Combat shotgun (Fallout 4)

	For an overview of combat shotgun models, see shotgun.

The combat shotgun is a weapon in Fallout 4.

Characteristics[]

The combat shotgun by default utilizes an 8 round box magazine but can be upgraded with a 12 round extended magazine or a 32 round drum magazine. The weapon is semi-automatic and in being a magazine fed gun, it does well in clearing out rooms and ripping apart enemies at close range. As indicated by the metal stamping on the weapon's bolt, the combat shotgun is chambered for 12 gauge shotgun shells. Each shell holds 8 (shot) pellets by default.

The combat shotgun can, however, be upgraded to be a fully automatic weapon at the expense of reduced range (in contrast to other weapons where fully automatic modification mainly reduces damage per shot and only has a small effect on the range). But the automatic receiver fires barely faster than (manually) rapid-firing the semi-automatic version. In fact, the hair trigger and advanced semi-auto receivers fire faster than the various automatic receivers, apart from the rapid automatic receiver.

Like double-barreled shotguns, combat shotguns suffer very severe damage penalties when fired outside of the listed range. The range-based damage penalties are five times greater than for other types of weapons. This is in addition to the consequences of pellet spread at range, which will cause more pellets to miss as the range increases.

On the plus side, when hip firing outside of V.A.T.S., unlike other weapons, shotguns suffer no penalty to the aiming reticle size when moving the weapon laterally. This is similar to the effect of finned barrels on pipe guns.

Weapon modifications[]

• Receivers
• Barrels
• Stocks
• Magazines
• Sights
• Muzzles

Receiver[show IDs][show resources]
Mod	Description	Effects									Perk requirements	Components	Form ID
Standard receiver	Standard.	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	Adhesive x1 Gears x2 Oil x3 Screw x2 Spring x2 Steel x4	001A8A58
Light frame receiver (Light)	Lighter weight. Reduced damage.	–	-5	–	–	–	–	–	-3.6	+5	–	Adhesive x1 Aluminum x4 Gears x2 Oil x3 Screw x2	00186C5D
Heavy frame receiver (heavy)	Heavier weight. Improved damage.	–	+5	–	–	–	–	–	+3.5	+8	–	Adhesive x1 Gears x2 Oil x3 Screw x2 Steel x6	00186C56
Calibrated receiver (Calibrated)	Better critical shot damage.	–	–	–	–	+6	–	–	+0.6	+15	–	Adhesive x2 Gears x3 Oil x4 Screw x4 Steel x6	00186C4B
Hardened receiver (Hardened)	Better damage.	–	+12	–	–	–	–	–	+0.9	+21	–	Adhesive x2 Gears x3 Oil x4 Screw x5 Steel x6	00186C55
Automatic receiver (Automatic)	Improved rate of fire. Inferior Range.	–	–	+3	-12	-1	–	–	+1.3	+225	Gun Nut: 1 to craft	Adhesive x2 Gears x4 Oil x6 Screw x5 Steel x6	00186C4D
Armor piercing automatic receiver (Armor piercing automatic)	Improved rate of fire and armor penetration. Reduced range.	–	–	+3	-10	-1	–	–	+1.6	?	Gun Nut: 2 to craft	Adhesive x3 Aluminum x4 Gears x4 Oil x6 Screw x6	00186C4C
Hair trigger receiver (Hair trigger)	More sensitive trigger. Better rate of fire.	–	–	+6	–	-3	–	–	+0.2	+34	Gun Nut: 2 to craft	Adhesive x4 Aluminum x6 Gears x4 Oil x6 Screw x5	00186C52
Powerful receiver (Powerful)	Superior damage.	–	+25	–	–	–	–	–	+1.6	+34	Gun Nut: 2 to craft	Adhesive x4 Aluminum x6 Gears x4 Oil x6 Screw x6	00186C58
Hardened automatic receiver (Hardened Automatic)	Improved rate of fire. Better damage. Inferior Range.	–	+12	+3	-12	-1	–	–	+2	+38	Gun Nut: 2 to craft	Adhesive x4 Aluminum x7 Gears x4 Oil x6 Screw x6	00186C54
Rapid automatic receiver (Rapid)	Superior rate of fire. Inferior Range.	–	–	+10	-12	-4	–	–	+2	+41	Gun Nut: 3 to craft	Adhesive x5 Aluminum x8 Gears x6 Oil x7 Screw x6	00186C6A
Calibrated powerful receiver (Calibrated powerful)	Superior damage. Better critical shot damage and accuracy.	–	+25	–	–	+6	–	–	+2.3	+44	Gun Nut: 3 to craft	Adhesive x4 Aluminum x9 Gears x5 Oil x6 Screw x5	00186C57
Hardened piercing auto receiver (Hardened piercing automatic)	Improved rate of fire and armor penetration. Reduced range.	–	+12	+3	-10	-1	–	–	+2.7	+51	Gun Nut: 3 to craft	Adhesive x5 Aluminum x10 Gears x6 Oil x6 Screw x7	00186C53
Advanced receiver (Advanced)	Exceptional damage. More sensitive trigger. Better rate of fire.	–	+37	+6	–	-3	–	–	+3	+54	Gun Nut: 3 to craft	Adhesive x6 Aluminum x11 Gears x8 Oil x6 Screw x6	00186C4F
Powerful automatic receiver (Powerful automatic)	Superior damage. Improved rate of fire. Inferior Range.	–	+25	+3	-12	-1	–	–	+3.4	+57	Gun Nut: 4 to craft	Adhesive x7 Aluminum x12 Gears x8 Oil x7 Screw x6	00186C59

