Handgun Ammo

Details

It weighs almost nothing and stacks to 9,999, so there is no reason not to carry a full stack.

Handgun Ammo Crafting Recipe

Ingot×1

Gunpowder×1

What it really costs, once every sub-recipe is expanded

Wood×4Ore×2Sulfur×1

Crafting it takes 2 materials across 2 types. Each craft returns 20, so the real cost per unit is lower than the list suggests.

Where to Find Handgun Ammo

If you would rather just buy it, the cheapest seller is Caravan Shop at 40 Gold, and 4 other shops stock it too.

It also shows up as world loot — junk hauls while fishing in the Grasslands, junk hauls while fishing in the Forest and enemy camp loot in the Mount Obsidian, and 1 more pool besides, usually 5–10 at a time.

The wandering merchant who stocks these keeps a fixed pitch at Duneshelter, so once that fast travel point is unlocked a restock run is a teleport and a walk of a few seconds rather than a hunt for a roaming trader.

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Using Handgun Ammo Well

The recipe sits on the Technology tree at level 28 and costs a single Technology point, so it is cheap to grab the moment you hit that level — but it arrives well after the guns it feeds, and the gap is why early handgun users end up buying rounds instead of making them.

Weapons That Fire Handgun Ammo

21 weapons take Handgun Ammo, which makes it worth stockpiling — one crafting run supplies the whole class.

Handgun250Handgun437Handgun500Handgun562Handgun625Ballistic Shield250Marksman Revolver250Marksman Revolver437Marksman Revolver500Marksman Revolver562Marksman Revolver625Old Revolver600Old Revolver1050Old Revolver1200Old Revolver1350Old Revolver1500SMG130SMG156SMG175SMG195SMG227

Alternatives and Upgrades

Other ammunitions at a similar tier, for when you want to weigh this against the rest of its class:

Coarse AmmoFire ArrowPoison Arrow

Sunreach Rapid-Fire Ammo

Sunreach Single-Shot AmmoGatling Gun AmmoArrowDecal InkLarge BulletMachine Gun AmmoMagnum AmmoSmall Bullet