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"We can take cover in these bunkers if things get too dicey!"
―Mar Sara Colonial Militia marine[src]
Bunker
File:Bunker SC1 Game1.png
Structure
Race

Terran

Properties
Hit points

350

Production
Minerals

100 Image:Minerals Terran SC1.png

Build time

30

Requires

Barracks

Hot key

U

Combat
Armor

1

The bunker is a terran defensive structure.

Contents

[edit] Overview

A line of bunkers

Bunkers, or "battlefield coffins" as they're sometimes referred to,[1] are able to be built in almost any location, keeping troops safe from enemy fire.[2] As standard equipment for SCV manufacturing processes, all bunkers follow the same low-domed design. Once assembled, they are incredibly difficult to take apart, courtesy of their paristeel[3] or neosteel plating.[4]

The interior of the bunker makes room for four individuals in principle, though this is not the absolute limit. Weapon ports are located on all sides, with ammunition racks above them. The only entry/exit point is a single hatch to the rear.[4]

[edit] Game Unit

[edit] StarCraft

The bunker may garrison any four terran infantry units. While inside units may not be harmed by enemy fire although they are still affected by any affects they had prior to entering. Units with ranged attacks may fire out with +2 added to their range. Units may not activate any abilities while inside. If a Bunker is destroyed its occupants emerge unharmed. The bunker's fire cannot be directed by the player.

While adept at dealing with en masse attacks of weak units, the bunker is vulnerable against heavy ones. Bunkers are especially effective when holding off chokepoints when backed up with missile turrets, goliaths and siege tanks. This makes them very deadly against many zerg units and several terran units though against the protoss, do little to prevent a large-scale attack from zealots and dragoons, which can take far more punishment compared to most basic ground units. In addition, the bunker's range is outclassed by siege tanks and guardians and occasionally reavers.

In addition, bunkers can provide more damage and receive a lower chance of being hit back when on high ground.

Zerg and protoss units such as Infested Duran cannot enter the bunker.

[edit] StarCraft II

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Bunker
Structure
Race

Terran

Properties
Hit points

400[5]

Type
  • Armored
  • Mechanical
  • Structure[6]
Production
Minerals

100[5][7] Image:Minerals Terran SC1.png

Build time

40[8]

Requires

Barracks[5]

Function
Abilities

Salvage[9][6]

The bunker in StarCraft II takes up a larger placement area (3x3 instead of 3x2, the same size as the StarCraft II barracks and factory).[10] Their carrying capacity is unchanged.[11] Some units, such as marauders and ghosts take up two slots.[12]

A partially loaded bunker

Bunkers now display how many units they have currently "loaded" without needing to select them.[11] In gameplay, bunkers serve well against the zerg in gaining ground.[13]

[edit] Abilities in a Bunker

Infantry units can use abilities from inside a bunker[14] except the SCV's repair ability.[15] When a unit enter the bunker its special abilities becomes available within the bunker commands (load, unload, etc.).[6] In June 2008, units within a bunker could use StimPack, EMP, nuke and Snipe.[16] When medics were in the game, a medic inside a bunker could heal units both within and outside Bunkers, but a medic outside of a bunker could not heal units inside of a bunker.[17]

The nullifier's Null Void ability, when it existed, canceled the abilities of units within a bunker.[17]

Units can be rallied to automatically enter bunkers.[18]

[edit] Bunker Abilities

A bunker can be Salvaged while units are still in it; during this period, the units within can no longer use their abilities.[19]


Salvage
Usage
Duration

5[21]

Hotkey

V[20]

Notes

"Salvage the structure, removing it and returning 100% of its mineral and gas value. Warning - once salvage is triggered it cannot be cancelled."[20]

Salvage enables certain terran structures to be "sold" for their full resource value.[14] This ability takes 5 seconds to use, however.[21] Once activated, stopping the salvaging process is impossible.[22]

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[edit] Upgrades

Neosteel Frames
Campaign

Wings of Liberty (Zero-Hour)[23]