Barrel[show IDs][show resources]
Mod	Description	Effects									Perk requirements	Components	Form ID
Short barrel (Short)	Standard.	-10% AP Cost	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	Adhesive x1 Screw x3 Steel x3	00186C6E
Long barrel	Superior range. Better recoil. Narrow spread.	+10% AP Cost	–	+24	+17	–	–	–	+1.8	+7	–	Adhesive x2 Screw x6 Steel x6	00186C5E
Short ported and shielded barrel (Ported)	Superior recoil	-10% AP Cost	–	–	+5	–	–	–	–	+13	Gun Nut: 2 to craft	Adhesive x4 Aluminum x6 Screw x3	00186C71
Long ported and shielded barrel (Ported)	Superior recoil and range. Narrow spread.	+10% AP Cost	–	+24	+18	–	–	–	+1.8	+16	Gun Nut: 3 to craft	Adhesive x5 Aluminum x8 Screw x6	00186C61

Stock[show IDs][show resources]
Mod	Description	Effects							Perk requirements	Components	Form ID
Short stock	Standard.	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	Adhesive x2 Screw x5 Wood x5	001A8A55
Full stock	Better recoil.	–	–	–	–	–	+0.8	+6	Gun Nut: 2 to craft	Adhesive x4 Screw x6 Wood x6	00186C74
Marksman's stock (Marksman's)	Superior recoil. Better aim with scopes.	–	+1	–	–	–	+1.5	+13	Gun Nut: 2 to craft	Adhesive x5 Aluminum x6 Rubber x2 Screw x6 Spring x3	00186C63
Recoil compensating stock (Recoil compensated)	Exceptional recoil	–	+5	–	–	–	+1.8	+19	Gun Nut: 3 to craft	Adhesive x6 Aluminum x7 Rubber x3 Screw x8 Spring x6	00186C6B

Magazine[show IDs][show resources]
Mod	Description	Effects						Perk requirements	Components	Form ID
Standard magazine	Standard.	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	Adhesive x1 Spring x2 Steel x2	001A8A56
Medium magazine	Better ammo capacity. Reduced reload speed.	–	–	+4	–	+0.4	+5	–	Adhesive x1 Screw x3 Spring x3 Steel x3	00186C64
Drum magazine (Maximum capacity)	Exceptional ammo capacity. Inferior reload speed.	–	–	+24	–	+2.2	+18	Gun Nut: 2 to craft	Adhesive x2 Screw x4 Spring x5 Steel x5	00186C5B
Quick eject mag (Quick)	Superior reload speed.	–	–	–	–	+0.4	+21	–	Adhesive x3 Aluminum x2 Oil x2 Screw x2 Spring x5	001A8A57
Medium quick eject mag (Quick)	Better ammo capacity and reload speed.	–	–	+4	–	+0.7	+28	Gun Nut: 2 to craft	Adhesive x4 Aluminum x3 Oil x3 Screw x3 Spring x6	00186C66
Quick eject drum mag (Quick maximum capacity)	Exceptional ammo capacity. Improved reload speed.	–	–	+24	–	+2.5	+41	Gun Nut: 3 to craft	Adhesive x5 Aluminum x5 Oil x5 Screw x4 Spring x8	00186C5C

