Tesla Tower

This tower strikes attacking enemies with lightning. It can be upgraded up to level 3 by building additional sections on top of it.

Statistics

Type

Defense

Damage

0.3

0.5

1.0

Range

5

6

Durability

11

28

44

Placeable

Price

25

Tech needed

Engineering

Size

1x1

Lvl 1

1x2

Lvl 2

1x3

Lvl 3

Drops

If removed	all its components
If destroyed	nothing

Tesla tower^[1] is an automated defense that attacks hostile creatures with chain lightning.

It can be upgraded into tesla level 2 and 3.

Levels[ | ]

Placing[ | ]

A tesla tower can be improved up to the 3rd level by building additional sections above it. I.e., placing a tesla about another already placed, creates a tesla level 2. And placing another tesla above a tesla level 2, creates a tesla level 3.

A tesla level 1 occupies one block and can be placed on top of any supporting surface. A tesla level 2 occupies two blocks and a level 3, three blocks.

Removing[ | ]

Only the base of a tesla accepts the "Remove" order. If the base of an upgraded tesla is removed, the other 1 or 2 pieces fall on the original suporting surface forming a downgraded tesla.

Like other towers, if a tesla or a section of tesla is removed by dwarfs, all components of this section can be recovered, allowing it to be rebuilt in time.^[2] When the tower is destroyed by enemies however, all the components will be lost.

Statistics[ | ]

Tesla level 2 and 3 lightning attack can chain to one and two additional enemies respectively.

Tesla	Hits	Damage	Range	Durability
Level 1	1	0.3	5	11
Level 2	2	0.5	5	28
Level 3	3	1.0	6	44

Crafting Recipe[ | ]

Crafting station

Forge

Ingredient(s)

Qty.

Glass

2

Quartz

1

Stone

2

Gold Ingot

2

Silver Ingot

1

Mithril Ore

1

Crafting grid

Result

Tesla Tower

1

History[ | ]

Version	Release	Changes
1.4.014	15 Feb 2018	(Multiplayer) Fixed bug when it didn't shoot at monsters after their owner quit the game.
1.2.001	19 Dec 2015	Increased the damage of the 1st level.
1.1.004b	20 May 2015	Fixed building of tesla towers above 1st level.
1.1.000b	20 May 2015	Fixed resources drop from tesla towers of 2nd and 3rd level.^[2]
0.9.029	05 June 2014	Fixed inflicted damage of 3rd level tesla.
0.9.028	22 May 2014	It can shoot chain lightnings and the chain length depends on the tower level.
0.9.023	11 Apr 2014	Increased damage.
0.9.022	03 Apr 2014	Redrawn pics and animation. Tesla towers don’t fall through the walls while changing walls configuration.
0.9.021	21 Mar 2014	Recipe change: the 2 Stone Columns are changed back to 2 Stones.
0.9.016	24 Feb 2014	Recipe change: 2 Steel Ingots are replaced by 2 Gold Ingots; 1 Gold Ore is replaced by 1 Mithril Ore; 2 Stones are replaced by 2 Stone Columns; and 1 Silver Ore is replaced by 1 Silver Ingot.
0.9.010	19 Dec 2013	Decreased damage by 30%.
–	–	Tesla was the first tower available on the game.

References[ | ]

↑ This is the inventory name of the item. In game files it's called tesla_tower or simply tower_lv1 for the 1st level.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 This seems to be fixed (or fixed again) after 1.4.013, as in this version, if a tesla or a tesla section had been removed, it used to drop only 6 of its 9 components; making the player lose 3 components each time a section had been removed.

[Names-1] This is the inventory name of the item. In game files it's called tesla_tower or simply tower_lv1 for the 1st level.

[Drop-2] 2.0 ^2.1 This seems to be fixed (or fixed again) after 1.4.013, as in this version, if a tesla or a tesla section had been removed, it used to drop only 6 of its 9 components; making the player lose 3 components each time a section had been removed.

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