Cost

$40,000[24]

Researched at

Engineering bay[25]

Properties
Minerals

100[26] Image:Minerals Terran SC1.png

Gas

100[26] Image:Gas Terran SC1.png

Research time

110[26] time

Notes

This upgrade increases the armor of the missile turret and bunker.[27]

The upgraded bunker can hold six units rather than four.[23][28] The upgraded bunker appears bigger and taller.[29]

The upgrade was available in the multiplayer game as of May 2009.[25]

Edit
Building Armor[8][30]
Researched at

Engineering bay[30]

Properties
Level

Level 1

Level 2

Minerals

150[8] Image:Minerals Terran SC1.png

200[8] Image:Minerals Terran SC1.png

Gas

150[8] Image:Gas Terran SC1.png

200[8] Image:Gas Terran SC1.png

Research time

140[8] time

160[8] time

Notes

Increases the armor of terran buildings.[8]

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[edit] Wings of Liberty

In the StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty campaign, there will be a bunker upgrade which will give the bunker a turret.[31]

Shrike Turret
Structure
Race

Terran

Campaign

Wings of Liberty

Base structure

Bunker

Armament

Mk8 Shrike automated impaler[31]

Campaign Cost

$30,000[24]

Combat
Ground attack

6[31]

Attack range

5[31]

Miscellaneous
Notes

Grants a Servo Servants Mk8 Shrike automated impaler turret to a bunker, which can fire even when the bunker is not garrisoned. It deals 6 damage and has a range of 5.[31]

