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Most pilots use at least one of Eve's three kinds of turret. This page explains the varieties of turret and ammunition available in Eve. If you want to delve into the mathematics of gunnery in Eve, see this wiki's page on [[Turret Damage]], and if you want to learn how gunnery works without having to study the mathematical detail, see the [[Gunnery Guide]].
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{{hatnote|This article details different types of turrets. For information about turret mechanics, including damage and hit chance, see [[Turret mechanics]].}}
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'''Turrets''' are the most common weapon system in EVE. They apply damage instantly, use ammunition or charges, and their effectiveness is partially determined by the [[tracking|traversal]] speed of the firing ship and its target. This page explains the five types of turrets and their ammunition available in EVE.
  
==Overview==
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== Overview ==
There are three kinds of turret in Eve:  
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There are five kinds of turret in EVE:
 
* hybrid turrets
 
* hybrid turrets
 
* projectile turrets
 
* projectile turrets
 
* energy turrets (lasers)
 
* energy turrets (lasers)
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* precursor weapons (entropic disintegrators)
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* vorton projectors
  
Each type can be further broken down into a set of long-ranged turrets which deal high damage-per-shot ('volley', '[[Alpha|alpha]]') but low damage-per-second (DPS), and a set of short-ranged turrets with lower alpha but high DPS. Hybrid turrets, for example, are either railguns (long-ranged, low DPS) or blasters (short-ranged, high DPS).
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Each of the first three types can be further broken down into a set of long-ranged turrets which, broadly, deal high damage-per-shot ('volley', '[[alpha]]') but low damage-per-second (DPS) and poor tracking, and a set of short-ranged turrets with lower alpha but high DPS and superior tracking. Hybrid turrets, for example, are either railguns (long-ranged, low DPS) or blasters (short-ranged, high DPS).
  
Tech 2 turrets, particularly large and medium ones, require considerable training time. The long-ranged and short-ranged varieties of Tech 2 turrets require separate skills -- returning to hybrid turrets, for example, you need [[Skills:Gunnery#Small_Blaster_Specialization|Small Blaster Specialization]] to use small T2 blasters but [[Skills:Gunnery#Small_Railgun_Specialization|Small Railgun Specialization]] to use small T2 railguns.  
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Tech 2 turrets, particularly large and medium ones, require considerable training time. The long-ranged and short-ranged varieties of Tech 2 turrets require separate skills -- returning to hybrid turrets, for example, you need {{Sk|Small Blaster Specialization}} to use small Tech 2 blasters but {{Sk|Small Railgun Specialization}} to use small Tech 2 railguns.
  
Each of the three kinds of turret comes in four sizes:
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Each of the five kinds of turret comes in three sizes:
* small (mounted on frigates and destroyers)
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* small (mounted on [[frigates]] and [[destroyers]])
* medium (mounted on cruisers and battlecruisers)
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* medium (mounted on [[cruisers]] and [[battlecruisers]])
* large (mounted on battleships)
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* large (mounted on [[battleships]] and [[Battlecruiser#Attack Battlecruisers|attack battlecruisers]])
* extra-large (mounted on capital and supercapital ships)
 
  
===Ammunition===
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Hybrid, projectile, energy, and precursor turrets also come in a fourth size:
Each of the three kinds of turret has a selection of types of ammunition (using 'ammunition' loosely -- energy turrets load crystals). Ammunition comes in four sizes matching the four sizes of turret (S, M, L and XL).
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* extra-large (mounted on [[Capital ships|capital and supercapital ships]])
  
Faction ammo is also available (for example, [http://wiki.eveonline.com/en/wiki/Republic_Fleet_Fusion_S Republic Fleet Fusion S] instead of normal [http://wiki.eveonline.com/en/wiki/Fusion_S Fusion S]). Faction ammo is expensive but gives you more DPS. Generally speaking it is useful in PvP but rarely cost-effective in PvE. University pilots are allowed to use faction ammo during wartime, unlike other faction equipment, and if they are flying as damage-dealers and can afford it, they are encouraged to load it.
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=== Ammunition/charges ===
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Each of the four kinds of turret has a selection of types of ammunition (using 'ammunition' loosely -- energy turrets load crystals). Ammunition comes in four sizes matching the four sizes of turret (S, M, L and XL).
  
Tech 2 turrets can use Tech 2 ammo. Each type of turret has four associated kinds of T2 ammo, two varieties of T2 ammo for T2 short-ranged turrets and two for Tech 2 long-ranged turrets. Using hybrid turrets as an example once again, T2 blasters can load:
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Faction ammo is also available (for example, Republic Fleet Fusion S instead of normal Fusion S). Faction ammo is expensive but gives you more damage. Generally speaking it is useful in PvP but rarely cost-effective in PvE. There are 3 levels of faction ammo. In order of power, they are pirate, which deals 10% more damage, navy, which deals 15%, and elite pirate, which deals 20% more. Pirate and elite pirate ammo drop from rare spawns at dead space complexes, and navy ammo is available from various [[Loyalty Points|LP stores]]. Generally navy ammo is the cheapest, due to its ease of acquisition.
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Tech 2, Faction, and Officer turrets can use Tech 2 ammo. Hybrid, Projectile, and Laser turrets each have four associated kinds of T2 ammo, two varieties of T2 ammo for T2 short-ranged turrets and two for Tech 2 long-ranged turrets. Using hybrid turrets as an example once again, T2 blasters can load:
 
* normal hybrid ammo
 
* normal hybrid ammo
 
* faction hybrid ammo
 
* faction hybrid ammo
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T2 ammo is designed to be give you extra tactical options or to be useful in specific situations -- it is ''not'' always better than T1 or faction ammo.
 
T2 ammo is designed to be give you extra tactical options or to be useful in specific situations -- it is ''not'' always better than T1 or faction ammo.
  
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== Hybrid turrets ==
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[[File:Icon turret blaster large.png|left]]Hybrid turrets fire charged projectiles at the enemy using magnetic fields -- using energy, like lasers, but firing solid projectiles, like projectile guns, hence "hybrids".
  
==Hybrid Turrets==
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In practice this means that they use capacitor when they fire (like lasers, though they are less cap-hungry than lasers). Pilots who use hybrid turrets will want to have good capacitor skills and to train {{Sk|Controlled Bursts}} to support their guns' requirements. Hybrid turrets also have to be regularly reloaded with fresh ammunition (like projectile guns).
Hybrid turrets fire charged projectiles at the enemy using magnetic fields -- using energy, like lasers, but firing solid projectiles, like projectile guns, hence their hybridity.
 
 
 
In practice this means that they use capacitor when they fire (like lasers, though they are less cap-hungry than lasers). Pilots who use hybrid turrets will want to have good capacitor skills and to train [http://wiki.eveonline.com/en/wiki/Controlled_Bursts Controlled Bursts] to support their guns' requirements. Hybrid turrets also have to be regularly reloaded with fresh ammunition (like projectile guns).
 
  
 
Hybrid turrets can only do kinetic and thermal damage.
 
Hybrid turrets can only do kinetic and thermal damage.
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* '''Railguns''', which have (very) long-ranges and deal less DPS.
 
* '''Railguns''', which have (very) long-ranges and deal less DPS.
  
Many Gallente ships and some Caldari ships use hybrid turrets as their primary weapon. The Gallente ships tend to be more suited to blasters and the Caldari ships more suited to railguns, but this is not a hard-and-fast rule, as any pilot who flies a sniping rail'thron or a blaster Rokh will tell you.
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Many Gallente ships and some Caldari ships use hybrid turrets as their primary weapon. The Gallente ships tend to be more suited to blasters and the Caldari ships more suited to railguns, but this is not a hard-and-fast rule, as any pilot who flies a sniping Hecate or a blaster Rokh will tell you.
  
The lowslot Magnetic Field Stabilizer module increases hybrid turrets' damage and rate of fire.
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The low slot Magnetic Field Stabilizer module increases hybrid turrets' damage and rate of fire.
  
===Hybrid Ammo===
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=== Hybrid ammo ===
 
There are eight kinds of standard Tech 1 hybrid ammo. They all do a mixture of kinetic and thermal damage (the proportion varies).
 
There are eight kinds of standard Tech 1 hybrid ammo. They all do a mixture of kinetic and thermal damage (the proportion varies).
  
 
Each ammunition type has a different range modifier, does a different amount of damage and uses a different amount of your capacitor when fired. The better the range, the lower base damage the ammo deals, creating a sliding scale from short-ranged, high-damage Antimatter to long-ranged, low-damage Iron.
 
Each ammunition type has a different range modifier, does a different amount of damage and uses a different amount of your capacitor when fired. The better the range, the lower base damage the ammo deals, creating a sliding scale from short-ranged, high-damage Antimatter to long-ranged, low-damage Iron.
  
This table lists the standard Tech 1 kinds of hybrid ammo, from shortest-ranged to longest. You can also see the different ammunition types' effects on your turrets' cap requirements. (The range modifiers in these tables apply to optimal range.)
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{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 90%; text-align: center;"
 
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|-  style="background-color: #222222;"
{| border="1"
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! Name
! Name !! Range Mod. !! Cap. Need Mod.
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! [[File:Icon_target_range.png|26px|link=|Modifier to optimal range]]Optimal
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! Cap. need
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! Total damage
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! [[File:icon_damage_kin.png|26px|link=|Kinetic damage]]
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! [[File:icon_damage_therm.png|26px|link=|Thermal damage]]
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! Small
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! Medium
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! Large
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|-
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| style="text-align: left;" | Antimatter
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| -50%
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| 0% (+)
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| 12
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| 7
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| 5
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| N
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|
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| I
 
|-
 
|-
||Antimatter || -50% || 0%
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| style="text-align: left;" | Plutonium
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| -37.5%
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| -5%
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| 11
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| 6
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| 5
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| I
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| I
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| I
 
|-
 
|-
||Plutonium || -37.5% || -5%
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| style="text-align: left;" | Uranium
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| -25%
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| -8%
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| 10
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| 6
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| 4
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|
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|
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|  
 
|-
 
|-
||Uranium || -25% || -8%
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| style="text-align: left;" | Thorium
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| -12.5%
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| -40% (++)
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| 9
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| 5
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| 4
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|
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| N
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|  
 
|-
 
|-
||Thorium || -12.5% || -40%
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| style="text-align: left;" | Lead
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| 0%
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| -50% (++)
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| 8
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| 5
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| 3
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| I
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| I+N
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|  
 
|-
 
|-
||Lead || 0% || -50%
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| style="text-align: left;" | Iridium
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| 20%
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| -24% (-)
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| 7
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| 4
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| 3
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| I
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|
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|  
 
|-
 
|-
||Iridium || 20% || -24%
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| style="text-align: left;" | Tungsten
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| 40%
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| -27% (-)
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| 6
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| 4
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| 2
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|  
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|
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| I+N
 
|-
 
|-
||Tungsten || 40% || -27%
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| style="text-align: left;" | Iron
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| 60%
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| -30% (--)
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| 5
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| 3
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| 2
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|
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| I
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| I
 
|-
 
|-
||Iron || 60% || -30%
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! colspan=9 style="background-color: #222222; text-align: left;font-size:95%;line-height:130%;font-weight:normal;"  | Click on the column headers to sort the table; mouse over them for a more detailed explanation.<br>Damage is the raw figures for the 'Small' ammo size;<br>Medium is 2x greater, Large is 4x greater, and Extra Large is 8x greater.
 
|}
 
|}
  
The two Tech 2 ammunition types for blasters are Null and Void (har har). Void comes with very high damage, but heavy penalties to range and tracking speed; Null comes with increased range but a moderate penalty to tracking speed. Void is rarely used, while Null is sometimes loaded by blaster-equipped pilots who can't get close to their target or who need to skirmish.
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The + and - symbols in the Capacitor column indicate the relative damage:capacitor efficiency. Within each group, extreme resistance differences can alter the order of precedence, although no situation will cause groups to alter.
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The last 3 columns indicate which non-highsec material is required to build them. an I indicates Isogen and N, nocxium. Blank indicates only the Highsec minerals of Tritanium, Mexallon and Pyerite are required. This may effect the ammo choices of hybrid users who also craft their own ammunition, especially if they mine the materials as well. Capital is not included as if you are flying one of these, you likely have easy access to these materials anyway.
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As hybrid turrets are used by both the Gallente and Caldari, both Federation Navy and Caldari Navy faction charges exist. The two variations have the same statistics, and differ only in where they are obtained.
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'''Tech 2 Blaster Ammo'''
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The two Tech 2 ammunition types for blasters are Null and Void. Void charges turn blasters into the true uncontested highest-DPS weapons in the game, at the cost of even further reducing their already short range and making it difficult to hit targets which are not either larger or effectively stationary. Null charges allow good damage to be projected to a longer range, and are usable by pilots who either cannot keep themselves close to their targets or are forced to extend out to avoid being tackled or the like. The effects of these ammo types on range, tracking speed, and capacitor need is given in the following table:
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{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%; text-align: center;"
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|- style="background-color:#222222;"
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! Name
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! [[File:Icon_target_range.png|26px|link=|Modifier to optimal range]]Optimal
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! [[File:Icon_falloff_mod.png|26px|link=|Modifier to falloff range]]Falloff
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! [[File:Icon_tracking.png|26px|link=|Modifier to tracking speed]]Tracking
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! Cap. need
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! Total damage
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! [[File:icon_damage_kin.png|26px|link=|Kinetic damage]]
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! [[File:icon_damage_therm.png|26px|link=|Thermal damage]]
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|-
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| style="text-align: left;" | Null
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| +40%
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| +40%
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| -25%
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| 0%
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| 11
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| 5
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| 6
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|-
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| style="text-align: left;" | Void
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| -25%
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| -50%
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| -25%
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| +25%
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| 17.8
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| 8.9
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| 8.9
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|}
  
The two Tech 2 ammo types for railguns are Spike and Javelin. Javelin lets railguns pretend to be blasters: it has a much shorter range and considerably higher damage, with a small penalty to tracking and to your ship's top speed. Spike is an extra-long range ammo, with an 80% range bonus but very large penalties to tracking speed.
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Under all resistance circumstances, Void ammunition is more capacitor efficient than null despite the 25% penalty.
  
