Rarity

Rarity is a gameplay mechanic within both Save the World and Battle Royale (and by extension, Creative) to classify various items, weapons and cosmetics. For items, rarity usually coincides with how easy it is to locate said item, or how powerful it is. For cosmetic items, it determines its price in V-Bucks.

There are currently 6 standard rarities which crossover both modes, with Battle Royale having many more item and series rarities.

Save the World Rarities
Save the World has six rarities of items. Despite this, cross progression from Battle Royale to this mode allows cosmetic items to be used in both modes, with no statistical advantages.

Rarities are presented from weakest to strongest. These coincide with their availability.

Trivia

 * The Storm King set of schematics are the only weapons of rarity.
 * Quest Specific pickups are often rarity.
 * Some items rarity were previously known as Handmade. Handmade was later removed.

Battle Royale Rarities
Battle Royale has seven rarities of items. Rarities are presented from weakest to strongest. These coincide with their availability.

Trivia

 * Some Foraged Items were previously known as Handmade. This rarity was later removed.
 * Initially, items were only available for purchase from Characters for Bars, but in later updates some of them became obtainable through various other methods.
 * items are usually obtained from eliminating bosses, but some weapons such as Superpowers or Sideways weapons can be obtained in other ways.
 * The Sideways Scythe, Sideways Rifle and Sideways Minigun broke this rule as they can be upgraded into rarity which is not uniquely named or functioning.
 * items typically have increased fire rate, magazine, and/or damage compared to their regular versions. items change how the traditional weapon works. For example, Skye's Assault Rifle increases the damage and fire rate of a traditional Assault Rifle, whereas the Night Hawk changes the scope used by the Scoped Revolver to use Thermal Vision.
 * is the rarity in which many weapons change their icon. Examples are the Assault Rifle or Pistol. However, some weapons do not follow this rule such as the Tactical Submachine Gun or Lever Action Shotgun. This usually occurs when a weapon has four or five rarities.

Cosmetic Rarity
Cosmetic Rarity is a rarity used for Cosmetic Items. Unlike Item rarity, cosmetic rarity offers no statistical advantage, and usually just dictates the price or quality of an item.

Cosmetic Rarity applies to both Battle Royale and Save the World.

Trivia

 * Until the addition of the Rainbow Bubblegum Wrap, Cosmetics could not be purchased from the Item Shop.
 * The only cosmetic is the Battle Pass. This can be seen when the player is gifted one.
 * is a rarity assigned to developer assets. There is no legitimate way to obtain something from this rarity.
 * In v15.00 and onwards, is now considered, as Exotic weapons are internally considered.
 * ,, , and  are all primarily (but not entirely) made up of existing cosmetics, but altered to fit a new theme.
 * ,, and  are the only Loading Screens of a non standard rarity, excluding  and  rarities.
 * The Borderlands crossover cosmetic items were retroactively made into rarity, after the introduction of the rarity in Chapter 2: Season 5.
 * The is made up of outfits of various different "icons" such as Fortnite streamers, Fortnite YouTubers, music artists, etc. The first  items to be released were Marshmello and the Marshmello Bundle. However, these were retroactive, as the rarity did not exist until Chapter 2: Season 1.

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