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Not to be confused with the Season 15 Grand Prize, the Shogun.

The Shotgun is a pump-action firearm weapon that is very useful in close-range combat. It is able to deal up to 20-30 damage with a single shot, providing the target is close enough.

Overview

The Shotgun is very easily obtainable, now-free (previously priced at a mere Cash Icon1,000) weapon that can be found at a wide variety of locations, including the Rising City Gun Shop, Rising City Criminal Base, Crater City Gun Shop, Mountainside Town Gun Shop, Rising City Police Station, Prison Police Station, Prison Gun Shop, Volcano Criminal Base, Security Office and the Military Base War Room.

The Shotgun is incredible for close-range combat, as the grouping of the Shotguns' pellets does not spread very far. The Shotgun can easily drain an enemy of their health at close range, but has a low fire rate and a low capacity, only holding 5 shells, and has a slow reload. However, the shotgun isn't recommended for long range combat situations, as previously stated, its pellets do not spread very far. The Shotgun is a very affordable, user-friendly weapon that can easily give players the upper hand in a fight. Overall, the Shotgun is worth more than its price.

The Shotgun was revamped in the Apocalypse Part 2 Update, featuring a new model with reloading and fire ammo animations, along with making the weapon free to purchase.

Stats
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Damage
Excellent
4s
Range
Fair
3s
The Shotgun does anywhere from 3 to 30 damage depending how many shotgun pellets hit the target. The closer the shotgun to the target, the more pellets will hit. The Shotgun has below average range due to the spread of the shells upon firing. The Shotgun is meant to be a close-quarters weapon.
Accuracy
Fair
3s
Rate of Fire
Mediocre
2s
The Shotgun's accuracy is about average because of the shell spread, allowing players to hit targets without needing extremely good aim. The Shotgun fires approximately 60 rounds per minute, which is decent for a weapon of this type, but below average compared to the many automatic/semi-automatic weapons in the game.
Ammunition
Terrible
1s
Reload time
Decent
2
The Shotgun has 5 bullets per round, the third least bullets in any weapon in the game after the Flintlock and Sniper, which are both tied for first. The reload time is below average compared to other guns, taking about 2 seconds.
Damage per Second
Great
3
Durability
Unknown
0s
The Shotgun on average does 2.1 to 21 damage per second, which is higher than that of the Pistol. No info

Strategy

It is an effective strategy to pair the Shotgun with the Pistol, the Uzi or the AK-47 to make quick kills. Use the Shotgun to wipe out most of the enemy player's health, then switch to the quicker firing weapon to finish them off. However, this strategy requires good aim and fast reaction time, so many players instead use the Shotgun by itself. This is still quite effective, as the Shotgun is capable of making a kill with only 4 of its 5 rounds.

When using the Shotgun as a Criminal or Prisoner, the player needs to be careful of tasers and handcuffs. The player can be easily arrested as the Shotgun can only deal the maximum 30 damage at close-range, while the taser is quite effective at short ranges and criminals and guilty prisoners can be easily arrested in that range. It will, however, be somewhat effective if you jump and shoot in close range of the hostiles, so you have better chance of not getting tazed, and can deal damage in close combat.

The Shotgun should not be used for long-range combat, as the Pistol, Uzi, AK-47, and Rifle are much more effective due to their high accuracy and quicker firing. In mid-range combat, however, the Shotgun is still surprisingly effective and can deliver moderate amounts of damage to trim down a player's health.

If a player can successfully land 4 shots on a car at close-medium range, they will be able to pop the tires of that car. This goes the same for Aerial vehicles, except that Aerial vehicles, like the Black Hawk, will make a beeping sound, and the vehicle will fall and land on the nearest surface.

Galleries

Visual gallery

Current

The current Shotgun after the March 2024 Update.

Outdated

The outdated Shotgun model after the March 2020 Update.

Original

The original Shotgun model prior to the March 2020 Update.

Redesign

The redesign images for the Shotgun remodel prior to release.

Weapon Skins

The Shotgun with the weapon skins equipped.

Audio gallery

Firing a single shot with the Shotgun.
Firing all of the Shotgun's ammo.
Reloading the Shotgun.
Shooting wood material with the Shotgun.
Shooting metal material with the Shotgun.

Trivia

  • Like the Pistol and Rifle, this got a model and damage change in the Weapons Update.
  • The old Shotgun model resembled the BB Gun, a Roblox gear in the Catalog.
    • This was later changed in the Weapons Update, where it received its own custom mesh alongside the Pistol and Rifle.
  • The old Shotgun model used to be located in the Rising City Criminal Base inside the side room of the main building.
    • This was changed on August 14th, 2018 where it was removed, until a later update added it back.
  • The Shotgun was buffed to hold 5 shells per reload instead of 4 shells.
  • Prior to the August 2018 update, the Shotgun would do 45 damage per shot.
    • This was nerfed to 30 afterwards.
  • Originally, in the Weapons/Items Update when Gun Shops were introduced, the Shotgun costed Cash Icon40,000, but was lowered to Cash Icon1,000 in a patch update due to many requests and complaints. Users who bought the Shotgun for Cash Icon40,000 in-game cash were refunded Cash Icon39,000 in-game cash after the update.
  • The Shotgun appears to be based on Remington model 870, Mossberg 500 Persuader, a Franchi Spas 12, or the Serbu Super Shorty.
  • Before the Jailbreak HD update, there was an instant-kill glitch where if the player equipped the Shotgun, shot it at an enemy player, and quickly switched to the Pistol or the Rocket Launcher, the Shotgun bullets would instantly kill the enemy player.
    • This has since been patched.
  • Realistically, you shouldn't be able to reload this.
    • However, the reloading sound seems to be the pump sound effect, which is slightly low pitched and repeated compared to its shooting sound.
  • In the Gun Skins Update, the shotgun did very low damage, doing a maximum of 9 damage at point-blank range.
    • This was a bug that was added in the update. It has since been fixed.
  • The Shotgun fires roughly 19 - 20 pellets per shot, but only 10 will register as having hit an enemy for a maximum of 30 damage.
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