Editing Shotgun

[[File:sgstairs.png|thumb|One of many shotguns in DM1.WAD from [[Maximum Doom]].]]
[[File:MAP11_shotgun.png|thumb|The shotgun being used on [[MAP11: Circle of Death (Doom II)|MAP11: 'O' of Destruction!]]]]
{{Weapon versions|disambig={{thisisabout|weapon|doom1}}|doom3=Shotgun (Doom 3)|doom4=Combat shotgun|doom5=Combat shotgun (Doom Eternal)}}
The pump-action single-barrel '''shotgun''' is one of the most versatile and useful [[weapon]]s in the [[Doom]] player's arsenal. It is first found in a secret area of [[E1M1: Hangar]] (or possibly taken from a [[Shotgun guy|former human sergeant]] on the upper two [[Skill level#Doom and Doom II skill levels|skill levels]]), then in a non-secret area on [[E1M2: Nuclear Plant (Doom)|E1M2: Nuclear Plant]]. In [[Doom II]], it is found in a secret area of [[MAP01: Entryway (Doom II)|MAP01: Entryway]], then from a former human sergeant in [[MAP02: Underhalls (Doom II)|MAP02: Underhalls]] regardless of skill level.

A shotgun contains 8 [[shell]]s when picked up (16 shells on the "I'm too young to die" and "Nightmare!" skill levels). Shotguns looted from the corpses of shotgun wielding zombies contain 4 shells (8 on ITYTD and NM) and, unlike pre-existing shotguns, disappear when crushed beneath [[door]]s or [[Crushing ceiling|moving ceilings]].

{{Quote|Shotguns can deliver a heavy punch at close range and a generous pelting from a distance.|[[Doom instruction manual]]|nosource=true}}

==Combat characteristics==
The player's shotgun fires seven pellets, each of which inflicts 5-15 points of damage (for a total of 35-105 points of damage per shot, provided that all pellets connect against the target). Each pellet has the same [[Pistol#Combat characteristics|random directional offset]] as a pistol shot, which gives an aggregate horizontal spread between 2.2° and 9.8° (the average is 5.9°, and the standard deviation 1.5°). Unlike the [[super shotgun]] of [[Doom II]], which spreads pellets in a rough cone, there is no vertical dispersal; presumably this was a consequence of the game engine's predominantly planar design.

==Tactical analysis==
[[File:Doom 64 shotgun.png|thumb|The [[Doom 64]] shotgun and its pickup sprite, as seen in [[MAP06: Alpha Quadrant (Doom 64)|MAP06: Alpha Quadrant]].]]
The shotgun packs a deadly punch at close range, and the grouping of the pellets is tight enough to make the weapon useful for medium-range attacks. In a pinch, the shotgun can be used for sniping, though the spread of the pellets makes it hard to do much damage at long range.

Packs of weaker enemies are particularly vulnerable to shotgun fire, and it is often possible to kill two or more [[zombiemen]] or [[shotgun guy]]s with a single shot. It should usually kill an [[imp]] with a well-aimed blast or a [[demon]] in two, but this is often not the case. Against tougher enemies, such as [[cacodemon]]s, it is usually best to lunge forward and fire at short range, then dodge the enemy's attacks while reloading. This tactic works well when combined with [[circle strafing]].

The shotgun is considered a light-medium weapon, stronger than the fists or pistols, so it is generally good for dealing with small groups of humanoids, and the occasional tough monster scattered in mazes. For riot control, say large crowds of former humans, imps, demons, or several hell knights and cacodemons, it is better to use available weapons with greater firepower such as the [[plasma gun]] and [[rocket launcher]]; for Doom II the super shotgun is perhaps the best alternative since there is no splash damage and because it draws from the plentiful shell ammo pool.

The shotgun's main disadvantages are the slow rate of reloading (which can leave the player vulnerable to counterattacks, especially in tight corridors), the pellet spread which weakens it at long range and the fact that the gun is difficult to use against tougher enemies such as a [[Baron of Hell]] for inexperienced players, especially in large numbers. However, these problems are less extreme than for the super shotgun. If shells are the only plentiful ammo, the shotgun is less wasteful and fires faster if one needs to snipe or deal with lone humanoids scattered in mazes.

