Shotgun

Shotgun
Details
Stats
Damage per Pellet	29 / 31 / 33
Bullet Range	51 / 53 / 55 SAU
Bullet Speed	105 / 113 / 121 SAU/s
Armor Pierce	1 per pellet
Hamster Ball Pierce	1/3 per pellet
Spawn Ratio	9.93%
Automatic	No
Shot Interval	0.4s
Rate of Fire	150 RPM
Bullet Type	Shells
Magazine Capacity	5
Reload Time	1.3s
Noisiness	215 SAU
Speed
Move Speed	100%
Move Speed (shooting)	0.77
Recoil
Basic recoil while stationary / creeping / running	15° / 15° / 15°
Recoil added per shot while stationary or creeping / running	1.5° / 1.5°
Min recoil while jump roll / crouch roll	16° / 16°
Max recoil	18°
Recoil reset per second while stationary / creeping / running	17° / 17° / 15°

The Shotgun fires a cone of 5 pellets, individually dealing a small amount of damage, together adding up to more than a player's entire health bar. It is extremely effective at close range, but suffers at a distance.

As long as enough pellets connect with a target, a shotgun blast can strip all Armor. However, a single shotgun blast cannot damage both armor and HP at once, meaning even if all 5 pellets connect with an animal wearing level 1 armor, they will lose their armor but take no HP damage.

Weapon statistics

The Shotgun spawns with two boxes of 4 Shells each, 8 in total. The maximum rarity of the shotgun is Rare. The gun has one sound variant.

Strategy

The shotgun deals high damage when all the pellets hit, taking 2 full impact shots to take down an opponent with any level of armor. This makes it powerful in close combat and narrow spaces.

It is advantageous to use cover to close the distance to the opponent or to plan an ambush in a dead angle, waiting for the opportunity to eliminate the opponent.

It is a great camper weapon which most player will use it during final circle when they hiding in unsuspected place and ambush their enemies in close range.

Damage based on distance

Damage output of each pellet depends on the distance it travels it before it hits the target. A pellet fired from the Shotgun can travel up to 51 / 53 / 55 SAU, or 408px / 424px / 440px.

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point blank
33 DMG

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20 SAU
25.36 DMG

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40 SAU
17.73 DMG

31 DMG

23.45 DMG

15.91 DMG

29 DMG

21.55 DMG

14.1 DMG

Skins

Weapon appearance can be customized with one of the following weapon skins:

Common
Default Shotgun
Available to all players

Common
Orange Shotgun
20 Shotgun kills

Common
Green Shotgun
50 Shotgun kills

Uncommon
Military Shotgun
S.A.W. Shop item
200

Uncommon
Blue Shotgun
100 Shotgun kills

Uncommon
Red Shotgun
150 Shotgun kills

Uncommon
Purple Shotgun
225 Shotgun kills

Rare
Blue Knitted Shotgun
S.A.W. Shop item
450

Rare
Flower Shotgun
Super Animal Pass Season 0

Rare
Yellow Shotgun
300 Shotgun kills

Rare
Pink Shotgun
375 Shotgun kills

Epic
Blue & Black Shotgun
Playstation Plus Pack 2

Epic
Green & Black Shotgun
Xbox Perks Bundle 2

Epic
White Shotgun
500 Shotgun kills

Special
Pumpkin Shotgun
Super Howloween 2021

Derivatives

The Shotgun is based off the SPAS-12 without the stock.

Patch History

v0.96.3

• The Shotgun's bullet range was reduced since it was stripping armor too easily at long ranges.
• Shotgun range buffed a slight bit (brought gray closer to blue too) since it felt a bit underwhelming during the PTR. Overall, its still at shorter range than the previous Shotgun iteration.
• Weapon recoil is non-random for the first few shots in a spray, but then becomes random after that. Automatic weapons such as the SMG or AK have 8 shots as non-random, but others like the Magnum or Deagle have 2. The Sniper goes random after its first shot, similar to its current version.

v0.95.1

• Standardized the Shotgun's spread to be 15° whether idle or running. Previously it was 15° while idle and 19° while running.

v0.92.1

• Shotgun reload sound shortened.

v0.90.0

• New weapon-wide bullet spread system added.
• Pellets now spread out much more evenly.
• Blasts no longer damage armor on a player if they were in a hamster ball.

v0.84.0

• Bullets will now visually end at their maximum range.

v0.83.0

• All weapon bullet speeds increased by about 6-8%.