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“ | Exotic Maven Shotgun that increases movement speed and fire rate as you damage enemies.
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- — In-Game Description
The Heisted Accelerant Shotgun is a Shotgun in Fortnite: Battle Royale. It was introduced in Chapter 4: Season 1. It is an Exotic version of the Maven Auto Shotgun.
Functionality[]
The Heisted Accelerant Shotgun is a fully automatic, medium range Shotgun. Dealing damage with this weapon will grant the player a Pepper Effect and steadily increase the weapon's fire rate, up to 50%. These boosts will disappear after 5 seconds of not dealing damage.
Stats[]
The Heisted Accelerant Shotgun uses Shells and has a headshot multiplier of 1.75x. There is a maximum damage cap of 135. The Heisted Accelerant Shotgun reloads 1 shell at a time.
Heisted Accelerant Shotgun (Exotic) | |
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DPS | 137.2 |
DAMAGE | 98 |
MAGAZINE SIZE | 6 |
FIRE RATE | 1.4 |
RELOAD TIME | 4.68s |
STRUCTURE DAMAGE | 46 |
The Heisted Accelerant Shotgun is a hitscan weapon, but 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 10 meters (2 tiles).
- Damage decreases down to 70% of its maximum at 30 meters ( 6 tile).
- Damage steadily decreases down to 20% of its maximum at 45 meters (9 tiles).
- It deals damage until 50 meters (10 tiles).
The Heisted Accelerant Shotgun can be reloaded whilst aiming.
Obtained[]
From when the item was last available in Chapter 4: Season 4:
Rarity | Chest | Floor Loot | Supply Drop | Holo-Chest |
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Exotic | ✖ | ✖ | ✖ | ✓ |
Holo-Chests require 2 keys to open.
Alternatively, the shotgun can be purchased from the Love Ranger Character at Rumble Ruins for 800 Bars.
Strategy[]
- Of all Heisted Exotics, the Heisted Accelerant Shotgun is the most preferred. With every damage you deal to the enemy (even if it is small), its fire rate and DPS increases. It also gives you an increased speed boost, allowing you to easily evade enemy fire.
History[]
Chapter 4: Season 1[]
- Update v23.40: Introduced The Heisted Accelerant Shotgun. Also added to Creative.
- Hotfix 16th February 2023: Reduced price to purchase from Ace's Armory Vending Machines to 750 bars, from 1000.
- Update v23.50: Vaulted The Heisted Accelerant Shotgun.
Chapter 4: Season 2[]
- Update v24.00: Unvaulted The Heisted Accelerant Shotgun.
Chapter 4: Season OG[]
- Update v27.00: Vaulted Heisted Accelerant Shotgun.
Chapter 5: Season 3[]
- Update v30.20: Unvaulted the Heisted Accelerant Shotgun in Fortnite: Reload only.
Trivia[]
- Like all Heisted Exotic weapons, The Heisted Accelerant Shotgun slowly changes color when held, similar to the unreleased Neon Pulse wrap.
See Also[]
- Maven Auto Shotgun: Standard weapon which the Exotic is based on.