Overview
Bone Shot converts bone loot into multi-pellet close-range ammunition. Each shell fires 6 pellets at 30% base damage each, which total nearly 180% damage when every pellet connects. Bone Shot is the specialist choice for Blunderbuss loadouts in cramped combat.
Crafting
Detail | Value |
|---|---|
Station | |
Ingredients | 5x Bones |
Output | 5 Pellets / Shells per craft |
Damage Profile | 6 pellets, 30% of base damage each; close-range only |
Where to Get Bones
Bones drop from most wildlife and undead: Boar, Wolf, Crocodile, Plague Thrall, Drowner, and Swollen Drowned. Exploration loot chests also yield them.
Best Used For
Boarding actions: full pellet spreads in tight deck spaces
Cave and dungeon fights where enemies close the gap
Breaking heavy pirate poise at point-blank range
See Also
Numerical Qualifier
The 6-pellet / 30 percent-per-pellet / 180 percent total-on-all-connect figure traces primarily to MetaForge's ammo crafting guide. A second independent confirmation of these exact numbers was not located; treat them as widely-cited community specs rather than patch-note-verified stats. What multiple sources agree on:
Bone Shot is specifically a Blunderbuss ammunition type. Using it in pistols or muskets is not supported.
It fires a spread of pellets dealing Slash damage, unlike standard Pierce bullets.
Damage decays noticeably with distance; it is a close-range specialist, not a general-purpose round.
Community reports also describe a cone-width and stagger-boost effect (roughly 15 percent on Blunderbuss posts per Boostmatch), which is widely repeated but not officially confirmed.
Best Targets
Boarding actions where enemies crowd the deck in melee range.
Grouped Plague Thralls or Plague Warriors in the Cursed Swamps; the spread plus the slash conversion synergizes well with the Dragonbreath Blunderbuss Epic fire-explosion perk.
Cave and dungeon fights with narrow sightlines where pellet spread hits everything.