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

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

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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

Decay time

12d

Item

Weight

4.0

Stack size

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

480 XP

Unlocks

Crafted in

Required stations

Refining Forge

Ingredients

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.

Notes[]

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 can no longer be used to tame the Titanosaur.
It once used to be spelled "Balista Turret".

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
- Magmasaur
- Managarmr
- Corrupted Creatures
- Alpha Creatures (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

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

Weapons

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

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

Ranged

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

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

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

Ammunition

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

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

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

Tools

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

Emplacements

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

Explosives

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

Traps

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

Spawnables

Scout Remote • Unassembled Enforcer • Unassembled Mek • Unassembled TEK Hover Skiff

Structures

Primitive

Crafting	Campfire • Cooking Pot • Mortar and Pestle • Refining Forge • Smithy

Production	Bee Hive • Beer Barrel • Compost Bin • Crop Plot (Small, Medium, Large) • Feeding Trough • Fish Basket • Tree Sap Tap • Water Well

Irrigation	Metal Irrigation Pipe (Flexible, Inclined, Intake, Intersection, Straight, Tap, Vertical) • Stone Irrigation Pipe (Flexible, Inclined, Intake, Intersection, Straight, Vertical, Tap) • Water Reservoir (Metal)

Storage	Bookshelf • Delivery Crate • Preserving Bin • Storage Box (Large) • Vessel • Wooden Cage

Furniture	Artifact Pedestal • Crystal Wyvern Queen Flag • Dragon Flag • Gorilla Flag • Gravestone • Hide Sleeping Bag • King Titan Flag (Mecha) • Manticore Flag • Mirror • Moeder Flag • Multi-Panel Flag • Painting Canvas • Pressure Plate • Rockwell Final Form Flag • Rockwell Flag • Shag Rug • Simple Bed • Single Panel Flag • Spider Flag • Standing Torch • Stone Fireplace • Taxidermy Base (Small • Medium • Large) • Tent • Toilet • Training Dummy • Trophy Wall-Mount • VR Boss Flag • Wall Torch • War Map • Wardrums • Wooden Bench • Wooden Chair • Wooden Table

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

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

Vehicles	Wooden Raft

Industrial

Crafting	Chemistry Bench • Fabricator • Industrial Cooker • Industrial Forge • Industrial Grill • Industrial Grinder

Production	Air Conditioner • Dino Leash • Gas Collector • Lamppost (Omnidirectional) • Oil Pump

Power	Electrical Cable (Flexible, Inclined, Intersection, Straight, Vertical) • Electrical Generator • Electrical Outlet • Wind Turbine

Storage	Refrigerator • Vault

Furniture	Bunk Bed • Remote Keypad

Weaponry	Auto Turret (Heavy) • Minigun Turret • Rocket Turret

Elevator	Elevator Track • Elevator Platform (Small, Medium, Large)

Vehicles	Motorboat

Tek

Crafting	Tek Replicator

Production	Cloning Chamber • Tek Trough

Power	Tek Generator

Storage	Cryofridge • Tek Dedicated Storage

Furniture	Tek Bridge • Tek Jump Pad • Tek Light • Tek Remote Camera • Tek Sensor • Tek Sleeping Pod • Tek Surveillance Console • Tek Teleporter • Tek Transmitter

Weaponry	Tek Forcefield • Tek Turret

Vehicles	Tek ATV • Unassembled TEK Hover Skiff

Other

Crafting	Charge Node • City Terminal • Mission Dispatcher • Obelisk

Loot	Deep Sea Loot Crate • Giant Beaver Dam • Loot Crate • Orbital Supply Drop • Supply Crate • Treasure Chest

Veins	Element Node • Flower • Gas Vein • Oil Vein • Poison Tree • Water Vein

Nests	Deinonychus Nest • Magmasaur Nest • Rock Drake Nest • Wyvern Nest

Events	ARK Anniversary Surprise Cake • Birthday Cake • Bunny Egg • Fossil Pile • Gift Box • Holiday Lights • Holiday Stocking • Holiday Tree • Pumpkin • Scarecrow • Snowman • Stolen Headstone • Wreath

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