== Notes ==
* As with many other weapons of Doom, the shotgun's early FPS view weapon [[sprite]]s ({{c|SHTG}}, v1.0) are not shown on the screen nearly in their entirety. The whole sprites can only be viewed in a level or resource editor. The extra pieces of the shotgun sprites were finally cut off for v1.6.
* The images for the shotgun in Doom are of those of a toy shotgun called the "TootsieToy Dakota", manufactured by the Strombecker Corporation of America.
* The shotgun was the earliest weapon to appear in Doom, dating from the February 1993 pre-release alpha of the game ([[Doom 0.2]]). The shotgun model and animation were present, although the gun graphic had a muzzle brake. The alpha version of the player's in-vision display screens attributed it with 'DAM 30, RPS 20, MAX 99, RNG 50'.
* The appearance of the shotgun's stock is inconsistent depending on where it is shown. The Doom II title screen and in-game third person sprite show it with a semi-grip stock. On the other hand, the title screen of [[The Ultimate Doom]] and the ending screen of [[Thy Flesh Consumed]] show it with a birdshead grip.
* A similar pump-action shotgun appears in the popular [[Doom]]-inspiring 1986 film ''{{wp|Aliens (film)|Aliens}}'', where it is wielded by the male protagonist, Corporal Dwayne Hicks of the Colonial Marines. The film used a shortened version of a real-life shotgun, the Ithaca 37.
* In the [[Super NES]] version, due to limitations, the shotgun was changed into a rifle-type weapon that was very accurate with about the same strength as the original shotgun.
* In the [[Sega Saturn]] port, the shotgun fires much faster than in other ports.
* [[Doom 64]]'s shotgun has a slightly different appearance and a more simplistic reloading sequence (the shotgun only tilts backwards slightly after firing, instead of it being turned vertically and pumped). Observing the weapon's pickup sprite, a barrel band appears to be visible over the forearm, meaning the weapon likely cannot be pumped. It is possible it is a lever-action shotgun instead, which would explain the simplified cocking animation, as the cocking action is out of the player's view.
* In [[Doom II for Game Boy Advance]], the shotgun has a cone-shaped spread.

==Data==
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{| {{prettytable}}
!colspan="2"|Shotgun data (original)
|-
| [[Thing types|Thing type]]||2001 (decimal), 7D1 (hex)
|-
| [[Mobj|Enum]]||MT_SHOTGUN (77)
|-
| Appears in||[[Shareware]] Doom<br>[[Doom]]/[[Ultimate Doom]]<br>[[Doom II]]/[[Final Doom]]
|-
| Radius||20
|-
| Height||16
|-
| [[Thing types|Class]]||[[Weapon]]<br>Pickup
|-
| Flags||{{c|1}} (decimal)<br>{{c|00000001}} (hex)
|-
| Flags list|| 0: Can be picked up
|}
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{| {{prettytable}}
!colspan="2"|Weapon attributes
|-
| Weapon slot||3
|-
| Included ammo||8 (16 on [[Skill level|skills]] 1 & 5), 4 (8)<br>when dropped by an enemy
|-
| Max ammo||50 (100 with [[backpack]])
|-
| Ammo type||[[Shotgun shells]]
|-
| Shots per minute||56.8
|}
{| {{prettytable}}
! [[State]]!![[Sprite]]!!Frames
|-
| Before pickup||SHOT||1 [A]
|-
| Wielded||SHTG||1 [A]
|-
| Firing||SHTG||9 [AABCDCBAA]
|-
| Refiring||SHTG||8 [AABCDCBA]
|-
| Flashing||SHTF||2 [AB]
|}
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{| {{prettytable}}
!colspan="2"|Ranged attack
|-
| Type||[[Hitscan]]
|-
| [[Damage]]||5-15 (per pellet)<br>35-105 (theoretical total)<br>45-100 (with vanilla [[RNG]]) 
|-
| Sprite||PUFF (impact, miss)<br>BLUD (impact, hit)
|-
| Frames||4 [ABCD] (impact, miss)<br>3 [CBA] (impact, hit) <small>if damage > 13</small><br>2 [BA] (impact, hit) <small>if damage <= 12</small><br>1 [A] (impact, hit) <small>if damage <= 8</small>
|-
| [[Sound]]||DSSHOTGN (firing)
|}
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{| {{prettytable}}
!colspan="2"|Shotgun data (Doom 64)
|-
| Enum||MT_WEAP_SHOTGUN (84)
|-
| Appears in||[[Doom 64]]/[[The Lost Levels|Lost Levels]]
|}
Data not listed is the same<br>as for the original version.
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{| {{prettytable}}
!colspan="2"|Weapon attributes
|-
| Shots per minute||60.0
|}
{| {{prettytable}}
! State!!Sprite!!Frames
|-
| Wielded||SHT1||1 [A]
|-
| Firing||SHT1||5 [ABCAA]
|-
| Refiring||SHT1||4 [ABCA]
|-
| Flashing||SHT1||1 [D]
|}
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{| {{prettytable}}
!colspan="2"|Ranged attack
|-
| Damage||4-16 (per pellet)<br>28-112 (theoretical total)
|-
| Sprite||PUFF (impact, miss)<br>BLUD (impact, hit) times 3
|-
| Frames||6 [ABCDEF] (impact, miss)<br>4 [ABCD] (impact, hit) <small>if damage > 13</small><br>3 [BCD] (impact, hit) <small>if damage <= 12</small><br>2 [CD] (impact, hit) <small>if damage <= 8</small>
|-
| Sound||SFX_034 (firing)
|}
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[[File:ShotgunHistogram.png|300px|thumb|none|''Damage done by a shotgun attack'']]

