Laser Detector

electric.laserdetector·Electrical

A gate which allows power to flow while a player is in the beam

Stats

Stack size: 5
Despawns after: 20 min
Health when placed: 200

Best Monuments to Farm Laser Detector

Monument	Per full clear	Mostly from
Missile Silo	1 every 6 clears	Military Crate
Power Plant	1 every 11 clears	Military Crate
Launch Site	1 every 12 clears	Military Crate
Airfield	1 every 13 clears	Crate
Large Oil Rig	1 every 13 clears	Military Crate
Train Yard	1 every 15 clears	Crate
Underwater Lab	1 every 15 clears	Military Crate (Underwater Labs)
Water Treatment Plant	1 every 17 clears	Crate

Expected from opening every container in one copy of the monument once. 4 more monuments have it in smaller amounts. Dots are the keycards its readers take. See the monument tier list for overall value.

Where to Find Laser Detector

Source	Chance	Amount
Locked Crate	1.4%	1-2
Locked Crate (Ghost Ship)	1.3%	1-2
Locked Crate (Oil Rig)	1.3%	1-2
Elite Crate	0.8%	1-2
Elite Crate (Underwater Labs)	0.8%	1
Military Crate	0.4%	1
Military Crate (Underwater Labs)	0.4%	1
Train Wagon Military Crate	0.4%	1

13 more sources

Train Wagon Crate	0.3%	1
Crate	0.3%	1
Crate (Underwater Labs)	0.3%	1
Chinook Scientist	under 0.1%	1
Arctic Scientist	under 0.1%	1
Excavator Scientist	under 0.1%	1
Roaming Scientist	under 0.1%	1
Heavy Scientist	under 0.1%	1
Bradley APC Scientist	under 0.1%	1
Cargo Ship Scientist	under 0.1%	1
Patrol Scientist	under 0.1%	1
Bradley APC Heavy Scientist	under 0.1%	1
Oil Rig Scientist	under 0.1%	1

Chance it's in one container or on one body, measured by filling each one 50,000 times on a vanilla server. Every source's full table is in the loot tables.

Research

Tech tree: Engineering WorkbenchThis item: 30 scrapFrom scratch: 210 scrap over 9 items

The from-scratch figure is the cheapest chain of unlocks from the start of the tree, with nothing researched yet. Mark what you already have on the tree to see what is actually left.

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