Shotgun

This article is about the weapon type. For the combat skill, see Shotguns.

Shotguns are a close range weapon. They are a great choice for large targets, grouping, or for extra kick. They hit hard with a wide shot pattern.

List of shotguns

The following table lists the Tier I stats of each shotgun for ease of comparison. Augmentation slots appear at Tier II.

Image	Name	Rarity	Technology	Fire Mode	Damage	Rate of Fire	Max Clip Size	Max Ammo	Accuracy	Weight	Augmentation Slots
	Dhan	Ultra Rare	Heleus	Semi-automatic	614	95	3	21	42	30	4
	Disciple	Uncommon	Milky Way	Semi-automatic	432	85	6	42	34	35	2
	Hesh	Rare	Heleus	Semi-automatic	260	220	10	60	16	40	3
	M-23 Katana	Common	Milky Way	Semi-automatic	322	85	5	40	22	40	2
	N7 Crusader	Ultra Rare	Milky Way	Semi-automatic	360	80	4	28	44	35	4
	N7 Piranha3	Ultra Rare	Milky Way	Automatic	328	165	8	48	22	50	3
	Pathfinder Deep Impact	Rare	Milky Way	Semi-automatic	255	85	6	24	35	30	2
	Reegar Carbine	Rare	Milky Way	Automatic	52	525	36	216	50	30	3
	Ruzad	Uncommon	Milky Way	Semi-automatic	355	70	3	27	28	45	2
	Scattershot1, 4	Rare	Remnant	Semi-automatic	135	150	8	∞	60	35	4
	Venom	Rare	Milky Way	Semi-automatic	233	80	5	25	25	45	3

List of multiplayer shotguns

The following table lists the multiplayer Tier I stats of each shotgun for ease of comparison.

Image	Name	Rarity	Technology	Fire Mode	Damage	Rate of Fire	Max Clip Size	Max Ammo	Accuracy	Weight
	Dhan	Ultra Rare	Heleus	Semi-automatic	880	95	5	28	42	30
	Disciple	Uncommon	Milky Way	Semi-automatic	632	85	6	42	34	35
	Hesh	Rare	Heleus	Semi-automatic	330	220	10	60	16	40
	M-23 Katana	Common	Milky Way	Semi-automatic	448	85	5	40	22	40
	M-23 Katana S2	Rare	Milky Way	Semi-automatic	714	85	5	40	22	40
	N7 Crusader	Ultra Rare	Milky Way	Semi-automatic	702	100	8	34	44	35
	N7 Piranha3	Ultra Rare	Milky Way	Automatic	632	165	12	96	22	50
	Reegar Carbine	Rare	Milky Way	Automatic	105	580	38	216	50	30
	Ruzad	Uncommon	Milky Way	Semi-automatic	855	70	3	27	28	45
	Scattershot1, 4	Rare	Remnant	Semi-automatic	435	150	8	∞	60	35
	Shorty2	Ultra Rare	Heleus	Three-shot burst	310	400	15	120	30	42
	Venom	Rare	Milky Way	Semi-automatic	352	80	5	25	25	45

Notes

Weapons stats can be affected by a number of factors. Obvious factors include:

• Weapon mods (spare clips, scopes, barrels, etc.)
• Augmentations to weapons (kinetic coils, aerial lubricant, aerial stabilizers, etc.)
• Weapon Skills such as (Pistols, Assault Rifles, Sniper Rifles, Shotguns)

Changes to a specific weapon, either through development with augmentations or through weapon mods, are reflected in the inventory entry for that specific item. They don’t appear on the blueprints.

Other explicit but perhaps less obvious factors include:

• Profiles
• Skill points invested in Combat Skills (other than the weapon skills) increase the bonuses from weapon skills
• Equipped armor
• Passive buffs from melee weapon augmentations are always active even if the melee weapon isn't in use

These effects are reflected in the blueprint stats without explicit notation.

The singleplayer stats shown on this page are baseline: Initiative I armor, no skill points assigned, no profile active.

Despite being classified as Rare, the singleplayer Pathfinder Deep Impact only has 2 augmentation slots.

Equipped items have a green check mark .

Accuracy is a different weapon property than stability. The accuracy of a weapon will change the size of the aiming reticle. Stability reduces the kickback and rise of the weapon during firing.

There is a chance that a shotgun purchased, crafted, found, or recovered by a Strike team Item Loot Box will drop a random augmentation on deconstruction. (See Augmentation Drops for odds of recovery). Researchable augmentations not already known will not be recovered. This drop will not be shown on the deconstruct screen and you will have to compare your inventory before/after to determine if an augmentation was dropped.

The number of shotgun kills can be tracked on the Accomplishments tab in the statistics menu.

The multiplayer stats shown are accurate as of Multiplayer Update - November 7, 2018.

¹ The Remnant Scattershot doesn't require reloading; the real firing limitation comes from overheating.

² The M-23 Katana S and Shorty are multiplayer only weapons and can't be crafted.

³ The rarity for the N7 Piranha is a Rare blueprint but changes to Ultra Rare in singleplayer Inventory and multiplayer.

⁴ The rarity for the Scattershot is an Ultra Rare blueprint but changes to Rare in singleplayer Inventory and multiplayer.

See also

• Shotgun mod