Multishot is a stat describing the number of projectiles (bullets, pellets, bolts, missiles, etc.) fired simultaneously per unit of ammo. Not only will this increase the weapon's damage, but each projectile has an independent chance to proc Status Effects and/or result in a Critical Hit.
Mechanics
All ranged weapons in WARFRAME have a base Multishot stat. On a majority of weapons, base Multishot is listed as 1, which stands for the original projectile and simply means no additional projectiles per round of ammunition, and on a minority it's higher than 1 (usually called innate Multishot, although in strict technical terms, Multishot is innate to all ranged weapons, being a base stat – but as long as its value is 1, it has no effect). The latter weapons are typically categorized or described as shotguns, but are not limited to them.
The weapon's Multishot stat can be increased with the Multishot bonus, generally present on mods. The bonus is a percentage increase of the base Multishot value. The resulting value's integer component expresses the number of shots, and the fractional component (the value after the decimal point) expresses the chance that one more additional projectile will be fired (e.g. "1.2" means one projectile with a 20% chance of an additional one).
The effectiveness of the Multishot bonus is affected by a weapon's Accuracy stat (see article for details).
Continuous Weapons
On Continuous Weapons, however, Multishot bonus does not generate additional instances of damage.
Additional "projectiles" instead merge into the original beam's damage ticks allowing each regular tick interval (based on the weapon's fire rate) a chance to roll bonus damage in multiples of itself, similar to how Critical Hits function. Even though the number of damage ticks overall does not increase, additional multishot still increases the Status Chance of each individual tick. Note that the arsenal does not reflect this effective status chance increase. Due to Multishot increasing both per-tick damage and status chance, status damage (
Slash, 
Heat, 
Toxin, 
Electricity, and 
Gas) is affected twice by multishot on all continuous weapons.
Phage is an exception. Additional multishot does add more beams (when not aiming).The above is true even for continuous weapons with innate Multishot, such as 
Quanta, which fires two beams. Each beam can hit separate targets, but multiple beams hitting the same target is considered a single damage instance with extra chances of status effects per beam. Applying a Multishot bonus to Quanta does not increase the physical number of its beams beyond 2. On such weapons, the Multishot bonus is applied to each beam separately in the manner described above.
Multishot has no effect on the spherical blast radii of continuous weapons such as 
Ignis (
Wraith), 
Glaxion Vandal, 
Gaze Primary, 
Embolist, 
Catabolyst, and 
Cortege.
As an example of how multishot affects status chance, a continuous weapon with a status chance of 40% and a multishot value of 2.5 behaves as follows:
- When multishot rolls a value of 2, the status chance of that damage instance would be
- When multishot rolls a value of 3, the status chance of that damage instance would be
Spearguns
Multishot has no effect on the thrown component of spearguns. Multishot affects primary attack as normal.
Calculating Multishot
You can calculate a weapon's projectile count using the following equation;
Total Projectiles = Weapon Projectile Count × (1 + Multishot Modifier)
Where:
- Weapon Projectile Count refers to the base number of projectiles fired per weapon attack.
- Multishot Modifier refers to the total value of all related mods added together.
Should the total projectile count be a fraction, the fractional part will be a chance to fire one more projectile.
For example,
Lex, a hitscan projectile weapon with a base Multishot of 1, with +180% Multishot will have Multishot equaling 2.8. It will, therefore, possess 2 damage instances (projectiles) per shot with an 80% chance of a third damage instance on that shot.
Hek, a hitscan projectile weapon with a base Multishot of 7, with 
Hell's Chamber will have Multishot equaling 15.4. This means it will possess 15 damage instances per shot with a 40% chance of 16th damage instance.