==Projectile Turrets==
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'''Tech 2 Railgun Ammo'''
Projectile turrets are Eve's most low-tech weapons (and the ones which can be most accurately called guns). They work like real-life guns.
 
  
Projectile turrets don't use up any capacitor when they fire (like missile launchers), but they must be regularly reloaded with fresh ammunition.
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The two Tech 2 ammo types for railguns are Spike and Javelin. Javelin lets railguns pretend to be blasters: it has a much shorter range, higher damage, and a tracking bonus. Spike is an extra-long range ammo, with an 80% range bonus but very large penalties to tracking speed. Javelin ammunition is not extremely common, as the range penalty is generally not worth the marginal damage gained over Navy Antimatter. Spike, meanwhile, is the be-all end-all in sniping ammunition, extending railguns' already ridiculous range to the point where even other turrets a full size larger can find it difficult to retaliate.
  
Unlike the other two kinds of gun, projectile turrets can do all four different kinds of damage depending on the ammunition they're loaded with.
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{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%; text-align: center;"
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|- style="background-color: #222222;"
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! Name
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! [[File:Icon_target_range.png|26px|link=|Modifier to optimal range]]Optimal
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! [[File:Icon_falloff_mod.png|26px|link=|Modifier to falloff range]]Falloff
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! [[File:Icon_tracking.png|26px|link=|Modifier to tracking speed]]Tracking
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! Cap. need
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! Total damage
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! [[File:icon_damage_kin.png|26px|link=|Kinetic damage]]
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! [[File:icon_damage_therm.png|26px|link=|Thermal damage]]
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|-
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| style="text-align: left;" | Spike
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| +80%
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| 0%
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| -75%
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| 0%
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| 8
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| 4
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| 4
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|-
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| style="text-align: left;" | Javelin
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| -75%
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| 0%
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| 25%
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| 0%
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| 14
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| 6
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| 8
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|}
  
The two kinds of projectile turret are:
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== Projectile turrets ==
* '''Autocannon''', which have short ranges and deal high DPS; and
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[[File:Icon turret autocannon large.png|left]]Projectile turrets are EVE's most low-tech weapons (and the ones which can be most accurately called guns). They work like real-life guns. Projectile turrets don't use up any capacitor when they fire (like missile launchers), but they must be regularly reloaded with fresh ammunition. Unlike the other two kinds of turrets, projectile turrets can do all four different kinds of damage depending on the ammunition they are loaded with (however they will always deal some kinetic, and tend to prefer dealing explosive).
* '''Artillery''', which have long ranges and deal less DPS.
 
  
Note that one of the kinds of large (battleship-sized) autocannon is called 'repeating artillery'. These are nevertheless autocannon.
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Most Minmatar ships use projectile turrets as their main weapon. The low slot Gyrostabilizer module increases projectile turrets' damage and rate of fire.
  
Of all the kinds of long-ranged turret in the game, artillery turrets tend to have the best [[Alpha|alpha strike]]. Autocannon, and to a lesser extent artillery, have very long [[Gunnery_Guide#Range|falloff]] ranges and it's more viable to use projectile turrets in their first falloff range than it is to use lasers or hybrids in their falloff.
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The two kinds of projectile turret are:
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* '''Autocannon''', which have short ranges, good tracking, and deal high DPS; and
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* '''Artillery''', which have long ranges, very poor tracking, and deal less DPS.
  
Most Minmatar ships use projectile turrets as their main weapon. The lowslot Gyrostabilizer module increases projectile turrets' damage and rate of fire.
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Of all the kinds of long-ranged turret in the game, artillery turrets tend to have the best [[Alpha Strike|alpha strike]], giving artillery-fit ships and fleets very realistic chances outright killing opponents in a single shot, with no retaliation. Autocannons, and to a lesser extent artillery, have very long [[Turret mechanics#Range|falloff]] ranges and short optimal ranges, and it's more viable to use projectile turrets in their first falloff range than it is to use lasers or hybrids in their falloff.
  
===Projectile Ammo===
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=== Projectile ammo ===
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{{main|Projectile ammunition}}
 
There are eight kinds of standard Tech 1 projectile ammo. The picture here is more complicated than with hybrid ammo: projectile ammo does a wider range of damage types and does not present a gradual exchange of damage for range.
 
There are eight kinds of standard Tech 1 projectile ammo. The picture here is more complicated than with hybrid ammo: projectile ammo does a wider range of damage types and does not present a gradual exchange of damage for range.
  
 
Projectile ammo can be split into three tiers, short-ranged (EMP, Fusion and Phased Plasma), medium-ranged (Titanium Sabot and Depleted Uranium) and long-ranged (Proton, Nuclear and Carbonized Lead). All ammo within each tier has the same range and tracking modifiers, but the different types offer different kinds of damage. The medium-ranged tier (Titanium Sabot and Depleted Uranium) has a significant tracking speed bonus.
 
Projectile ammo can be split into three tiers, short-ranged (EMP, Fusion and Phased Plasma), medium-ranged (Titanium Sabot and Depleted Uranium) and long-ranged (Proton, Nuclear and Carbonized Lead). All ammo within each tier has the same range and tracking modifiers, but the different types offer different kinds of damage. The medium-ranged tier (Titanium Sabot and Depleted Uranium) has a significant tracking speed bonus.
  
This is summarised in the following table (in the damage types column capitals indicate that the majority of the damage is this type).
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{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 90%; text-align: center;"
 
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|- style="background-color: #222222;"
{| border="1"
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! Name
! Name !! Range Mod. !! Tracking Mod. !! Damage Types !! Damage
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! [[File:Icon_target_range.png|26px|link=|Modifier to optimal range]]Optimal
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! [[File:Icon_tracking.png|26px|link=|Modifier to tracking speed]]Tracking
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! Total damage
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! [[File:icon_damage_em.png|26px|link=|EM damage]]
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! [[File:icon_damage_therm.png|26px|link=|Thermal damage]]
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! [[File:icon_damage_kin.png|26px|link=|Kinetic damage]]
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! [[File:icon_damage_exp.png|26px|link=|Explosive damage]]
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! Small
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! Medium
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! Large
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|-
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| style="text-align: left;" | EMP
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| -50%
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|
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| 12
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| 9
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|
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| 1
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| 2
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| N
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|
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| I
 
|-
 
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||EMP || -50% || 0% || EM/exp/kin || High
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| style="text-align: left;" | Phased Plasma
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| -50%  
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|
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| 12
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|  
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| 10
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| 2
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|  
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| I
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| I
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| I
 
|-
 
|-
||Fusion || -50% || 0% || EXP/kin || High
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| style="text-align: left;" | Fusion  
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| -50%  
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|
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| 12
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|  
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|  
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| 2
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| 10
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| I
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|  
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|  
 
|-
 
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||Phased Plasma || -50% || 0% || THERM/kin || High
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| style="text-align: left;" | Titanium Sabot
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|  
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| +20%
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| 8
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|  
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|
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| 6
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| 2
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|  
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|  
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|  
 
|-
 
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||Titanium Sabot || 0% || 20% || KIN/exp || Moderate
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| style="text-align: left;" | Depleted Uranium
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|  
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| +20%
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| 8
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|  
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| 3
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| 2
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| 3
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| I
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| I
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|  
 
|-
 
|-
||Depleted Uranium || 0% || 20% || exp/kin/therm || Moderate
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| style="text-align: left;" | Proton
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| +60%
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| +5%
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| 5
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| 3
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|  
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| 2
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|  
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| I
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|  
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|  
 
|-
 
|-
||Proton || 60% || 5% || em/kin || Low
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| style="text-align: left;" | Nuclear
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| +60%  
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| +5%
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| 5
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|
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|
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| 1
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| 4
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|  
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|  
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| IN
 
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|-
||Nuclear || 60% || 5% || EXP/kin || Low
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| style="text-align: left;" | Carbonized Lead
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| +60%  
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| +5%
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| 5
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|
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|
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| 4
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| 1
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|  
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| I
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| I
 
|-
 
|-
||Carbonized Lead || 60% || 5% || KIN/exp || Low
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! colspan=11 style="background-color:#222222; text-align: left; font-size: 95%; line-height: 130%;font-weight: normal;"  | Click on the column headers to sort the table; mouse over them for a more detailed explanation.<br>Damage is the raw figures for the 'Small' ammo size;<br>Medium is 2x greater, Large is 4x greater, and Extra Large is 8x greater.
 
|}
 
|}
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The last 3 columns indicate which non-highsec material is required to build them. an I indicates Isogen and N, nocxium. Blank indicates only the Highsec minerals of Tritanium, Mexallon and Pyerite are required. This may effect the ammo choices of hybrid users who also craft their own ammunition, especially if they mine the materials as well. Capital is not included as if you are flying one of these, you likely have easy access to these materials anyway.
  
 
Note that the range bonuses or penalties applied by these ammo types only apply to optimal range. If you're using autocannon, which have tiny optimal ranges anyway, your ammo's range modifier doesn't matter very much. It's more important if you're using artillery. This means that autocannon should always be fitted with the most damaging ammo possible, and if a ship has a falloff bonus, it's probably meant to use autocannon.
 
Note that the range bonuses or penalties applied by these ammo types only apply to optimal range. If you're using autocannon, which have tiny optimal ranges anyway, your ammo's range modifier doesn't matter very much. It's more important if you're using artillery. This means that autocannon should always be fitted with the most damaging ammo possible, and if a ship has a falloff bonus, it's probably meant to use autocannon.
  
The two Tech 2 ammunition types for autocannon are Barrage and Hail. Barrage has a tracking penalty but a 50% falloff increase, and is popular with ships like the [http://wiki.eveonline.com/en/wiki/Vagabond Vagabond] which like to skirmish in falloff range. Hail has large penalties to optimal and falloff ranges, and to tracking, and it also slows the rate at which your capacitor recharges, but it deals very high damage. In practice the range and tracking speed drawbacks mean that Hail rarely offers more DPS, although it can be effective against big, stationary ships or POSs. Barrage does roughly equal amounts of explosive and kinetic damage, while Hail does a lot of explosive damage and a little kinetic on the side.
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'''Tech 2 Autocannon Ammo'''
  
The two Tech 2 ammunition types for artillery are Quake and Tremor. Quake, much like Javelin for hybrids, lets artillery pretend to be autocannon, with high damage but much-reduced range and penalties to tracking, ship speed and capacitor recharge rates. Tremor has a dramatic 80% range bonus, but a very significant penalty to tracking. Both do a mixture of explosive and kinetic damage.
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The two Tech 2 ammunition types for autocannon are Barrage and Hail. Barrage has a tracking penalty but a 40% falloff increase, and is popular with ships like the [[Vagabond]] which like to skirmish in falloff range. Hail has a penalty to falloff range and a large penalty to optimal range, and to tracking, but it deals very high damage. In practice the range and tracking speed drawbacks mean that Hail rarely offers more DPS, although it can be effective against big, stationary ships or POSs. Barrage does roughly equal amounts of explosive and kinetic damage, while Hail does a lot of explosive damage and a little kinetic on the side.
  
This wiki has a more detailed [[Projectile_Ammunition|guide]] to the different kinds of projectile ammo and their uses.
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{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%; text-align: center;"
 +
|- style="background-color: #222222;"
 +
! Name
 +
! [[File:Icon_target_range.png|26px|link=|Modifier to optimal range]]Optimal
 +
! [[File:Icon_falloff_mod.png|26px|link=|Modifier to falloff range]]Falloff
 +
! [[File:Icon_tracking.png|26px|link=|Modifier to tracking speed]]Tracking
 +
! Total damage
 +
! [[File:icon_damage_em.png|26px|link=|EM damage]]
 +
! [[File:icon_damage_therm.png|26px|link=|Thermal damage]]
 +
! [[File:icon_damage_kin.png|26px|link=|Kinetic damage]]
 +
! [[File:icon_damage_exp.png|26px|link=|Explosive damage]]
 +
|-
 +
| style="text-align: left;" | Barrage
 +
| 0%
 +
| +50%
 +
| -25%
 +
| 11
 +
|
 +
|
 +
| 5
 +
| 6
 +
|-
 +
| style="text-align: left;" | Hail
 +
| -50%
 +
| -25%
 +
| -25%
 +
| 17.7
 +
|
 +
|
 +
| 3.8
 +
| 13.9
 +
|}
  
==Energy Turrets==
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'''Tech 2 Artillery Ammo'''
Energy turrets -- lasers -- fire beams of light to damage the enemy.
 
  
While they don't need normal ammunition, lasers use up a lot of capacitor when they fire, even more than hybrid turrets. Lasers are usually fitted on Amarr ships, which have large capacitors and often bonuses which reduce lasers' capacitor requirements, but training in capacitor skills and [http://wiki.eveonline.com/en/wiki/Controlled_Bursts Controlled Bursts] is still an absolute necessity for Amarr pilots.
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The two Tech 2 ammunition types for artillery are Quake and Tremor. Quake, much like Javelin for hybrids, lets artillery pretend to be autocannons, with high damage but much-reduced range. (However, because projectile turret falloff is so long, the Quake optimal range penalty is less of a problem to artillery than Gleam or Javelin's penalty is to railguns or beam lasers.) Tremor has a dramatic 80% range bonus, but a very significant penalty to tracking. Both do a mixture of explosive and kinetic damage.
  
Lasers can only do electromagnetic and thermal damage. These are usually the weakest natural resists of shields but the highest natural resists of armor.  
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{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%; text-align: center;"
 +
|- style="background-color: #222222;"
 +
! Name
 +
! | [[File:Icon_target_range.png|26px|link=|Modifier to optimal range]]Optimal
 +
! [[File:Icon_tracking.png|26px|link=|Modifier to tracking speed]]Tracking
 +
! Total damage
 +
! [[File:icon_damage_em.png|26px|link=|EM damage]]
 +
! [[File:icon_damage_therm.png|26px|link=|Thermal damage]]
 +
! [[File:icon_damage_kin.png|26px|link=|Kinetic damage]]
 +
! [[File:icon_damage_exp.png|26px|link=|Explosive damage]]
 +
|-
 +
| style="text-align: left;" | Quake
 +
| -75%
 +
| +25%
 +
| 14
 +
|
 +
|
 +
| 5
 +
| 9
 +
|-
 +
| style="text-align: left;" | Tremor
 +
| +80%
 +
| -75%
 +
| 8
 +
|
 +
|
 +
| 3
 +
| 5
 +
|}
 +
 
 +
== Energy turrets ==
 +
[[File:Icon turret beam large.png|left]]Energy turrets -- lasers -- fire beams of light to damage the enemy.
 +
 
 +
While they don't need normal ammunition, lasers use up a lot of capacitor when they fire, more than hybrid turrets. Lasers are usually fitted on Amarr ships, which have large capacitors and often bonuses which reduce lasers' capacitor requirements, but training in capacitor skills and {{Sk|Controlled Bursts}} is still an absolute necessity for Amarr pilots.
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 +
Lasers can only do electromagnetic and thermal damage. These are usually the weakest natural resists of shields but the highest natural resists of armor.
  
