Shelter defense

[Glaeken]

OK so I stumbled on that quest along with getting the builder.
I'm supposed to build a turret then protect the speaker tower from waves of exhumans !
The problem is the turret and my char (LvL 23) gets litteraly chewed by those beefy foes coming out of the shelter. I got neither the dmg or HP necessary (even using mines & 'nades) to efficiently dispatch the baddies.
Am I too low level or Am I missing something ?

[DEMONICSLAYER]

I would advice you to collect a bunch of CPU from other loudspeakers first and perhaps even obtained the Katana before attempting the challenge. It will be easier by then.

[Glaeken]

OK thanx for the tip ^^
Katana unlocks at which level ?

[DEMONICSLAYER]

You will need to do a quest in Narrow Vales to obtain it, iirc

[Neyreyan_Youtube]

You could build a lot of sandbags and attack them from behind, they are blind and wont turn around to attack you.
You also have grenades and mines, with the bandolier you should have 9 of each:D. There is also the rifle.
But you should do them a bit later since they are quite tricky, get a little stronger

[Glaeken]

Don't have the rifle right now.
Used the mines & 'nades but I didn't have the bandolier.
The sand bag trick sounds like a idea though ^^

[mandorallen]

Difficulty increases as you go west. Start with the easier ones. You can get 1 more CPU inside every shelter so you will have more turrets for harder ones.

As an addition to sandbags tip, -since you said they're chewing your turrets- don't build turrets on road. You don't want mobs to attack them. Build sandbags to slow them and put turrets outside the road where they see the blocked monsters.

[Squid]

can you move the turret?

[To Dream]

Originally posted by FuriousRage:

can you move the turret?

You can 'deconstruct' them and rebuild them.

[Ckosh]

So I have the builder's kit. I have made the turret. But clicking on the loudspeaker just sends out the white balls of light towards the shelter. It doesn't open or anything. What am I missing?

[xxxx]

Is it smart to get katana?

[annie87]

Originally posted by Ckosh:

So I have the builder's kit. I have made the turret. But clicking on the loudspeaker just sends out the white balls of light towards the shelter. It doesn't open or anything. What am I missing?

Keep pressing 'E' for 3~4 sec. The white balls will reach to the shelter and it will open.

[privateerths]

I find my turrets run out of ammo, some before the second wave, can one reload & if so how?

[Jarlim]

it will have a white circle on it if its outta ammo, stand next to it and hold interact (default 'E') to reload it, there are level up perks that increase reload speed and ammo capacity as well

[privateerths]

Thanks for reply, I made my first defence in the desert & had no time to check, lol. I have now probably made a mistake as I have used all but three of the control units to get all the upgrades & can only make three turrets or one rocket & one gun for my next try, this may not be enough? What do you think?

[PhailRaptor]

Originally posted by privateerths:

Thanks for reply, I made my first defence in the desert & had no time to check, lol. I have now probably made a mistake as I have used all but three of the control units to get all the upgrades & can only make three turrets or one rocket & one gun for my next try, this may not be enough? What do you think?

Depends on which Shelter you choose next. That should be just enough to do the Shelter in the jungle, south of the Caged Suburb (I forget the region name). It was probably the first Shelter you discovered. But upon entering the Shelter, you will find it is full of toxic gas, forcing you to come back with the Gas Mask from much later in the plot.