Shotgun: Difference between revisions

	Recipe
	10+ 10+ 5+ 15+ 5 → 1
	Total raw
	12.5+ 10+ 25+ 5
Stack size	5
Shooting speed	1/s
Ammunition
Prototype type	gun
Internal name	shotgun
	Required technologies
	Produced by

Latest revision as of 16:56, 29 October 2021

The shotgun is a basic but powerful weapon with good range, damage, and ammunition efficiency, but a low rate of fire. It fires in a spread pattern. The shotgun will fire without hostile targets nearby, can damage walls (it won't shoot over them) and other friendly structures, thus requiring significantly more caution when used, compared to most other weapons.

For early Biter nests assaults, shotgun ammo represents a massive boost on resource efficiency, with 2 copper plates and 2 iron plates giving a stack of shotgun shells, dealing a total of 600 damage. Contrast this against the pistol's firearm magazine, which costs 4 iron plates and deals a total of 50 damage.

The shotgun is less effective in clearing out the biters themselves, because pellet spread will cause a nontrivial fraction of pellets to miss against small targets. Players can switch between the shotgun and submachine gun to balance power and resource-efficiency, or support themselves with covering fire from Turrets and combat bots.

History

0.7.0:
- Introduced

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-{{Combat
+{{:Infobox:Shotgun}}
-|range         =20
-|shootingspeed =1 /s
-|ammunition    =Shotgun shells + Piercing shotgun shells
-|magazinesize  =10
-|input         =Time, 4 + Wood, 5 + Iron Plate, 15 + Copper Plate, 10 + Iron Gear Wheel, 5
-|raw           =Time, 7.8 + Raw wood, 2.5 + Iron Plate, 25 + Copper Plate, 10
-|technologies  =Military
-|boosttechs    =Shotgun shell damage + Shotgun shell shooting speed
-|producers     =Manual + Assembling machine 2 + Assembling machine 3
-}}
-A basic but powerful weapon with good range, damage, and ammo efficiency, but low rate of fire. Fires in spread pattern.
+The '''shotgun''' is a basic but powerful [[Weapons|weapon]] with good range, [[damage]], and [[ammunition]] efficiency, but a low rate of fire. It fires in a spread pattern. The shotgun will fire without [[Enemies|hostile targets]] nearby, can damage [[wall]]s (it won't shoot over them) and other friendly structures, thus requiring significantly more caution when used, compared to most other weapons.
-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.
+For early Biter [[Enemies#Spawners|nests]] assaults, shotgun ammo represents a massive boost on resource efficiency, with 2 [[copper plate]]s and 2 [[iron plate]]s giving a stack of [[shotgun shells]], dealing a total of 600 damage. Contrast this against the [[pistol]]'s [[firearm magazine]], which costs 4 iron plates and deals a total of 50 damage.
-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, because pellet spread will cause a nontrivial fraction of pellets to miss against small targets. Players can switch between the shotgun and [[submachine gun]] to balance power and resource-efficiency, or support themselves with covering fire from [[Turret]]s and [[Defender_capsule|combat bots]].
-'''See also:'''
+== History ==
+{{history|0.7.0|
+* Introduced}}
+==See also==
 * [[Combat shotgun]]
-* [[Damage|Damage & resistances]]
+* [[Damage]]
 * [[Enemies]]
-{{EquipNav}}
+{{CombatNav}}
+{{C|Weapons}}
-[[Category:Items]]
-[[Category:Weapons]]
-[[Category:Equipment]]
-[[Category:Combat]]

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Weapons	Pistol Submachine gun Railgun Tesla gun () Shotgun Combat shotgun Rocket launcher Flamethrower
Ammo	Firearm magazine Piercing rounds magazine Uranium rounds magazine Shotgun shells Piercing shotgun shells Cannon shell Explosive cannon shell Uranium cannon shell Explosive uranium cannon shell Artillery shell Rocket Explosive rocket Atomic bomb Capture bot rocket () Flamethrower ammo Railgun ammo Tesla ammo ()
Capsules	Grenade Cluster grenade Poison capsule Slowdown capsule Defender capsule Distractor capsule Destroyer capsule
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Combat equipment	Energy shield Energy shield MK2 Personal laser defense Discharge defense Discharge defense remote
Defense	Wall Gate Radar Land mine
Turrets	Gun turret Laser turret Flamethrower turret Artillery turret Artillery targeting remote Rocket turret Tesla turret () Railgun turret ()
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