Super shotgun (Doom Eternal)



The super shotgun returns as a weapon in Doom Eternal, with a design mostly the same as its Doom (2016) predecessor. One detail in which it differs is an underslung grappling hook launcher known as the meat hook (which somewhat resembles a bayonet). The Doom Slayer can fire the meat hook into demons to traverse through the environment more swiftly and to easily move closer to demons to deal maximum damage with the shotgun itself. In pre-release press footage, the Doom Slayer neurally links to a revenant drone in order to obtain this shotgun, which VEGA refers to as "a relic of your past" and "your property".

Another strictly cosmetic difference is that this weapon appears to be a cultural artifact of Argent D'Nur and bears an inscription running down the side of the barrel in a pseudo- script along with several runic motifs which were previously established as being associated with that civilization in areas such as Argent Breach and Empyrian. This may indicate that the Doom Slayer has a historical connection with this particular shotgun.

This version of the super shotgun is the first time since the pre-release versions of Doom that a weapon has been equipped with a underslung attachment or modification - the assault rifle originally intended for the game possessed a bayonet which was later replaced by the Doomguy's fists.

Lore
While the super shotgun itself appears to be of Earthly design, the meat hook is composed of metals not native to Earth, suggesting it may have been made on another world. The carvings upon it are written in a language that has yet to be translated.

The Ungmar Codex attests to the weapon's long history with the Doom Slayer, which the demons call the "Diabolical Musket" and "Lucifer's Bane". According to the Codex, the demons curse the super shotgun's might and swear that one day they shall melt it down and pour the slurry upon the Slayer's entrails.