Vulcano

At 49.5 damage per shot, the Vulcano strips a Light Shield in 2 shots and a Heavy Shield in 5. A full 6-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 Vulcano ranks 1st for DPS and 3rd for damage per shot. Its closest performance rivals are Il Toro (882 DPS) and Dolabra (425 DPS).

The Vulcano is a epic shotgun in ARC Raiders, currently rated S-Tier tier in the current weapon meta (Frozen Trail 2.0 Update). With 49.5 damage per shot and a fire rate stat of 26.3, it puts out 1302 DPS — placing it in the top damage bracket among all ARC Raiders weapons. The 6-round magazine and 3.2s reload window mean you need to land your shots — this weapon punishes spray-and-pray and rewards precision.

Recoil sits at 65/100, which makes the Vulcano a high-skill weapon that rewards muscle-memory and recoil-pattern practice. Effective range tops out around 26/100, so the Vulcano 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 Vulcano, the most reliable spawns are at Stella Montis elite caches, Spaceport restricted armory, Rare weapon spawns in Buried City. If RNG isn't on your side, you can also craft the Vulcano at the Gunsmith (Level 3) using 1× Magnetic Accelerator, 3× Heavy Gun Parts, 1× Exodus Modules. 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.