Il Toro

At 63 damage per shot, the Il Toro strips a Light Shield in 2 shots and a Heavy Shield in 4. A full 5-round magazine covers even a Heavy Shield, so you can commit to the fight without a reload window.

Among the 3 shotguns in ARC Raiders, the Il Toro ranks 2nd for DPS and 1st for damage per shot. Its closest performance rivals are Vulcano (1302 DPS) and Dolabra (425 DPS).

The Il Toro is a uncommon shotgun in ARC Raiders, currently rated C-Tier tier in the current weapon meta (Frozen Trail 2.0 Update). With 63 damage per shot and a fire rate stat of 14, it puts out 882 DPS — placing it in the top damage bracket among all ARC Raiders weapons. The 5-round magazine and 3.5s reload window mean you need to land your shots — this weapon punishes spray-and-pray and rewards precision.

Recoil sits at 78/100, which makes the Il Toro a high-skill weapon that rewards muscle-memory and recoil-pattern practice. Effective range tops out around 20/100, so the Il Toro excels in close-quarters brawls inside buildings, tunnels, and around extraction points. It feeds on shotgun shells (35% armor penetration), so it punches through Heavy shields and lets you contest armored Raiders directly.

For ARC Raiders players asking where to find the Il Toro, the most reliable spawns are at Buried City close-quarters buildings, Dam Battlegrounds watchtowers, Blue Gate storage units. If RNG isn't on your side, you can also craft the Il Toro at the Gunsmith (Level 1) using 5× Mechanical Components, 6× Simple Gun Parts. The blueprint drops as rare loot during raids — keep an eye on Workshop containers and ARC drops.Best paired with shields and augments that complement its aggressive close-range pressure. For a side-by-side comparison against the rest of the ARC Raiders weapon roster, see our weapon tier list.