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Weapon Overheating - Overheating a weapon is essentially to take that weapon beyond its normal capability to do extra damage, give it longer range, etc. Doing so does damage your weapon at the same time, but this damage can be mitigated by using RuneScape Gold Nanite Repair Paste.
Overheating requires the skill Thermodynamics. Each different turret, launcher, or system has a different bonus that you can gain from overheating it. There is also a heat damage amount and an HP amount assigned to the device.
Every cycle of the device will cause the listed damage to the device until the device HP runs out, at which point the device will need to be repaired either at a station or using Nanite Repair Paste.
Overheating a weapon rack has many advantages, namely the ability to destroy your target quicker and reduce the damage you may take.
The weapon retains its damage multiplier and firing rate. So, if a turret has a 3x multiplier and fires every 5 seconds, whatever damage type the focusing crystal uses will be multiplied by 3 and it will still fire every five seconds.
Ammunition - The ammunition of an energy turret is the frequency crystal. They come in four sizes to match the size of the turret. They also come in eight different variants per size, which determine damage amount, damage type and range of the turret.