Shock Bolt

Shock Bolt is a consumable bolt-type ammunition that inflicts a stunning effect on targets. It functions as a specialized ammo type for compatible ranged weapons, converting ordinary bolt shots into attacks that apply the bolt's stun property when they hit an enemy.

Shock Bolt is used as weapon ammunition by weapons configured to accept bolt-type ammo. The item itself does not list its own weapon compatibility in these sources; instead, it is supplied to any weapon whose ammo slots include the Shock Bolt. When fired, the bolt's defining property is to stun or otherwise incapacitate the struck target rather than dealing only straightforward physical damage.

Practical notes and interactions:

• Retrieval: Bolts lodged in enemy corpses can be recovered by picking them up from the corpse. This allows reuse of spent Shock Bolts when they remain intact after being fired.
• Harvesting corpses: Using a harvesting action on a corpse will destroy bolts that are stuck to it, so avoid harvesting if you intend to recover ammunition.
• Vacuum interaction: The Vacuum item can collect bolts from corpses, including bolts that are out of the player's manual reach due to corpse position. This makes the Vacuum a reliable tool for scavenging Shock Bolts after combat.
• Tactical use: Equipping weapons that accept Shock Bolt ammunition enables non-lethal or crowd-control approaches by applying the bolt's stunning capability to single targets or groups, depending on weapon behavior. Because the bolt's primary attribute is status application rather than pure damage, consider pairing it with weapons or tactics that capitalize on temporary incapacitation.

No specific numeric values for stun duration, damage, stack size, or weight are provided in the available sources; consult in-game item tooltips for precise statistics.