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| “ | Shotgun: Single shot, Break-Action shotgun that deals high damage and is effective at longer ranges compared to typical shotguns.
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- — In-Game Description
The Ranger Shotgun is a Shotgun in Fortnite: Battle Royale. It was introduced in Chapter 3: Season 2.
Functionality[]
The Ranger Shotgun is a single shot, longer range shotgun. It has a tighter spread than other shotguns and must reload after each shot.
Stats[]
The Ranger Shotgun uses 
Shells and has a headshot multiplier of 1.5x and a max damage cap of 165.
Please note that DPS is calculated by stats but is not effective due to the weapon needing to reload after every shot. With reloading accounted for, the fire rate is 0.61/0.64/0.67/0.70/0.73. (66.9/73.7/81/89.4/97.8 DPS)
|
Ranger Shotgun (Common) |
|---|---|
| DPS | 329.4 |
| DAMAGE | 109.8 |
| MAGAZINE SIZE | 1 |
| FIRE RATE | 3 |
| RELOAD TIME | 1.65s |
| STRUCTURE DAMAGE | 81 |
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|
Ranger Shotgun (Uncommon) |
|---|---|
| DPS | 345.6 |
| DAMAGE | 115.2 |
| MAGAZINE SIZE | 1 |
| FIRE RATE | 3 |
| RELOAD TIME | 1.575s |
| STRUCTURE DAMAGE | 86 |
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|
Ranger Shotgun (Rare) |
|---|---|
| DPS | 364.5 |
| DAMAGE | 121.5 |
| MAGAZINE SIZE | 1 |
| FIRE RATE | 3 |
| RELOAD TIME | 1.5s |
| STRUCTURE DAMAGE | 90 |
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|
Ranger Shotgun (Epic) |
|---|---|
| DPS | 383.4 |
| DAMAGE | 127.8 |
| MAGAZINE SIZE | 1 |
| FIRE RATE | 3 |
| RELOAD TIME | 1.425s |
| STRUCTURE DAMAGE | 95 |
|
|
Ranger Shotgun (Legendary) |
|---|---|
| DPS | 402.3 |
| DAMAGE | 134.1 |
| MAGAZINE SIZE | 1 |
| FIRE RATE | 3 |
| RELOAD TIME | 1.35s |
| STRUCTURE DAMAGE | 99 |
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|
Ranger Shotgun (Mythic) |
|---|---|
| DPS | 426.6 |
| DAMAGE | 142.2 |
| MAGAZINE SIZE | 1 |
| FIRE RATE | 3 |
| RELOAD TIME | 1.2s |
| STRUCTURE DAMAGE | 104 |
The Ranger Shotgun is a hitscan weapon but fires a spread of 9 pellets when both aiming down sights and hipfiring. Aiming down sights tightens the spread of pellets.
Damage falloff:
- Damage falloff begins at 11 meters (2.1 tiles).
- Damage decreases down to 90% of its maximum at 15 meters (3 tile).
- Damage decreases down to 80% of its maximum at 20 meters (5 tiles).
- Damage steadily decreases down to 63% of its maximum at 30 meters (6 tiles)
- It deals damage until 71 meters (14.1 tiles).
The Ranger Shotgun can be reloaded whilst aiming.
Obtained[]
From when the weapon was last obtainable in Chapter 3: Season 4:
| Rarity | Chest | Rare
Chest |
Floor
Loot |
Supply
Drop |
Fishing
(Plain) |
Fishing
(Hole) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Common | ✖ | ✖ | ✓ | ✖ | ✓ | ✖ |
| Uncommon | ✓ | ✖ | ✓ | ✖ | ✓ | ✖ |
| Rare | ✓ | ✖ | ✓ | ✖ | ✖ | ✓ |
| Epic | ✓ | ✓ | ✖ | ✓ | ✖ | ✓ |
| Legendary | ✓ | ✓ | ✖ | ✓ | ✖ | ✓ |
Strategy Guide[]
This section outlines a strategy.
Feel free to add tips, tricks and general advice about the topic.- The Ranger Shotgun highly rewards accuracy, as missing with this weapon is incredibly punishing. As such, it makes it an ideal weapon for sneaking up on opponents.
- Like the Double Barrel Shotgun, it deals high damage to structures. In the same way, it's not recommended to use against structures due to it having only one shot.
- Rare and above Ranger Shotguns fires faster than the Striker Pump Shotgun even with the reload. However, it is still advised to follow up with an SMG or Assault weapon.
- This weapon is also effective at medium range, having the same range as a Heavy Shotgun.
- When using the Ranger Shotgun at very long ranges, aim for the upper chest rather than the head, so the most amount of pellets land as possible.
Weapon ID[]
The Ranger Shotgun is referred to as Shotgun Break Action in the files.
- Common: WID_Shotgun_Break_Action_Athena_C_Ore_T03
- Uncommon: WID_Shotgun_Break_Action_Athena_UC_Ore_T03
- Rare: WID_Shotgun_Break_Action_Athena_R_Ore_T03
- Epic: WID_Shotgun_Break_Action_Athena_VR_Ore_T03
- Legendary: WID_Shotgun_Break_Action_Athena_SR_Ore_T03
History[]
Chapter 3: Season 2[]
- Update v20.20: Introduced the Ranger Shotgun in Common, Uncommon, Rare, Epic and Legendary.
- Also added to Creative.
- Update v20.30: Increased the headshot multiplier from 1.25x to 1.5 and added a max damage cap of 165.
Chapter 3: Season 3[]
- Update v21.00: Vaulted the Ranger Shotgun.
Chapter 3: Season 4[]
- Update v22.00 (09/27/22): Unvaulted the Ranger Shotgun in all rarities.
Chapter 4: Season 1[]
- Update v23.00: Vaulted the Ranger Shotgun.
Sounds[]
| Sound Type |
Rarity |
Sound |
|---|---|---|
| Pullout | Common, Uncommon, Rare, Epic and Legendary | |
| Shooting | ||
| Reload | ||
| Pickup | ||
| Drop |
Trivia[]
- The Ranger Shotgun is referred to as a 'burst shotgun' in promotional material despite firing a single shell per reload.
- The Ranger Shotgun technically has a slightly faster fire rate than the Pump, as the Pump needs 1.67 seconds between each shot and the Ranger only needs 1.35 seconds between each shot (reload) at Legendary rarity.
- The Ranger Shotgun has the same damage drop-off pattern as the Heavy Shotgun, although it deals significantly more damage at range.
- In v20.00, when this weapon was leaked, the stats actually go up to Mythic in the game files.
Gallery[]
Promotional Material for the Ranger Shotgun.
See Also[]
- Combat Shotgun - A weapon which has similar range and also fires a shell.
- Heavy Shotgun - A weapon with an identical range in its class but fires a Slug.
