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This item is currently vaulted in Battle Royale.  |
| This has been made unavailable to balance the loot pool, and may return in the future. It is still available in Creative and UEFN. |
| “ | Single shot projectile, when fired into the air the flare reveals enemies.
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- — In-Game Description
The Flare Gun is a Utility Item item in Fortnite: Battle Royale that was added in Chapter 2: Season 3.
Functionality[]
The Flare Gun is primarily used for spotting opponents and marking them, much like a Shakedown. When fired, if the projectile stays in the air long enough, it will mark all opponents in a 50m radius for 60 seconds. It can mark opponents in hiding places.
The Flare Gun's projectile deals explosive damage on impact to all players in the vicinity. If the Flare Gun is fired at a wooden structure, it will set it alight.
When all 6 charges of the weapon have been depleted, the item will disappear from the player's inventory. Unlike the Harpoon Gun, the weapon needs to be reloaded between shots.
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The Flare Gun is a projectile weapon, with the First Shot Accuracy enabled. There is no damage falloff on the Flare Guns projectiles, but it is affected by gravity. The Flare Shot will stop at a much shorter range than other projectiles due to the nature of the weapon.
Stats[]
The Flare Gun uses 
Fire Ammo, which cannot be obtained outside of the weapon's reserve and it has no headshot multiplier.
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Flare Gun (Rare) |
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| DPS | 33.6 |
| DAMAGE | 60 |
| STRUCTURE DAMAGE | 60 (Impact) 10 (Fire) |
| MAGAZINE SIZE | 1 |
| FIRE RATE | 0.56 |
| RELOAD TIME | 1.6s |
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 Flare Gun is ideal for the beginning of a fight, as firing it into the air will mark the opponents for a full minute, allowing you to track exactly where they are.
- Aside from the Dragon's Breath Sniper Rifle and the Primal Flame Bow, the Flare Gun is the only other method of setting a structure alight from a decent range, as all other methods require a Firefly Jar or the Legacy Dragon's Breath Shotgun (aside from the sheer chance a Gas Can is nearby).
Item ID[]
The Flare Gun is referred to as Fringe Plank in the files.
- Rare: WID_FringePlank_Athena_Prototype
Mode Specific History[]
Battle Royale and Zero Build History[]
Chapter 2: Season 3[]
Update v13.20[]
- Introduced.
Chapter 2: Season 4[]
Update v14.00[]
- Vaulted.
Chapter 2: Season 6[]
Update v16.30[]
- May 6th 2021: Unvaulted for Fighting Fire with Fire Week.
Update v16.40[]
- May 13th 2021: Vaulted.
Chapter 3: Season 1[]
Content Update v19.01 - 2[]
- Unvaulted.
Chapter 3: Season 2[]
Update v20.00[]
- Vaulted.
Chapter 4: Season 2[]
Update v24.30[]
- Unvaulted, alongside Trackers Armory reality augment.
Chapter 4: Season 3[]
Update v25.00[]
- Vaulted, alongside Trackers Armory reality augment.
Update v25.10[]
- Unvaulted, alongside Trackers Armory reality augment.
Update v25.11[]
- Vaulted, replaced by the Firework Flare Gun.
Chapter 6: Season 1[]
Update v33.00[]
- Vaulted.
Chapter 6: Season 4[]
Update v37.00[]
- Unvaulted.
Chapter 6: Mini Season 2[]
Update v38.00[]
- Vaulted.
News Tab[]
| Image | Description | Date |
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Ready, aim, fire! Check out these tips for using the unvaulted Flare Gun 🔥 |
June 28th 2023 |
| Image | Description | Date |
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Flare Gun Reveal enemy locations and start a blaze with the flare gun! |
Juyl 1st 2020 |
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Fighting Fire with Fire Turn up the heat with more fire-starting weapons, and set structures ablaze in this week's Legendary Challenge! |
May 6th 2021 |
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Flare Gun Scan the battlefield and set structures ablaze! |
January 11th 2022 |
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Flare Gun Scan the battlefield and set structures ablaze! |
June 20th 2023 |
Trivia[]
- A different Flare Gun appeared in the 2019 short "Desert Island Flare" with Castaway Jonesy. After his and the Flare Gun's release, the Fortnite YouTube commented "This aged well."
- The projectile from a Flare Gun will bounce off of a Crash Pad.
- if you eliminate yourself with your own Flare Gun shot, the elimination message says: "{eliminatedplayer} shouldn't play with fire."
- The Flare Gun was not able to set structure on fire, as Fire was Vaulted during Chapter 2 Remix.
- This was the first time any Fire Starting Weapon lost its ability to light structures on fire.
Gallery[]
Promotional Images[]
See Also[]
- Locator Flare - an identical-looking weapon with a reversed function, exclusive to an LTM.
- Firework Flare Gun - A remixed version of this weapon.