Sights[show IDs][show resources]
Mod	Description	Effects						Perk requirements	Components	Form ID
Standard sights	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	Adhesive x1 Steel x2	001A8A59
Front sight ring (Sighted)	Improved focus and sighted accuracy.	–	+3	–	–	–	+2	–	Adhesive x1 Steel x2	00186C50
Glow front sight ring (Sighted)	Improved focus and sighted accuracy. (unequippable)	–	+2	–	–	–	+2	–	Adhesive x1 Steel x2	00186C50
Glow sights (Glow-sighted)	Improved focus and better sighted accuracy.	–	+5	–	–	–	+5	–	Adhesive x2 Nuclear material x2 Steel x2	00186C51
Short scope (Scoped)	Improved magnification. Superior sighted accuracy.	–	+23	–	–	+1.3	+12	–	Adhesive x2 Glass x1 Screw x2 Steel x2	00186C72
Reflex sight (Tactical)	Better focus and sighted accuracy.	–	+12	–	–	+0.6	+15	–	Adhesive x2 Aluminum x2 Glass x1 Nuclear material x2 Screw x2 Silver x1	00186C6C
Reflex sight (Tactical)	Better focus and sighted accuracy.	–	+12	–	–	+0.6	+15	–	Adhesive x2 Aluminum x2 Glass x1 Nuclear material x2 Screw x2 Silver x1	00186C6D
Medium scope (Scoped)	Better magnification. Superior sighted accuracy.	–	+30	–	–	+1.6	+25	Gun Nut: 2 to craft	Adhesive x3 Glass x2 Screw x2 Steel x3	00186C67
Long scope (Scoped)	Superior magnification and sighted accuracy.	–	+43	–	–	+2	+31	Gun Nut: 2 to craft	Adhesive x4 Glass x4 Screw x2 Steel x4	00186C62
Short night vision scope (Night-vision)	Night vision. Improved magnification. Superior sighted accuracy.	–	+23	–	–	+1.3	+42	Gun Nut: 2 Science!: 1 to craft	Adhesive x4 Aluminum x2 Circuitry x1 Fiber optics x1 Glass x2 Nuclear material x2 Screw x2 Silver x2	00186C70
Medium night vision scope (Night-vision)	Night vision. Better magnification. Superior sighted accuracy.	–	+30	–	–	+1.6	+47	Gun Nut: 3 Science!: 1 to craft	Adhesive x4 Aluminum x3 Circuitry x2 Fiber optics x1 Glass x4 Nuclear material x4 Screw x2 Silver x2	00186C65
Long night vision scope (Night-vision)	Night vision. Superior magnification and sighted accuracy.	–	+43	–	–	+2	+54	Gun Nut: 3 Science!: 1 to craft	Adhesive x5 Aluminum x5 Circuitry x3 Fiber optics x3 Glass x5 Nuclear material x6 Screw x2	00186C60
Short recon scope (Recon)	Tracks targets. Improved magnification. Superior sighted accuracy.	–	+23	–	–	+2.3	+64	Gun Nut: 3 Science!: 1 to craft	Adhesive x5 Aluminum x6 Circuitry x3 Crystal x6 Fiber optics x4 Nuclear material x7 Screw x3	002492D8
Long recon scope (Recon)	Tracks targets. Superior magnification. Superior sighted accuracy.	–	+43	–	–	+2.3	+64	Gun Nut: 3 Science!: 1 to craft	Adhesive x5 Aluminum x6 Circuitry x3 Crystal x6 Fiber optics x4 Nuclear material x7 Screw x3	00186C77