[edit] Known Bunkers

[edit] References

  1. ↑ Metzen, Chris & Samuel Moore (March 29, 1999). "StarCraft: Revelations." Amazing Stories 596 (Spring): 20-27.
  2. ↑ Underwood, Peter, Bill Roper, Chris Metzen and Jeffrey Vaughn. StarCraft (Manual). Irvine, Calif.: Blizzard Entertainment, 1998.
  3. ↑ Metzen, Chris & Samuel Moore (March 29, 1999). "StarCraft: Revelations." Amazing Stories 596 (Spring): 20-27.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Hickman, Tracy (May 21, 2002). StarCraft: Speed of Darkness. Simon & Schuster (Pocket Star). ISBN 0-671-04150-9.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 StarCraft Legacy staff. 2009-04-04. Terran Buildings Information. StarCraft Legacy. Accessed 2009-05-10.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Source: Battle Report 1 -part 2 Accessed 2008-12-20.
  7. ↑ StarCraft Legacy staff. 2009-04-04. WWI 08 Coverage - Terran Buildings. StarCraft Legacy. Accessed 2009-06-20.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 8.6 8.7 8.8 Terran Bunker. StarCraft II Armory. Accessed 2009-09-12.
  9. ↑ Karune 2008-02-27. Terran's Salvage. Battle.net StarCraft II General Discussion Forum. Accessed 2008-02-27.
  10. ↑ Karune. 2007-10-05. StarCraft II Q&A - Batch 16. Battle.net StarCraft II General Discussion Forum. Accessed 2007-10-05.
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 Source: Shacknews. Artist: Blizzard Entertainment. Accessed 2007-09-15.
  12. ↑ imba.Adolf [RA]. 2009-11-09. We played Starcraft 2: A Report from IgroMir, Day 3. StarCraft Legacy. Accessed 2009-11-10.
  13. ↑ 2009-06-29, Jonathan Ross, Destructoid interview: StarCraft II's Dustin Browder. Destructoid. Accessed on 2009-07-29
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 Karune. 2008-02-29. StarCraft II Q&A - Batch 29. Battle.net StarCraft II General Discussion Forum. Accessed 2008-02-08.
  15. ↑ Karune. 2008-02-26. StarCraft II Q&A - Batch 31. Battle.net StarCraft II General Discussion Forum. Accessed 2008-02-26.
  16. ↑ Karune, StarCraft Legacy staff. 2009-04-04. StarCraft: Legacy StarCraft II Exclusive Q&A with Karune. StarCraft Legacy. Accessed 2009-05-18.
  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 Karune. 2008-02-19. Karune: Abilities from inside Bunker question. Battle.net StarCraft II General Discussion Forum. Accessed 2008-02-19.
  18. ↑ In the current build you can rally a Barracks into a Bunker or a transport. Units rallied in this way move successfully to the bunker or transport and enter. If the transport is moving, the rallied unit will chase the transport until it catches up and then the rallied unit loads. Cavez. 2009-02-04. Dustin: Do units rallyed to bunker enter? Battle.net StarCraft II General Discussion Forum. Accessed 2009-01-05.
  19. ↑ Karune 2008-02-27. Terran's Salvage. Battle.net StarCraft II General Discussion Forum. Accessed 2008-02-27.
  20. ↑ 20.0 20.1 BlizzCon Statistics 1Shacknews.
  21. ↑ 21.0 21.1 1) In the current build, for 100 energy, the Queen can heal a biological unit or building by 200 hit points.
    2) For 50 energy, the Terran Orbital Command can increase a supply depot's supply provided by +8 permanently.
    3) Terran Add-Ons, Bunkers, Sensor Towers, and Missile Turrets can be salvaged for 100% of its cost. Salvage currently takes 5 seconds to complete.
    4) Yes, the Banshee portrait is of a female pilot.
    5) Vespene gas can still become depleted from geysers. Most geysers have 2500 gas each.     Karune. 2009-06-30. Karune: Can the queen heal? Battle.net StarCraft II General Discussion Forum. Accessed 2009-06-30.
  22. ↑ Shacknews. Artist: Blizzard Entertainment. Accessed 2007-12-01.
  23. ↑ 23.0 23.1 Dustin Browder, Rob Pardo. 2008-10-11. Blizzcon 2008: StarCraft II Gameplay Discussion Panel (Part 3). Youtube.com Accessed 2008-10-11.
  24. ↑ 24.0 24.1 Medievaldragon. 2009-08-21. Starcraft II Single Player Hands On: The Armory Room. Blizzplanet. Accessed 2009-08-28.
  25. ↑ 25.0 25.1 StarCraft Legacy staff. 2009-05-30. StarCraft II Impressions Translations - May 21, 2009. StarCraft Legacy. Accessed 2009-05-30.
  26. ↑ 26.0 26.1 26.2 Terran Engineering Bay. StarCraft II Armory. Accessed 2009-10-04.
  27. ↑ Terran Missile Turret. StarCraft II Armory. Accessed 2009-10-04.
  28. ↑ Gamespy staff, Dustin Browder. 2008-12-23. StarCraft II (PC). Gamespy. Accessed 2008-12-24.
  29. ↑ Yes, I can confirm that some units get visual upgrades when you boost them through research. Zerglings, Marines and Banelings are just some examples though, as there are other units that are getting a visual upgrade.

    For example, Battlecruisers have the ability to choose between three specializations:
    - Defensive Matrix (a shield that absorbs damage)
    - Missile Pods (Air to Air AoE damage)
    - Yamato Cannon (honestly, do I need to introduce this one? :) )
    Each one of these specializations changes the graphic of the battlecruisers, thus making it easily recognizable.
    Just to clarify things up: you can only have one specialization per Battlecruiser, and once you choose you cannot switch to another one.

    But not only units are affected by this visual upgrades, even buildings are being visually upgraded.
    Let's talk about Bunkers: when the NeoSteel Frame upgrade is completed (+2 cargo space) the bunker actually gets bigger and taller.     Zhydaris. 2009-12-01. Visual Upgrades? Battle.net StarCraft II General Discussion Forum. Accessed 2009-12-01.
  30. ↑ 30.0 30.1 Grrrrr. 2009-07-04. Terran Late Game Experience (page 2). Inc.Gamers. Accessed 2009-07-13.
  31. ↑ 31.0 31.1 31.2 31.3 31.4 Techupgrades. Flickr. Accessed 2009-08-27.


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