Waterpipe Shotgun
A Shotgun. Fires a single round before reloading.
The Waterpipe Shotgun is a shotgun in Rust. Its default ammo is the Handmade Shell. It deals 180 damage per shot at 30 shots per minute. You craft it at a Level 1 Workbench, and its blueprint costs 40 scrap to research.
About the Waterpipe Shotgun
Loading the next shot takes 4.5 seconds, and switching to it takes 2.4 seconds. It accepts 6 weapon attachments. Mounted in an Auto Turret, it deals 35% of its normal damage.
There are 4 kinds of ammo for it: Handmade Shell, 12 Gauge Buckshot, 12 Gauge Incendiary Shell and 12 Gauge Slug. With the other ammo types, its damage per second is 33 for the 12 Gauge Incendiary Shell and 18 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 Handmade Shell fires 20 pellets of 9 damage each, the 12 Gauge Buckshot fires 14 pellets of 15 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 Handmade Shell before it breaks.
On the tech tree it sits behind 9 other unlocks: Salvaged Cleaver, Mace, Mini Crossbow, Compound Bow, Reinforced Wooden Shield, Salvaged Sword and 3 more. In all, 24 loot sources drop it; the full list of where it drops gives the chance for each.
Waterpipe Shotgun damage and stats
Loaded with the Handmade Shell, the Waterpipe Shotgun deals 40 damage per second. The 12 Gauge Buckshot raises it to 47.
How to craft the Waterpipe Shotgun
Crafting one takes 15 seconds at a Level 1 Workbench and costs 150 × Wood and 75 × Metal Fragments.
150 
75 
How to get the Waterpipe Shotgun blueprint
Research it for 40 scrap, or unlock it on the Level 1 tech tree for 10 Blueprint Fragments in total.
1 Item 
40 Scrap Blueprint 40 
Node 
1 Blueprint Fragment Unlocked 10 How to repair the Waterpipe Shotgun
A full repair at a Repair Bench costs 31 × Wood and 16 × Metal Fragments, and you need its blueprint.
×31 ×16 Waterpipe Shotgun compared with other shotguns
Among the 6 shotguns it ranks 6th for damage per second, 2nd for damage per shot, 6th for fire rate and 5th for magazine size.
The closest to it in damage per second are the Spas-12 Shotgun, Pump Shotgun, Eoka Pistol and Double Barrel Shotgun.
Handmade Shell 180 40 13° 100 ×20×1.310–20m 
12 Gauge Buckshot 210 46.7 13° 225 ×14×1.310–40m 
12 Gauge Incendiary Shell 150 33.3 13° 100 ×10—10–20m 
12 Gauge Slug 80 17.8 1° 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 % 
Simple Handmade Sight –––– 
8x Zoom Scope ––+50 %– What the Waterpipe Shotgun recycles into
A green recycler always gives back 75 × Wood and 37 × Metal Fragments for one.
×75 ×37 50% ×90 ×45 
×112 ×56 50% 25% 
×60 ×30 
Medium Present 10.6%×1 The chance is for a single roll of what the item gives when opened.
Where to find the Waterpipe Shotgun
Gingerbread Man has the best chance at 11%, followed by SUPER Stocking at 3.2% and Sunken Chest at 1.1%.
Stats checked against the Rust game files on 13 November 2026.
