Damage
- Damage
- 12
- per pellet, 14 a shot
- DPS
- 560
- before reload
- Rate of fire
- 200
- rounds a minute
- Magazine
- 6
- 5.048 s reload
- Aim cone
- 0°
- Hip-fire cone
- 0.7°
- Aim sway
- 3
- Recoil (vertical)
- 7–10°
- Deploy
- 1.6s
- In auto turret
- 28% dmg
Damage by ammo
| Ammo | Damage | Headshot | Shots to killno armour | Shots to killfull metal | Full damage tom | Speedm/s | Effect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 168 (best) | 210 (best) | 1 (best) | 2 (best) | 15 m | 292.5 (best) | - | |
| 144 | 180 | 1 (best) | 2 (best) | 15 m | 130 | - | |
| 120 | 120 | 1 (best) | 2 (best) | 15 m | 130 | +4 Heat, 60% fire, Burns 2.5/s for 10-15 s | |
| 64 | 128 | 2 | 4 | 30 m | 292.5 (best) | - |
Chest hits at point blank on a 100 HP player, every pellet landing. Full metal: Metal Facemask, Metal Chest Plate, Road Sign Kilt, Hoodie, Pants, Boots, Tactical Gloves.
- Head
- 210 (highest)
- ×1.25, 1 shot
- Chest
- 168
- ×1, 1 shot
- Stomach
- 168
- ×1, 1 shot
- Arm
- 168
- ×1, 1 shot
- Leg
- 126
- ×0.75, 1 shot
Wear and sound
- Shots before it breaks
- 400
- A shot carries to animals
- 50 m
- With a silencer
- 20 m
Wear counts from a new weapon. Every trigger pull is one shot, however many pellets it fires.
Shots to kill by armour
Chest hits with 12 Gauge Buckshot, point blank. Armour protection was tested in game. Time to kill calculator
- naked10 s
- hazmat10 s
- wood armor10 s
- bone armor10 s
- hoodie + pants10 s
- riot helmet + jacket10 s
- bucket helmet + jacket10 s
- wolf headdress + bone10 s
- arctic suit10 s
- nomad suit10 s
- spacesuit10 s
- diving suit10 s
- cowl + fur10 s
- roadsign + coffee can20.3 s
- full metal20.3 s
- roadsign + facemask20.3 s
- chest plate + coffee can20.3 s
- heavy plate30.6 s
Shots to kill, then seconds. Hover a kit for its damage per hit.
Damage to buildings
| Wall grade | Per hit | Hits to break |
|---|---|---|
 Twig | 33.6 | 1 |
 Wood | 5.04 | 50 |
 Stone | 1.68 | 298 |
 Sheet Metal | 0.017 | 59,524 |
 Armored | 0.017 | 119,048 |
Hits to break a wall of each grade from the soft (inside) face. Guns count as rounds. The hard face takes more. All building blocks
Looted from
| Container | Chance |
|---|---|
| 9.1% | |
| 1.2% | |
| 0.9% | |
| 0.9% | |
| 0.9% | |
| 0.5% |
| Monument | Per full clear | Crates |
|---|---|---|
| 0.1 | 1 Locked Crate (Oil Rig)2 Elite Crate | |
| 0.1 | 1 Locked Crate (Oil Rig)1 Elite Crate | |
| under 0.1 | 4 Elite Crate | |
| under 0.1 | 3 Elite Crate | |
| under 0.1 | 2 Elite Crate |
What opening every crate and barrel there once gives, on average.
Methodology
Best places to find it. Worked out from loot tables tested in game. A crate that has not been tested yet is left out, so a monument can give more than shown.
Compatible Attachments
Holds 4 attachments, one per slot. Pick attachments to see the stats change. All weapon attachments · Compare with attachments
- Damage
- 12
- per shot
- RPM
- 200
- rounds a minute
- DPS
- 560
- while firing
- Magazine
- 6
- rounds
- Reload
- 5.05s
- Aim cone
- 0°
- Hip-fire
- 0.7°
- Aim sway
- 3°
- Velocity
- 292.5 m/s
- Recoil (vertical)
- 7–10°
One attachment per slot, 4 at most. Lights, lasers, scopes and burst mode count as switched on. DPS leaves out reloads.
Recycling
| Recycler | Always | Chance of one more |
|---|---|---|
 Power Plant75% | ||
 Monument (powered)60% | ||
| Monument50% | ||
 Safe zone40% |
One item at full condition. Scrap is an average: the part after the point carries over to the next item.
Wearing it
Survival
Farming & fishing
Repair
| Bench | Max repair cost | Condition loss | Blueprint needed | Repairs until destroyed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20% | No | 14 |
A half-worn item costs about half and loses half as much.
Electrical & stations
Vehicles & mounts
Details
Fires
| Ammo | Damage |
|---|---|
| 168 | |
| 144 | |
| 120 | |
| 64 |
Damage of one shot of each ammo from this weapon.
More Weapons
Skins
Apply with the Repair Bench. Prices are Steam Market USD.
Loading skinsM4 Shotgun: common questions
- How much damage does M4 Shotgun do?
- M4 Shotgun deals 12 damage per pellet, 14 pellets a shot (168 if every pellet hits) and fires 200 rounds per minute from a 6-round magazine.
- Where do you find M4 Shotgun?
- It drops from Locked Crate (9.1%), Elite Crate (1.2%) and Bradley Heavy Scientist (0.9%), plus 3 more. The most from one full clear: Large Oil Rig (0.1), Oil Rig (0.1) and Missile Silo (under 0.1).
- What does M4 Shotgun recycle for?
- Recycling M4 Shotgun at a powered monument recycler (60%) returns 12 High Quality Metal, 2 Metal Pipe, Metal Spring, Metal Pipe (40%), Metal Spring (80%). Safe-zone recyclers pay 40%; the Power Plant red recycler pays 75%.