Muzzle[show IDs][show resources]
Mod	Description	Effects						Perk requirements	Components	Form ID
No muzzle	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Large bayonet (Bayoneted)	Superior bash. Inferior range.	–	-18	–	–	+1.8	+13	–	Adhesive x2 Screw x3 Steel x3	00186C5A
Compensator (Compensated)	Improved per-shot recoil. Improved recoil control. Reduced range.	–	-12	+5	–	+1.4	+32	Gun Nut: 2 to craft	Adhesive x3 Aluminum x2	00186C4E
Muzzle brake (Muzzled)	Exceptional recoil control. Better per-shot recoil. Inferior range.	–	-18	+9	–	+1.4	+48	Gun Nut: 3 to craft	Adhesive x4 Aluminum x5	00247E8D
Suppressor (Suppressed)	Suppresses sound from firing. Exceptional per-shot recoil. Improved recoil control. Poor range.	–	-30	+4	–	+1.8	+65	Gun Nut: 3 to craft	Adhesive x6 Aluminum x7 Plastic x5 Screw x4	00186C75

Variants[]

• Justice is sold by Penny Fitzgerald in Covenant.
• Le Fusil Terribles is found in Libertalia, on top of a yellow crate in the captain's cabin.

Locations[]

• Occasionally sold by various merchants, such as Deb at Bunker Hill and Arturo Rodriguez in Diamond City.
• May be found in one of two traps in a raider base in an alleyway just behind Diamond City.
• Dropped by mercenaries guarding Parsons State Insane Asylum.
• Occasionally carried by raiders.
• Can sometimes be found at Skylanes Flight 1981 next to the Master locked container.
• Reward for completing part 1 of Hull Breach.
• Sold as a prize at the Nuka-Cade for 4350 Nuka-Cade tickets (items rotate every couple of days).

Notes[]

• Combat shotguns with the two-shot legendary modified causes it to fire 7x2=14 projectiles, instead of the usual 7+1=8 projectiles.
• Applying the advanced receiver adds an extra projectile per shot.
• When equipped with a drum magazine, full stock, front sight ring, long barrel, and compensator, this weapon closely resembles the combat shotgun seen in Fallout 3. The only major difference is the placement of the magazine, which in Fallout 3 was placed in front of the ejection port.
• Because the bleed damage is applied per projectile, a combat shotgun with the "Wounding" prefix inflicts massive damage per shot. The bleed damage will continue to stack with successive shots. With an advanced receiver, the weapon will deal 200 additional damage per shot over 5 seconds, if all projectiles hit the target.
• The automatic receiver fires just one round in V.A.T.S., with no increase in damage compared to the single-shot receiver, while also adding a 25% increased cost to action point usage.
• The combat shotgun and combat rifle share nearly identical models, with only a few differences.
• When equipped with a bayonet and short barrel, the bayonet's model will clip through the shotgun's handguard.

Bugs[]

• ^{[Platforms needed]} The damage of the explosive legendary variant of the combat shotgun is labeled wrong, while V.A.T.S. adds 15 damage to the total damage, the added damage is actually increased per pellet (7 pellets*15=105 Base, 120 W/ advanced receiver. Ranking up the Demolition Expert perk increases the explosive damage independently from direct hit damage). ^[verified]
• ^{[Platforms needed]} The glow front sight ring does not appear in the Sights tab unless a front sight ring is placed in the player's inventory or a workbench, although it has no requirements and cannot be installed. This is because it is incomplete due to an oversight. It has no associated Construction Object, which determines the requirements to craft it, and shares a world object model with the front sight ring. The front sight ring's world object is called glow front sight ring, but it will only allow the installation of the front sight ring.^{[verification overdue]}

Gallery[]

