12x76 Dart rounds are shotgun rounds available in S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl and S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky.
General Characteristics[]
The dart is a shotgun shell that is #12 Gauge / 18.5mm (0.729") wide and 76mm (3") long. It is a saboted fin-stabilized lead slug with a heavy steel core. The sabot protects the bore and increases the dart's muzzle velocity. The steel core penetrator gives it great armor-piercing abilities. Its fins add stability, resulting in increased accuracy.
It is effective against armored targets, but not very effective against mutants.
Weapon Compatibility[]
Appearances[]
Shadow of Chernobyl[]
A finned bullet. It can stabilize in flight, which increases its accuracy. It is designed for the TOS 34, the BM 17, Chaser 13 and the SPSA14 shotguns. It has an armor-piercing effect and an increased range. It is effective at a range of up to 150 meters.
― In-game description
In Shadow of Chernobyl, dart rounds are very effective against humans, even if they have medium to heavy armor. They are still not very effective against mutants, but are more effective than slug rounds in every way. They possess very high penetration abilities and accuracy, although they only fire one projectile compared to the 12x70 Buckshot's 10 pellets. Dart rounds increase the weapon's stopping power by 15%, but also accelerate weapon degradation by 20%.
Locations[]
These rounds are very rare - no trader sells them, no NPC uses them, and they are absent from most stashes. Sidorovich and Professor Sakharov will reward the player with these rounds after doing several missions for them leading up to the Bring the leg of a boar mission. Sidorovich in particular rewards the player with Dart rounds in exchange for bringing him a Bloodsucker's jaw, a quest which he will issue numerous times. Bring over the tail of the pseudodog also fetches several of these rounds.
Clear Sky[]
Dart bullet. Its fins add stability, resulting in increased accuracy. The massive steel body of the bullet can penetrate any body armor. Used with hunting rifles, shotguns, and the SPSA14 and Chaser 13 semiautomatic shotguns.
― Clear Sky in-game description
Just like slug rounds, darts are less effective than in Shadow of Chernobyl. Their armor penetrating capabilities have been severely reduced, and they no longer increase stopping power, although they no longer inflict additional damage to the player's weapon. However darts are not totally useless; they are the best choice against humans out of all 12 gauge shotgun shells, and still work against mutants to some extent.
Locations[]
Dart rounds are a bit easier to acquire in Clear Sky. Professor Sakharov and several Loners traders may sell them. Several non-secret stashes contain these rounds in the Cordon, including one under the Railway bridge.
Call of Pripyat[]
Dart rounds have been removed in Call of Pripyat; their role is filled by 12x76 Slug rounds, which have been modified to have the high damage and moderate armor piercing capacities traditionally given to Dart rounds with the same relatively high weight of previous Slug ammunition. Some resources for the ammunition still remains in Call of Pripyat's resources, including the inventory icon and in-game model.
Trivia[]
- Shotguns with rifled bores, such as the Threaded SPSA14, perform with much greater accuracy when using darts or slugs. The player can select this upgrade in Clear Sky from a few technicians.
- The yellow Cyrillic script along the right side of the box reads: Operionnaya Pulya (Оперённая пуля, "Feathered/Fletched Bullet"), meaning it is finned like an arrow.
- The Cyrillic script in the bottom of the box reads: Droboviki ("Shotguns") "Saiga" & TOZ BM, indicating the weapons chambered for it.
- The Shadow of Chernobyl inventory description mentions that the rounds are also suitable for the TOS 34 shotgun, which refers to the Hunting shotgun which was cut from the final version of the game.
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