Turret

A deployed Rifle Turret attacking an enemy.

A turret is type of skills of the engineer's profession that deploy immobile, automated devices with offensive or defensive capabilities. Turrets automatically engage the character's current target, the only exception to this being the Healing Turret. After deployment, the turret will automatically utilize its overcharge skill, which will create a special effect such as improved rate of fire or an area of effect attack. A turret can only be overcharged once per deployment.

All turrets are stationary; to redeploy them, players need to detonate them via the turret's sequence skill or pick them up by interacting with them. Picking them up reduces the redeployment recharge by 25% while detonation will cause damage around the turret's location and create a blast finisher combo effect. Recharge does not begin until the turret is destroyed or picked up.

All turrets grant a tool belt skill that resembles the effect of the turret's action.

Mechanics

Turret skills background in the Training tab.

• Boons and conditions applied by turrets use the character's attributes, but otherwise turrets are unaffected by character's stats and cannot critically hit.
• The cooldown of turrets begins after the turret is picked up or detonated.
• Replacing turret skills with another slot skill causes the turret to disappear. In particular:
  • Entering and exiting underwater mode may cause any deployed turrets to disappear if different slot skills are used.
  • Using any mount causes all turrets to disappear immediately, no matter by which slots they were deployed.
• Turrets self-destruct after 5 minutes of deployment.
  • This was likely implemented due to a bug causing turret skill icons to revert back to their skill icons and removing the self-destruction skill which disallowed removal of the turret.
• Projectile attacks will damage and pass through turrets.
• Turrets summoned by Supply Crate do not destroy already summoned turrets, nor can they be picked up or controlled.
• Turrets do not break Stealth on their owner; both their attacks, and detonations, count as hits from the turret.

List of turret skills

Skill				Description
Engineer
Healing Turret		0.75¾	20	Turret. Deploy a turret that heals you briefly, then regenerates you and your allies. This turret overcharges when it is first placed.
Detonate Healing Turret				Detonate your healing turret.
Regenerating Mist		0.25¼	18	Release a mist of healing liquid to regenerate nearby allies.
Flame Turret		0.5½	20	Turret. Deploy a turret that burns foes. This turret overcharges when it is first placed.
Detonate Flame Turret				Detonate your flame turret.
Throw Napalm		0.5½	25	Throw a ball of napalm that explodes on impact, burning foes around target location.
Net Turret		0.5½	30	Turret. Build a net turret that immobilizes nearby foes. This turret overcharges when it is first placed.
Detonate Net Turret				Detonate your net turret.
Net Attack		0.25¼	38	Fire a net from your belt to immobilize your foe.
Rifle Turret		0.5½	20	Turret. Build a rifle turret that shoots at foes. This turret overcharges when it is first placed.
Detonate Rifle Turret				Detonate your rifle turret.
Surprise Shot			8	Fire a bullet out of your belt.
Harpoon Turret		0.5½	20	Turret. Build a harpoon turret that shoots at foes. This turret overcharges when it is first placed.
Detonate Harpoon Turret				Detonate your harpoon turret.
Harpoon		0.5½	8	Launch a harpoon from your belt.
Rocket Turret		0.5½	40	Turret. Build a turret that fires rockets. This turret overcharges when it is first placed.
Detonate Rocket Turret				Detonate your rocket turret.
Detonate Rocket Turret				Detonate your rocket turret.
Rocket		0.5½	25	Fire a rocket out of your belt that explodes on impact.
Thumper Turret		0.5½	40	Turret. Build a high-health thumper turret that damages nearby foes. This turret overcharges when it is first placed.
Detonate Thumper Turret				Detonate your thumper turret.
Rumble		0.25¼	38	Release a shock wave of inertial force to damage nearby foes.
Supply Crate		1	75	Turret. Request a supply drop of turrets. Turrets overcharge when they are first dropped.
Detonate Supply Crate Turrets				Detonate your supply crate turrets.
Med Pack Drop		0.5½	50	Call down a supply drop of med packs into a target area.
Supply Crate		1	75	Turret. Request a supply drop of turrets. Turrets overcharge when they are first dropped.
Detonate Supply Crate Turrets				Detonate your supply crate turrets.
Med Pack Drop		0.5½	60	Create a set of med packs around you.

Turrets

Turret	Health	Overcharge skill	Overcharge skill description
Healing Turret	5980	Cleansing Burst	Overcharge your healing turret to cure conditions and grant a burst of healing.
Flame Turret	8960	Smoke Screen	Overcharge your flame turret, releasing a smoke screen that blinds nearby foes.
Net Turret	7470	Electrified Net	Overcharge your turret to fire an electrified net that immobilizes and stuns.
Rifle Turret	7470	Automatic Fire	Overcharge your rifle turret to fire piercing shots that inflict vulnerability.
Harpoon Turret	7470	Automatic Fire	Overcharge your harpoon turret to fire a burst of automated shots.
Rocket Turret	7470	Explosive Rockets	Overcharge your turret to fire explosive rockets.
Thumper Turret	11950	Thump	Overcharge your thumper turret to launch nearby foes.
Supply Crate	—	Overcharge Supply Crate	Overcharge supply crate's turrets.
Supply Crate	—	Overcharge Supply Crate	Overcharge supply crate's turrets.

Related traits

• Experimental Turrets (Inventions) — Turret. Turrets create a reflective barrier when built and grant boons to allies around them on a regular interval.

Notes

Bug:

Blast finishers created by detonating turrets will make the finisher occur at the engineer's location, not the turret's location.

Trivia

• Overcharge functionality was changed in the May 16, 2017 update. Turrets can now only be overcharged once, which happens automatically at deployment.
• When building a turret, the character will occasionally shout out one of the following lines, depending on race and gender.
  • Quotes marked with (*) are exclusive to Healing Turret.

Race	Gender
	Male	Female
Asura	I fashioned a turret! Turret constructed! Turret assembled! Dispenser active! (*)	Deploying a turret! Turret deployed! Exemplifying excellent engineering. Dispenser here! (*)
Charr	Turret deployed! Turret built! Another fine example of engineering. Dispenser operational! (*)	Turret deployed! More fine engineering. Turret here! Healing turret, up and running. (*)
Human	Turret built. Turret deployed! Another fine example of engineering. Healing turret, up and running. (*) Got the dispenser running! (*)	The pinnacle of engineering. Turret constructed! Turret deployed! Healing turret, up and running (*) Dispenser's up. (*)
Norn	Turret built! Another fine example of engineering. Dispenser operational. (*) Come here and be healed! (*)	Turret deployed. More fine engineering. Dispenser here! (*) Healing is here! (*)
Sylvari	I've got a turret up! Turret planted! Turret raised! Dispenser set! (*) Come here! I've planted a healing turret! (*)	Turret up! Turret planted! I've raised a turret. Dispenser set! (*) Here! Healing turret. (*)

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Summons

Spirit Weapons • Legendary Renegades • Banners • Turrets • Spirits •
Fellow thieves • Elementals • Conjured Weapons • Illusions • Minions

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Skill types and profession mechanics