Pump Shotgun
A Shotgun. Fires 8 rounds.
The Pump Shotgun is a shotgun in Rust. Its default ammo is the 12 Gauge Buckshot. It deals 210 damage per shot at 55 shots per minute from its 8-round magazine, the third-highest damage per second of the 6 shotguns. You craft it at a Level 2 Workbench, and its blueprint costs 100 scrap to research.
About the Pump Shotgun
A full reload takes 6.3 seconds, and switching to it takes 1 second. It loads one round at a time, so a reload can be stopped partway to fire. Its 11 compatible attachments include a silencer. Mounted in an Auto Turret, it deals 35% of its normal damage.
There are 4 kinds of ammo for it: 12 Gauge Buckshot, Handmade Shell, 12 Gauge Incendiary Shell and 12 Gauge Slug. With the other ammo types, its damage per second is 103 for the Handmade Shell, 86 for the 12 Gauge Incendiary Shell and 46 for the 12 Gauge Slug. The 12 Gauge Buckshot and 12 Gauge Slug fly faster, at 225 m/s against 100 m/s for the Handmade Shell and 12 Gauge Incendiary Shell. Each shot splits into pellets: the 12 Gauge Buckshot fires 14 pellets of 15 damage each, the Handmade Shell fires 20 pellets of 9 damage each and the 12 Gauge Incendiary Shell fires 10 pellets of 15 damage each, while the 12 Gauge Slug fires a single projectile.
From full condition it fires 400 shots with the 12 Gauge Buckshot before it breaks, which is 50 full magazines.
On the tech tree it sits behind 5 other unlocks: 12 Gauge Buckshot, Metal Shield, Salvaged Icepick, Salvaged Axe and Longsword. Only one vendor sells it: the Travelling Vendor for 50 to 80 scrap. In all, 28 loot sources drop it; the full list of where it drops gives the chance for each.
Pump Shotgun damage and stats
Loaded with the 12 Gauge Buckshot, the Pump Shotgun deals 120 damage per second.
How to craft the Pump Shotgun
Crafting one takes 25 seconds at a Level 2 Workbench and costs 15 × High Quality Metal, 2 × Metal Pipe and 1 × Metal Spring.
15 
2 
1 
How to get the Pump Shotgun blueprint
Research it for 100 scrap, or unlock it on the Level 2 tech tree for 6 Blueprint Pages in total.
1 Item 
100 Scrap Blueprint 100 
Node 
1 Blueprint Page Unlocked 6 How to repair the Pump Shotgun
A full repair at a Repair Bench costs 5 × High Quality Metal, and you need its blueprint.
×5 Pump Shotgun compared with other shotguns
Among the 6 shotguns it ranks 3rd for damage per second, 1st for damage per shot, 4th for fire rate and 1st for magazine size.
The closest to it in damage per second are the M4 Shotgun, Spas-12 Shotgun, Eoka Pistol and Double Barrel Shotgun.
Handmade Shell 180 102.7 12° 100 ×20×1.310–20m 
12 Gauge Buckshot 210 119.8 12° 225 ×14×1.310–40m 
12 Gauge Incendiary Shell 150 85.6 12° 100 ×10—10–20m 
12 Gauge Slug 80 45.6 0° 225 —×220–40m Damage & DPS are per-shot with the listed ammo; aim cone is the spread in degrees, velocity in m/s.
Variable Zoom Scope –––––+50 %– 
Weapon flashlight ––––––– 
Holosight ––-20 %–––– 
Weapon Lasersight ––-20 %-50 %––-90 % 
Muzzle Boost –+10 %+0.15+0.5––– 
Muzzle Brake -15 %–+0.5+2–-50 %-100 % 
Simple Handmade Sight ––––––– 
Oil Filter Silencer -30 %–––-30 %–– 
Military Silencer -25 %–––-25 %–– 
Soda Can Silencer -30 %–––-35 %–– 
8x Zoom Scope –––––+50 %– What the Pump Shotgun recycles into
A green recycler always gives back 7 × High Quality Metal and 1 × Metal Pipe for one.
×7 ×1 50% 50% ×9 ×1 20% 60% 
×11 ×1 25% 50% 75% 
×6 80% 40% 
Large Present
Silver Egg
Medium Loot BagThe chance is for a single roll of what the item gives when opened.
Where to find the Pump Shotgun
Supply Drop has the best chance at 39%, followed by Present Drop at 22% and Scarecrow at 2.2%.
Shops that hand it out
Travelling VendorShop×1for50–80Scrap
Stats checked against the Rust game files on 13 November 2026.
