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Combat Turrets

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Description

Toss a turret into the fight. A thrown turret drop lands, arms itself with a gun and ammo, and covers you and your team until its time runs out.

Permissions

code
dropturret.use     Use /dropturret
dropturret.vip     Uses the "dropturret.vip" tier (each VIP tier in the config is a permission of the same name)

To let every player use it, run: oxide.grant group default dropturret.use

Commands

code
/dropturret                  Get a turret drop item (command cooldown applies)
dropturret <steamid>         Console: give a player a turret drop item (server console, RCON or admins only)

In game

Throw or drop the item like a survey charge. You have to be able to build where you're standing, and be on the ground unless "Can Throw While In The Air" is on.
After the spawn delay, an auto turret appears where it landed, facing the way you threw it. It's loaded with the configured gun and ammo, and it's switched on.
You and your whole team are authorized on it, including teammates who are offline.
It can't be picked up or looted. Switching it off or letting its lifetime run out removes it, and destroying it drops nothing.
With "Block Landing In Other Players' Building Areas" on, it can't land inside someone else's base. If it would, you get the item back and your placement cooldown resets.
"Max Throw Velocity" limits how far the item can be thrown.
VIP tiers can change the lifetime, ammo, gun and cooldowns. Cooldowns reset on every map wipe.

Configuration

json
{
  "General": {
    "Drop Item Skin ID": 2603803474,
    "Max Throw Velocity": 10,
    "Can Throw While In The Air": false,
    "Block Landing In Other Players' Building Areas": true
  },
  "Default Drop": {
    "Turret Lifetime (seconds)": 120,
    "Spawn Delay After Throw (seconds, minimum 4)": 5.0,
    "Ammo": 128,
    "Turret Gun (item shortname)": "rifle.ak",
    "Command Cooldown (seconds)": 1800,
    "Placement Cooldown (seconds)": 1800
  },
  "VIP Tiers (permission: settings, first match wins)": {
    "dropturret.vip": {
      "Turret Lifetime (seconds)": 120,
      "Spawn Delay After Throw (seconds, minimum 4)": 5.0,
      "Ammo": 128,
      "Turret Gun (item shortname)": "rifle.lr300",
      "Command Cooldown (seconds)": 1800,
      "Placement Cooldown (seconds)": 1800
    }
  }
}

Default configuration

DropTurret.json

json
{
  "General": {
    "Drop Item Skin ID": 2603803474,
    "Max Throw Velocity": 10,
    "Can Throw While In The Air": false,
    "Block Landing In Other Players' Building Areas": true
  },
  "Default Drop": {
    "Turret Lifetime (seconds)": 120,
    "Spawn Delay After Throw (seconds, minimum 4)": 5.0,
    "Ammo": 128,
    "Turret Gun (item shortname)": "rifle.ak",
    "Command Cooldown (seconds)": 1800,
    "Placement Cooldown (seconds)": 1800
  },
  "VIP Tiers (permission: settings, first match wins)": {
    "dropturret.vip": {
      "Turret Lifetime (seconds)": 120,
      "Spawn Delay After Throw (seconds, minimum 4)": 5.0,
      "Ammo": 128,
      "Turret Gun (item shortname)": "rifle.lr300",
      "Command Cooldown (seconds)": 1800,
      "Placement Cooldown (seconds)": 1800
    }
  }
}

v1.4.0LatestOct 20, 2026 · 22 KB · 4 downloads

What's new

Turrets thrown over a wall no longer land inside other players' bases. A new setting, "Block Landing In Other Players' Building Areas", is on by default. When a landing spot is blocked, the turret drop goes back to the player and their placement timer is cleared. Turn it off if your server wants raid drops.
Pick the turret's gun by name in the config (for example "rifle.ak" or "rifle.lr300") instead of looking up item ID numbers.
The whole team now owns the turret, so teammates who were offline when it landed won't get shot when they log in next to it.

Config update
Settings now live in three sections: General, Default Drop and VIP Tiers. Updating is automatic: your current values, VIP tiers and gun choices carry over on first load, with old gun IDs turned into their item names.

Admin and server owners

Giving turret drops with dropturret <steamid> is now limited to the server console, RCON and admins. Shop and kit plugins keep working.
Drop turrets are no longer kept through a server restart. Previously a restart could leave one behind permanently, complete with its gun and ammo.
Placement and command timers start fresh after every map wipe.
If the item skin ID is left at 0, turret drops switch off and the console tells you, so normal survey charges are never affected.
An empty VIP Tiers section now stays empty instead of the default tier coming back on restart.

Bug fixes

Turret drops work when dropped as well as when thrown.
VIP players use their own command timer, not their placement timer.
Switching a drop turret off removes it without errors.
No more errors if a turret is destroyed right as it spawns, and a mistyped gun name now gets a clear console message.
Turrets face the right way when they land.
Spawn delays of more than 60 seconds work.
A player who logs off mid-throw still gets the item back if the landing spot is blocked.
The console command no longer errors when run with no arguments.
Message typos corrected.

Performance

Death tracking only runs while a drop turret is out.
The player timer file now stays small, keeping only active timers.
Removed unused code and cleaned up the rest.

v1.3.2Aug 15, 2026 · 21 KB · 5 downloads

Update

v1.3.1Aug 13, 2026 · 21 KB · 3 downloads

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Rating★ 5.0

Version1.4.0

Compile check✓ Passed Nov 11, 2026

PlatformRust

CategoryPlugins

Compatibleoxide

Size22 KB

PublishedAug 13, 2026

UpdatedOct 20, 2026

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1	dropturret.use Use /dropturret
2	dropturret.vip Uses the "dropturret.vip" tier (each VIP tier in the config is a permission of the same name)

1	/dropturret Get a turret drop item (command cooldown applies)
2	dropturret <steamid> Console: give a player a turret drop item (server console, RCON or admins only)

1	{
2	"General": {
3	"Drop Item Skin ID": 2603803474,
4	"Max Throw Velocity": 10,
5	"Can Throw While In The Air": false,
6	"Block Landing In Other Players' Building Areas": true
7	},
8	"Default Drop": {
9	"Turret Lifetime (seconds)": 120,
10	"Spawn Delay After Throw (seconds, minimum 4)": 5.0,
11	"Ammo": 128,
12	"Turret Gun (item shortname)": "rifle.ak",
13	"Command Cooldown (seconds)": 1800,
14	"Placement Cooldown (seconds)": 1800
15	},
16	"VIP Tiers (permission: settings, first match wins)": {
17	"dropturret.vip": {
18	"Turret Lifetime (seconds)": 120,
19	"Spawn Delay After Throw (seconds, minimum 4)": 5.0,
20	"Ammo": 128,
21	"Turret Gun (item shortname)": "rifle.lr300",
22	"Command Cooldown (seconds)": 1800,
23	"Placement Cooldown (seconds)": 1800
24	}
25	}
26	}