 
The two kinds of laser are:
 
The two kinds of laser are:
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* '''Beam lasers''', which have long ranges and lower DPS.
 
* '''Beam lasers''', which have long ranges and lower DPS.
  
Most Amarr ships use lasers as their primary weapon. The lowslot Heat Sink module increases lasers' damage and rate of fire.
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Pulse lasers are the longest-range short-range turrets, while beam lasers are the shortest-range long-range turrets. This, combined with their ammunition mechanics (discussed below), make them more 'jack of all trades' than other types of turrets.
  
===Laser Crystals===
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Most Amarr ships use lasers as their primary weapon. The low slot Heat Sink module increases lasers' damage and rate of fire.
Although they don't require ammunition, lasers must still be loaded with focusing crystals. Standard Tech 1 crystals are never used up and never break down, so lasers never have to be reloaded. Unlike projectile or hybrid ammunition, crystals can be swapped rapidly, letting pilots alter their guns' range very quickly.
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 +
=== Frequency crystals ===
 +
Although they don't require normal ammunition, lasers must still be loaded with crystals. Tech 1 crystals are never used up and never break down, so lasers never have to be reloaded. Unlike projectile or hybrid ammunition, crystals can be swapped instantaneously while the weapon isn't firing, letting pilots alter their guns' range very quickly. This is an advantage that should be capitalized on, as most beam lasers have very small falloff ranges and are thus ineffective against any targets not within their optimal range.
  
 
There are eight kinds of standard Tech 1 crystal. They all do a mixture of electromagnetic and thermal damage (the proportion varies), apart from Radio crystals which only deal electromagnetic damage.
 
There are eight kinds of standard Tech 1 crystal. They all do a mixture of electromagnetic and thermal damage (the proportion varies), apart from Radio crystals which only deal electromagnetic damage.
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Each crystal has a different range modifier, does a different amount of damage and has a different modifier to lasers' capacitor use. The better the range, the lower base damage the ammo deals, creating a sliding scale from short-ranged, high-damage Multifrequency to long-ranged, low-damage Radio.
 
Each crystal has a different range modifier, does a different amount of damage and has a different modifier to lasers' capacitor use. The better the range, the lower base damage the ammo deals, creating a sliding scale from short-ranged, high-damage Multifrequency to long-ranged, low-damage Radio.
  
The damage in the tables is for small crystals. 2x for medium, 4x for large and 8x for XL crystals.  
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{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 90%; text-align: center;"
 +
|- style="background-color: #222222;"
 +
! Name
 +
! [[File:Icon_target_range.png|26px|link=|Modifier to optimal range]]Optimal
 +
! Cap. need
 +
! Total damage
 +
! [[File:icon_damage_em.png|26px|link=|EM damage]]
 +
! [[File:icon_damage_therm.png|26px|link=|Thermal damage]]
 +
|-
 +
| style="text-align:left;" | Multifrequency
 +
| -50%
 +
| 0% (+)
 +
| 12
 +
| 7
 +
| 5
 +
|-
 +
| style="text-align:left;" | Gamma
 +
| -37.5%
 +
| -15% (++)
 +
| 11
 +
| 7
 +
| 4
 +
|-
 +
| style="text-align:left;" | Xray
 +
| -25%
 +
| -25% (++)
 +
| 10
 +
| 6
 +
| 4
 +
|-
 +
| style="text-align:left;" | Ultraviolet
 +
| -12.5%
 +
| -35% (++)
 +
| 9
 +
| 6
 +
| 3
 +
|-
 +
| style="text-align:left;" | Standard
 +
| 0%
 +
| -45% (++)
 +
| 8
 +
| 5
 +
| 3
 +
|-
 +
| style="text-align:left;" | Infrared
 +
| +20%
 +
| -35% (-)
 +
| 7
 +
| 5
 +
| 2
 +
|-
 +
| style="text-align:left;" | Microwave
 +
| +40%
 +
| -25% (--)
 +
| 6
 +
| 4
 +
| 2
 +
|-
 +
| style="text-align:left;" | Radio
 +
| +60%
 +
| -15% (--)
 +
| 5
 +
| 5
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
! colspan=6 style="background-color: #222222; text-align: left; font-size: 95%; line-height: 130%; font-weight: normal;"  | Click on the column headers to sort the table; mouse over them for a more detailed explanation.<br>Damage is the raw figures for the 'Small' ammo size;<br>Medium is 2x greater, Large is 4x greater, and Extra Large is 8x greater.
 +
|}
 +
 
 +
The + and - in the capacitor column indicates the relative damage to capacitor efficiency. Changes in the target's resistances will alter the order within the group given. For an omniresist, 'Standard' is highest, with efficiency dropping off either side of this.
  
 +
The advanced crystals for lasers gradually [[Crystal damage|degrade over time]] and will finally disintegrate. Tech 2 crystals have a chance to decay for each cycle, and last around 1000 shots, while faction crystals will last exactly 4000 shots.
  
'''T1 (Imperial Navy) Crystals'''
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'''Tech 2 Pulse Laser Crystals'''
{| border="1"
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! Name !! Range Mod. !! Cap. Need Mod. !! EM damage (IN) !! Therm. damage (IN)
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The Tech 2 crystals for pulse lasers are Conflagration and Scorch. Conflagration does the most damage of any crystal, at the cost of a 30% tracking speed penalty and a 25% greater capacitor usage. Scorch has a damage only slightly lower than Imperial Navy Multifrequency, but grants 40% increased optimal range, at the cost of 25% tracking. The damage and projection of these crystals is so good that they render tech 1 pulse laser crystals largely obsolete; Conflagration's damage blows Multifrequency out of the water, while Scorch provides good damage at stunningly long ranges, especially at the battleship scale.
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 +
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%; text-align: center;"
 +
|- style="background-color: #222222;"
 +
! Name
 +
! [[File:Icon_target_range.png|26px|link=|Modifier to optimal range]]Optimal
 +
! [[File:Icon_tracking.png|26px|link=|Modifier to tracking speed]]Tracking
 +
! Cap. need
 +
! Total damage
 +
! [[File:icon_damage_em.png|26px|link=|EM damage]]
 +
! [[File:icon_damage_therm.png|26px|link=|Thermal damage]]
 
|-
 
|-
||Multifrequency || -50% || 0% || 7 (8.05) || 5 (5.75)
+
| style="text-align: left;" | Scorch
 +
| +40%
 +
| -25%
 +
| 0%
 +
| 11
 +
| 9
 +
| 2
 +
|-
 +
| style="text-align: left;" | Conflagration
 +
| -50%  
 +
| -30%
 +
| +25%  
 +
| 17.8
 +
| 8.9
 +
| 8.9
 +
|}
 +
 
 +
For all resistance profiles, Conflagration crystals give greater damage to capacitor efficiency.
 +
 
 +
'''Tech 2 Beam Laser Crystals'''
 +
 
 +
The Tech 2 crystals for beam lasers are Aurora and Gleam. Gleam deals good damage and receives a tracking bonus, but has a much shorter range. Aurora comes with a massive 80% range bonus but low damage and a heavy penalty to tracking speed. Similar to the performance of pulse laser crystals, Gleam is not commonly used as it deals only marginally more damage than the ever-popular Imperial Navy Multifrequency, while Aurora is taken full advantage of in longer-ranged engagements.
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 +
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%; text-align: center;"
 +
|- style="background-color: #222222;"
 +
!Name
 +
! [[File:Icon_target_range.png|26px|link=|Modifier to optimal range]]Optimal
 +
! [[File:Icon_tracking.png|26px|link=|Modifier to tracking speed]]Tracking
 +
! Total damage
 +
! [[File:icon_damage_em.png|26px|link=|EM damage]]
 +
! [[File:icon_damage_therm.png|26px|link=|Thermal damage]]
 +
|-
 +
| style=text-align:left;" | Aurora
 +
| +80%
 +
| -75%
 +
| 8
 +
| 5
 +
| 3
 +
|-
 +
| style=text-align:left;" | Gleam
 +
| -75%
 +
| +25% 
 +
| 14
 +
| 7
 +
| 7
 +
|}
 +
 
 +
== Precursor turrets ==
 +
{{see also|Triglavian Collective}}
 +
 
 +
[[File:Icon turret entropic disintegrator large.png|left]]Precursor Turrets are a turret type introduced with the Into The Abyss expansion in May 2018.
 +
 
 +
Unlike traditional kinds of turrets, there is only one type of turret for short range, the '''Entropic Disintegrator''', and there's no long range version of it, as its long range counterpart is considered as the [[Vorton Projector]]. They use exotic plasma charges to fire a particle beam, which deals Thermal and Explosive damage. They also feature a unique damage spooling mechanic, where shots will deal more damage the longer the gun has been running. Normally, this is a +7% damage bonus to each consecutive shot, capping at +212.5% damage per shot after 30 shots (the capital variant caps at +150% damage at +5% per cycle, but also has a higher turret damage multiplier leading to similar peak scaling). However, the maximum damage bonus can be affected by certain ship bonuses, and both the maximum bonus and bonus per shot can be modified with the Mimesis [[Implant]] set. Entropic Disintegrator turrets have the high tracking and ammo consumption of blasters, and the optimal range, capacitor use, and instant reloads of lasers, but also have zero falloff range. The turrets will deactivate if their target leaves optimal range. If a disintegrator deactivates for any reason, its damage bonus is reset to 0. Entropic Disintegrators can only be used on Triglavian ships, and only one turret can be fitted to each ship.
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 +
=== Exotic plasma ===
 +
Exotic plasma ammo deals much higher damage than regular ammo types, due to Triglavian ships only having one turret slot and the turrets having a low damage multiplier. Each size of disintegrator substitutes for a different number of regular turrets, meaning that the ammo damage scaling with increasing size is not smooth like with the other ammunition types. Unlike hybrid charges and frequency crystals, no exotic plasma charge reduces the capacitor need of an Entropic Disintegrator. The presence of only a single turret, and the high damage per shot, mean Entropic Disintegrators have very good ammunition economy.
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 +
There are three types of Tech 1 exotic plasma, offering various range options.
 +
 
 +
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%; text-align: center;"
 +
|- style="background-color:#222222;"
 +
! Name
 +
! [[File:Icon_target_range.png|26px|link=|Modifier to optimal range]]Optimal
 +
! Total damage
 +
! [[File:icon_damage_therm.png|26px|link=|Thermal damage]]
 +
! [[File:icon_damage_exp.png|26px|link=|Explosive damage]]
 
|-
 
|-
||Gamma || -37.5% || -15% || 7 (8.05) || 4 (4.6)
+
| style=text-align:left;" | Tetryon
 +
| -30%  
 +
| 105
 +
| 72
 +
| 33
 
|-
 
|-
||X-Ray || -25% || -25% || 6 (6.9) || 4 (4.6)
+
| style=text-align:left;" | Baryon
 +
| +10%
 +
| 99
 +
| 57
 +
| 42
 
|-
 
|-
||Ultraviolet || -12.5% || -12.5% || 6 (6.9) || 3 (3.45)
+
| style=text-align:left;" | Meson
 +
| +80%
 +
| 78
 +
| 45
 +
| 33
 
|-
 
|-
||Standard || 0% || -45% ||5 (5.75) || 3 (3.45)
+
! colspan=6 style="background-color: #222222; text-align: left; font-size: 95%; line-height: 130%; font-weight :normal;"  | Damage is the raw figures for the 'Small' ammo size;<br> Medium is 3.07-3.17x greater, Large is 7.90-8.20x greater, and Extra Large is 39.47-41.32x greater, depending on ammo type.<br>Damage type ratio varies, with a higher Thermal to Explosive ratio for larger sizes.
 +
|}
 +
 
 +
'''Tech 2 Exotic Plasma'''
 +
 
 +
Tech 2 Exotic Plasma can only be used with Tech 2, Faction, and Officer Entropic Disintegrators. Mystic offers the damage of Baryon with better range but with a hefty 50% tracking speed penalty, while Occult offers a closer range option with more damage compared to Tetryon but with a 25% tracking speed penalty. Tech 2 Disintegrator ammo is currently unavailable in Extra Large size.
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 +
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%; text-align: center;"
 +
|- style="background-color:#222222;"
 +
! Name
 +
! [[File:Icon_target_range.png|26px|link=|Modifier to optimal range]]Optimal
 +
! [[File:Icon_tracking.png|26px|link=|Modifier to tracking speed]]Tracking
 +
! Total damage
 +
! [[File:icon_damage_therm.png|26px|link=|Thermal damage]]
 +
! [[File:icon_damage_exp.png|26px|link=|Explosive damage]]
 
|-
 
|-
||Infrared || 20% || -35% || 5 (5.75) || 2 (2.3)
+
| style=text-align:left;" | Mystic
 +
| +50%
 +
| -50%  
 +
| 96
 +
| 63
 +
| 33
 
|-
 
|-
||Microwave || 40% || -25% || 4 (4.6) || 2 (2.3)
+
| style=text-align:left;" | Occult
 +
| -40%
 +
| -25%
 +
| 135
 +
| 72
 +
| 63
 
|-
 
|-
||Radio || 60% || -15% || 5 (5.75) || 0 (0)
+
! colspan=6 style="background-color:#222222; text-align:left;font-size:95%;line-height:130%;font-weight:normal;"  | Damage is the raw figures for the 'Small' ammo size;<br> Medium is 3.03-3.19x greater, and Large is 7.84-7.99x greater, depending on ammo type. <br> Damage type ratio varies, with a higher Thermal to Explosive ratio for larger sizes.
 
|}
 
|}
  
IN stands for Imperial Navy as it is the most common faction crystal compared to the rare pirate faction crystals (that can do even more damage but are very very rare in a way that there is not a single dark blood MF L on sell orders in jita)
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== Vorton Projectors ==
 +
{{main|Vorton Projectors}}
 +
{{see also|EDENCOM}}
 +
[[File:Icon turret vorton projector large.png|left]]'''Vorton Projectors''' are a turret type introduced with the Lightning Strikes update in June 2020. These are ship-based miniaturized versions of the Standup Arcing Vorton Projector, previously seen as the 'Doomsday Weapon' of [[Upwell structures#Citadels|Keepstar Citadels]].
  