Amprex, a continuous weapon with a base Multishot of 1, deals 22 base damage per tick. With Split Chamber, each tick will have a 90% chance of doubling the damage to 44. If Vigilante Armaments is also installed for a total of 150% Multishot, the Amprex will always deal 44 base damage with a 50% chance to deal 22 more damage, totaling 66. If any of these values crit, the weapon's Critical Multiplier will also be factored in, at the end. The number of damage instances remains 1 per tick.- Quanta, a continuous weapon with a base Multishot of 2, deals 10 base damage per tick per beam (20 damage total). With Split Chamber, on each tick, each beam will have a separate 90% chance of it's damage being doubled to 20; if this happens for both beams total damage will be 40, and if it happens for only one beam it will be 30. The number of damage instances always remains 2 per tick.
Note that the in-game UI will show the sum of all the projectiles' damage, so effective damage may be lower on weapons with large spreads where some projectiles may miss entirely.
Weapons With Innate Multishot
Quanta Multishot of 2
Quanta Vandal Multishot of 2
Zarr (Barrage Mode) Multishot of 10
Kuva Zarr (Barrage Mode) Multishot of 10
Artemis Bow Multishot of 7
Cernos Prime Multishot of 3
Boar Multishot of 8
Boar Prime Multishot of 8
Bubonico (Primary Fire) Multishot of 7
Cedo (Primary Fire) Multishot of 6
Convectrix Multishot of 2
Corinth (Primary Fire) Multishot of 6
Corinth Prime (Primary Fire) Multishot of 6
Drakgoon Multishot of 10
Kuva Drakgoon Multishot of 10
Exergis Multishot of 3
Felarx (Normal Form) Multishot of 4
Hek Multishot of 7
Vaykor Hek Multishot of 7
Kohm Multishot of 12
Kuva Kohm Multishot of 12
Phage Multishot of 7
Phantasma (Primary Fire) Multishot of 6
Rauta Multishot of 8
Sobek Multishot of 5
Strun Multishot of 12
MK1-Strun Multishot of 10
Strun Prime Multishot of 12
Strun Wraith Multishot of 10
Tigris Multishot of 5
Sancti Tigris Multishot of 6
Tigris Prime Multishot of 8
Akbronco Multishot of 7
Akbronco Prime Multishot of 7
Ballistica Prime Multishot of 4
Brakk Multishot of 10
Kuva Brakk Multishot of 10
Bronco Multishot of 7
Bronco Prime Multishot of 7
Detron Multishot of 7
Mara Detron Multishot of 7
Tenet Detron Multishot of 10
Kohmak Multishot of 5
Kompressa Multishot of 4
Pyrana Multishot of 12
Pyrana Prime Multishot of 10
Twin Grakatas Multishot of 2
Twin Kohmak Multishot of 5
Twin Rogga Multishot of 15
(Secondary) Multishot of 5
Sweeper Multishot of 6
Sweeper Prime Multishot of 6
Sources of Multishot Bonus
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Metronome Grants buffs to those who consistently perform actions in time to Octavia’s music. Timed jumps offer the Vivace speed buff. Crouching on the beat grants cloaking with the Nocturne buff. Firing rhythmically bestows Opera multishot buff. Timed melee swings give the Forte damage buff. Introduced in Update 20.0 (2017-03-24) |
 Strength:10 / 15 / 20 / 35 % (armor bonus)10 / 15 / 20 / 30 % (speed bonus) |
 Duration:8 / 12 / 16 / 20 s (ability duration)5 / 8 / 12 / 15 s (buff duration) | |||
 Range:6 / 8 / 10 / 12 m
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*Indicated Mods are mutually exclusive with one another.
†Only compatible with select Bows.
*Indicated Mods are mutually exclusive with one another.
†Only compatible with the Hek and 
Kuva Hek.
Sobek and 
Kuva Sobek.
*Indicated Mods are mutually exclusive with one another.
†Only compatible with the
Marelok and 
Vaykor Marelok, and usable in Conclave matches.
See Also
- Punch Through, another bullet mechanic.
| Multishot Mods | |
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| Rifle | Split Chamber ( Galvanized) • Vigilante Armaments
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| Shotgun | Hell's Chamber ( Galvanized) • Scattered Justice
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| Pistol | Barrel Diffusion ( Amalgam, Galvanized) • Lethal Torrent
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| Archgun | Containment Breach • Dual Rounds ( Primed)
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