Shotgun Trap

The cheapest doorway guard you can research: no power, no electronics, just handmade shells and a spot behind a door. Raiders with a plan still get past.

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Characteristics

Category: Traps

Stack size: 1

Durability: 200

Workbench: Level 1

Craftable: Yes

Researchable: Yes · 60 Scrap

Health: 300

Overview

In-game description

A shotgun trap triggered by movement, place near doorways and load with handmade shells.

Your front door just went down at night, and the guy rushing in with a hatchet has no idea a gun is pointed at the frame. That is the whole job of this trap: punish whoever comes through a door without being authorized on your Tool Cupboard. You and your team walk past it untouched.

It needs no wiring, only a Level 1 bench and handmade shells, the ammo its own description names. Don't bring buckshot for it: as far as we know it won't go in, so save that for your shotgun.

Pros

Cons

Cheap to craft and early to research
Works offline, with no generator or battery
Fires on its own, so a lone raider can't just sprint past

Short reach and wide spread, so it has to sit close to the door
Raiders who expect it break it from outside its cone first
Runs dry if nobody refills it after a fight

Once you can afford it, an auto turret covers far more ground, but plenty of bases still keep a trap in each airlock. There is also a Bar Games version with the same stats.

Raid cost

Explosive	Quantity	Sulfur
High Velocity Rocket cheapest	1	200
Explosive 5.56 Rifle Ammo	30–34	750–850
Beancan Grenade	7	840
Satchel Charge	2	960
Timed Explosive Charge	1	2,200
Rocket	2	2,800
Other ways: siege weapons, vehicles and loot
Torpedo	1	60
Homing Missile	1	200
Mortar Shell	2	600
Propane Explosive Bomb	2	1,800
Survey Charge	33	1,980
MLRS Rocket	1	—
Hammerhead Bolt	7–8	—
40mm HE Grenade	8	—

Direct hit, hard side, no duds. Beancan Grenade is a dud 15% of the time. Satchel Charge is a dud 20% of the time. A range runs from point blank to the far end of the bullet's falloff, fired from an Assault Rifle.

Raid calculator: Shotgun Trap