Has anyone figured out to build better versions of the machine gun turret?

[Mentally Unstable]

What I have for available for my settlements so far are the machine gun turret and heavy machine gun turret.

Now,I know there are more advanced ones like the laser,heavy laser and misslile but what I'm interested in are more advanced versions of the machine gun turret.

As we explore the wasteland,we can come across enemy machine gun turrets that come in a variety of flavours,mainly MK(Mark) 1 to 4(highest I have seen).Is it possible for us to build such turrets?If so,how do we go about acquiring such knowledge?Magazines?

[Mentally Unstable]

Bumpety Bump

[victorz]

I was wondering this too for awhile then I built 3 heavy machine gun turrets in a row (one after the other without changing/doing anything else) at a settlement at coastal cottage. They were practically next to each other but in order of build they read on the side of them mk 7, mk 3, mk 5. Now I don't know if that actually means they have different hp and damage but if it does I'm guessing it must just come down to luck of the draw! :/

[Devious_Craven]

I found if you cycle back and forth between turrets you can get different versions but it doesnt seem to work on all settlements

[Jollyfingers]

Автор сообщения: MFUAndrew_the_Unkown

I found if you cycle back and forth between turrets you can get different versions but it doesnt seem to work on all settlements

depends on how far "south" the settlements are...

but it's really random. spent some time on placing MK7 turrets on a settlement... just to see they changed their level on the next visit.

so: no use to try to make them "the best possible", on your next visit they will be randomized again.

[Frag Maniac]

I don't know why, but some of my turrets say Incendiary on them, and others say 5.56mm, yet I've only built the minimal style of turrets.

Building laser turrets requires power, and the Science Perk.

Everything you need to build a turret is shown right on the Workstation screen for that item though.

[Vormina]

You can cycle back and forth on the build menu to get different turrets, MK1,MK3,MK5, and MK7. The higher the number, the more damage it does, and the higher ones use different ammo.

The further you get away from vault 111, the higher MK number you can build, for example I can only build MK1's at Sanctuary and Red Rocket.

On my level 90 character I placed MK7's at some settlements when I was level 30ish, mine never reverted to any other number.

I have found the MK7 to kill faster than the Heavy Laser Turret, but I always use a mix of ballistic, laser and missile to cover all enemies resistances that may show up.

If you have MK1's at a settlement that allows higher you can just store the turret in the workshop, then select the turret to build and cycle back and forth until you get the one you want and not lose any resources upgrading.

[Vormina]

Just found out something by accident.
It seems that either the farther away you are from the workbench OR by going to the farthest border from the workbench lets you build higher number MK's.

I went and stood on the Sanctuary bridge and opened up the turret build menu and it let me build up to MK5, same thing at Red Rocket by going down the road out front towards the green border, also at Abernathy Farm by going to the north or south green border.