Spas-12 Shotgun
A semi automatic military issue shotgun
The Spas-12 Shotgun is a shotgun in Rust. Its default ammo is the 12 Gauge Buckshot. It deals 157.5 damage per shot at 240 shots per minute from its 6-round magazine, the second-highest damage per second of the 6 shotguns. It cannot be crafted, and Supply Drop drops it most often, at 18%.
About the Spas-12 Shotgun
A full reload takes 5.1 seconds, and switching to it takes 1.6 seconds. 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 129 for the Handmade Shell, 107 for the 12 Gauge Incendiary Shell and 57 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 11.3 damage each, the Handmade Shell fires 20 pellets of 6.8 damage each and the 12 Gauge Incendiary Shell fires 10 pellets of 11.3 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 66.7 full magazines.
Only one vendor sells it: the Black Market for 250 scrap. In all, 7 loot sources drop it; the full list of where it drops gives the chance for each.
Spas-12 Shotgun damage and stats
Loaded with the 12 Gauge Buckshot, the Spas-12 Shotgun deals 150 damage per second.
How to repair the Spas-12 Shotgun
A full repair at a Repair Bench costs 7 × High Quality Metal, and no blueprint is needed.
×7 Spas-12 Shotgun compared with other shotguns
Among the 6 shotguns it ranks 2nd for damage per second, 6th for damage per shot, 1st for fire rate and 2nd for magazine size.
The closest to it in damage per second are the M4 Shotgun, Pump Shotgun, Eoka Pistol and Double Barrel Shotgun.
Handmade Shell 135 128.6 12° 100 ×20×1.310–20m 
12 Gauge Buckshot 157.5 150.1 12° 225 ×14×1.310–40m 
12 Gauge Incendiary Shell 112.5 107.2 12° 100 ×10—10–20m 
12 Gauge Slug 60 57.2 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 Spas-12 Shotgun recycles into
A green recycler always gives back 10 × High Quality Metal, 2 × Metal Pipe and 1 × Metal Spring for one.
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×1 50% ×12 ×2 ×1 40% 80% 
×15 ×3 ×2 25% 
×8 ×1 ×1 60% 20% Where to find the Spas-12 Shotgun
Supply Drop has the best chance at 18%, followed by Present Drop at 9.6% and Elite Crate at 0.81%.
Shops that hand it out
Black MarketShop×1for250 (125–500)
ScrapStats checked against the Rust game files on 13 November 2026.