A long barrel combat shotgun with a full stock, medium magazine and suppressor

Combat shotgun modified with a ported long and shielded barrel, marksman's stock, front sight ring, drum magazine and compensator

v · d · e Weapons in Fallout 4 Unarmed Boxing glove · Deathclaw gauntlet · Knuckles · Meat hook (Butcher's Hook) · Power fist Melee weapons Bladed Assaultron blade  · Chinese officer sword (General Chao's Revenge, Zao's sword, Sword of Wonders) · Combat knife (Pickman's Blade) · Disciples blade (Throatslicer) · (Grognak's axe) · Machete (Kremvh's Tooth) · Mr. Handy buzz blade  · Pint-Sized Slasher knife  · Pole hook (Bloodletter, The Fish Catcher) · Revolutionary sword (Shem Drowne sword) · Ripper (Reckoning ·The Harvester ) · Shishkebab · Steel sword  · Switchblade Blunt Alien shock baton  · Baseball bat (2076 World Series baseball bat, Cito's Shiny Slugger , Fencebuster , Rockville Slugger) · Baton · Board · Commie Whacker  · Lead pipe · Pipe wrench (Big Jim) · Pool cue · Rolling pin · Sledgehammer · Super sledge (Atom's Judgement ) · Swatter · Tire iron · Walking cane Ballistic weapons Pistols .44 pistol (Eddie's Peace, The Gainer, Kellogg's pistol, Early Retirement )  · 10mm pistol (Deliverer, Wastelander's Friend, Gen-4 10mm pistol , Classic 10mm pistol , Ultimatum Silver Sidearm )  · Acid Soaker  · Flare gun · Western revolver Shotguns Combat shotgun (Le Fusil Terribles, Justice) · Double-barrel shotgun · Handmade shotgun (Triple-barrel handmade shotgun) SMGs Submachine gun (Silver submachine gun, Spray n' Pray) Rifles Anti-materiel rifle  · Assault rifle · Chinese grenade launcher rifle (Flakker) · Combat rifle (CR-74L , December's Child , Overseer's Guardian) · Handmade rifle (Splattercannon, The Problem Solver) · Hunting rifle (Reba II, Tinker Tom Special) · Lever-action rifle (Old Reliable, Lucky Eddy) · Manwell carbine (Manwell rifle) · Nail gun  · Pipe grenade launcher  · Radium rifle (Kiloton radium rifle, Radical Conversion) · Railway rifle (Prototype railway rifle) · Saw blade launcher  · Syringer Heavy weapons Baseball launcher  · (Broadsider) · Fat Man (Big Boy, Nuka-nuke launcher , The Striker ) · Harpoon gun (Admiral's Friend, Skipper's Last Stand) · (Junk Jet) · Minigun (Ashmaker) · Missile launcher (Death From Above, Partystarter) Other Paddle ball  · Pipe bolt-action · Pipe gun · Pipe revolver · Thirst Zapper Energy weapons Cryo (Cryolator) Laser (Salvaged Assaultron head ) · Institute laser (Virgil's rifle) · Laser musket · Laser gun (Good Intentions, Old Faithful, Protectron's Gaze , Prototype UP77 "Limitless Potential", Righteous Authority, Survivor's Special, Wazer Wifle) · Gatling laser (Final Judgment, Aeternus ) Plasma (BFG 9000 ) · Plasma gun (Experiment 18-A, Sentinel's Plasmacaster) Other (Alien blaster pistol (Hub's Alien Blaster )) · (Alien atomizer ) · (Alien disintegrator )  · (Cosmic cannon ) · Flamer (Sergeant Ash , Heavy incinerator ) · Gamma gun (Lorenzo's Artifact gun, Zeta gun) · Gauss rifle (The Last Minute) · (Prototype Gauss rifle ) · Solar cannon (Solar cannon Mk.II, Outcast)  · (Tesla cannon ) · Tesla rifle  · (Thunderbolt ) Explosive weapons Thrown Baseball grenade · Cryogenic grenade · Frag grenade · Fragmentation grenade MIRV  · Fury grenade  · HalluciGen gas grenade · (Homing beacon) · Institute EM pulse grenade  · Molotov cocktail · Nuka grenade · Nuka Cherry grenade  · Nuka Quantum grenade  · Persuasion grenade  · Piggy Bank bomb  · Plasma grenade · Predator grenade  · Pulse grenade · Smart fragmentation grenade Placed Bear trap  · Bleeding bear trap  · Bottlecap mine · Cryo mine · Frag mine · Nuke mine · Piggy Bank mine  · Plasma mine · Pulse mine · Caltrops  · Poisoned caltrops Parentheses () denote unique weapon variants.