Shotgun

Shotgun
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Basic Information
Used by:	Engineer, Soldier, Pyro, Heavy
Slot:	Primary (Engineer); Secondary (Soldier, Pyro, Heavy)
Availability:	Stock, Uncrate #20 (Strange), Uncrate #21 (Strange), Uncrate #28 (Strange), Uncrate #88 (Festive), Contract (Decorated), Uncrate #93, Uncrate #94 or War Paint (Decorated)
Nameable:	Yes
Craft No.?:	No
Medieval:	No
Ammo
Ammo loaded:	6
Ammo carried:	32
Reload type:	Single
Available Qualities
	Normal Unique Strange Decorated
Loadout Stats
	Shotgun; Level 1 Shotgun

This article is about the stock primary or secondary weapon shared by the Soldier, Pyro, Heavy, and Engineer. For other shotguns, see Shotgun (disambiguation).

“

Son, I'm gonna blow that dumb look right off your stupid face.

Click to listen

— The Engineer

”

The Shotgun is the default secondary weapon for the Soldier, Pyro, and Heavy and the default primary weapon for the Engineer. It is a pump-action sawed-off shotgun.

It fires 10 pellets per shot for a total of up to 90 damage at point-blank range, enough to kill every class but Soldier and Heavy in two hits. However, it has a high damage falloff over distance, and in addition the pellets spread out as they travel, making it weak at long range.

Usage and strategies will vary between classes:

Soldiers will often rely on the Shotgun if they are out of rockets and cannot take the time to reload, when in close-quarters combat where explosions would cause self-damage, or against enemy Pyros who are attempting to airblast their rockets.
Pyros may use their Shotgun to engage targets outside the range of their Flamethrower, as a finishing blow on burning targets, or when underwater.
Heavies may employ the Shotgun when there is no time to spin up the Minigun, when the Minigun's loud sounds when spun up would interfere with an ambush, or when the Heavy needs to be able to run and jump during combat.
As the Engineer's most powerful weapon, it is used primarily for defending buildings from nearby enemies, to Spy-check suspicious players, or to help a Sentry Gun finish off an enemy.

The Shotgun's first shell will fire at least one pellet straight down the crosshair before "bullet spread" takes effect. When random bullet spread is disabled, the pellets will spread in a three by three grid pattern.

Taunting as Pyro with the Shotgun equipped will perform the Hadouken kill taunt.

Damage and function times

Demonstration

Strange variant

Strange variant information

Strange Shotgun
Strange Shotgun - Kills: 0

Only the first statistic counts towards the strange rank.

Compatible Strange parts

Strange Part: Damage Dealt	Strange Cosmetic Part: Fires Survived	Strange Part: Allied Healing Done	Strange Part: Allies Extinguished

Strange Part: Scouts Killed	Strange Part: Soldiers Killed	Strange Part: Pyros Killed	Strange Part: Demomen Killed

Strange Part: Heavies Killed	Strange Part: Engineers Killed	Strange Part: Medics Killed	Strange Part: Snipers Killed

Strange Part: Spies Killed	Strange Part: Cloaked Spies Killed	Strange Part: Low-Health Kills	Strange Part: Posthumous Kills

Strange Part: Kills While Übercharged	Strange Part: Defender Kills	Strange Part: Underwater Kills	Strange Part: Critical Kills

Strange Part: Gib Kills	Strange Part: Kills While Explosive Jumping	Strange Part: Headshot Kills	Strange Part: Airborne Enemies Killed

Strange Part: Burning Enemy Kills	Strange Part: Medics Killed That Have Full ÜberCharge	Strange Part: Unusual-Wearing Player Kills	Strange Part: Point-Blank Kills

Strange Part: Long-Distance Kills	Strange Part: Domination Kills	Strange Part: Revenge Kills	Strange Part: Full Moon Kills

Strange Part: Halloween Kills	Strange Part: Kills During Victory Time	Strange Part: Kills with a Taunt Attack	Strange Part: Buildings Destroyed

Strange Part: Sappers Destroyed	Strange Part: Robots Destroyed	Strange Part: Giant Robots Destroyed	Strange Part: Robot Spies Destroyed

Strange Part: Tanks Destroyed	Strange Part: Robots Destroyed During Halloween	Strange Part: Projectiles Reflected	Strange Cosmetic Part: Freezecam Taunt Appearances

Strange Part: Killstreaks Ended	Strange Part: Player Hits

Related achievements

Soldier

Bomb Squaddie
Destroy 10 sticky bombs with the shotgun in a single life.

For Whom the Shell Trolls
Bounce an opponent into the air with a rocket and then kill them with the shotgun before they land.

Worth a Thousand Words
Provide the enemy with a freezecam of your 21 gun salute.

Update history

June 19, 2008 Patch (Pyro Update)

Pyro's Hadouken taunt now kills people it hits.

