Makeshift Shotgun
Weapon · WeaponShotgun0★Scrap-built shotgun with little reach, but it comes into its own once the target is right in front of it.
Makeshift Shotgun is an early shotgun: 37th of 40 by attack, so treat it as a stepping stone, at 215 against the 1,400 of Prototype Shotgun.
No recipe takes it as an ingredient. Whatever you build is the finished article, so there is no reason to hoard spares.
Details
At 24 weight each it eats carry capacity fast, so bring a mount or park a chest nearby. At 23,160 gold it is worth real money to a merchant.
Makeshift Shotgun Crafting Recipe
Ingot×60
High Quality Pal Oil
Fiber×50
Ore×120
Wood×25Crafting it takes 125 materials across 3 types.
Where to Find Makeshift Shotgun
Makeshift Shotgun is not something you find lying around — you craft it, and the recipe is below.
Every Tier of Makeshift Shotgun
The same piece exists at 5 rarities, and the gap is not cosmetic: attack runs 215 to 376, a 1.7x swing. Which one you end up with is decided by the rarity of the schematic you built from, not by the recipe — so a legendary copy of this is worth more than the next item up built from a common one.
| Rarity | Item | Attack | Durability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0★ | Makeshift Shotgun (this one) | 215 | 200 |
| 1★ | Makeshift Shotgun | 258 | 300 |
| 2★ | Makeshift Shotgun | 290 | 400 |
| 3★ | Makeshift Shotgun | 322 | 600 |
| 4★ | Makeshift Shotgun | 376 | 800 |
Ammunition Makeshift Shotgun Uses
Makeshift Shotgun fires Coarse Ammo, and nothing else — running dry mid-fight is the usual way this weapon lets you down, so keep the recipe unlocked before you rely on it.
| Ammo | Yield | Craft cost |
|---|---|---|
 Coarse Ammo | ×20 | Ingot ×1, Gunpowder ×1 |
Alternatives and Upgrades
Step up from here and you get Pump-Action Shotgun at 220 attack; step down and it is Semi-Auto Shotgun at 214. Weigh the jump against what the next tier costs you before committing the resources.
Other shotguns at a similar tier, for when you want to weigh this against the rest of its class:
