Shotgun Shell

Details

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

Shotgun Shell Crafting Recipe

Refined Ingot×2

Gunpowder×3

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

Wood×12Coal×4Ore×4Sulfur×3

Crafting it takes 5 materials across 2 types, and the bottleneck is almost always the 3× requirement — line that up first and the rest follows. Each craft returns 10, so the real cost per unit is lower than the list suggests.

Where to Find Shotgun Shell

If you would rather just buy it, the cheapest seller is Caravan Shop at 330 Gold, and 4 other shops stock it too.

It also shows up as world loot — junk hauls while fishing in the Snowfields, enemy camp loot in the Desert and enemy camp loot in the Snowfields, and 2 more pools besides, usually 5–10 at a time.

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Using Shotgun Shell Well

The recipe sits on the Technology tree at level 39 and costs 2 points. That is the same level the Double-Barreled Shotgun unlocks at, so plan on 5 points there if you want the gun and its ammunition in the same sitting. It is also a spend you never repeat: the Pump-Action at 43, the Semi-Auto at 47 and the Core Eject Shotgun all feed on this same shell, so the whole conventional shotgun line runs on one 2-point unlock rather than a fresh ammunition tech per gun.

Shells are the slowest of the cheap ammunition to make. A batch of ten carries 25% more crafting work than a batch of ten Rifle Ammo and wants an extra Gunpowder on top, which is the real cost once you are feeding a Pump-Action that drains eight to twelve rounds per magazine depending on its tier. If one line is producing both, the shells throttle it — give them their own bench and handiwork pals, and keep buying at 330 Gold whenever a merchant is on the way, since that is cheaper than it looks against the ingot and powder chain.

Weapons That Fire Shotgun Shell

20 weapons take Shotgun Shell, which makes it worth stockpiling — one crafting run supplies the whole class.

Double-Barreled Shotgun190Double-Barreled Shotgun285Double-Barreled Shotgun323Double-Barreled Shotgun361Double-Barreled Shotgun399Core Eject Shotgun230Core Eject Shotgun402Core Eject Shotgun460Core Eject Shotgun517Core Eject Shotgun575Pump-Action Shotgun220Pump-Action Shotgun275Pump-Action Shotgun308Pump-Action Shotgun352Pump-Action Shotgun385Semi-Auto Shotgun195Semi-Auto Shotgun214Semi-Auto Shotgun234Semi-Auto Shotgun253Semi-Auto Shotgun282

Alternatives and Upgrades

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

Meteorite AmmoReinforced ArrowEnergy CartridgeFlamethrower FuelRifle AmmoGrenade AmmoLaser Gatling CartridgeAssault Rifle AmmoBoost Gun AmmoDecal InkGatling Gun Ammo

Sunreach Rapid-Fire Ammo