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A basic but powerful weapon with good range, damage, and ammo efficiency, but low rate of fire. Fires in spread pattern.
A basic but powerful weapon with good range, damage, and ammo efficiency, but low rate of fire. Fires in spread pattern.


The Shotgun is the earliest weapon capable of seriously assaulting Biter nests. The weapon's starting damage can pierce nest armor (12x4 vs. 2) and destroy them with moderate difficulty. Shotgun ammo represents a massive boost on resource efficiency, with 2 copper and 2 iron giving a stack of shells worth 480 raw damage. Contrast this against the pistol ammo, which costs 2 iron for 40 raw damage. These traits make the shotgun user friendly for sustained assaults against biter nests.
The Shotgun is the earliest weapon capable of seriously assaulting Biter [[Enemies#Spawners|nests]]. The weapon's starting damage can pierce nest armor (12x5 vs. 2) and destroy them with moderate difficulty. Shotgun ammo represents a massive boost on resource efficiency, with 2 copper and 2 iron giving a stack of shells worth 600 raw damage. Contrast this against the pistol ammo, which costs 4 iron for 50 raw damage. These traits make the shotgun user friendly for sustained assaults against biter nests.


The shotgun sports a lower damage output and can not clear out biters with the same efficacy as the [[Submachine_gun|Submachine gun]]. Players can switch between both weapons to balance power and efficiency, or support themselves with covering fire from [[Defender_capsule|combat bots]] and [[Turret]]s.
The shotgun is less effective in clearing out the biters themselves, sporting a lower damage output (60 damage/second theoretical maximum, assuming all pellets hit. lower in practice because pellet spread will cause a nontrivial fraction of pellets to miss against small targets) compared to the [[Submachine_gun|Submachine gun]]'s guaranteed 75 damage/second. Players can switch between both weapons to balance power and resource-efficiency, or support themselves with covering fire from [[Turret]]s and [[Defender_capsule|combat bots]].


== History ==
== History ==

Revision as of 09:40, 21 September 2017

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Shotgun

Player shotgun.png

Recipe

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10
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Copper plate.png
10
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Iron gear wheel.png
5
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Iron plate.png
15
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Wood.png
5
Shotgun.png
1

Total raw

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12.5
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Copper plate.png
10
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25
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5

Recipe

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10
+
Copper plate.png
10
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Iron gear wheel.png
5
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Iron plate.png
15
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Wood.png
5
Shotgun.png
1

Total raw

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12.5
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Copper plate.png
10
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35
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5

Stack size

5

Range

15

Shooting speed

1/s

Ammunition

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Piercing shotgun shells.png

Prototype type

gun

Internal name

shotgun

Required technologies

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Produced by

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A basic but powerful weapon with good range, damage, and ammo efficiency, but low rate of fire. Fires in spread pattern.

The Shotgun is the earliest weapon capable of seriously assaulting Biter nests. The weapon's starting damage can pierce nest armor (12x5 vs. 2) and destroy them with moderate difficulty. Shotgun ammo represents a massive boost on resource efficiency, with 2 copper and 2 iron giving a stack of shells worth 600 raw damage. Contrast this against the pistol ammo, which costs 4 iron for 50 raw damage. These traits make the shotgun user friendly for sustained assaults against biter nests.

The shotgun is less effective in clearing out the biters themselves, sporting a lower damage output (60 damage/second theoretical maximum, assuming all pellets hit. lower in practice because pellet spread will cause a nontrivial fraction of pellets to miss against small targets) compared to the Submachine gun's guaranteed 75 damage/second. Players can switch between both weapons to balance power and resource-efficiency, or support themselves with covering fire from Turrets and combat bots.

History

See also