Thermal Scoped Assault Rifle

The Thermal Scoped Assault Rifle is an Assault Weapon in Fortnite: Battle Royale. It was introduced in Season 4.

Functionality
The Thermal Scoped Assault Rifle is a mid to long ranged semi-automatic weapon with a low zoom, thermal scope equipped. It fires slowly, does similar to damage to the Assault Rifle, but its key purpose is engagements at ranges where un-scoped weapons cannot effectively hit targets. The weapon is weak at close range due to its low fire-rate and low damage per second, but excels at long ranges where it can hurt targets using hitscan. The Thermal Scope highlights enemies at any range and can be useful in situations where vision is clouded, such as in The Storm, in water or at longer distances.

Stats
Thermal Scoped Assault Rifles range from dealing 36-37 damage per shot (64.8 - 66.66 Damage per second). All Scoped Assault Rifles use. The Thermal Scoped Assault Rifle has a Headshot Multiplier of 2.0x. The Thermal Scoped Assault Rifle is a hitscan weapon. As it uses a scope, the fired bullet will always shoot from the center of the crosshair. There is no damage falloff on the Thermal Scoped Assault Rifle.

Obtained
From when it was last obtainable in Season 9

Strategy Guide

 * The Thermal Scoped Assault Rifle can be a good replacement for a sniper rifle, especially if you are not good at compensating for slow moving bullets affected by gravity. Using this weapon allows the player to aim directly at targets and at least deal some damage.
 * The Thermal Scope can be useful for times when vision is clouded, such as being in the storm or underwater.
 * You can combine this weapon with a smoke grenade, and use its thermal scope to spot other players. Other players will not be able to shoot you as accurately as they cannot see you.
 * The Thermal Scoped Assault Rifle will highlight Chests, Supply Drops, enemy heat signatures, lit Cozy Campfires and Supply Llamas with a yellow color making them easier to see against the blue that it shows everything else as.

Season 4

 * Update v4.40: Added Thermal Scoped Assault Rifle in and  rarities.
 * Update v4.40 Content Update: Enemy built structures are no longer lit up by the thermal scope.
 * Cozy Campfires are now lit by the thermal scope.
 * Update v4.50: Thermal Scoped Rifle changed to consistently show intended accuracy while in scoped in.
 * The Thermal Scoped Rifle made to highlight opened Chests.

Season 9

 * Update v9.00: Vaulted Thermal Scoped Assault Rifle in both rarities.
 * Content Update 2 v9.30 (July 9th): Unvaulted the Thermal Scoped Assault Rifle in both rarities.
 * July 10th: Vaulted the Thermal Scoped Assault Rifle in both rarities.

Trivia

 * The weapon is based on the American M4 carbine with a SOPMOD and a thermal scope.
 * The Thermal Scoped Assault Rifle was the rarest weapon in Chapter 1, with only a 0.4% chance of finding one from a chest or floor loot.
 * One could consider this a high tier upgrade to the Scoped Assault Rifle, but since said weapon now has and  rarities, this title has lost its meaning.

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