Boom Bow

The Boom Bow is a Bow in Fortnite: Battle Royale. It was added in Season 8. Its version is TNTina's Ka-Boom Bow.

Functionality
The Boom Bow is a bow which needs to be charged up in order to fire. The longer the bow is charged, the further the player can launch the projectile, but the damage is the same regardless of charge. When the bow is charged, or in the process of, the player gets an indicator arc similar to a grenade that shows where the projectile will land and the arc it will follow. The projectile launched is a very fast explosive arrow with a small range of splash damage.

Stats
Boom Bow deals 100 splash damage or 115 impact damage (100 or 115 damage per second) no matter the charge level. Boom Bows use. The Boom Bow has x2 Headshot multiplier. If a Boom Bow directly hits a player it will deal 115 Damage. Otherwise, it will deal 100.

The Boom Bow uses a Fast Moving Projectile. It has a targeting system which shows the player the drop of the projectile, and where it will land. There is no damage falloff on the Boom Bow's projectiles.

Obtained
From when the weapon was last available in Chapter 2: Season 1:

Strategy Guide

 * The Boom Bow can be used to hit enemies around structures due to its splash damage.
 * Using the weapon's arc can be much easier than hitting a player at long range with a Sniper Rifle due to it being much easier to judge bullet drop.

Season 8

 * Content Update v8.20: Introduced the Boom Bow in Rarity.

Season 9

 * Update v9.30: Vaulted the Boom Bow.

Chapter 2 - Season 1

 * Update v11.31 (26th December): Unvaulted the Boom Bow.
 * 27th December: Vaulted the Boom Bow.

Trivia

 * The Boom Bow is based off a standard Compound Bow, often used in sporting competitions.
 * Due to an error, Boom Bow is classified as Crossbow in Creative mode while other bows are classified as Bow.
 * This is likely due to the item being introduced many seasons before other bows were.

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