The advanced crystals for lasers gradually get damaged over time and will finally disintegrate. Tech 2 crystals have a chance to decay for each cycle, and last around 1000 shots, while faction crystals will last exactly 4000 shots.
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Vorton Projectors are unlike any other kind of turret, in that they fire chain lightning which strikes the ship which is targeted, and arcs across up to nine additional random ships (or drones) within 10km of the first. Vorton Projectors consume Condenser Packs as ammunition, and deal EM and Kinetic damage. They deal very low single target DPS compared to other turrets, owing to a low rate of fire (in between beam lasers and artillery) and low turret damage multiplier (without the damage spooling bonus that disintegrators get). However, the projectors have excellent optimal range, exceeding that of beam lasers, and can deal high ''total'' damage spread across the ten ships which are hit.
  
 +
Following the trend started by Entropic Disintegrators, Vorton Projectors are further detached from traditional turret mechanics. Much like disintegrators, the projectors have no falloff, are only fittable to specific ships ([[EDENCOM]] ships), and said ships only have one turret slot. However, unlike any other turret in the game, Vorton Projectors use [[Missile damage|Missile damage mechanics]] rather than tracking or falloff range. Even core gunnery skills do not affect Vorton Projectors, with there instead being a different set of equivalent skills that only affect the projectors. Lastly, modules and boosters that improve optimal range, explosion radius, or explosion velocity have no effect, and [[Wormhole space#System Effects|Wormhole system effects]] also do not apply to these weapons' damage or application. Owing to these differences, a more comprehensive overview of Vorton Projectors is available in its own page.
  
'''T2 Pulse Laser Crystals'''
+
In areas of space where [[crimewatch]] is in effect, the projectors will respect safety settings, and with full safeties enabled will only bounce to legal targets. As a consequence, however, bounces from this weapon can initiate Limited Engagements with suspects and outlaws, even if they were not targeted.
  
The Tech 2 crystals for pulse lasers are Conflagration and Scorch. Conflagration does more damage at the cost of half the range, half the tracking speed and 25% more capacitor requirement. Scorch has a 50% range bonus but a tracking penalty. Conflagration is little used but Scorch is very popular. Most people use Faction MF instead of Conflagration because of the higher dps and higher tracking.
+
== Capital Ship Turrets ==
 +
Capital ship turrets have fewer variations than subcapital turrets, however the distinction between their variations is much more significant. Extra-large guns have one size of long ranged turrets, and have two sizes of short ranged turrets. The two short ranged turrets are further classified as 'capital' and 'high-angle'.
 +
* 'Capital' guns are extremely large short-ranged weapons capable of the highest damage output of any ship-mounted turrets, however their size makes them unable to effectively hit any targets smaller than hostile dreadnoughts. They cannot be used effectively against subcapital ships without significant support.
 +
* 'High-Angle Weapons' or '''HAW'''s are visibly (and by name) comprised of multiple battleship-sized guns mounted as a single turret. HAW gun turrets deal only a fraction of the damage of capital guns, however their tracking is high enough that they can reliably hit hostile subcapital ships even without significant support. HAW gun turrets can only be used by [[Dreadnoughts]], and cannot be used at all by [[Titans]].
  
{| border="1"
+
Capital long ranged turrets only exist in anticapital sizes, and are not designed for use against subcapital ships.
! Name !! Range Mod. !! Tracking mod. !! Cap. Need mod. || EM damage !! Therm. damage
+
 
 +
There is only one capital ship-sized Entropic Disintegrator. It is an anticapital weapon, and like other disintegrators it operates somewhere between the traditional definitions of short and long-ranged.
 +
 
 +
{{expansion past|
 +
Prior to February 2020, High-Angle Weapons could be used by Titans; and while fitting them to Dreadnoughts significantly increased their damage, fitting them to Titans greatly improved their effective Tracking and accuracy. On 27 February 2020, HAW guns were restricted to only be usable by Dreadnoughts. There was no dev blog or article associated with this change.
 +
}}
 +
 
 +
== Polarized Weapons ==
 +
Certain short-ranged turrets (and missile launchers) have an additional special variant: 'Polarized'. Polarized turrets require T2 skills to use, and can use T2 ammunition, but have the following stat differences from T2 turrets:
 +
* -20% Cycle Time (therefore +25% fire rate and +25% DPS)
 +
* -30% Capacitor cost
 +
* -20% Optimal and Falloff range
 +
* +200% ammunition capacity
 +
* CPU and PWG usage equivalent to, or better than, Tech 1 turret variants
 +
* {{Co|#FF0000|When fit, reduces all ship damage resistances to 0%}}
 +
Polarized weapons allow for extremely high damage output, at the cost of removing almost all of a ship's defenses. As such, there are a very small number of either high-risk high-reward (high-risk PVP, Whaling, and some Burner Missions), or low-risk but slow (structure bashes), use-cases for these weapons. Additionally, as a result of the rarity of blueprints for Polarized weapons, they are somewhat more expensive than normal T2 turrets.
 +
 
 +
== Gunnery Skills ==
 +
Besides the skills which let you use guns themselves (Small Energy Turret, Medium Projectile Turret, Large Hybrid Turret &c &c -- these skills also give you 5% more damage per level with their related turrets) EVE has a panoply of skills which make your guns more effective. These support skills taken together make a big difference to your DPS, range, tracking and so on; anyone serious about using guns should plan to train most of them to at least level IV, and some of them to level V.
 +
 
 +
* {{Sk|Gunnery}}: Lets you fire your guns 2% faster per level (and -2% to cycle time is better than +2% to firepower). Gunnery V is required for Large and Extra Large turrets.
 +
* {{Sk|Controlled Bursts}}: Reduces capacitor needs of hybrids and lasers by 5%/level. Vital, unless you only use projectile turrets -- in which case, it's useless.
 +
* {{Sk|Motion Prediction}}: 5% faster gun tracking speed per level.
 +
* {{Sk|Rapid Firing}}: 4% faster firing per level. This is '''important''' because -4% to firing cycle is a 5% increase to DPS. (But also a higher cap demand for hybrids and lasers.)
 +
* {{Sk|Sharpshooter}}: 5% to optimal range per level. Important for everyone, but especially snipers.
 +
* {{Sk|Surgical Strike}}: Adds 3% to turret damage/level. This is a rank 4 skill, taking longer to train, so focus on other skills first.
 +
* {{Sk|Trajectory Analysis}}: Requires Gunnery IV. Improves falloff of your guns, 5%/level. Important for everyone, but especially snipers and Minmatar pilots. (And especially especially Minmatar snipers!).
 +
* {{Sk|Weapon Upgrades}}: 5% less CPU required to fit turrets and launchers per level. Vital fitting skill.
 +
* {{Sk|Advanced Weapon Upgrades}}: Requires Weapon Upgrades IV. Decreases turret and launcher powergrid requirements by 2%/level. Also a vital fitting skill.
 +
 
 +
==== Other Skills ====
 +
Skills which, while not filed under Gunnery on the character sheet, are particularly significant include:
 +
* The other [[fitting skills]] besides Weapon Upgrades and Advanced Weapon Upgrades.
 +
* Capacitor skills -- {{Sk|Capacitor Systems Operation}} (faster cap regeneration) and {{Sk|Capacitor Management}} (more cap) -- important for everyone, vital for hybrid users and ultra-ultra-ultra vital (!) for laser users.
 +
* Targeting skills. {{Sk|Signature Analysis}} lets you lock the enemy faster and is important for any combat pilot. [[Skills:Targeting|Targeting]] lets you queue more targets. {{Sk|Long Range Targeting}} lets you target at longer ranges.
 +
 
 +
== Related modules summary ==
 +
Besides turrets themselves there are a number of related modules which you can fit to improve their performance. These modules do not affect Vorton Projectors.
 +
 
 +
Remember that [[stacking penalties]] mean that it's usually not worth fitting more than three modules which have the same effect.
 +
 
 +
{|class=wikitable style="width: 900px;"
 
|-
 
|-
|| Scorch || 50% || -25% || 25% || 9 || 2
+
|[[File:Icon gyrostablizer.png|link=|]]
 +
|Each turret type has its own 'damage module'. These passive low slot modules increase rate of fire and damage per volley.
 +
* '''{{co|wheat|Magnetic Field Stabilizers}}''' for hybrid turrets.
 +
* '''{{co|wheat|Gyrostabilizers}}''' for projectile turrets.
 +
* '''{{co|wheat|Heat Sinks}}''' for energy turrets.
 +
* '''{{co|wheat|Entropic Radiation Sinks}}''' for entropic disintegrators.
 
|-
 
|-
|| Conflagration || -50% || -50% || 0% || 7 || 7
+
|[[File:Icon tracking enhancer.png|link=|]]
|}
+
|'''{{co|wheat|Tracking Enhancer}}''' is another passive low slot module. This module improves turret tracking, optimal range and falloff. The same module applies to all turrets.
  
 +
|-
 +
|[[File:Icon tracking computer i.png|link=|]]
 +
|'''{{co|wheat|Tracking Computer}}''' is an active mid slot module. It uses a small amount of capacitor and has to be activated, but can offer a more substantial tracking bonuses as well as small bonuses to optimal and falloff range. It can be loaded with either the ''Tracking Speed'' script, which doubles the tracking speed bonus but removes the range bonuses entirely, or the ''Optimal Range'' script, which removes the tracking speed bonus but doubles the range bonuses (it doubles both the falloff and optimal bonus despite its name).
  
'''T2 Beam Laser Crystals'''
+
|-
 +
|[[File:Icon tracking computer i.png|link=|]]
 +
|'''{{co|wheat|Remote Tracking Computer}}''' is an active mid slot module. It has the same bonuses as the tracking computer. But instead of applying these bonuses on the ship it is fitted on, the module applies the bonuses to a ship that the owner targets. When combined with the hull bonus of a ship like a [[Scimitar]] this module can be very strong but quite situational.
  
The Tech 2 crystals for beam lasers are Aurora and Gleam. Gleam deals good damage but has a much shorter range, a penalty to tracking, and a penalty to the ship's maximum shield hitpoints. Gleam also increases the ship's signature radius. Aurora comes with a massive 80% range bonus but low damage and a heavy penalty to tracking speed.
+
|-
 +
|[[File:Icon projectile rig.png|link=|]]
 +
|Turret rigs improve one aspect at a time. All the rigs will also increase PG requirements of all fitted turrets. Not available for entropic disintegrators.
 +
* '''{{co|wheat|Ambit Extension}}''' increases falloff range.
 +
* '''{{co|wheat|Locus Coordination}}''' increases optimal range.
 +
* '''{{co|wheat|Metastasis Adjuster}}''' improves tracking.
 +
* '''{{co|wheat|Burst Aerator}}''' improves rate of fire.
 +
* '''{{co|wheat|Collision Accelerator}}''' improves damage.
 +
* '''{{co|wheat|Discharge Elutriation}}''' reduces capacitor usage. Only available for hybrid and laser turrets.
 +
* '''{{co|wheat|Algid Hybrid Administrations}}''' reduces turret CPU usage. Only available for hybrid and laser turrets.
  
{| border="1"
 
! Name !! Range Mod. !! Tracking mod. !! Shield HP mod. !! Signature mod. !! EM damage !! Therm damage
 
 
|-
 
|-
|| Aurora || 80% || -75% || 0% || 0% || 5 || 3
+
|[[File:Icon drop.png|link=|]]
 +
|There are multiple turret related [[medical boosters]] that will help your weapons apply better.
 +
* '''{{co|wheat|Drop}}''' improves turret tracking.
 +
* '''{{co|wheat|Sooth Sayer}}''' improves turret falloff range.
 +
* '''{{co|wheat|Frentix}}''' improves optimal range.
 +
* '''{{co|wheat|Agency 'Pyrolancea'}}''' improves damage.
 +
 
 
|-
 
|-
|| Gleam || -75% || -25% || -20/14/10% || 25/16/12% || 7 || 7
+
|[[File:Icon_implant_hardwiring.png|link=|]]
 +
|Practically every turret stat has an implant that improves that aspect. See the [[Skill Hardwiring#Table of Implants|table of hardwiring implants]] for full list of turret implants.
 
