This item has been made unavailabe in standard playlists to balance the loot pool. It may return in the future.
| “ | Sniper Rifle: Bolt-Action. Powerful and accurate rifle with a bolt-action mechanism that results in a reliable but slow rate of fire.
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- — In-Game Description
The Hunting Rifle is a Sniper Rifle in Fortnite: Battle Royale. It was added in Season 3.
Functionality
The Hunting Rifle is a weapon that fires a single fast-moving projectile bullet, which is affected by gravity (the bullet moves towards the ground the further it travels). The weapon is not fitted with a scope but has more zoom than a regular weapon and has one bullet in its magazine. It can be effectively fired from the hip, as it has a relatively small hip-fire spread. However, it is more accurate to aim down sights with it. It excels at medium to long-range combat, although it cannot instantly eliminate a full-health player due to its 2.25x headshot multiplier.
Stats
Hunting Rifles range from dealing 76 damage per shot to 88 Damage per shot (60.8 - 70.4 damage per second). All Hunting Rifles use 
Heavy Bullets. The Hunting Rifle has a headshot multiplier of 2.25x.
| Hunting Rifle | Hunting Rifle |
|---|---|
 |
|
| Uncommon | Rare |
| DPS: 60.8 | DPS: 64.0 |
| Damage: 76 | Damage: 80 |
| Fire Rate: 0.8 | Fire Rate: 0.8 |
| Magazine Size: 1 | Magazine Size: 1 |
| Reload Time: 1.9s | Reload Time: 1.8s |
| Hunting Rifle | Hunting Rifle |
|---|---|
 |
|
| Epic | Legendary |
| DPS: 67.2 | DPS: 70.4 |
| Damage: 84 | Damage: 88 |
| Fire Rate: 0.8 | Fire Rate: 0.8 |
| Magazine Size: 1 | Magazine Size: 1 |
| Reload Time: 1.7 | Reload Time: 1.6 |
The Hunting Rifle is a projectile weapon. It is also First Shot Accurate, as it only fires a single shot. There is no damage falloff on the Hunting Rifle's projectiles.
Sounds
| Sound Type | Rarity | Audio |
|---|---|---|
| Pullout | Uncommon Rare, Epic and Legendary | |
| Shooting | ||
| Reload | ||
| Pickup | ||
| Drop |
Obtained
From when the weapon was last available in Chapter 3: Season 2:
| Rarity | Chest | Rare
Chest |
Seven
Chest |
Floor
Loot |
Supply
Drop |
Fishing
(Plain) |
Fishing
(Hole) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uncommon | ✖ | ✖ | ✖ | ✓ | ✖ | ✓ | ✖ |
| Rare | ✓ | ✖ | ✖ | ✓ | ✖ | ✓ | ✖ |
| Epic | ✓ | ✖ | ✓ | ✓ | ✖ | ✖ | ✓ |
| Legendary | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✖ | ✓ | ✖ | ✓ |
Strategy Guide
- Players should aim above targets at long ranges to compensate for bullet drop. The further the target the higher the player should aim.
- Players should aim in the direction a target is moving at long ranges to compensate for the bullet travel time. The faster and further the target, the further the player should aim.
- If looking to choose between a Hunting Rifle, Hunter Bolt-Action Sniper, and Heavy Sniper Rifle, you should first keep in mind that they all deal the same damage to the head, then consider that it (Hunting Rifle) reloads and shoots faster and that it is more accurate when hip-firing; however it deals less damage than both and lacks a scope.
History
Season 3
- Update v3.10: Introduced into the game in Uncommon and Rare versions.
Season 9
- Update v9.20: Vaulted the Hunting Rifle in all rarities.
Season X
- Update v10.00: Un-vaulted the Hunting Rifle in Uncommon and Rare, but it could only be found in Tilted Town.
- Update v10.31: Re-added the Hunting Rifle into the standard loot pool.
Chapter 2: Season 1
- Update v11.00: Vaulted the Hunting Rifle in all rarities.
Chapter 2: Season 3
- Update v13.00: Unvaulted the Hunting Rifle in Uncommon and Rare. Introduced Epic and Legendary rarities which have a different look.
Chapter 2: Season 4
- Update v14.00: Vaulted the Hunting Rifle in all rarities.
Chapter 2: Season 7
- Update v17.10: Added Epic and Legendary versions to Creative.
Chapter 3: Season 2
- Update v20.00: Base damage reduced from 86/91/96/100 to 76/80/84/88. Headshot damage multiplier to 2.25x. Now no rarity can deal 200+ headshot damage.
- Update v20.30 Hotfix (May 10th, 2022): Unvaulted the Hunting Rifle in all rarities.
- Update v20.40: Vaulted the Hunting Rifle in all rarities.
Gallery
Trivia
- The Uncommon Hunting Rifle could be obtained by eliminating a GHOST Henchmen in Chapter 2: Season 3.
- The Hunting Rifle is the only weapon present in Chapter 3 to retain its changing icons depending on the weapon's rarity, as this was removed for the Revolver and altered for the Burst Assault Rifle / Striker Burst Rifle.
