Emanate

Emanate is a fast support unit used to repair and construct buildings and to defend the Core: Acropolis. It functions primarily as a mobile repair platform rather than a direct combat unit, deploying continuous laser-like repair beams to restore allied structures. Emanate is notable for being the fastest unit in Mindustry across both planets, allowing it to reach damaged sites quickly and relocate between frontlines with minimal delay.

Emanate performs repairs by firing paired repair beams; its weapon operates on a rapid reload and short-lifetime projectile model that heals structures rather than dealing damage. It can build structures when commanded and acts as a frontline maintenance unit rather than a durable tank—it has no special active skills and no immunity states. Its role is utility-first: keep Emanates moving to cover damaged turrets, walls, and production buildings, and use them to repair choke points during sustained attacks on the Core: Acropolis.

Key operational details and weapon parameters:

• Reload: 20.0 ticks (0.33333 seconds) per shot, allowing frequent repair pulses.
• Projectile speed: 1.0, with a lifetime of 40.0 ticks (0.66667 seconds); the repair beam persists for a short duration.
• Fixed repair per hit: 1.8 health points.
• Percentage repair per hit: 0.03% of the target’s max health (applied in addition to the fixed repair).
• Repair formula: fixed repair + percentage repair (that is, repairSpeed + fractionRepairSpeed * maxHealth / 100).
• Shots do not penetrate and have no spread or knockback; turn speed is 20.0.
• Each shot produces 9 fragments (visual/beam elements) and provides continuous healing equivalent to the weapon's listed rates; summary table data lists healing as 2 × 108/sec in aggregate presentation.
• Inaccuracy, knockback, and status inflictions: none.

Practical usage and tactics:

• Use Emanate to rapidly respond to damage on key infrastructure—power nodes, turrets, smelters, and the Core: Acropolis. Its exceptional speed makes it the preferred unit for hit-and-run repairs across a wide map.
• Position Emanates behind frontline defenses so their short-lived repair beams can reach damaged targets without exposing them to focused enemy fire. They are fragile as combatants; avoid sending them into heavy direct fire.
• Pair Emanates with long-range or area-control turrets: while turrets hold enemies at bay, Emanates can keep those turrets and nearby walls at high health, reducing downtime and replacement costs.
• Because repair output includes a percentage of max health, Emanates scale better on high-health structures; prioritize them for repairing heavy walls and higher-tier buildings where the percentage component contributes more.
• Keep multiple Emanates available during sieges; sequential repairs from several units stack to recover large amounts of health quickly.
• They do not possess special skills or immunity states, so protecting them with Shielded structures or escort combat units increases their longevity during prolonged engagements.