Primal Rifle

The Primal Rifle is an Assault Weapon in Fortnite: Battle Royale. It was introduced in Chapter 2: Season 6. The version of this weapon is the Spire Guardian's Primal Assault Rifle.

Functionality
This Primal Rifle is a fully automatic, fast firing, but inaccurate medium ranged weapon. It does not have first shot accuracy, but it has a higher damage per second than its regular counterpart. As such, it does not excel at longer ranged engagements.

Stats
Primal Rifles range from dealing 30 Damage per shot to 35 Damage per shot (178.2 - 207 damage per second). All Primal Rifles use. The Primal Rifle has a headshot multiplier of 1.5x. As of the 17.00 Update, the Primal Rifle does 34 for Epic Rarity and 35 for Legendary Rarity The Primal Rifle is a hitscan weapon. It does not have First Shot Accuracy enabled, and will always fire a random spread of bullets, which increases with continuous fire. This spread is decreased whilst crouching.

Damage falloff:


 * Damage falloff begins at 50 meters (10 tiles).
 * Damage steadily decreases down to 80% of its maximum at 75 meters (15 tiles).
 * Damage reaches its minimum value of 66% of its maximum at 100 meters (20 tiles).

Obtained
From when the item was last available in Chapter 2: Season 6: The Primal Rifle cannot be upgraded. However, Makeshift Rifles will upgrade into Primal Rifles for 2/4/6 Animal Bones depending on rarity.

Strategy Guide

 * The Primal Rifle trades its first shot accuracy with the ability to fire faster. This makes it a better weapon than the regular AR to switch to if you don't have an SMG and need to finish off a weak opponent in an enclosed structure.
 * The Primal Rifle is weak at longer ranges, as it cannot accurately hit shots.

Chapter 2: Season 6

 * Update v16.00
 * The Primal Rifle is introduced in, , and . It is part of the new craftable weapons system.
 * Hotfix (April 19th, 2021): Added to Creative.

Chapter 2: Season 7

 * Update v17.00: Vaulted the Primal Rifle in all rarities.
 * Update v17.00: Nerfed damage from 31/33/35/36 to 30/32/34/35.

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