|}
 
|}
  
Shield HP mod. and Signature mod. are for small/medium/large crystals.
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== Names reference ==
 +
{|class=wikitable style="background: #111111; text-align: center" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0"
 +
|- style="background: #111111"
 +
! rowspan="2" | Category
 +
! rowspan="2" | Faction
 +
! rowspan="2" | Type
 +
! rowspan="2" | Range
 +
! colspan="2" | Small
 +
! colspan="2" | Medium
 +
! colspan="2" | Large
 +
! colspan="2" | Extra Large
 +
|-
 +
| colspan="2" | ''Frigates, Destroyers''
 +
| colspan="2" | ''Cruisers, Battlecruisers''
 +
| colspan="2" | ''Battleships, Attack BCs''
 +
| colspan="2" | ''Dreadnoughts, Titans''
 +
|-style= "background: #2f1f1f;"
 +
! rowspan="5" style="background:#111111" | Projectile
 +
| rowspan="5" | ''Minmatar''
 +
| rowspan="3" | Autocannon
 +
| rowspan="3" | Short
 +
| colspan="2" | 125mm Gatling
 +
| colspan="2" | Dual 180mm
 +
| colspan="2" | Dual 425mm
 +
| Quad 800mm
 +
| rowspan="3" | Repeating Cannon
 +
|-style="background: #2f1f1f;"
 +
| colspan="2" | 150mm Light
 +
| colspan="2" | 220mm Vulcan
 +
| Dual 650mm
 +
| rowspan="2" | Repeating Cannon
 +
| rowspan="2" | Hexa 2500mm
 +
|-style="background: #2f1f1f;"
 +
| colspan="2" | 200mm
 +
| colspan="2" | 425mm
 +
| 800mm
 +
|-style="background: #2f1f1f;"
 +
| rowspan="2" | Artillery
 +
| rowspan="2" | Long
 +
| colspan="2" | 250mm Light
 +
| colspan="2" | 650mm
 +
| colspan="2" | 1200mm
 +
| colspan="2" rowspan="2" | Quad 3500mm Siege
 +
|-style="background: #2f1f1f;"
 +
| colspan="2" | 280mm Howitzer
 +
| colspan="2" | 720mm Howitzer
 +
| colspan="2" | 1400mm Howitzer
 +
|-style="background: #1c1c23;"
 +
! rowspan="6" style="background: #111111;" | Hybrid
 +
| rowspan="6" | ''Gallente/Caldari'' 
 +
| rowspan="3" | Blaster
 +
| rowspan="3" | Short
 +
| rowspan="3" | Light
 +
| Electron
 +
| rowspan="3" | Heavy
 +
| Electron
 +
| Electron
 +
| rowspan="3" | Blaster Cannon
 +
| colspan="2" | Triple Neutron Blaster Cannon
 +
|-style="background: #1c1c23;"
 +
| Ion
 +
| Ion
 +
| Ion
 +
| colspan="2" rowspan="2" | Ion Siege
 +
|-style="background: #1c1c23;"
 +
| Neutron
 +
| Neutron
 +
| Neutron
 +
|-style="background: #1c1c23;"
 +
| rowspan="3" | Railgun
 +
| rowspan="3" | Long
 +
| colspan="2" | 75mm
 +
| colspan="2" | Dual 150mm
 +
| colspan="2" | Dual 250mm
 +
| colspan="2" rowspan="3" | Dual 1000mm
 +
|-style="background: #1c1c23;"
 +
| colspan="2" | 125mm
 +
| colspan="2" | 200mm
 +
| colspan="2" | 350mm
 +
|-style="background: #1c1c23;"
 +
| colspan="2" | 150mm
 +
| colspan="2" | 250mm
 +
| colspan="2" | 425mm
 +
|-style="background:#25251d"
 +
! rowspan="6" style="background: #111111;"| Energy
 +
| rowspan="6" | ''Amarr''
 +
| rowspan="3" | Pulse
 +
| rowspan="3" | Short
 +
| colspan="2"| Gatling
 +
| colspan="2"| Focused Medium
 +
| colspan="2"| Dual Heavy
 +
| colspan="2" | Quad Mega
 +
|-style="background: #25251d;"
 +
| colspan="2"| Dual Light
 +
| colspan="2" rowspan="2" | Heavy
 +
| colspan="2" rowspan="2" | Mega
 +
| colspan="2" rowspan="2" | Dual Giga
 +
|-style="background: #25251d;"
 +
| colspan="2"| Small Focused
 +
|-style="background: #25251d;"
 +
| rowspan="3" | Beam
 +
| rowspan="3" | Long
 +
| colspan="2" | Dual Light
 +
| colspan="2" | Quad Light
 +
| colspan="2" | Dual Heavy
 +
| colspan="2" rowspan="3" | Dual Giga
 +
|-style="background: #25251d;"
 +
| colspan="2" rowspan="2" | Small Focused
 +
| colspan="2" | Focused Medium
 +
| colspan="2" | Mega
 +
|-style="background: #25251d;"
 +
| colspan="2" | Heavy
 +
| colspan="2" | Tachyon
 +
|-style="background: #3f1010;"
 +
! style="background: #111111;" | Precursor
 +
| ''Triglavian''
 +
| Entropic <br> Disintegrator
 +
| Short
 +
| colspan="2" | Light
 +
| colspan="2" | Heavy
 +
| colspan="2" | Supratidal
 +
| colspan="2" | Ultratidal
 +
|-style="background: #606972;"
 +
! style="background: #111111;" | Vorton Projector
 +
| ''EDENCOM''
 +
| Vorton <br> Projector
 +
| All
 +
| colspan="2" | Small
 +
| colspan="2" | Medium
 +
| colspan="2" | Large
 +
| colspan="2" style="background: #111111;" | N/A
 +
|}
  
==Related Modules Summary==
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== Turret Comparison ==
Besides turrets themselves there are a number of related modules which you can fit to improve their performance. In this list the links for items are to the basic Tech 1 Meta 0 version -- as always, you can expect significantly better performance from Tech 2 or high-meta versions.
+
=== Tech 1 Frigate/Destroyer Turret Comparison ===
 +
All Frigate and Destroyer turrets are categorized as "Small".
 +
* +60% Optimal Tech 1 charges do 5 damage per shot...
 +
* +0% Optimal Tech 1 charges do 8 damage per shot...
 +
* -50% Optimal Tech 1 charges do 12 damage per shot...
 +
...multiplied by the damage modifier of the turret.
  
Remember that [[Module_Stacking_and_Speed_Modules#Stacking_Penalties|stacking penalties]] mean that it's usually not worth fitting more than three modules which have the same effect.
+
{| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed sortable"
 +
|-
 +
! scope="col" | Name
 +
! scope="col" | Type
 +
! scope="col" data-sort-type=number | Activation
 +
! scope="col" data-sort-type=number | Range
 +
! scope="col" data-sort-type=number style="white-space: nowrap;" | Rate of fire
 +
! scope="col" data-sort-type=number style="white-space: nowrap;" | Damage mod
 +
! scope="col" data-sort-type=number style="white-space: nowrap;" | Tracking speed
 +
|-
 +
| style="white-space: nowrap;" | 125mm Gatling AutoCannon I
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | Projectile
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | 0
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | 800+4,300 m
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | 3.00 s
 +
| 2.0625 x
 +
| 417
 +
|-
 +
| 150mm Light AutoCannon I
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | Projectile
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | 0
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | 900+4,730 m
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | 3.38 s
 +
| 2.475 x
 +
| 362
 +
|-
 +
| 200mm AutoCannon I
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | Projectile
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | 0
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | 1,000+5,160 m
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | 3.75 s
 +
| 2.8875 x
 +
| 315
 +
|-
 +
| 250mm Light Artillery Cannon I
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | Projectile
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | 0
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | 8,050+8,750 m
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | 8.50 s
 +
| 5.082 x
 +
| 80
 +
|-
 +
| 280mm Howitzer Artillery I
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | Projectile
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | 0
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | 10,000+8,750 m
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | 10.71 s
 +
| 7.043 x
 +
| 64
 +
|-
 +
| style="white-space: nowrap;" | Light Electron Blaster I
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | Hybrid
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | 0.6566 GJ
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | 1,000+1,500 m
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | 2.00 s
 +
| 1.8375 x
 +
| 438
 +
|-
 +
| Light Ion Blaster I
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | Hybrid
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | 1.0927 GJ
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | 1,250+2,000 m
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | 3.00 s
 +
| 2.953125 x
 +
| 403.2
 +
|-
 +
| Light Neutron Blaster I
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | Hybrid
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | 1.4161 GJ
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | 1,500+2,500 m
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | 3.50 s
 +
| 3.675 x
 +
| 379.8
 +
|-
 +
| 75mm Gatling Rail I
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | Hybrid
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | 1.1690 GJ
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | 6,000+3,000 m
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | 2.60 s
 +
| 1.65 x
 +
| 136.5
 +
|-
 +
| 125mm Railgun I
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | Hybrid
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | 1.5050 GJ
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | 9,000+5,000 m
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | 3.25 s
 +
| 2.2 x
 +
| 89.25
 +
|-
 +
| 150mm Railgun I
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | Hybrid
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | 2.3380 GJ
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | 12,000+6,000 m
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | 4.25 s
 +
| 3.025 x
 +
| 73.5
 +
|-
 +
| style="white-space: nowrap;" | Gatling Pulse Laser I
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | Laser
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | 1.82 GJ
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | 4,200+1000 m
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | 2.10 s
 +
| 1.5 x
 +
| 308.125
 +
|-
 +
| Dual Light Pulse Laser I
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | Laser
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | 2.67 GJ
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | 4,725+2,000 m
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | 2.70 s
 +
| 2 x
 +
| 273.75
 +
|-
 +
| Small Focused Pulse Laser I
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | Laser
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | 4.44 GJ
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | 5,250+2,500 m
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | 3.50 s
 +
| 3 x
 +
| 246.25
 +
|-
 +
| Dual Light Beam Laser I
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | Laser
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | 4.8625 GJ
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | 9,625+2,000 m
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | 4.00 s
 +
| 3 x
 +
| 117
 +
|-
 +
| Small Focused Beam Laser I
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | Laser
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | 9.025 GJ
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | 11,000+2,500 m
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | 5.00 s
 +
| 4.5 x
 +
| 90
 +
|-
 +
| Light Entropic Disintegrator I
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | Entropic
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | 4.5 GJ
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | 6,000 m
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | 3.5 s
 +
| 0.8 x
 +
| 410
 +
|}
  
* Each turret has an associated lowslot module which boosts its damage and rate of fire. These 'damage mods' have already been mentioned individually, and they are
+
=== Tech 1 Cruiser/Battlecruiser Turret Comparison ===
** [http://wiki.eveonline.com/en/wiki/Magnetic_Field_Stabilizer_I Magnetic Field Stabilizers] ("magstabs") for hybrids
+
All Cruiser and Battlecruiser turrets are categorized as "Medium".
** [http://wiki.eveonline.com/en/wiki/Gyrostabilizer_I Gyrostabilizers] ("gyros") for projectile turrets
+
* +60% Optimal Tech 1 charges do 10 damage per shot...
** and [http://wiki.eveonline.com/en/wiki/Heat_Sink_I Heat Sinks] for lasers.
+
* +0% Optimal Tech 1 charges do 16 damage per shot...
* Another important lowslot item is the [http://wiki.eveonline.com/en/wiki/Tracking_Enhancer_I Tracking Enhancer] ("TE"), which increases your tracking speed, optimal range and falloff.
+
* -50% Optimal Tech 1 charges do 24 damage per shot...
* Unlike TEs, the [http://wiki.eveonline.com/en/wiki/Tracking_Computer_I Tracking Computer] is a midslot item. It uses capacitor and has to be activated, but can offer a more substantial tracking speed bonus as well as small bonuses to optimal and falloff range. It can be loaded with either the [http://wiki.eveonline.com/en/wiki/Tracking_Speed Tracking Speed] script, which doubles the tracking speed bonus but removes the range bonuses entirely, or the [http://wiki.eveonline.com/en/wiki/Optimal_Range Optimal Range] script, which removes the tracking speed bonus but doubles the range bonuses (it doubles the falloff bonus despite its name).
+
...multiplied by the damage modifier of the turret.
* There is also the remote [http://wiki.eveonline.com/en/wiki/Tracking_Link_I Tracking Link], a module which you can use to boost another ship's tracking speed and range (it can be scripted like the Tracking Computer). Although a few ships (like the Scythe) get bonuses for these, they're rarely used.
 
* [http://wiki.eveonline.com/en/wiki/Sensor_Booster_I Sensor Boosters] ("sebo") and [http://wiki.eveonline.com/en/wiki/Remote_Sensor_Booster_I Remote Sensor Boosters] ("RSB") are active midslot modules which increase targeting range and scan resolution (speeding up locking time). Like Tracking Computers they can be scripted for [http://wiki.eveonline.com/en/wiki/Targeting_Range more targeting range] or [http://wiki.eveonline.com/en/wiki/Scan_Resolution faster locking].
 
  
==Names Reference==
+
{| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed sortable"
{|border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0"
+
|-
!rowspan="2"|Category
+
! scope="col" | Name
!rowspan="2"|Race
+
! scope="col" | Type
!rowspan="2"|Type
+
! scope="col" data-sort-type=number | Activation
!rowspan="2"|Range
+
! scope="col" data-sort-type=number | Range
!Small
+
! scope="col" data-sort-type=number style="white-space: nowrap;" | Rate of fire
!Medium
+
! scope="col" data-sort-type=number style="white-space: nowrap;" | Damage mod
!Large
+
! scope="col" data-sort-type=number style="white-space: nowrap;" | Tracking speed
!Extra Large
+
|-
|----
+
| Dual 180mm AutoCannon I
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | Projectile
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | 0
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | 1,600+9,030 m
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | 4.37 s
 +
| 2.0625 x
 +
| 44.68992
 +
|-
 +
| 220mm Vulcan AutoCannon I
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | Projectile
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | 0
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | 1,800+9,933 m
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | 4.58 s
 +
| 2.31 x
 +
| 38.8608
 +
|-
 +
| 425mm AutoCannon I
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | Projectile
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | 0
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | 2,000+10,836 m
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | 5.62 s
 +
| 2.8875 x
 +
| 33.792
 +
|-
 +
| 650mm Artillery Cannon I
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | Projectile
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | 0
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | 16,100+17,500 m
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | 11.47 s
 +
| 4.62 x
 +
| 8.352
 +
|-
 +
| 720mm Howitzer Artillery I
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | Projectile
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | 0
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | 20,000+17,500 m
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | 18 s
 +
| 7.97 x
 +
| 6.688
 +
|-
 +
| Heavy Electron Blaster I
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | Hybrid
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | 1.9600 GJ
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | 2,000+3,000 m
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | 3.00 s
 +
| 1.8375 x
 +
| 46.08
 +
|-
 +
| Heavy Ion Blaster I
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | Hybrid
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | 3.2683 GJ
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | 2,500+4,000 m
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | 4.50 s
 +
| 2.953125 x
 +
| 42.24
 +
|-
 +
| style="white-space: nowrap;" | Heavy Neutron Blaster I
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | Hybrid
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | 4.2483 GJ
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | 3,000+5,000 m
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | 5.25 s
 +
| 3.675 x
 +
| 38.4
 +
|-
 +
| Dual 150mm Railgun I
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | Hybrid
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | 3.5 GJ
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | 12,000+6,000 m
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | 3.56 s
 +
| 1.9 x
 +
| 12
 +
|-
 +
| 200mm Railgun I
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | Hybrid
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | 4.515 GJ
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | 18,000+10,000 m
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | 4.46 s
 +
| 2.53 x
 +
| 8
 +
|-
 +
| 250mm Railgun I
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | Hybrid
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | 7 GJ
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | 24,000+12,000 m
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | 5.83 s
 +
| 3.48 x
 +
| 6.56
 +
|-
 +
| Focused Medium Pulse Laser I
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | Laser
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | 8 GJ
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | 9,450+4,000 m
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | 4.05 s
 +
| 2 x
 +
| 28.8
 +
|-
 +
| Heavy Pulse Laser I
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | Laser
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | 13.33 GJ
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | 10,500+5,000 m
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | 5.25 s
 +
| 3 x
 +
| 26
 +
|-
 +
| Quad Light Beam Laser I
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | Laser
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | 5.45 GJ
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | 8,800+1,000 m
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | 3.15 s
 +
| 1.88 x
 +
| 23.328
 +
|-
 +
| style="white-space: nowrap;" | Focused Medium Beam Laser I
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | Laser
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | 11.67 GJ
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | 19,250+6,000 m
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | 4.80 s
 +
| 2.5 x
 +
| 12.096
 +
|-
 +
| Heavy Beam Laser I
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | Laser
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | 21.67 GJ
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | 22,000+8,000 m
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | 6.00 s
 +
| 3.75 x
 +
| 9.504
 +
|-
 +
| Heavy Entropic Disintegrator I
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | Entropic
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | 20.4 GJ
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | 15,500 m
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | 5.5 s
 +
| 0.8 x
 +
| 42
 +
|}
  
