Understand Scattering Inferno
Useful when…
- Adding Heat damage and Status Chance to a compatible shotgun.
- Using a dual-stat elemental mod where both listed bonuses are useful.
What does it do?
Scattering Inferno is a standard Madurai-polarity shotgun mod. At rank 0 it gives +15% Heat and +15% Status Chance; rank 2 gives +45% to each; maximum rank 3 gives +60% to each. It uses the shotgun’s standard mod slot and has base drain 4.
When should you choose it?
It fits when you want Heat and more status chance together on a shotgun. Frigid Blast has the same listed +60% Status Chance at its maximum description, paired with Cold instead of Heat, so the choice between those two is about the desired element. Flawed Shotgun Savvy offers only +12% Status Chance in its description. Galvanized Savvy lists +80% Status Chance and a conditional direct-damage bonus after kills, but it has different rank and polarity details; it is not automatically interchangeable with this dual-stat mod.
Rank costs and acquisition
The rank cap is 3. The listed fusion costs are 30 Endo and 1,449 Credits for 0→1, 60 and 2,898 for 1→2, and 120 and 5,796 for 2→3. The final rank reaches both +60% bonuses. Listed acquisition sources include Thermic Raknoid and Rotation C Spy rewards at several nodes; the supplied chances vary by source, so treat them as source-specific entries rather than a universal chance.
Limitations and tradeoffs
- Heat and Status Chance share one mod slot, but rank increases both together.
- Frigid Blast offers Cold instead of Heat; an element choice should reflect the intended setup.
Common mistakes to avoid
- Expecting +60% Heat or Status Chance at rank 0; those values require maximum rank.
- Treating Galvanized Savvy’s kill-triggered effect as unconditional.