{| {{prettytable}}
| '''Shots needed to kill'''<sup>1,2</sup>
| Mean
| {{wp|Standard deviation#Interpretation and application|Standard<br/>deviation}}
| Min
| Max
|-
|[[Barrel]]
|1.00
|0.00
|1
|1
|-
|[[Zombieman]]
|1.00
|0.00
|1
|1
|-
|[[Shotgun guy]]
|1.00
|0.00
|1
|1
|-
|[[Wolfenstein SS]]
|1.01
|0.09
|1
|2
|-
|[[Imp]]
|1.06
|0.24
|1
|2
|-
|[[Heavy weapon dude]]
|1.32
|0.47
|1
|2
|-
|[[Lost soul]]
|1.98
|0.12
|1
|2
|-
|[[Commander Keen]]
|1.98
|0.12
|1
|2
|-
|[[Demon]]
|2.62
|0.49
|2
|3
|-
|[[Spectre]]
|2.62
|0.49
|2
|3
|-
|[[Romero's head]]<sup>3</sup>
|3.97
|0.17
|3
|4
|-
|[[Revenant]]
|4.71
|0.45
|4
|5
|-
|[[Cacodemon]]
|6.02
|0.34
|5
|7
|-
|[[Pain elemental]]
|6.02
|0.34
|5
|7
|-
|[[Hell knight]]
|7.31
|0.48
|6
|8
|-
|[[Arachnotron]]
|7.31
|0.48
|6
|8
|-
|[[Mancubus]]
|8.82
|0.38
|8
|9
|-
|[[Arch-vile]]
|10.09
|0.58
|9
|11
|-
|[[Baron of Hell]]
|14.23
|0.68
|13
|16
|-
|[[Spiderdemon]]
|41.90
|1.81
|38
|45
|-
|[[Cyberdemon]]
|55.75
|2.51
|51
|60
|-
|}
<small>
#This table assumes that all calls to [[Pseudorandom number generator|P_Random]] for damage, [[pain chance]], [[blood]] splats, and pellet dispersal are consecutive. In real play, this is never the case: counterattacks and AI pathfinding must be handled, and of course the map may contain additional moving monsters and other randomized phenomena (such as [[Sector#Doom|flickering lights]]). Any resulting errors are probably toward the single-shot average, as they introduce noise into the correlation between the indices of "consecutive" calls.
#Assumes that the target is close enough to be hit by every pellet.
#Assumes that direct hits are possible, which [[Icon of Sin|does not occur]] in any stock map.
</small>

== Appearance statistics ==
In the [[IWAD]]s the shotgun is first encountered on these maps per [[Skill level#Doom and Doom II skill levels|skill level]]:

