What it is
Installation of mines warns about delayed activation and danger to the user: “Places pressure mines. The mines don't activate immediately. Be careful, you might run into them yourself.” Demo build 23882143 records a 20-second cooldown and a 50-mineral cost. The linked spawn component points to a mine object; that pointer is part of the source even where the short ability entry contains no damage field. Do not mistake the sparse catalogue for proof that every mine parameter is absent from the raw extraction. Prepare routes for your own troops as well as the expected enemy approach, and check the actual activation behaviour before relying on an immediate barrier.
Where it comes from
Minefields is a local mine-laying kit described as “Mine-laying kit”. These records belong to demo build 23882143. The local kit is tied to BREM and carries the installation ability, so the chain is more specific than a shared word about mines. The upgrade description explains access to equipment; the ability description explains delayed activation and friendly risk. Neither short text is a complete account of mine damage, trigger rules or removal. Read the access chain and the behaviour separately before treating the kit as ready-made area control.
How it is actually used
The wording “Places pressure mines. The mines don't activate immediately. Be careful, you might run into them yourself.” means mines should not be assumed active at the instant they are placed. Consider preparing an expected approach or flank before the opposing force arrives, while keeping a route for your own units. The warning about friendly risk applies to your movement as well as enemy movement. The inspected ability and spawn link do not by themselves give a verified arming countdown or promise that a newly laid field stops a rush. Check activation and placement in play rather than turning delayed arming into a fixed tactical window.
How to beat it
Avoid treating an unfamiliar mined approach as safe merely because no explosion has occurred yet. The official description warns of delayed activation and possible harm to the user, but it does not establish that a sacrificial unit clears the entire route or that cheap units are reliable mine detectors. Watch the mine-layer and choose movement carefully. Pressuring an opponent near their own field may create risk for them, yet no inspected rule guarantees that they trigger it. The useful confirmed advice is to account for delayed activation and danger to both sides.
Values read from game files · version 23882143