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As you wander the Exclusion Zone, you may come across some inactive turrets that require a Circuit to activate. Here’s where you can get one for it.
How to get a Dead Wire Turret Circuit
Dead Wire Turrets are extremely potent against all types of zombies and using them in favorable positions can reward you a victory against even the toughest of them. Before can you use it though, you first need to get your hands on a a Dead Wire Turret Circuit. Thankfully, they aren’t super hard to find if you know where to look.
Dead Wire Turret Circuits are most commonly found within Aether Caches of all types. Aether Caches are scattered around the Exclusion Zone at random, but one surefire way to find one is to disinfect an Infested structure. The two types of Infested structures are Aether Nests and Infested Strongholds. They appear on your map marked as infestation points:
Both of these will reward you with an Aether Cache, which often contains a Circuit for a Dead Wire Turret. Finally, Dead Wire Turret Circuits come in all ammo flavors including Brain Rot. All this means is that when you activate one of the turrets, they will use that ammo type and its effects.
How to activate a Dead Wire Turret
Once you have a Circuit, look for the turret icon on your world map to find one.
Navigate over to the turret and interact with it. This should open a loot menu where you can choose a Circuit to deposit.
Once you close this menu, the turret with activate and open fire on any undead threats in the area, tearing to pieces in moments. Dead Wire Turrets stay active for a few minutes after activation before powering down. To power it back up again, simply deposit another Circuit and close the menu.
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