|''Frigates, Destroyers''
+
=== Tech 1 Battleship Turret Comparison ===
|''Cruisers, Battlecruisers''
+
All Battleship turrets are categorized as "Large".
|''Battleships''
+
* +60% Optimal Tech 1 charges do 20 damage per shot...
|''Dreadnoughts, Titans''
+
* +0% Optimal Tech 1 charges do 32 damage per shot...
|----
+
* -50% Optimal Tech 1 charges do 48 damage per shot...
!rowspan="2"|Projectile
+
...multiplied by the damage modifier of the turret.
|rowspan="2"|''Minmatar''
 
|Autocannon
 
|Short
 
|125-200mm
 
|Dual180-425mm
 
|Dual425-800mm
 
|2500mm
 
|----
 
  
 +
{| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed sortable"
 +
|-
 +
! scope="col" | Name
 +
! scope="col" | Type
 +
! scope="col" data-sort-type=number | Activation
 +
! scope="col" data-sort-type=number | Range
 +
! scope="col" data-sort-type=number style="white-space: nowrap;" | Rate of fire
 +
! scope="col" data-sort-type=number style="white-space: nowrap;" | Damage mod
 +
! scope="col" data-sort-type=number style="white-space: nowrap;" | Tracking speed
 +
|-
 +
| Dual 425mm AutoCannon I
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | Projectile
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | 0
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | 3,200+17,200 m
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | 6.75 s
 +
| 2.0625 x
 +
| 5.7132
 +
|-
 +
| Dual 650mm Repeating Cannon I
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | Projectile
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | 0
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | 3,600+18,920 m
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | 7.5 s
 +
| 2.444203042 x
 +
| 4.968
 +
|-
 +
| 800mm Repeating Cannon I
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | Projectile
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | 0
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | 4,000+20,640 m
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | 7.88 s
 +
| 2.695 x
 +
| 4.32
 +
|-
 +
| 1200mm Artillery Cannon I
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | Projectile
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | 0
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | 32,200+35,000 m
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | 21.04 s
 +
| 5.082 x
 +
| 1.125
 +
|-
 +
| 1400mm Howitzer Artillery I
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | Projectile
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | 0
 +
| style="text-align: center; white-space: nowrap;" | 40,000+35,000 m
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | 40.16 s
 +
| 10.672 x
 +
| 0.9
 +
|-
 +
| style="white-space: nowrap;" | Electron Blaster Cannon I
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | Hybrid
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | 5.88 GJ
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | 4,000+6,000 m
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | 4.5 s
 +
| 1.8375 x
 +
| 6
 +
|-
 +
| Ion Blaster Cannon I
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | Hybrid
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | 9.8 GJ
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | 5,000+8,000 m
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | 6.75 s
 +
| 2.953125 x
 +
| 5.52
 +
|-
 +
| Neutron Blaster Cannon I
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | Hybrid
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | 12.74 GJ
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | 6,000+10,000 m
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | 7.88 s
 +
| 3.675 x
 +
| 5.196
 +
|-
 +
| Dual 250mm Railgun I
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | Hybrid
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | 10.5 GJ
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | 24,000+12,000 m
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | 5.85 s
 +
| 1.65 x
 +
| 1.8375
 +
|-
 +
| 350mm Railgun I
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | Hybrid
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | 15.4 GJ
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | 36,000+20,000 m
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | 7.31 s
 +
| 2.2 x
 +
| 1.22535
 +
|-
 +
| 425mm Railgun I
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | Hybrid
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | 21 GJ
 +
| style="text-align: center; white-space: nowrap;" | 48,000+24,000 m
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | 9.56 s
 +
| 3.025 x
 +
| 1.010625
 +
|-
 +
| Dual Heavy Pulse Laser I
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | Laser
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | 22.5 GJ
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | 18,900+8,000 m
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | 6.08 s
 +
| 2 x
 +
| 3.75
 +
|-
 +
| Mega Pulse Laser I
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | Laser
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | 36 GJ
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | 21,000+10,000 m
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | 7.88 s
 +
| 3 x
 +
| 3.375
 +
|-
 +
| Dual Heavy Beam Laser I
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | Laser
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | 28 GJ
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | 35,000+12,000 m
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | 7.20 s
 +
| 2 x
 +
| 1.75
 +
|-
 +
| Mega Beam Laser I
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | Laser
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | 52 GJ
 +
| style="text-align: center; white-space: nowrap;" | 40,000+16,000 m
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | 9.00 s
 +
| 3 x
 +
| 1.53125
 +
|-
 +
| Tachyon Beam Laser I
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | Laser
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | 76 GJ
 +
| style="text-align: center; white-space: nowrap;" | 44,000+20,000 m
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | 12.50 s
 +
| 4.5 x
 +
| 1.39205
 +
|-
 +
| Supratidal Entropic Disintegrator I
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | Entropic
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | 57.6 GJ
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | 26,000 m
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | 8 s
 +
| 0.8 x
 +
| 5.45
 +
|}
  
|Artillery
+
=== Tech 1 Dreadnought/Titan Turret Comparison ===
|Long
+
All Dreadnought and Titan turrets are categorized as "Extra Large".
|250-280mm
+
* +60% Optimal Tech 1 charges do 40 damage per shot...
|650-720mm
+
* +0% Optimal Tech 1 charges do 64 damage per shot...
|1200-1400mm
+
* -50% Optimal Tech 1 charges do 96 damage per shot...
|3500mm
+
...multiplied by the damage modifier of the turret.
|----
 
!rowspan="3"|Hybrid
 
|rowspan="3"|''Gallente/Caldari''
 
|Railgun
 
|Long
 
|75-150mm
 
|Dual150-250mm
 
|Dual250-425mm
 
|Dual1000mm
 
|----
 
  
|rowspan="2"|Blaster
+
Note that many Extra Large turrets have extremely low damage multipliers. These low values are compensated for by extremely high multipliers from ship skills, modules, and role bonuses.
|Short
 
|Light
 
|Heavy, Cannon
 
|Mega, Blaster Cannon
 
|Siege Blaster Cannon
 
|----
 
  
!subtypes:
+
{| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed sortable"
|Electron
+
|-
|Ion
+
! scope="col" | Name
|Neutron
+
! scope="col" | Type
|
+
! scope="col" data-sort-type=number | Activation
|----
+
! scope="col" data-sort-type=number | Range
!rowspan="2"|Energy
+
! scope="col" data-sort-type=number style="white-space: nowrap;" | Rate of fire
|rowspan="2"|''Amarr''
+
! scope="col" data-sort-type=number style="white-space: nowrap;" | Damage mod
|Beam
+
! scope="col" data-sort-type=number style="white-space: nowrap;" | Tracking speed
|Long
+
|-
|Light, Medium
+
| Quad 800mm Repeating Cannon I
|Quad, Medium, Heavy
+
| style="text-align: center;" | Projectile
|Dual Heavy, Mega, Tachyon
+
| style="text-align: center;" | 0 GJ
|Dual Giga
+
| style="text-align: center;" | 20,000+23,000 m
|----
+
| style="text-align: center;" | 4 s
|Pulse
+
| 0.309 x
|Short
+
| 1.92
|Gatling, Dual Light, Medium
+
|-
|Focused, Heavy Modal
+
| Hexa 2500mm Repeating Cannon I
|Dual Heavy, Mega
+
| style="text-align: center;" | Projectile
|Dual Giga
+
| style="text-align: center;" | 0 GJ
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | 25,000+28,800 m
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | 8 s
 +
| 4.12 x
 +
| 0.041515
 +
|-
 +
| Quad 3500mm Siege Artillery I
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | Projectile
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | 0 GJ
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | 94,000+90,000 m
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | 30 s
 +
| 10.3 x
 +
| 0.0171
 +
|-
 +
| Triple Neutron Blaster Cannon I
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | Hybrid
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | 75 GJ
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | 16,000+20,000 m
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | 5 s
 +
| 0.418 x
 +
| 2.3
 +
|-
 +
| Ion Siege Blaster I
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | Hybrid
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | 100 GJ
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | 20,000+25,000 m
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | 10 s
 +
| 5.57 x
 +
| 0.0437
 +
|-
 +
| Dual 1000mm Railgun I
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | Hybrid
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | 300 GJ
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | 120,000+32,000 m
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | 20 s
 +
| 7.43 x
 +
| 0.0182875
 +
|-
 +
| Quad Mega Pulse Laser I
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | Laser
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | 180 GJ
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | 33,000+16,000 m
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | 6 s
 +
| 0.574 x
 +
| 1.5
 +
|-
 +
| Dual Giga Pulse Laser I
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | Laser
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | 240 GJ
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | 42,000+20,000 m
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | 12 s
 +
| 7.65 x
 +
| 0.0384864
 +
|-
 +
| Dual Giga Beam Laser I
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | Laser
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | 520 GJ
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | 100,000+42,000 m
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | 15 s
 +
| 6.38 x
 +
| 0.02182031
 +
|-
 +
| Ultratidal Entropic Disintegrator I
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | Entropic
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | 384 GJ
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | 52,000+0 m
 +
| style="text-align: center;" | 13 s
 +
| 1 x
 +
| 0.02
 +
|}
  
|}
+
== See also ==
 +
* [[Turret mechanics]] for details on how turrets hit and apply their damage.
 +
* [[Missile Launchers]] and [[Drones]] for EVE's other main weapon systems.
 +
* [[NPC damage types]] for more information about the different kinds of damage (this is still relevant to PvP even though it's directed at NPC damage dealing).
  
==See Also==
+
== External links ==
* [[Turret Damage]] for the mathematics of gunnery. You can also try the information on CCP's [http://wiki.eveonline.com/en/wiki/Turret_damage own wiki].
+
* [https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1d2axN23pAF2m_mAws9d4h6tmttFXUgyw2OGpjTaBIc4/edit#slide=id.p1 A Visual Weapon Identification Guide], a Google Sheet by Mazzic Karde
* This wiki's [[Gunnery Guide]] for less mathematical discussion of gunnery.
 
* [[Missile Launchers]] and [[Drones]] for Eve's other main weapon systems.
 
* [[NPC Damage Types]] for more information about the different kinds of damage (this is still relevant to PvP even though it's directed at NPC damage dealing).
 
  
[[Category:PvP]]
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[[Category:Weapons]]
[[Category:PvE]]
 
[[Category:Ship Fitting]]
 

Revision as of 13:01, 16 March 2024

This article details different types of turrets. For information about turret mechanics, including damage and hit chance, see Turret mechanics.

Turrets are the most common weapon system in EVE. They apply damage instantly, use ammunition or charges, and their effectiveness is partially determined by the traversal speed of the firing ship and its target. This page explains the five types of turrets and their ammunition available in EVE.

Overview

There are five kinds of turret in EVE:

  • hybrid turrets
  • projectile turrets
  • energy turrets (lasers)
  • precursor weapons (entropic disintegrators)
  • vorton projectors

Each of the first three types can be further broken down into a set of long-ranged turrets which, broadly, deal high damage-per-shot ('volley', 'alpha') but low damage-per-second (DPS) and poor tracking, and a set of short-ranged turrets with lower alpha but high DPS and superior tracking. Hybrid turrets, for example, are either railguns (long-ranged, low DPS) or blasters (short-ranged, high DPS).

Tech 2 turrets, particularly large and medium ones, require considerable training time. The long-ranged and short-ranged varieties of Tech 2 turrets require separate skills -- returning to hybrid turrets, for example, you need Small Blaster Specialization to use small Tech 2 blasters but Small Railgun Specialization to use small Tech 2 railguns.

Each of the five kinds of turret comes in three sizes:

Hybrid, projectile, energy, and precursor turrets also come in a fourth size:

Ammunition/charges

Each of the four kinds of turret has a selection of types of ammunition (using 'ammunition' loosely -- energy turrets load crystals). Ammunition comes in four sizes matching the four sizes of turret (S, M, L and XL).

Faction ammo is also available (for example, Republic Fleet Fusion S instead of normal Fusion S). Faction ammo is expensive but gives you more damage. Generally speaking it is useful in PvP but rarely cost-effective in PvE. There are 3 levels of faction ammo. In order of power, they are pirate, which deals 10% more damage, navy, which deals 15%, and elite pirate, which deals 20% more. Pirate and elite pirate ammo drop from rare spawns at dead space complexes, and navy ammo is available from various LP stores. Generally navy ammo is the cheapest, due to its ease of acquisition.

Tech 2, Faction, and Officer turrets can use Tech 2 ammo. Hybrid, Projectile, and Laser turrets each have four associated kinds of T2 ammo, two varieties of T2 ammo for T2 short-ranged turrets and two for Tech 2 long-ranged turrets. Using hybrid turrets as an example once again, T2 blasters can load:

  • normal hybrid ammo
  • faction hybrid ammo
  • or two types of T2 blaster ammo (Void and Null)

While T2 railguns can load:

  • normal hybrid ammo
  • faction hybrid ammo
  • or two types of T2 railgun ammo (Spike and Javelin)

T2 ammo is designed to be give you extra tactical options or to be useful in specific situations -- it is not always better than T1 or faction ammo.

