Shotguns

Linking a shotgun.

Shotguns are one of three gun types that are available from the start of the game. Like all guns, a shotgun requires a shotgun core, a heatsink, and a barrel to be linked before it can be used; these may be unlinked at any time. Preassembled shotguns can be found in Central Control (one in each desk in the southwestern office) and possibly in the MPO Prison (near the first enemy, but it may be a pistol or SMG instead). In other sectors, security offices may contain any basic weapon, including shotguns or shotgun cores. Once researched, shotgun cores can be produced at the 3D Printing System.

Shotguns have the shortest range among all guns, making them most suited to close-quarters combat, not unlike shotguns in most other games. Another similarity is the very high damage per shot that shotguns sport, which allows even the most basic shotguns to instantly kill most unevolved enemies with a well-placed point-blank shot, even on the highest difficulty. Even stronger evolved enemies rarely take more than three point-blank shots to kill, maybe four on Nightmare difficulty for the toughest.

The blast of a shotgun.

Despite the high damage, the short range is just as much of a consideration. Enemy melee attacks are often significantly more dangerous than enemy projectiles, if not because higher damage then because melee attacks are actually capable of inflicting status effects (assuming they aren't shielded against). The fact that shotguns leave you in range for melee attacks means that using a shotgun requires more careful maneuvering in order to avoid damage, thus using a shotgun may be preferred for the more experienced, or at least for those willing to take the extra hits. Firing a shotgun does knock you back slightly, so moving with this in mind can improve maneuverability.

List of all Shotgun Cores

All stats are per trigger pull. All shotgun cores fire 8 shots per trigger pull. Durability decreases by 1 per shot fired; where other guns lose 1 Durability per trigger pull, shotguns lose 8 Durability per trigger pull due to the "shots per fire". The weight is of the gun core alone; once linked with a heatsink and barrel, the heatsink's and barrel's weights are added on. All shotgun cores have 1.00/sec rate of fire, 8 shots per fire, 3 range, and weigh 0.50 kg.

Image	Name	Link Capacity	Damage	Angle	Energy	Knockback	Durability	Weight	Research Level	Research Time	Engineering Level	Production Time
	Shotgun Flux	100	300-359	30°	25	8-8	1200	1	3h20m	1	50m
	Shotgun Flux G2	100	320-380	30°	25	8-8	1200	1	3h26m	1	51m
	Shotgun Flux G3	100	340-399	30°	20	8-8	1200	1	3h33m	1	53m
	Shotgun Flux GA	100	360-420	29°	30	9-8	1250	2	3h40m	2	55m
	Shotgun Flux GA2	200	380-440	29°	30	9-8	1250	2	3h46m	2	56m
	Shotgun Flux GA3	300	400-459	29°	25	9-8	1250	2	3h53m	2	58m
	Shotgun Flux GT	300	420-480	28°	35	10/10	1400	3	4h00m	3	1h
	Shotgun Flux GT2	400	440-500	28°	35	10-10	1400	3	4h06m	3	1h1m
	Shotgun Flux GT3	500	460-519	28°	30	10-10	1400	3	4h13m	3	1h3m
	Shotgun Flux GX	500	480-540	29°	40	12-12	1450	3	4h20m	4	1h5m
	Shotgun Flux GX2	600	500-559	29°	40	12-12	1450	4	4h26m	4	1h6m
	Shotgun Flux GX3	700	520-580	29°	35	13-12	1450	N/A	N/A	4	1h8m

See Also

• Barrel
• Heatsink
• Pistols
• SMGs
• Plasma Launchers
• Melee