August 31, 2009 Patch

Fixed Pyro's Hadouken killing Scouts that have used Bonk! and are phasing.

December 17, 2009 Patch (WAR! Update)

Soldier's Shotgun taunt changed to 3 Volley Salute (previously was the Buff Banner's juggling taunt).

July 8, 2010 Patch (Engineer Update)

[Undocumented] The Engineer's Shotgun is now a c_model and shares its animations with the Frontier Justice. Additionally, an alternative Frontier Justice firing animation has been added.

July 9, 2010 Patch

Fixed Engineer Shotgun and Pistol not using team skins for the Engineer's arms.

September 30, 2010 Patch (The Mann-Conomy Update)

Every class's Shotgun now reloads at the same speed.

October 6, 2010 Patch

Fixed being unable to equip customized shotguns on some classes.

November 19, 2010 Patch

Fixed the Shotgun reload animations for the Soldier/Pyro/Heavy looping endlessly.

January 7, 2011 Patch

The Shotgun's kill icon was updated.

February 14, 2011 Patch

[Undocumented] Nametagged Shotguns now properly use c_model technology.
[Undocumented] Fixed Engineer's first-person arms using the wrong bodygroup when having a renamed Shotgun equipped with the Gunslinger.

June 23, 2011 Patch (Über Update)

Added Strange quality.

June 18, 2014 Patch (Love & War Update)

Converted the Shotgun models to use the c_models system.

December 22, 2014 Patch (Smissmas 2014)

Added Festive variant.

Bugs

Sometimes the player will get stuck on the reloading animation in world view while playing as a Soldier. This can be fixed by switching to either primary or melee weapon.

Trivia

The Shotgun is set up as a "Left-Handed" model (as shown by the ejection port being visible on the left hand side of the gun) instead of the vastly more common "Right-Handed" set-up, where the ejection port would be found on the opposite side.
- Curiously enough, the Shotgun ejects shells from the right side of the model where there is no ejection port present.

Gallery

Soldier RED first-person view.
Soldier BLU first-person view.
Pyro first-person view.
Heavy first-person view.
Engineer first-person view.
Engineer first-person view with the Gunslinger equipped.
Soldier RED Festive variant.
Soldier BLU Festive variant.
Pyro RED Festive variant.
Pyro BLU Festive variant.
Heavy RED Festive variant.
Heavy BLU Festive variant.
Engineer RED Festive variant.
Engineer BLU Festive variant.
Engineer with Gunslinger RED Festive variant.
Engineer with Gunslinger BLU Festive variant.
Soldier RED Festivized variant.
Soldier BLU Festivized variant.
Pyro RED Festivized variant.
Pyro BLU Festivized variant.
Heavy RED Festivized variant.
Heavy BLU Festivized variant.
Engineer RED Festivized variant.
Engineer BLU Festivized variant.
Engineer with Gunslinger RED Festivized variant.
Engineer with Gunslinger BLU Festivized variant.
Shotgun concept art.
Shotgun concept art.
Shotgun concept art.

