This article is about the shotgun that does not cause fire. For the shotgun that causes fire, see Legacy Dragon's Breath Shotgun.
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This item can currently be obtained in Reload. |
| It is available in the loot pool and can be obtained through different means. It is also available in Creative and UEFN. |
| “ | Shotgun: Break-Action. Deals high damage at a fast fire rate. Short range and very limited magazine size.
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- — In-Game Description
The Dragon's Breath Shotgun is a weapon in Fortnite: Creative that was added in Chapter 6: Season 2.
Functionality[]
The Dragon's Breath Shotgun is a single shot weapon, which consumes all four rounds of its magazine. It is short ranged, with a large hipfire spread.
Dragon's Breath Shotgun in action
The Dragon's Breath Shotgun is a hitscan weapon which fires a spread of 10 pellets when both aiming down sights and hipfiring. Aiming down sights tightens the spread of pellets.
Damage falloff:
- Damage falloff begins at 9 meters (1.8 tiles).
- Damage steadily decreases down to 70% of its maximum at 10 meters (2 tiles).
- Damage decreases down to 30% of its maximum at 12.5 meters (2.5 tiles).
- It deals damage until 18 meters (3.6 tiles).
Stats[]
Current Stats since v34.30[]
Dragon's Breath Shotguns uses 
Shells, has a Headshot Multiplier of 1.5x and a Max Damage Cap of 195/200.
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Dragon's Breath Shotgun (Epic) |
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| DPS | 158 |
| DAMAGE | 158 |
| MAGAZINE SIZE | 4 |
| FIRE RATE | 1.0 |
| RELOAD TIME | 4.3s |
| STRUCTURE DAMAGE | 63 |
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Dragon's Breath Shotgun (Legendary) |
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| DPS | 165 |
| DAMAGE | 165 |
| MAGAZINE SIZE | 4 |
| FIRE RATE | 1.0 |
| RELOAD TIME | 4.1s |
| STRUCTURE DAMAGE | 66 |
Sounds[]
| Sound Type | Rarity | Audio |
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| Pullout | Epic and Legendary | |
| Shooting | Epic and Legendary | |
| Shooting (other players) | Epic and Legendary | |
| Drop | Epic and Legendary | |
| Pickup | Epic and Legendary | |
| Reload | Epic and Legendary |
Item Changes[]
Strategy Guide[]
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This section outlines a strategy. |
| Feel free to add tips, tricks and general advice about the topic. |
- The Dragon's Breath Shotgun excels at extremely close ranges, so get as close to your opponent as possible before using the Dragon's Breath Shotgun.
- The Dragon's Breath Shotgun benefits from landing as many pellets as possible rather than landing headshots. Aim for the upper chest to land as many pellets as possible while still getting in some headshot damage.
- It's best to pair the Dragon's Breath Shotgun with an SMG, preferably one with a high capacity. After expending the weapon's capacity, switch to your SMG to finish off your opponent.
- Unlike most other shotguns, it's best not to deal chip damage at longer ranges due to the Dragon's Breath Shotgun's long reload time.
- After a fight, the Dragon's Breath Shotgun should be reloaded first to ensure you can defend yourself if you get pushed.
Counters[]
- Pushing an opponent who is attempting to reload their Dragon's Breath Shotgun can be very advantageous, as the Dragon's Breath Shotgun needs all 4 shells to be reloaded to be able to fire.
Weapon ID[]
The Dragon's Breath Shotgun is referred to as Shotgun Break Barrel Dragon in the files.
Mode Specific History[]
Reload History[]
Chapter 6: Season 2[]
Update v34.30[]
- April 15th 2025: Introduced.
Chapter 6: Season 3[]
Update v36.10[]
- Vaulted.
Chapter 6: Season 4[]
Update v37.50[]
- Unvaulted.
Update v37.51[]
- October 24th 2025: Vaulted.
- October 27th 2025: Unvaulted.
Trivia[]
- Dragon's Breath is the real world name of the standard incendiary cartridge used for shotguns.
- The weapon appears to be based on the American Winchester Liberator, a prototype four-barrelled shotgun designed in 1962. However, the real Liberator fires only one shell at a time, whereas all four barrels are unloaded after one trigger pull in-game. It has a similarity with the DP-12 Incendiary shotgun.
- Since the shotgun rework in Update v20.30, the Legendary Dragon's Breath Shotgun is one of the few shotguns able to deal 200 or more damage in a single shot, alongside the Enhanced Havoc Shotgun, Enhanced Sentinel Pump Shotgun, Legendary Legacy Dragon's Breath Shotgun, and Epic/Legendary Charge Shotgun.
- Considering it can only be fired once, and all four shells are loaded at the same time, it has the slowest effective reload of any shotgun, as it cannot be cancelled to quickly fire.
- This is the only gun that requires a full magazine to be fired. If the player doesn't have enough shells to do a full reload, the weapon will not fire as if it is out of ammo.
- When other players are firing the Dragon's Breath Shotgun, it makes firing sounds of a Double Barrel Shotgun.
- The Legendary variant of this shotgun is the highest damaging gun ever in terms of max body shot damage. There are some non-gun weapons such as Deku's Smash that deal more damage though.
