Romag Shotgun

The Romag Shotgun is a shotgun-style weapon that fires nine pellets per shot, each dealing 18 damage for a total of 162 Shotgun Pellet damage if every pellet connects. Like other shotguns, it is especially effective at close range and can be devastating when used to sneak-attack a lone target.

It is obtained as a drop from Breachers, and it is always dropped by a Close-Quarters Combatant on death. To use it, the player character must have the Bio-Metric Armwraps, Bio-Mimic Armwraps, or Bio-Fusion Armwraps buff active. The Armwraps recipe is unlocked at Accuracy level 7, but the weapon itself still requires Accuracy 7 to fire, even if the armwraps were crafted by another player in multiplayer. If the requirement is not met, attempting to fire produces the message “You aren't confident enough to use this item” and nothing happens.

• The weapon’s damage output is front-loaded into a single blast, making it strongest against enemies that can be approached unnoticed or caught before they spread out.
• In multiplayer, another player can unlock and craft the required armwraps earlier, but that does not bypass the weapon’s Accuracy 7 usage requirement.
• Its reload behavior has changed over time: prior to 1.1, the full six-shell reload animation played regardless of how many rounds were missing.
• Prior to 0.8.2, the weapon was called the Military Shotgun.
• The design is inspired by the real-life Benelli M4 and Franchi SPAS-12 shotguns.