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!colspan="4"|Single-player
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!Game / ''Episode''!!1-2!!3!!4-5
|-
|''[[Knee-Deep in the Dead]]''||[[E1M1: Hangar]]||E1M1: Hangar||E1M1: Hangar
|-
|''[[The Shores of Hell]]''||[[E2M1: Deimos Anomaly]]||E2M1: Deimos Anomaly||E2M1: Deimos Anomaly
|-
|''[[Inferno]]''||[[E3M1: Hell Keep]]||E3M1: Hell Keep||E3M1: Hell Keep
|-
|''[[Thy Flesh Consumed]]''||[[E4M1: Hell Beneath]]||E4M1: Hell Beneath||E4M1: Hell Beneath
|-
|[[Doom II]]||[[MAP01: Entryway]]||MAP01: Entryway||MAP01: Entryway
|-
|[[TNT: Evilution]]||[[MAP01: System Control]]||MAP01: System Control||MAP01: System Control
|-
|[[Plutonia Experiment]]||[[MAP05: Ghost Town]]||MAP05: Ghost Town||MAP05: Ghost Town
|-
|[[Doom 64]]||[[MAP01: Staging Area]]||MAP01: Staging Area||MAP01: Staging Area
|-
|[[The Lost Levels]]||[[MAP34: Plant Ops]]||MAP34: Plant Ops||MAP34: Plant Ops
|}
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{| {{prettytable}}
!colspan="4"|Multiplayer
|-
!Game / ''Episode''!!1-2!!3!!4-5
|-
|''Knee-Deep in the Dead''||E1M1: Hangar||E1M1: Hangar||E1M1: Hangar
|-
|''The Shores of Hell''||E2M1: Deimos Anomaly||E2M1: Deimos Anomaly||E2M1: Deimos Anomaly
|-
|''Inferno''||E3M1: Hell Keep||E3M1: Hell Keep||E3M1: Hell Keep
|-
|''Thy Flesh Consumed''||E4M1: Hell Beneath||E4M1: Hell Beneath||E4M1: Hell Beneath
|-
|Doom II||MAP01: Entryway||MAP01: Entryway||MAP01: Entryway
|-
|TNT: Evilution||MAP01: System Control||MAP01: System Control||MAP01: System Control
|-
|Plutonia Experiment||[[MAP01: Congo]]||MAP01: Congo||MAP01: Congo
|}
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The IWADs contain the following numbers of shotguns per skill level (excluding those of dead shotgun guys):

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{| {{prettytable|style=text-align: center;}}
!colspan="4"|Single-player
|-
!Game / ''Episode''!!1-2!!3!!4-5
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|''[[Knee-Deep in the Dead]]''||''13''||''10''||''9''
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|''[[The Shores of Hell]]''||''6''||''5''||''5''
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|''[[Inferno]]''||''7''||''6''||''6''
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|[[Doom|Doom (registered)]]||26||21||20
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|''[[Thy Flesh Consumed]]''||''8''||''7''||''7''
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|[[Ultimate Doom]]||34||28||27
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|[[Doom II]]||19||18||18
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|[[TNT: Evilution]]||41||41||41
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|[[Plutonia Experiment]]||12||12||12
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|[[Doom 64]]||18||18||18
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|[[The Lost Levels]]||6||6||6
|}
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{| {{prettytable|style=text-align: center;}}
!colspan="4"|Multiplayer
|-
!Game / ''Episode''!!1-2!!3!!4-5
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|''Knee-Deep in the Dead''||''14''||''11''||''10''
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|''The Shores of Hell''||''8''||''7''||''7''
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|''Inferno''||''9''||''8''||''8''
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|Doom (registered)||31||26||25
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|''Thy Flesh Consumed''||''21''||''20''||''20''
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|Ultimate Doom||53||47||46
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|Doom II||29||29||29
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|TNT: Evilution||84||84||84
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|Plutonia Experiment||43||43||43
|}
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==See also==
* [[Super shotgun]]
* [[Shotgun (Doom 3)]]
* [[Combat shotgun]]
* [[Combat shotgun (Doom Eternal)]]

==External links==
* {{Archived link|http://www.strombecker.ca/products/viewproduct.asp?ID{{=}}317|The TootsieToy Dakota|https://web.archive.org/web/20050526205042/http://www.strombecker.ca/products/viewproduct.asp?ID{{=}}317|archive.org}}

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[[Category:Shotguns]]