M500 Stats, Price and Tier

Shotgun12 Gauge$1,200B tier across 3 of 5 sourcesrecorded Alpha 1 · 7 Aug 2026

Recorded stats

As of Alpha 1 · 7 Aug 2026
Damage per hit
Not recorded
Rate of fire
120RPM
Effective range
70m
Muzzle velocity
480m/s
Weight
3.52kg
Fire modes
Semi
Vendor price
$1,200
$600 below level 9 (recruit discount)
Shots to kill
Not recorded
Not modeled: a shotgun's damage is a pellet spread, not one figure.

Community-recorded from Closed Alpha and Closed Beta vendor screens, cross-checked across independent databases. Bulkhead publishes no official weapon figures, and Early Access can retune any of them.

Where it ranks

Who rates the M500

Each published tier list that places it, in that source's own band, with the build it read. The B above is our split of their average.

Same class

Other shotguns

What else the vendor sells in this slot, with the same recorded figures, so a cheaper or better answer is one row away.

WeaponDamageRPMRangePriceTier
MP43-900100 m$400C
M12G-----
FAQ

Common questions

How much does the M500 cost in WARDOGS?

$1,200 at the vendor as recorded in the closed tests, or $600 below level 9 with the new recruit discount. Community-recorded from Closed Alpha and Closed Beta vendor screens, cross-checked across independent databases. Bulkhead publishes no official weapon figures, and Early Access can retune any of them.

Is the M500 good?

3 of the 5 published tier lists we read place it, and their average lands in our B tier for Pre-launch, Closed Beta 1 to Closed Beta 2: MetaForge calls it B, Playhub calls it B, Overgear calls it A. Those are their opinions, credited; the letter is our split of the average. Statistical data is based on external APIs and publicly available information. It may differ from official data.

How many shots does the M500 take to kill?

Not modeled: a shotgun's damage is a pellet spread, not one figure. We only print a shots-to-kill figure where it is plain arithmetic on a recorded per-hit damage and rate of fire.