M500 Stats, Price and Tier

Shotgun12 Gauge$1,200B tier across 4 of 6 sourcesrecorded Alpha 1 · 7 Aug 2026

37 attachments fit the M500

Recorded by Wardogs HQ
Optics
22
from $200
Muzzle Devices
4
from $540
Foregrips
11
from $380

Attachment compatibility and prices are recorded by one community database, not corroborated across several the way the weapon stats are, and Bulkhead publishes none of it. An attachment with no recorded price shows as Not recorded.

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)
Unlocks at
Level 10
Unlock fee
$50,000
one time, on top of the per kit price. One database publishes the unlock fee and another says the reported fees disagree, so it is the least settled figure here.
Shots to kill
Not recorded
Not modeled: a shotgun's damage is a pellet spread, not one figure.

Community-recorded from the in-game vendor, cross-checked across independent databases. Where they disagree on a price, the figure Bulkhead printed in its patch notes settles it when one database already matches it. Every other number is the databases' reading, and Early Access can retune any of them.

What does a full M500 kit cost you per death?
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$400D
M12G-----
FAQ

Common questions

How much does the M500 cost in WARDOGS?

$1,200 at the vendor as recorded, or $600 below level 9 with the new recruit discount. Community-recorded from the in-game vendor, cross-checked across independent databases. Where they disagree on a price, the figure Bulkhead printed in its patch notes settles it when one database already matches it. Every other number is the databases' reading, and Early Access can retune any of them.

Is the M500 good?

4 of the 6 published tier lists we read place it, and their average lands in our B tier for Early Access to Update 0.2.0: games.gg calls it B, All Things How calls it A, Overgear calls it B, Strider calls it Good. 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.

Guides

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