footprint: 1×1 tiles
Power: −2
DPS: 28.6
Range: 4.5 tiles
Upgrade: 260 metal · 16 s

Production and tech

Built by

Engineer

Upgrades to

Gatling Turret

Counters

Effective against

Engineer

Recon Buggy Thunder Howitzer

Countered by

Thunder Howitzer Tempest MLRS Sovereign Battleship

Vulture Bomber

Weapons

Machine gun

GroundShipsAircraft

Damage: 10
Reload: 0.35 s
Range: 4.5 tiles
DPS: 28.6

Turreted

Damage multiplier by armor class

Light

×1.50

Medium

×0.80

Heavy

×0.40

Structure

×0.30

Ship

×0.60

Submarine

—

Aircraft

×0.70

Overview

The MG Turret is the cheapest defense in the game: a rapid-fire machine gun on a one-tile pad that fires at ground, sea and air targets. It shreds light vehicles and helps against aircraft, but barely scratches heavy armor.

How to use

Drop one next to remote extractors and along the base edge to stop buggy raids and drones without tying up an army. Its all-round targeting makes it the only turret that handles a bit of everything, which is exactly why it excels at nothing; pair it with a Cannon Turret against armor. Upgrade to the Gatling Turret when the raids get bigger. Like every turret it slows down when power is short.

Counters

Battle Tanks, Heavy Tanks, artillery and bombers. It counters Recon Buggies, Light Tanks, Engineers, Drones and Helicopters.