About Shotgun rebalance
From Factorio Mod PortalRebalancing the shotguns by making them available earlier.
Rebalances the shotguns
With some Technology tweaks:
- Enable the shotgun from the start instead of requiring Military technology
- Moves combat shotgun from Military 4 to Military 3 technology
- Moves piercing shotgun shells from Military 3 to Military 2 technology
These changes moves all shotgun techs one level down, which means that at no point is the submachine gun the superior weapon until uranium bullets. Making the shotgun available before any research also allows for some combat options for playthroughs with tech multipliers.
With Utility tweaks:
- Adds a minor damage and shooting speed boost increase to Military 4
- Reduced the magazine capacity of shotgun shells from 10 to 6
- Adds piercing to piercing shotgun shells so they sometimes shoot through enemies
The magazine capacity of shotgun shells is honestly ridiculous, with 19X damage compared to firearm magazines and this reduces it to 11X.
Highlights
From source dataGame versions
Built for Factorio 2.1.
Footprint
Rated a light load on a server.
License
Published under MIT.
Shotgun rebalance on Nxeon
From our catalogue- One-click install
- Supported on Nxeon Factorio servers. We download it from Factorio Mod Portal, place it, and restart the server.
- Server side
- Required on the server
- Server load
- light
- Smallest plan we suggest
- Factorio — 2 GB (2 GB RAM). This follows our own load rating above, not a benchmark.
- Latest build
- 2.1.2, released 2026-06-25
Recent builds
| Build | Released | Game versions | Loaders |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.1.2 | 2026-06-25 | 2.1 | n/a |
| 2.1.1 | 2026-06-23 | 2.0 | n/a |
| 2.1.0 | 2026-06-23 | 2.0 | n/a |
| 2.0.0 | 2024-11-24 | 2.0 | n/a |
| 0.1.1 | 2024-08-09 | 1.1 | n/a |
| 0.1.0 | 2024-08-09 | 1.1 | n/a |
Dependencies
- Optional: Uranium Shotgun Shell
- Optional: Tungsten shells
Declared by the newest build that lists any. Required ones are installed with it on one-click installs.
Run Shotgun rebalance on a Factorio server
Pick a server or deploy a new one above; it is installed in one click.
What kind of mod it is
From the catalogWeapons, items & crafting
New weapons, gear, items and the recipes to make them.
Runs on your server
From source side supportFactorio Mod Portal lists Shotgun rebalance as required on the server. Check its Factorio Mod Portal page to see whether players need it too.
Compatibility
- Game
- Factorio
- Runs on
- Serverrequired on the server
- Game versions
- 2.1
Verified at the source
- ✓Factorio Mod PortalOfficial listing, checked 2026-10-08Open ↗
- ✓AuthorTheis, as published on Factorio Mod Portal
- ✓LicenseMITFree

