Ballista Turret

Ballista 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

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

480 XP

Unlocks

•  Catapult Turret
•  Harpoon Launcher

Crafted in

•  Smithy
•  Argentavis Saddle
•  Castoroides Saddle
•  Thorny Dragon Saddle
•  Tek Replicator
•  Exo-Mek

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, often shortened to the Ballista, is one of the Emplacements in ARK: Survival Evolved. It is unlocked at Level 29 for 25 Engram Points.

Resembling an oversized  Crossbow, the Ballista Turret is great at bringing down enemy creatures with  Spear Bolts, dealing exceptionally high damage per shot. It can also fire  Chain Bolas, making it great for trapping and taming many larger creatures.

Notes

• The Ballista Turret is the first emplacement players can unlock.
• The though the combined weight of the materials used to construct it is immense, 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 ElementalFor 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

Changelog

Patch	ARK: Survival Evolved Changes
214.0	Ballista Turret is added to the game.
214.2	Ballistas now do no damage at all to  Auto Turrets. Ballista damage vs stone structures reduced by 40%.
215.0	(Non-Platform-Mounted) Ballistas can no longer be placed near enemy foundations, and their damage has been reduced by 50% relative to structures, range reduced by 20%. They also no longer damage  Plant Species X. Fixed incorrect Female pose when mounted on Ballista Turret.
219.6	Fixed camera transition when exiting ballista.
219.7	Fixed teleporting issue with unboarding ballistas.
250.2	Changed Ballista Turret to have only 1 stack, and retroactively applied this to help deal with an exploit.