Flare Gun

The Flare Gun is a Miscellaneous Item in Fortnite: Battle Royale. It was introduced in Chapter 2: Season 3.

Functionality
The Flare Gun is a unique weapon primarily used for spotting opponents and marking them, much like a Shakedown. When fired, if it stays in the air long enough, it will mark all opponents in a 50m radius for 60 seconds. It can mark opponents in hiding places.

Flare Gun's projectile deals explosive damage on impact to all players in the vicinity. If the Flare Gun is fired at a structure, it will set it alight if it a wooden structure, dealing Fire damage to it.

When all 6 charges of the weapon have been depleted, the item will disappear from the player's inventory. Unlike a Harpoon Gun, the weapon needs to be reloaded between shots.

Stats
The Flare Gun deals 60 Damage per shot (23.4 damage per second). The Flare Gun uses Ammo, which cannot be obtained outside of the weapon's reserve. The Flare Gun has no headshot multiplier. The Flare Gun is a projectile weapon, with the First Shot Accuracy enabled. There is no damage falloff on the Flare Guns projectiles, but it is affected by gravity. The Flare Shot will stop at a much shorter range than other projectiles due to the nature of the weapon.

Strategy Guide

 * The Flare Gun is ideal for the beginning of a fight, as firing it into the air will mark the opponents for a full minute, allowing you to track exactly where they are.
 * Aside from the Dragon's Breath Sniper Rifle and the Primal Flame Bow, the Flare Gun is the only other method of setting a structure alight from a decent range, as all other methods require a Firefly Jar or the Dragon's Breath Shotgun (aside from the sheer chance a Gas Can is nearby).

Chapter 2: Season 3

 * Update v13.20: Added the Flare Gun in rarity.
 * Update v13.30: The Flare Gun can now light campfires.

Chapter 2: Season 4

 * Update v14.00: Vaulted the Flare Gun

Chapter 2: Season 6

 * Update v16.30 Hotfix #1 (May 6th, 2021): Unvaulted the Flare Gun.
 * Update v16.40 Hotfix #1 (May 13th, 2021): Vaulted the Flare Gun.

Chapter 3: Season 1

 * Content Update v19.01 - 2: Unvaulted the Flare Gun.
 * Update v19.20: Added to Creative

Trivia

 * The Flare Gun appears in both the trailer and the featured image for Castaway Jonesy.
 * The projectile from a Flare Gun will bounce off of a Crash Pad.