Hybrid turrets

Icon turret blaster large.png

Hybrid turrets fire charged projectiles at the enemy using magnetic fields -- using energy, like lasers, but firing solid projectiles, like projectile guns, hence "hybrids".

In practice this means that they use capacitor when they fire (like lasers, though they are less cap-hungry than lasers). Pilots who use hybrid turrets will want to have good capacitor skills and to train Controlled Bursts to support their guns' requirements. Hybrid turrets also have to be regularly reloaded with fresh ammunition (like projectile guns).

Hybrid turrets can only do kinetic and thermal damage.

The two kinds of hybrid turret are:

  • Blasters, which have (very) short ranges and deal (very) high DPS; and
  • Railguns, which have (very) long-ranges and deal less DPS.

Many Gallente ships and some Caldari ships use hybrid turrets as their primary weapon. The Gallente ships tend to be more suited to blasters and the Caldari ships more suited to railguns, but this is not a hard-and-fast rule, as any pilot who flies a sniping Hecate or a blaster Rokh will tell you.

The low slot Magnetic Field Stabilizer module increases hybrid turrets' damage and rate of fire.

Hybrid ammo

There are eight kinds of standard Tech 1 hybrid ammo. They all do a mixture of kinetic and thermal damage (the proportion varies).

Each ammunition type has a different range modifier, does a different amount of damage and uses a different amount of your capacitor when fired. The better the range, the lower base damage the ammo deals, creating a sliding scale from short-ranged, high-damage Antimatter to long-ranged, low-damage Iron.

Name Modifier to optimal rangeOptimal Cap. need Total damage Kinetic damage Thermal damage Small Medium Large
Antimatter -50% 0% (+) 12 7 5 N I
Plutonium -37.5% -5% 11 6 5 I I I
Uranium -25% -8% 10 6 4
Thorium -12.5% -40% (++) 9 5 4 N
Lead 0% -50% (++) 8 5 3 I I+N
Iridium 20% -24% (-) 7 4 3 I
Tungsten 40% -27% (-) 6 4 2 I+N
Iron 60% -30% (--) 5 3 2 I I
Click on the column headers to sort the table; mouse over them for a more detailed explanation.
Damage is the raw figures for the 'Small' ammo size;
Medium is 2x greater, Large is 4x greater, and Extra Large is 8x greater.

The + and - symbols in the Capacitor column indicate the relative damage:capacitor efficiency. Within each group, extreme resistance differences can alter the order of precedence, although no situation will cause groups to alter.

The last 3 columns indicate which non-highsec material is required to build them. an I indicates Isogen and N, nocxium. Blank indicates only the Highsec minerals of Tritanium, Mexallon and Pyerite are required. This may effect the ammo choices of hybrid users who also craft their own ammunition, especially if they mine the materials as well. Capital is not included as if you are flying one of these, you likely have easy access to these materials anyway.

As hybrid turrets are used by both the Gallente and Caldari, both Federation Navy and Caldari Navy faction charges exist. The two variations have the same statistics, and differ only in where they are obtained.

Tech 2 Blaster Ammo

The two Tech 2 ammunition types for blasters are Null and Void. Void charges turn blasters into the true uncontested highest-DPS weapons in the game, at the cost of even further reducing their already short range and making it difficult to hit targets which are not either larger or effectively stationary. Null charges allow good damage to be projected to a longer range, and are usable by pilots who either cannot keep themselves close to their targets or are forced to extend out to avoid being tackled or the like. The effects of these ammo types on range, tracking speed, and capacitor need is given in the following table:

Name Modifier to optimal rangeOptimal Modifier to falloff rangeFalloff Modifier to tracking speedTracking Cap. need Total damage Kinetic damage Thermal damage
Null +40% +40% -25% 0% 11 5 6
Void -25% -50% -25% +25% 17.8 8.9 8.9

Under all resistance circumstances, Void ammunition is more capacitor efficient than null despite the 25% penalty.

Tech 2 Railgun Ammo

The two Tech 2 ammo types for railguns are Spike and Javelin. Javelin lets railguns pretend to be blasters: it has a much shorter range, higher damage, and a tracking bonus. Spike is an extra-long range ammo, with an 80% range bonus but very large penalties to tracking speed. Javelin ammunition is not extremely common, as the range penalty is generally not worth the marginal damage gained over Navy Antimatter. Spike, meanwhile, is the be-all end-all in sniping ammunition, extending railguns' already ridiculous range to the point where even other turrets a full size larger can find it difficult to retaliate.

Name Modifier to optimal rangeOptimal Modifier to falloff rangeFalloff Modifier to tracking speedTracking Cap. need Total damage Kinetic damage Thermal damage
Spike +80% 0% -75% 0% 8 4 4
Javelin -75% 0% 25% 0% 14 6 8

Projectile turrets

Icon turret autocannon large.png

Projectile turrets are EVE's most low-tech weapons (and the ones which can be most accurately called guns). They work like real-life guns. Projectile turrets don't use up any capacitor when they fire (like missile launchers), but they must be regularly reloaded with fresh ammunition. Unlike the other two kinds of turrets, projectile turrets can do all four different kinds of damage depending on the ammunition they are loaded with (however they will always deal some kinetic, and tend to prefer dealing explosive).

Most Minmatar ships use projectile turrets as their main weapon. The low slot Gyrostabilizer module increases projectile turrets' damage and rate of fire.

The two kinds of projectile turret are:

  • Autocannon, which have short ranges, good tracking, and deal high DPS; and
  • Artillery, which have long ranges, very poor tracking, and deal less DPS.

Of all the kinds of long-ranged turret in the game, artillery turrets tend to have the best alpha strike, giving artillery-fit ships and fleets very realistic chances outright killing opponents in a single shot, with no retaliation. Autocannons, and to a lesser extent artillery, have very long falloff ranges and short optimal ranges, and it's more viable to use projectile turrets in their first falloff range than it is to use lasers or hybrids in their falloff.

Projectile ammo

Main article: Projectile ammunition

There are eight kinds of standard Tech 1 projectile ammo. The picture here is more complicated than with hybrid ammo: projectile ammo does a wider range of damage types and does not present a gradual exchange of damage for range.

Projectile ammo can be split into three tiers, short-ranged (EMP, Fusion and Phased Plasma), medium-ranged (Titanium Sabot and Depleted Uranium) and long-ranged (Proton, Nuclear and Carbonized Lead). All ammo within each tier has the same range and tracking modifiers, but the different types offer different kinds of damage. The medium-ranged tier (Titanium Sabot and Depleted Uranium) has a significant tracking speed bonus.

Name Modifier to optimal rangeOptimal Modifier to tracking speedTracking Total damage EM damage Thermal damage Kinetic damage Explosive damage Small Medium Large
EMP -50% 12 9 1 2 N I
Phased Plasma -50% 12 10 2 I I I
Fusion -50% 12 2 10 I
Titanium Sabot +20% 8 6 2
Depleted Uranium +20% 8 3 2 3 I I
Proton +60% +5% 5 3 2 I
Nuclear +60% +5% 5 1 4 IN
Carbonized Lead +60% +5% 5 4 1 I I
Click on the column headers to sort the table; mouse over them for a more detailed explanation.
Damage is the raw figures for the 'Small' ammo size;
Medium is 2x greater, Large is 4x greater, and Extra Large is 8x greater.

The last 3 columns indicate which non-highsec material is required to build them. an I indicates Isogen and N, nocxium. Blank indicates only the Highsec minerals of Tritanium, Mexallon and Pyerite are required. This may effect the ammo choices of hybrid users who also craft their own ammunition, especially if they mine the materials as well. Capital is not included as if you are flying one of these, you likely have easy access to these materials anyway.

Note that the range bonuses or penalties applied by these ammo types only apply to optimal range. If you're using autocannon, which have tiny optimal ranges anyway, your ammo's range modifier doesn't matter very much. It's more important if you're using artillery. This means that autocannon should always be fitted with the most damaging ammo possible, and if a ship has a falloff bonus, it's probably meant to use autocannon.

Tech 2 Autocannon Ammo

The two Tech 2 ammunition types for autocannon are Barrage and Hail. Barrage has a tracking penalty but a 40% falloff increase, and is popular with ships like the Vagabond which like to skirmish in falloff range. Hail has a penalty to falloff range and a large penalty to optimal range, and to tracking, but it deals very high damage. In practice the range and tracking speed drawbacks mean that Hail rarely offers more DPS, although it can be effective against big, stationary ships or POSs. Barrage does roughly equal amounts of explosive and kinetic damage, while Hail does a lot of explosive damage and a little kinetic on the side.

Name Modifier to optimal rangeOptimal Modifier to falloff rangeFalloff Modifier to tracking speedTracking Total damage EM damage Thermal damage Kinetic damage Explosive damage
Barrage 0% +50% -25% 11 5 6
Hail -50% -25% -25% 17.7 3.8 13.9

Tech 2 Artillery Ammo

The two Tech 2 ammunition types for artillery are Quake and Tremor. Quake, much like Javelin for hybrids, lets artillery pretend to be autocannons, with high damage but much-reduced range. (However, because projectile turret falloff is so long, the Quake optimal range penalty is less of a problem to artillery than Gleam or Javelin's penalty is to railguns or beam lasers.) Tremor has a dramatic 80% range bonus, but a very significant penalty to tracking. Both do a mixture of explosive and kinetic damage.

Name Modifier to optimal rangeOptimal Modifier to tracking speedTracking Total damage EM damage Thermal damage Kinetic damage Explosive damage
Quake -75% +25% 14 5 9
Tremor +80% -75% 8 3 5

Energy turrets

Icon turret beam large.png

Energy turrets -- lasers -- fire beams of light to damage the enemy.

While they don't need normal ammunition, lasers use up a lot of capacitor when they fire, more than hybrid turrets. Lasers are usually fitted on Amarr ships, which have large capacitors and often bonuses which reduce lasers' capacitor requirements, but training in capacitor skills and Controlled Bursts is still an absolute necessity for Amarr pilots.

Lasers can only do electromagnetic and thermal damage. These are usually the weakest natural resists of shields but the highest natural resists of armor.

The two kinds of laser are:

  • Pulse lasers, which have short ranges and deal high DPS; and
  • Beam lasers, which have long ranges and lower DPS.

Pulse lasers are the longest-range short-range turrets, while beam lasers are the shortest-range long-range turrets. This, combined with their ammunition mechanics (discussed below), make them more 'jack of all trades' than other types of turrets.

Most Amarr ships use lasers as their primary weapon. The low slot Heat Sink module increases lasers' damage and rate of fire.

Frequency crystals

Although they don't require normal ammunition, lasers must still be loaded with crystals. Tech 1 crystals are never used up and never break down, so lasers never have to be reloaded. Unlike projectile or hybrid ammunition, crystals can be swapped instantaneously while the weapon isn't firing, letting pilots alter their guns' range very quickly. This is an advantage that should be capitalized on, as most beam lasers have very small falloff ranges and are thus ineffective against any targets not within their optimal range.

There are eight kinds of standard Tech 1 crystal. They all do a mixture of electromagnetic and thermal damage (the proportion varies), apart from Radio crystals which only deal electromagnetic damage.

Each crystal has a different range modifier, does a different amount of damage and has a different modifier to lasers' capacitor use. The better the range, the lower base damage the ammo deals, creating a sliding scale from short-ranged, high-damage Multifrequency to long-ranged, low-damage Radio.

Name Modifier to optimal rangeOptimal Cap. need Total damage EM damage Thermal damage
Multifrequency -50% 0% (+) 12 7 5
Gamma -37.5% -15% (++) 11 7 4
Xray -25% -25% (++) 10 6 4
Ultraviolet -12.5% -35% (++) 9 6 3
Standard 0% -45% (++) 8 5 3
Infrared +20% -35% (-) 7 5 2
Microwave +40% -25% (--) 6 4 2
Radio +60% -15% (--) 5 5
Click on the column headers to sort the table; mouse over them for a more detailed explanation.
Damage is the raw figures for the 'Small' ammo size;
Medium is 2x greater, Large is 4x greater, and Extra Large is 8x greater.

The + and - in the capacitor column indicates the relative damage to capacitor efficiency. Changes in the target's resistances will alter the order within the group given. For an omniresist, 'Standard' is highest, with efficiency dropping off either side of this.

The advanced crystals for lasers gradually degrade over time and will finally disintegrate. Tech 2 crystals have a chance to decay for each cycle, and last around 1000 shots, while faction crystals will last exactly 4000 shots.

Tech 2 Pulse Laser Crystals

The Tech 2 crystals for pulse lasers are Conflagration and Scorch. Conflagration does the most damage of any crystal, at the cost of a 30% tracking speed penalty and a 25% greater capacitor usage. Scorch has a damage only slightly lower than Imperial Navy Multifrequency, but grants 40% increased optimal range, at the cost of 25% tracking. The damage and projection of these crystals is so good that they render tech 1 pulse laser crystals largely obsolete; Conflagration's damage blows Multifrequency out of the water, while Scorch provides good damage at stunningly long ranges, especially at the battleship scale.

Name Modifier to optimal rangeOptimal Modifier to tracking speedTracking Cap. need Total damage EM damage Thermal damage
Scorch +40% -25% 0% 11 9 2
Conflagration -50% -30% +25% 17.8 8.9 8.9

For all resistance profiles, Conflagration crystals give greater damage to capacitor efficiency.

Tech 2 Beam Laser Crystals

The Tech 2 crystals for beam lasers are Aurora and Gleam. Gleam deals good damage and receives a tracking bonus, but has a much shorter range. Aurora comes with a massive 80% range bonus but low damage and a heavy penalty to tracking speed. Similar to the performance of pulse laser crystals, Gleam is not commonly used as it deals only marginally more damage than the ever-popular Imperial Navy Multifrequency, while Aurora is taken full advantage of in longer-ranged engagements.

Name Modifier to optimal rangeOptimal Modifier to tracking speedTracking Total damage EM damage Thermal damage
Aurora +80% -75% 8 5 3
Gleam -75% +25% 14 7 7

Precursor turrets

See also: Triglavian Collective
Icon turret entropic disintegrator large.png

Precursor Turrets are a turret type introduced with the Into The Abyss expansion in May 2018.

