Catapult Turret

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

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Mount this to throw destructive Boulders at your enemies, particularly effective against Structures.

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Weapon

Type

Emplacement

Ammo used

Boulder

Jar of Pitch

Ranged damage

500

Rate of fire

0.77 RPS

DPS

385

Structure

Health

7,000

Item slots

Decay time

12d

Item

Weight

Stack size

Added in

v223.0

Spawn Command

cheat gfi TurretCat 1 0 0
or

cheat giveitem "Blueprint'/Game/PrimalEarth/CoreBlueprints/Items/Structures/Misc/PrimalItemStructure_TurretCatapult.PrimalItemStructure_TurretCatapult'" 1 0 0

Crafting

Required level

Level 31

Engram points

25 EP

Crafting XP

836 XP

Prerequisites

Ballista Turret

Unlocks

Used to craft

1 item

Crafted in

Required stations

Refining Forge

Ingredients

400 × Wood or Fungal Wood

300 × Metal Ingot or Scrap Metal Ingot

390 × Stone

100 × Thatch

100 × Hide

The Catapult Turret is a stationary turret that fires Boulders and Jar of Pitch at enemies. 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. The Catapult Turret is much lighter once assembled.

The Catapult 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

The Catapult turret can be used to knock out the following creatures, for the Titanosaur and the Rock Golem use Cannon:tame

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

Region 1:
Bucket, Arm, and Stakes

Region 2:
Helm Supports

Region 3:
Seat and Base Legs

Region 4:
Counterweights

Region 5:
Metal Plating

Region 6:
Controls, Metal Bands, and Turning Mechanism

Changelog

Patch	ASE Changes
223.0	Catapult Turret is added to the game.
313.30	Fixed a bug which prevented catapults from applying damage when shooting boulders.

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 Bow • 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	Ammo Box • Bookshelf • Delivery Crate • Preserving Bin • Storage Box (Large) • Vessel • Wooden Cage
Furniture	Artifact Pedestal • Crystal Wyvern Queen Flag • Dinopithecus King Flag • Dragon Flag • Fenrisúlfr 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 • Tek Hoversail

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

Taming

Plants

Amarberry • Azulberry • Citronal • Longrass • Mejoberry • Narcoberry • Rockarrot • Savoroot • Stimberry • Tintoberry

Meat

Meat (Raw, Cooked, Jerky) • Prime Meat (Raw, Cooked, Jerky) • Fish Meat (Raw, Cooked) • Prime Fish Meat (Raw, Cooked) • Raw Mutton • Cooked Lamb Chop • Spoiled Meat

Kibble

Base	Basic • Simple • Regular • Superior • Exceptional • Extraordinary
Augmented	Basic • Simple • Regular • Superior • Exceptional • Extraordinary
Egg-based	Allosaurus • Ankylo • Araneo • Archaeopteryx • Argentavis • Baryonyx • Bronto • Camelsaurus • Carbonemys • Carno • Compy • Dilo • Dimetrodon • Dimorph • Diplo • Dodo • Featherlight • Gallimimus • Glowtail • Ichthyornis • Iguanodon • Kairuku • Kaprosuchus • Kentrosaurus • Lystrosaurus • Mantis • Megalania • Megalosaurus • Microraptor • Moth • Moschops • Oviraptor • Pachy • Pachyrhino • Parasaur • Pegomastax • Pelagornis • Pteranodon • Pulmonoscorpius • Raptor • Rock Drake • Quetzal • Rex • Sarco • Spino • Stego • Tapejara • Terror Bird • Therizinosaurus • Thorny Dragon • Titanoboa • Trike • Troodon • Vulture

Tools

Weapons	Slingshot • Wooden Club • Bola • Bow → Crossbow → Tek Bow • Longneck Rifle (Tranq, Shocking) • Harpoon Launcher (Tranq,Net) • Electric Prod • Flamethrower (Ammo) • Rocket Launcher (RPG, Homing Missile) • Catapult Turret (Boulder) • Cannon (Cannon Ball)
Armor	Ghillie Armor (Mask, Chestpiece, Gauntlets, Leggings, Boots)

Other

Taming Food	AnglerGel • Beer Jar • Black Pearl • Broth of Enlightenment • Clay • Feces • Deathworm Horn • Eggs • Giant Bee Honey • Mushroom (Aggeravic, Aquatic, Ascerbic, Auric) • Organic Polymer • Plant Species Z Seed • Rare Flower • Rare Mushroom • Snow Owl Pellet • Stone • Sulfur • Sweet Vegetable Cake • Mutagen • Mutagel • Blood Pack • Chitin • Element • Primal Crystal • Crystal
Narcotics	Bio Toxin • Narcotic
Taming Ingredients	Ammonite Bile • Chitin • Sap • Sparkpowder
Other	Bug Repellant • Nameless Venom • Wyvern Milk • Reaper Pheromone Gland • Sanguine Elixir • Fria Curry • Calien Soup

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