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Starfield Shattered Space

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This page lists all Shotguns in Starfield. Check out our complete list of all Ballistic Shotguns and Particle Beam Shotguns in this guide!

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All Shotguns in Starfield

Ballistic Shotgun List

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Weapon Stats How to Get
Starfield - Boom Boom Boom Boom Damage: Phys
Ammo: Caseless Shotgun Shell
Weapon ID: 002E0735
Buy from Vendor in Neon City on Volii Alpha
Starfield - Breach Breach Damage: Phys
Ammo: 15X25 CLL Shotgun Shell
Weapon ID: 000547A3
Loot from enemies
Starfield - Brute Force Brute Force Damage: Phys
Ammo: 15X25 CLL Shotgun Shell
Weapon ID: 001AC6E0
Complete the Run the Red Mile side quest
Starfield - Coachman Coachman Damage: Phys
Ammo: Caseless Shotgun Shell
Weapon ID: 0026D96B
Loot from enemies
Starfield - Experiment A-7 Experiment A-7 Damage: Phys
Ammo: 15X25 CLL Shotgun Shell
Weapon ID: 31F257
Persuade Ethan during the Entangled main mission
Starfield - Old Earth Shotgun Old Earth Shotgun Damage: Phys
Ammo: 12G Shotgun Shell
Weapon ID: 00278F74
Buy from select shops in New Atlantis and Akila City
Starfield - Pacifier Pacifier Damage: Phys
Ammo: 15X25 CLL Shotgun Shell
Weapon ID: 002953F8
Buy from select shops in New Atlantis, Akila City, and Neon City
Starfield - Rapidshot Rapidshot Damage: Phys
Ammo: 15X25 CLL Shotgun Shell
Weapon ID: 00162CFA
Buy from Vendor in UC Distribution
Starfield - Riot Shotgun Riot Shotgun Damage: EM
Ammo: 15X25 CLL Shotgun Shell
Weapon ID: 00162CF8
Purchase from Jane Weller after clearing the Start-up Stopped mission in Cydonia
Starfield - Shotty Shotty Damage: Phys
Ammo: Caseless Shotgun Shell
Weapon ID: 0026D960
Loot from enemies

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Particle Beam Shotgun List

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Ballistic Particle Beam
Weapon Stats How to Get
Starfield - Big Bang Big Bang Damage: Phys & Engy
Ammo: Heavy Particle Fuse
Weapon ID: 0026D963
Buy from select shops in New Atlantis, Akila City, and Neon City
Starfield - Jake Jake's Hangover Cure Damage: Phys & Engy
Ammo: Heavy Particle Fuse
Weapon ID: 2BD871
Loot behind Jake's counter in the Well

List of All Particle Beam Weapons

What Are Shotguns?

Use in Close Range Against Groups of Enemies

Shotguns are powerful ballistic weapons that can easily tear through groups of enemies. However, these weapons tend to have small magazine capacities meaning you'll need to reload often. They also have poor long-range accuracy, making these weapons more suited for firing at close-range.

Shotgun Weapon Damage Explained

A weapon's overall damage does not scale and does not increase when you level up. Instead, weapon damage depends on its tier and rarity, weapon mods, and your skills.

This means that in order to obtain more powerful weapons, you need to defeat stronger enemies and loot from chests in higher-level zones. Then, you can increase their effectiveness by installing mods at a weapon workbench and leveling up your skills that correspond to the damage type of your weapon.

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List of All Weapons

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Rifles Pistols
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