Warhammer 40,000 weapon

Combat Shotgun

Combat Shotgun is a weapon of Warhammer 40,000 in Warhammer Survivors. It has 8 levels and evolves into Executioner shotgun.

Combat Shotgun

Type: Weapon
Setting: Warhammer 40,000
Base damage: 5
Damage at max level: 30
Cooldown: 2 s
Projectiles: 5
Area: 100%
Critical hits: 30% for x3
Max level: 8

In-game description

Fires in a wide spread at short range.

Evolution

To get Executioner shotgun, get Combat Shotgun to level 8 and hold Magnet at any level, then open a chest that offers an evolution. Executioner shotgun replaces Combat Shotgun. The passive is kept.

Stats at each level

Level	Base damage	Cooldown	Projectiles	Area	Pierce	Level-up text
1	5	2 s	5	100%	2	Base stats
2	5	2 s	7	100%	2	Fires 2 more projectiles.
3	5	2 s	9	100%	2	Fires 2 more projectiles. Projectile speed increases by 50%.
4	15	2 s	9	100%	3	Passes through 1 more enemy. Base Damage up by 10.
5	15	2 s	11	100%	3	Fires 2 more projectiles.
6	25	2 s	11	100%	4	Passes through 1 more enemy. Base Damage up by 10.
7	30	2 s	13	100%	4	Fires 2 more projectiles. Base Damage up by 5.
8	30	2 s	13	100%	5	Passes through 1 more enemy. Max level: Executioner shotgun can now be found in evolution chests.

How to unlock

Survive 15 minutes with Max Mahon on Gallowdark.Objective (40K). Needs first: Defeat a total of 1,000 Nurglings in a single run.

Characters that start with it

Max MahonStarts with it

In-game note

The Adeptus Arbites commonly use these ancient Imperial weapons for crowd control, especially in urban conditions.

Other weapons

Values from the Warhammer Survivors release version of 10 November 2026.

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