Ballista Turret

This article is about Ballista Turret, not to be confused with Auto Turret, Heavy Auto Turret, Catapult Turret, Minigun Turret, Rocket Turret, Tek Turret, or Eerie Turret

Ballista Turret



Mount this to fire large piercing Spear Bolts, useful for bringing down large dinos and structures.

Weapon
Type	Emplacement
Ammo used	Spear Bolt Chain Bola
Ranged damage	600
Rate of fire	0.77 RPS
DPS	462
Structure
Health	7,000.0
Item
Weight	4.0
Stack size	1
Added in	v214.0
Spawn Command cheat GFI TurretBall 1 0 0 or cheat giveitem "Blueprint'/Game/PrimalEarth/CoreBlueprints/Items/Structures/Misc/PrimalItemStructure_TurretBallista.PrimalItemStructure_TurretBallista'" 1 0 0
Crafting
Required level	Level 29
Engram Points	25 EP
Crafting XP	240 XP
Unlocks	Catapult Turret Harpoon Launcher
Crafted in	Smithy Argentavis Saddle Castoroides Saddle Thorny Dragon Saddle Tek Replicator
Ingredients
Resources breakdown 500 × Wood or Fungal Wood 300 × Metal Ingot or Scrap Metal Ingot 250 × Stone 200 × Fiber 100 × Thatch 100 × Hide

The Ballista Turret is a stationary turret used for firing Spear Bolts and Chain Bolas. Players must mount the turret to control and fire it.

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The weight of the materials is incredible and will quickly encumber even the largest of dinos that aren't designed to take the load, even encumbering low level brontosauruses. The Ballista Turret is much lighter once assembled.

The Ballista Turret is treated as a stone structure and can only be damaged by:
- Metal Weapons (5%)
- Tek Sword (~218%)
- Explosives (150%)
- Ballista Turret (40%)
- Cannon (~137%)
- Therizinosaur (Headbutt only, ~2%)
- Arthropluera
- Chalicotherium
- Dunkleosteus (15%)
- Deathworm
- Managarmr
- Corrupted Creatures
- Alpha Predators (10%)
- Enraged Creatures
- DodoRex (300%)
- Dodo Wyvern (300%)
- Bosses (10%)
- Titans
- Titanosaur (~462%)
- Defense Unit (~462%)
These can damage stone, but can not damage auto turrets:
- Giganotosaurus (15%)
- Tek Rifle (~50%)
- Rock Elemental

Painting and Color Regions

For more information on Paint Regions and how to use them, please view the Dye, Paintbrush, or Spray Painter pages.

Region 1: Crossbow and Stakes	Region 2: Helm Supports	Region 3: Seat and Base Legs
Region 4: Counterweight	Region 5: Metal Plating	Region 6: Controls, Metal Bands, and Turning Mechanism

Region 6

For a side-by-side comparison of all weapons, see the Weapons page! For a comparison of reload and draw times, see Weapon Mechanics!

Melee

Spear • Pike • Lance • Club • Sword (Tek) • Electric Prod • Shield (Wooden, Metal, Riot, Tek)

Ranged

Primitive	Bola • Bow (Compound) • Crossbow • Flare Gun • Slingshot • Boomerang

Firearms	Pistol (Fabricated) • Shotgun (Pump-Action) • Longneck Rifle • Assault Rifle • Fabricated Sniper Rifle • Tek • Tek Railgun • Harpoon Launcher • Flamethrower • Charge Lantern

Attachments	Flashlight • Holo-Scope • Laser • Scope • Silencer

Ammunition

Bullets	Bullet (Simple, Advanced) • Shotgun Ammo (Simple) • Rifle Ammo (Simple, Advanced) • Sniper Bullet (Advanced)

Projectiles	Stone • Arrow (Stone, Tranq, Metal, Flame) • Grappling Hook • Zip-Line Anchor • Tranquilizer Dart (Shocking) • Pheromone Dart • Spear Bolt (Tranq) • Chain Bola • Boulder • Cannon Ball

Other	Charge Battery • Element • Element Shard • Flamethrower Ammo • Gasoline

Tools

Pick (Stone, Metal, Climbing) • Hatchet (Stone Hatchet, Metal) • Metal Sickle • Chainsaw • Pliers • Torch • Glow Stick • Lasso • Whip • Taxidermy Tool

Emplacements

Auto Turret (Heavy) • Ballista Turret • Catapult Turret • Minigun Turret • Plant Species X • Primitive Cannon • Rocket Turret • Tek Turret

Explosives

C4 Detonator (C4 Charge) • Water Mine • IED • Grenade (Smoke, Poison, Cluster, Tek, Tek Gravity) • Plant Species Z Fruit • Rocket Launcher (RPG, Homing Missile) • Cannon Shell • Rocket Pod

Traps

Bear Trap • Large Bear Trap • Tripwire Alarm • Tripwire Narcotic • Plant Species Y Trap • Oil Jar

Spawnables

Scout Remote • Unassembled Enforcer • Unassembled Mek

Structures

Crafting

Mortar and Pestle → Chemistry Bench │ Refining Forge → Industrial Forge │ Smithy → Fabricator → Tek Replicator │ Industrial Grinder │ City Terminal

Cooking

Campfire → Industrial Grill │ Cooking Pot → Industrial Cooker │ Preserving Bin • Beer Barrel

Farming

Small Crop Plot (Medium, Large) • Compost Bin • Feeding Trough • Tree Sap Tap • Bee Hive • Water Well • Oil Pump • Gas Collector • Fish Basket

Irrigation

Stone	Intake • Straight • Inclined • Vertical • Intersection • Tap • Flexible • Reservoir

Metal	Intake • Straight • Inclined • Vertical • Intersection • Tap • Flexible • Reservoir

Electrical Items

Elevators	Elevator Track • Small Elevator Platform (Medium, Large) • Wood Elevator Track • Wood Elevator Top Switch • Small Wood Elevator Platform (Medium, Large)

Other	Air Conditioner • Dino Leash • Lamppost (Omnidirectional) • Refrigerator • Remote Keypad

Electricity

Generation	Electrical Generator • Electrical Outlet • Wind Turbine • Charge Node

Cables	Straight • Inclined • Vertical • Intersection • Flexible

Household

Storage	Storage Box (Large) • Bookshelf • Vault • Wooden Cage • Vessel • Cryofridge • Delivery Crate • Tek Dedicated Storage

Beds	Hide Sleeping Bag • Simple Bed • Bunk Bed • Tek Sleeping Pod

Furniture	Standing Torch • Wall Torch • Stone Fireplace • Wooden Chair (Bench, Table) • Mirror • Shag Rug

Ladders	Rope Ladder • Wooden Ladder • Metal Ladder • Tek Ladder • Adobe Ladder • Portable Rope Ladder

Other	Wardrums • Training Dummy • Toilet • Tent • Taxidermy Base (Small • Medium • Large)

Signage

Signs	Wooden Sign • Wooden Wall Sign • Wooden Billboard • Metal Sign • Metal Wall Sign • Metal Billboard

Flags	Single Panel Flag • Multi-Panel • Spider • Gorilla • Dragon • Manticore • Rockwell • King Titan (Mecha)

Other	Painting Canvas • War Map • Gravestone

Weaponry

Primitive	Primitive Cannon • Ballista Turret • Catapult Turret • Plant Species X

Electric	Auto Turret (Heavy) • Minigun Turret • Rocket Turret • Tek Turret