Weapons
v • d • e	Scout	Soldier	Pyro	Demoman	Heavy	Engineer	Medic	Sniper	Spy
Primary	Scattergun	Rocket Launcher	Flame Thrower	Grenade Launcher	Minigun	Shotgun	Syringe Gun	Sniper Rifle	—
Primary	Force-A-Nature Shortstop Soda Popper Baby Face's Blaster Back Scatter	Direct Hit Black Box Rocket Jumper Liberty Launcher Cow Mangler 5000 Original Beggar's Bazooka Air Strike	Backburner Degreaser Phlogistinator Rainblower Nostromo Napalmer Dragon's Fury	Loch-n-Load Ali Baba's Wee Booties Bootlegger Loose Cannon B.A.S.E. Jumper Iron Bomber	Natascha Iron Curtain Brass Beast Tomislav Huo-Long Heater	Frontier Justice Widowmaker Pomson 6000 Rescue Ranger Panic Attack	Blutsauger Crusader's Crossbow Overdose	Huntsman Sydney Sleeper Bazaar Bargain Machina Hitman's Heatmaker AWPer Hand Fortified Compound Classic Shooting Star	—
Secondary	Pistol	Shotgun	Shotgun	Stickybomb Launcher	Shotgun	Pistol	Medi Gun	SMG	Revolver
Secondary	Bonk! Atomic Punch Lugermorph Crit-a-Cola Mad Milk Winger Pretty Boy's Pocket Pistol Flying Guillotine Mutated Milk C.A.P.P.E.R	Buff Banner Gunboats Battalion's Backup Concheror Mantreads Reserve Shooter Righteous Bison B.A.S.E. Jumper Panic Attack	Flare Gun Detonator Reserve Shooter Manmelter Scorch Shot Panic Attack Gas Passer Thermal Thruster	Chargin' Targe Scottish Resistance Sticky Jumper Splendid Screen Tide Turner Quickiebomb Launcher	Sandvich Dalokohs Bar Buffalo Steak Sandvich Fishcake Family Business Robo-Sandvich Panic Attack Second Banana	Lugermorph Wrangler Short Circuit C.A.P.P.E.R Giger Counter	Kritzkrieg Quick-Fix Vaccinator	Jarate Razorback Darwin's Danger Shield Cozy Camper Cleaner's Carbine Self-Aware Beauty Mark	Ambassador Big Kill L'Etranger Enforcer Diamondback
Melee	Bat	Shovel	Fire Axe	Bottle	Fists	Wrench	Bonesaw	Kukri	Knife
Melee	Sandman Frying Pan Holy Mackerel Boston Basher Candy Cane Sun-on-a-Stick Fan O'War Three-Rune Blade Saxxy Atomizer Conscientious Objector Unarmed Combat Wrap Assassin Freedom Staff Bat Outta Hell Memory Maker Ham Shank Golden Frying Pan Necro Smasher Crossing Guard Batsaber Prinny Machete	Equalizer Pain Train Frying Pan Half-Zatoichi Saxxy Disciplinary Action Market Gardener Conscientious Objector Escape Plan Freedom Staff Bat Outta Hell Memory Maker Ham Shank Golden Frying Pan Necro Smasher Crossing Guard Prinny Machete	Axtinguisher Homewrecker Frying Pan Powerjack Back Scratcher Sharpened Volcano Fragment Maul Saxxy Postal Pummeler Conscientious Objector Third Degree Lollichop Neon Annihilator Freedom Staff Bat Outta Hell Memory Maker Ham Shank Golden Frying Pan Necro Smasher Crossing Guard Prinny Machete Hot Hand	Eyelander Pain Train Scotsman's Skullcutter Frying Pan Horseless Headless Horsemann's Headtaker Claidheamh Mòr Ullapool Caber Half-Zatoichi Saxxy Persian Persuader Nessie's Nine Iron Conscientious Objector Scottish Handshake Freedom Staff Bat Outta Hell Memory Maker Ham Shank Golden Frying Pan Necro Smasher Crossing Guard Prinny Machete	Killing Gloves of Boxing Frying Pan Gloves of Running Urgently Fists of Steel Warrior's Spirit Saxxy Eviction Notice Conscientious Objector Apoco-Fists Holiday Punch Freedom Staff Bat Outta Hell Memory Maker Ham Shank Golden Frying Pan Bread Bite Necro Smasher Crossing Guard Prinny Machete	Golden Wrench Gunslinger Southern Hospitality Jag Saxxy Eureka Effect Golden Frying Pan Necro Smasher Prinny Machete	Ubersaw Frying Pan Vita-Saw Amputator Saxxy Solemn Vow Conscientious Objector Freedom Staff Bat Outta Hell Memory Maker Ham Shank Golden Frying Pan Necro Smasher Crossing Guard Prinny Machete	Tribalman's Shiv Bushwacka Frying Pan Saxxy Shahanshah Conscientious Objector Freedom Staff Bat Outta Hell Memory Maker Ham Shank Golden Frying Pan Necro Smasher Crossing Guard Prinny Machete	Your Eternal Reward Conniver's Kunai Saxxy Big Earner Wanga Prick Sharp Dresser Spy-cicle Black Rose Golden Frying Pan Prinny Machete
Primary PDA	—	—	—	—	—	Construction PDA	—	—	Disguise Kit
Primary PDA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Secondary PDA	—	—	—	—	—	Destruction PDA	—	—	Invis Watch
Secondary PDA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	Cloak and Dagger Dead Ringer Enthusiast's Timepiece Quäckenbirdt
Building	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	Sapper
Building	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	Red-Tape Recorder Ap-Sap Snack Attack
Taunt	Grand Slam	Grenade	Hadouken Armageddon Execution Gas Blast	Barbarian Swing	High Noon	Arm Blender Guitar Smash	Oktoberfest Uberslice Medicating Melody	Arrow Stab	Fencing

Damage and function times
Shot type		Hitscan
Damage type		Bullet
Ranged or Melee damage?		Ranged
Damage
Maximum ramp-up	150%	9 / pellet
Base damage	100%	6 / pellet
Maximum fall-off	52.8%	3.168 / pellet
Pellet count		10
Point blank		9-90
Medium range		6-60
Long range		3-30
Pellet spread		15:1
Critical		18 / pellet
Mini-crit		8.1 - 12.2 / pellet
Function times
Attack interval		0.625 s
Reload (first)		1.0 s
Reload (consecutive)		0.5 s
Values are approximate and determined by community testing.

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