Shotgun

Shotgun

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Very powerful up close, but less reliable with range.

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Weapon

Type

Gun

Ammo used

  Simple Shotgun Ammo

Ranged damage

64*10

Rate of fire

2.85 RPS

Magazine size

2

Reload time

3.33 seconds

DPS

317.5 / 1824

Supported
attachments

None

Item

Weight

10

Durability

300.0

Single use

No

Found in Supply Crate

Yellow, Red

Spawn Command

cheat giveitemnum 263 1 0 0
or
cheat gfi Shotgun 1 0 0
or
cheat giveitem "Blueprint'/Game/PrimalEarth/CoreBlueprints/Weapons/PrimalItem_WeaponShotgun.PrimalItem_WeaponShotgun'" 1 0 0

Crafting

Required level

Level 39

Engram points

18 EP

Crafting XP

423.2 XP

Prerequisites

• Flare Gun

Unlocks

• Chainsaw
• Pump-Action Shotgun

Crafted in

• Smithy
• Argentavis Saddle
• Castoroides Saddle
• Thorny Dragon Saddle
• Tek Replicator

Required stations

Refining Forge

Ingredients

80 × Metal Ingot or Scrap Metal Ingot

20 × Wood or Fungal Wood

25 × Hide

The Shotgun is a ranged weapon in ARK: Survival Evolved. It's a close-combat alternative to the   Longneck Rifle and is unlocked at level 39. While not nearly as accurate as the Longneck, and with very little range, its two barrels allow for two shots before reloading, and the bigger spread of its pellets means that you are more likely to damage a target. These features make it superior to a Longneck at close range, but useless at a distance. Its ability to hit multiple targets at once with a good amount of damage make it best for close quarters combat, where quick target acquisition is necessary (i.e. caving).

Notes/Trivia

• The shotgun is a shortened double barrel shotgun.
• A single shell of Simple Shotgun Ammo fires 10 pellets, and each of these pellets has an individual collision check, meaning a single simple shotgun shell has the potential to hit a single target up to 10 times at point blank range.