Weapons Guide

Incendiary Shotgun: read the damage tradeoff

Added in 0.0.0.858, the Incendiary Shotgun deals reduced damage on hit but ignites the target and the ground. Consider it when you want that fire effect, rather than ranking it by the initial hit alone. The update gives no fixed damage, burn-duration or DPS values.

1. Read the current item card before replacing your existing shotgun.
2. Compare the direct-hit value alongside the fire effect.
3. Watch where ground fire remains during the encounter.
4. Use the weapon that fits your route and supplies; the new weapon is not automatically the strongest choice.

Shotgun damage is per shot, summed over pellets

In 0.0.0.858, shotgun stats show damage per shot with all pellets already summed. Treat the displayed value as the total for that shot. Multiplying it again by pellet count overstates the stat, and a stat-card total does not mean every pellet will hit a target.

1. Compare shotgun cards using their per-shot values.
2. Do not multiply the displayed total by the pellet count.
3. Account for your actual range and ability to land the shot.
4. Re-check current stats before copying an older loadout.

Crafted a weapon but cannot find it? Open Storage

New items now go to Storage instead of joining equipment stacks on another character. This includes purchases, crafts, pickups and other newly obtained items. The equipment selector also uses a red skull for items belonging to dead characters, which helps distinguish ownership from your selected fighter’s loadout.

1. Confirm the craft or purchase completed.
2. Open Storage and locate the newly acquired item.
3. Select your intended living fighter and equip it.
4. Check ammunition and recovery supplies before launching.

If crafting is blocked, check both materials and staff

A disabled workshop recipe can involve its listed resources, assigned worker or other prerequisites. Changing equipment does not resolve a room staffing problem. Read the current recipe panel and upgrade costs after staff changes.

1. Read the recipe requirements and the active queue.
2. Check the assigned worker and room bonuses.
3. Target the missing material using the raid reward tooltip.
4. Return to Storage once the craft is complete.

Update 0.0.0.779 weapon and skill buffs

Official notes for 0.0.0.779 (September 24) buffed four skills — Shotgun Master, Energy Weapon Master, Volatile Powder, Flammable Gases — and two weapons, Burr Launcher and Laser. Weapon effects that explode on the target, and vampirism on attacks from behind, were also buffed. Enemies killed by a melee attack no longer explode when the weapon has that effect. The same patch added tutorial hints about reanimating fallen characters, fixed the Gym leveling quest, hid the transport mech platform and black-tent roof from the third-person camera, and added a DirectX 11 launch option for unstable DirectX 12.

1. Re-test Shotgun Master, Energy Weapon Master, Volatile Powder and Flammable Gases on the current build; pre-779 numbers are out of date.
2. Re-test Burr Launcher and Laser before copying a pre-779 loadout.
3. If DirectX 12 is unstable, launch with DirectX 11 from the new option.

October weapon notes: launcher buffs and new enhancements

Update 0.0.0.787 (September 30) buffed the Grenade Launcher, Burr Launcher and Laser again after the 0.0.0.779 pass. The October 15 Major Update added new weapon enhancements — chaining projectiles and an ignition chance — that grow with the number of kills you land before the next reload.

1. Re-test the Grenade Launcher, Burr Launcher and Laser; pre-September numbers are out of date twice over.
2. Keep a kill streak going before reloading to push chaining and ignition effects higher.

Patch notes and gameplay

Follow the current patch notes for changed rules and the Steam listings for the full game and demo.

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