Tactical Shotgun

Tactical Shotgun

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Statistics

Type	Weapon
Uses ammo	Bullets
Damage	29 (Ranged)
Knockback	7 (Strong)
Critical chance	4%
Use time	34 (Slow)
Velocity	6
Rarity	08*
Sell	8
Research	1 required

Sounds

Use

• Internal Item ID: 679

The Tactical Shotgun being used.

File:Tatical Shotgun fired.png

A player firing the Tactical Shotgun

The Tactical Shotgun is a Hardmode, post-Plantera ranged weapon. It is an upgraded version of the Shotgun, auto-firing six spread shots per bullet consumed (against the Shotgun's average of four), for a possible combined base damage of 174 per bullet spent (not including bullet damage stats which are then added). It has a 7.64% / 11.46% (1/13 / 1/9) chance to drop from Tactical Skeletons in the post-Plantera Dungeon.

Its best modifier is Unreal.

Tips

• The Tactical Shotgun's wide spread, high knockback, and numerous projectiles make it effective at crowd control, especially with Explosive Bullets. Care should be taken when using Explosive Bullets at short range, since they can harm the user.
• Against single targets such as bosses, Chlorophyte Bullets negate the Tactical Shotgun's inaccuracy at long range.
• When using Chlorophyte Bullets, most or all of the shots will hit causing a lot more damage but with only using one bullet. This method is more effective than the Megashark or Clockwork Assault Rifle as the Megashark shoots about 2 shots per bullet vs 6 shots for 1 bullet with the added bonus of having more damage per shot. The Clockwork Assault Rifle shoots 3 bullets vs 6 bullets (they also do more damage per shot). When paired, they can destroy most Hardmode enemies and quickly farm bosses with ease.
• It is inadvisable to use this weapon with Meteor Shots or any kind of piercing ammo against single targets. The bullets' piercing damage will cause the target to become invulnerable for a few frames, which means only one bullet will hit.
  • Luminite Bullets are an exception as they do not create invincibility frames and all bullets will pierce through normally.
• Crystal Bullets are highly recommended for crowd control since they create 3 shards, for a total of 18 shards per round.

Trivia

• Despite appearing to have a scope, the Tactical Shotgun has no inherent zoom capability like the Sniper Rifle.
  • This can slightly be compensated by equipping a Rifle or Sniper Scope.
• While the Tactical Shotgun is fully automatic, the Tactical Skeleton enemy that drops it seems to wield a significantly slower, semi-automatic version.
• The drum magazine on the sprite perhaps alludes the fact that it is automatic.
  • However, like most ranged weapons in the game, it does not require a reload and can fire until all bullets are used up, which would have rendered the drum magazine redundant.
  • Despite being fully automatic, it still fires rather slowly.
• The Tactical Shotgun bears similarity to the Shotgun, but with more cosmetic attachments and a more metallic structure.

History

 PC version

• Desktop 1.3.1: Sprite updated.

• Desktop 1.2.3: Fixed when using Explosive Bullets.

• Desktop 1.2: Introduced.

 Console version

• Console 1.0.933.1: Sprite updated to match Desktop 1.3.1. ()

• Console 1.0.750.0: Sprite updated to match Desktop 1.3.1. ()

• Console 1.02: Introduced.

 Nintendo Switch version

• Switch 1.0.711.6: Introduced.

 Mobile version

• Mobile 1.2.6508: Introduced.

Nintendo 3DS version

• 3DS-Release: Introduced.