Unlike traditional kinds of turrets, there is only one type of turret for short range, the Entropic Disintegrator, and there's no long range version of it, as its long range counterpart is considered as the Vorton Projector. They use exotic plasma charges to fire a particle beam, which deals Thermal and Explosive damage. They also feature a unique damage spooling mechanic, where shots will deal more damage the longer the gun has been running. Normally, this is a +7% damage bonus to each consecutive shot, capping at +212.5% damage per shot after 30 shots (the capital variant caps at +150% damage at +5% per cycle, but also has a higher turret damage multiplier leading to similar peak scaling). However, the maximum damage bonus can be affected by certain ship bonuses, and both the maximum bonus and bonus per shot can be modified with the Mimesis Implant set. Entropic Disintegrator turrets have the high tracking and ammo consumption of blasters, and the optimal range, capacitor use, and instant reloads of lasers, but also have zero falloff range. The turrets will deactivate if their target leaves optimal range. If a disintegrator deactivates for any reason, its damage bonus is reset to 0. Entropic Disintegrators can only be used on Triglavian ships, and only one turret can be fitted to each ship.

Exotic plasma

Exotic plasma ammo deals much higher damage than regular ammo types, due to Triglavian ships only having one turret slot and the turrets having a low damage multiplier. Each size of disintegrator substitutes for a different number of regular turrets, meaning that the ammo damage scaling with increasing size is not smooth like with the other ammunition types. Unlike hybrid charges and frequency crystals, no exotic plasma charge reduces the capacitor need of an Entropic Disintegrator. The presence of only a single turret, and the high damage per shot, mean Entropic Disintegrators have very good ammunition economy.

There are three types of Tech 1 exotic plasma, offering various range options.

Name Modifier to optimal rangeOptimal Total damage Thermal damage Explosive damage
Tetryon -30% 105 72 33
Baryon +10% 99 57 42
Meson +80% 78 45 33
Damage is the raw figures for the 'Small' ammo size;
Medium is 3.07-3.17x greater, Large is 7.90-8.20x greater, and Extra Large is 39.47-41.32x greater, depending on ammo type.
Damage type ratio varies, with a higher Thermal to Explosive ratio for larger sizes.

Tech 2 Exotic Plasma

Tech 2 Exotic Plasma can only be used with Tech 2, Faction, and Officer Entropic Disintegrators. Mystic offers the damage of Baryon with better range but with a hefty 50% tracking speed penalty, while Occult offers a closer range option with more damage compared to Tetryon but with a 25% tracking speed penalty. Tech 2 Disintegrator ammo is currently unavailable in Extra Large size.

Name Modifier to optimal rangeOptimal Modifier to tracking speedTracking Total damage Thermal damage Explosive damage
Mystic +50% -50% 96 63 33
Occult -40% -25% 135 72 63
Damage is the raw figures for the 'Small' ammo size;
Medium is 3.03-3.19x greater, and Large is 7.84-7.99x greater, depending on ammo type.
Damage type ratio varies, with a higher Thermal to Explosive ratio for larger sizes.

Vorton Projectors

Main article: Vorton Projectors
See also: EDENCOM
Icon turret vorton projector large.png

Vorton Projectors are a turret type introduced with the Lightning Strikes update in June 2020. These are ship-based miniaturized versions of the Standup Arcing Vorton Projector, previously seen as the 'Doomsday Weapon' of Keepstar Citadels.

Vorton Projectors are unlike any other kind of turret, in that they fire chain lightning which strikes the ship which is targeted, and arcs across up to nine additional random ships (or drones) within 10km of the first. Vorton Projectors consume Condenser Packs as ammunition, and deal EM and Kinetic damage. They deal very low single target DPS compared to other turrets, owing to a low rate of fire (in between beam lasers and artillery) and low turret damage multiplier (without the damage spooling bonus that disintegrators get). However, the projectors have excellent optimal range, exceeding that of beam lasers, and can deal high total damage spread across the ten ships which are hit.

Following the trend started by Entropic Disintegrators, Vorton Projectors are further detached from traditional turret mechanics. Much like disintegrators, the projectors have no falloff, are only fittable to specific ships (EDENCOM ships), and said ships only have one turret slot. However, unlike any other turret in the game, Vorton Projectors use Missile damage mechanics rather than tracking or falloff range. Even core gunnery skills do not affect Vorton Projectors, with there instead being a different set of equivalent skills that only affect the projectors. Lastly, modules and boosters that improve optimal range, explosion radius, or explosion velocity have no effect, and Wormhole system effects also do not apply to these weapons' damage or application. Owing to these differences, a more comprehensive overview of Vorton Projectors is available in its own page.

In areas of space where crimewatch is in effect, the projectors will respect safety settings, and with full safeties enabled will only bounce to legal targets. As a consequence, however, bounces from this weapon can initiate Limited Engagements with suspects and outlaws, even if they were not targeted.

Capital Ship Turrets

Capital ship turrets have fewer variations than subcapital turrets, however the distinction between their variations is much more significant. Extra-large guns have one size of long ranged turrets, and have two sizes of short ranged turrets. The two short ranged turrets are further classified as 'capital' and 'high-angle'.

  • 'Capital' guns are extremely large short-ranged weapons capable of the highest damage output of any ship-mounted turrets, however their size makes them unable to effectively hit any targets smaller than hostile dreadnoughts. They cannot be used effectively against subcapital ships without significant support.
  • 'High-Angle Weapons' or HAWs are visibly (and by name) comprised of multiple battleship-sized guns mounted as a single turret. HAW gun turrets deal only a fraction of the damage of capital guns, however their tracking is high enough that they can reliably hit hostile subcapital ships even without significant support. HAW gun turrets can only be used by Dreadnoughts, and cannot be used at all by Titans.

Capital long ranged turrets only exist in anticapital sizes, and are not designed for use against subcapital ships.

There is only one capital ship-sized Entropic Disintegrator. It is an anticapital weapon, and like other disintegrators it operates somewhere between the traditional definitions of short and long-ranged.

Polarized Weapons

Certain short-ranged turrets (and missile launchers) have an additional special variant: 'Polarized'. Polarized turrets require T2 skills to use, and can use T2 ammunition, but have the following stat differences from T2 turrets:

  • -20% Cycle Time (therefore +25% fire rate and +25% DPS)
  • -30% Capacitor cost
  • -20% Optimal and Falloff range
  • +200% ammunition capacity
  • CPU and PWG usage equivalent to, or better than, Tech 1 turret variants
  • When fit, reduces all ship damage resistances to 0%

Polarized weapons allow for extremely high damage output, at the cost of removing almost all of a ship's defenses. As such, there are a very small number of either high-risk high-reward (high-risk PVP, Whaling, and some Burner Missions), or low-risk but slow (structure bashes), use-cases for these weapons. Additionally, as a result of the rarity of blueprints for Polarized weapons, they are somewhat more expensive than normal T2 turrets.

Gunnery Skills

Besides the skills which let you use guns themselves (Small Energy Turret, Medium Projectile Turret, Large Hybrid Turret &c &c -- these skills also give you 5% more damage per level with their related turrets) EVE has a panoply of skills which make your guns more effective. These support skills taken together make a big difference to your DPS, range, tracking and so on; anyone serious about using guns should plan to train most of them to at least level IV, and some of them to level V.

  • Gunnery: Lets you fire your guns 2% faster per level (and -2% to cycle time is better than +2% to firepower). Gunnery V is required for Large and Extra Large turrets.
  • Controlled Bursts: Reduces capacitor needs of hybrids and lasers by 5%/level. Vital, unless you only use projectile turrets -- in which case, it's useless.
  • Motion Prediction: 5% faster gun tracking speed per level.
  • Rapid Firing: 4% faster firing per level. This is important because -4% to firing cycle is a 5% increase to DPS. (But also a higher cap demand for hybrids and lasers.)
  • Sharpshooter: 5% to optimal range per level. Important for everyone, but especially snipers.
  • Surgical Strike: Adds 3% to turret damage/level. This is a rank 4 skill, taking longer to train, so focus on other skills first.
  • Trajectory Analysis: Requires Gunnery IV. Improves falloff of your guns, 5%/level. Important for everyone, but especially snipers and Minmatar pilots. (And especially especially Minmatar snipers!).
  • Weapon Upgrades: 5% less CPU required to fit turrets and launchers per level. Vital fitting skill.
  • Advanced Weapon Upgrades: Requires Weapon Upgrades IV. Decreases turret and launcher powergrid requirements by 2%/level. Also a vital fitting skill.

Other Skills

Skills which, while not filed under Gunnery on the character sheet, are particularly significant include:

Related modules summary

Besides turrets themselves there are a number of related modules which you can fit to improve their performance. These modules do not affect Vorton Projectors.

Remember that stacking penalties mean that it's usually not worth fitting more than three modules which have the same effect.

Icon gyrostablizer.png Each turret type has its own 'damage module'. These passive low slot modules increase rate of fire and damage per volley.
  • Magnetic Field Stabilizers for hybrid turrets.
  • Gyrostabilizers for projectile turrets.
  • Heat Sinks for energy turrets.
  • Entropic Radiation Sinks for entropic disintegrators.
Icon tracking enhancer.png Tracking Enhancer is another passive low slot module. This module improves turret tracking, optimal range and falloff. The same module applies to all turrets.
Icon tracking computer i.png Tracking Computer is an active mid slot module. It uses a small amount of capacitor and has to be activated, but can offer a more substantial tracking bonuses as well as small bonuses to optimal and falloff range. It can be loaded with either the Tracking Speed script, which doubles the tracking speed bonus but removes the range bonuses entirely, or the Optimal Range script, which removes the tracking speed bonus but doubles the range bonuses (it doubles both the falloff and optimal bonus despite its name).
Icon tracking computer i.png Remote Tracking Computer is an active mid slot module. It has the same bonuses as the tracking computer. But instead of applying these bonuses on the ship it is fitted on, the module applies the bonuses to a ship that the owner targets. When combined with the hull bonus of a ship like a Scimitar this module can be very strong but quite situational.
Icon projectile rig.png Turret rigs improve one aspect at a time. All the rigs will also increase PG requirements of all fitted turrets. Not available for entropic disintegrators.
  • Ambit Extension increases falloff range.
  • Locus Coordination increases optimal range.
  • Metastasis Adjuster improves tracking.
  • Burst Aerator improves rate of fire.
  • Collision Accelerator improves damage.
  • Discharge Elutriation reduces capacitor usage. Only available for hybrid and laser turrets.
  • Algid Hybrid Administrations reduces turret CPU usage. Only available for hybrid and laser turrets.
Icon drop.png There are multiple turret related medical boosters that will help your weapons apply better.
  • Drop improves turret tracking.
  • Sooth Sayer improves turret falloff range.
  • Frentix improves optimal range.
  • Agency 'Pyrolancea' improves damage.
Icon implant hardwiring.png Practically every turret stat has an implant that improves that aspect. See the table of hardwiring implants for full list of turret implants.

Names reference

Category Faction Type Range Small Medium Large Extra Large
Frigates, Destroyers Cruisers, Battlecruisers Battleships, Attack BCs Dreadnoughts, Titans
Projectile Minmatar Autocannon Short 125mm Gatling Dual 180mm Dual 425mm Quad 800mm Repeating Cannon
150mm Light 220mm Vulcan Dual 650mm Repeating Cannon Hexa 2500mm
200mm 425mm 800mm
Artillery Long 250mm Light 650mm 1200mm Quad 3500mm Siege
280mm Howitzer 720mm Howitzer 1400mm Howitzer
Hybrid Gallente/Caldari Blaster Short Light Electron Heavy Electron Electron Blaster Cannon Triple Neutron Blaster Cannon
Ion Ion Ion Ion Siege
Neutron Neutron Neutron
Railgun Long 75mm Dual 150mm Dual 250mm Dual 1000mm
125mm 200mm 350mm
150mm 250mm 425mm
Energy Amarr Pulse Short Gatling Focused Medium Dual Heavy Quad Mega
Dual Light Heavy Mega Dual Giga
Small Focused
Beam Long Dual Light Quad Light Dual Heavy Dual Giga
Small Focused Focused Medium Mega
Heavy Tachyon
Precursor Triglavian Entropic
Disintegrator
Short Light Heavy Supratidal Ultratidal
Vorton Projector EDENCOM Vorton
Projector
All Small Medium Large N/A

Turret Comparison

Tech 1 Frigate/Destroyer Turret Comparison

All Frigate and Destroyer turrets are categorized as "Small".

  • +60% Optimal Tech 1 charges do 5 damage per shot...
  • +0% Optimal Tech 1 charges do 8 damage per shot...
  • -50% Optimal Tech 1 charges do 12 damage per shot...

...multiplied by the damage modifier of the turret.

Tech 1 Cruiser/Battlecruiser Turret Comparison

All Cruiser and Battlecruiser turrets are categorized as "Medium".

  • +60% Optimal Tech 1 charges do 10 damage per shot...
  • +0% Optimal Tech 1 charges do 16 damage per shot...
  • -50% Optimal Tech 1 charges do 24 damage per shot...

...multiplied by the damage modifier of the turret.

Tech 1 Battleship Turret Comparison

All Battleship turrets are categorized as "Large".

  • +60% Optimal Tech 1 charges do 20 damage per shot...
  • +0% Optimal Tech 1 charges do 32 damage per shot...
  • -50% Optimal Tech 1 charges do 48 damage per shot...

...multiplied by the damage modifier of the turret.

Tech 1 Dreadnought/Titan Turret Comparison

All Dreadnought and Titan turrets are categorized as "Extra Large".

  • +60% Optimal Tech 1 charges do 40 damage per shot...
  • +0% Optimal Tech 1 charges do 64 damage per shot...
  • -50% Optimal Tech 1 charges do 96 damage per shot...

...multiplied by the damage modifier of the turret.

Note that many Extra Large turrets have extremely low damage multipliers. These low values are compensated for by extremely high multipliers from ship skills, modules, and role bonuses.

See also

  • Turret mechanics for details on how turrets hit and apply their damage.
  • Missile Launchers and Drones for EVE's other main weapon systems.
  • NPC damage types for more information about the different kinds of damage (this is still relevant to PvP even though it's directed at NPC damage dealing).

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