Legacy Dragon's Breath Shotgun

This article is about the shotgun that causes fire. For the one that does not cause fire, see Dragon's Breath Shotgun.

	This page is about an item that is currently vaulted in Battle Royale.
	This item has been made unavailable to balance the loot pool, and may return in the future.

	This item isn't present in competitive playlists.
	This item can still be found in core playlists and other game modes when available.

“

Shotgun: Break-Action. Deals high damage at a fast fire rate. Short range and very limited magazine size.

”

— In-Game Description

The Legacy Dragon's Breath Shotgun is a weapon in Fortnite: Battle Royale that was added in Chapter 2: Season 5.

Functionality[]

The Legacy 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.

When fired, the weapon will set wooden objects and structures on Fire. The weapon's shells are piercing, meaning they will ignite them through players. The weapon will not ignite a player unless they stand on the burning structure. The Legacy Dragon's Breath Shotgun reloads all shells at once.

The Legacy 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[]

Legacy Dragon's Breath Shotguns uses Shells, has a Headshot Multiplier of 1.5x and a Max Damage Cap of 195/200.

	Legacy Dragon's Breath Shotgun (Epic)
DPS	158
DAMAGE	158
MAGAZINE SIZE	4
FIRE RATE	1.0
RELOAD TIME	4.3s
STRUCTURE DAMAGE	63

	Legacy Dragon's Breath Shotgun (Legendary)
DPS	165
DAMAGE	165
MAGAZINE SIZE	4
FIRE RATE	1.0
RELOAD TIME	4.1s
STRUCTURE DAMAGE	66

Stats from v20.30 to v34.30[]

Legacy Dragon's Breath Shotguns uses Shells, has a Headshot Multiplier of 1.5x and a Max Damage Cap of 195/200.

	Dragon's Breath Shotgun (Epic)
DPS	158
DAMAGE	158
MAGAZINE SIZE	4
FIRE RATE	1.0
RELOAD TIME	4.3s
STRUCTURE DAMAGE	63

	Dragon's Breath Shotgun (Legendary)
DPS	165
DAMAGE	165
MAGAZINE SIZE	4
FIRE RATE	1.0
RELOAD TIME	4.1s
STRUCTURE DAMAGE	66

Stats from v15.00 (Dec 4th) to v20.30[]

Dragon's Breath Shotguns uses Shells and has a Headshot Multiplier of 1.25x.

	Legacy Dragon's Breath Shotgun (Epic)
DPS	152
DAMAGE	152
MAGAZINE SIZE	4
FIRE RATE	1.0
RELOAD TIME	4.3s
STRUCTURE DAMAGE	63

	Dragon's Breath Shotgun (Legendary)
DPS	160
DAMAGE	160
MAGAZINE SIZE	4
FIRE RATE	1.0
RELOAD TIME	4.1s
STRUCTURE DAMAGE	66

Stats from v15.00 to v15.00 (Dec 4th)[]

Dragon's Breath Shotguns uses Shells and has a Headshot Multiplier of 1.25x.

	Dragon's Breath Shotgun (Epic)
DPS	133
DAMAGE	133
MAGAZINE SIZE	4
FIRE RATE	1.0
RELOAD TIME	4.3s
STRUCTURE DAMAGE	63

	Dragon's Breath Shotgun (Legendary)
DPS	140
DAMAGE	140
MAGAZINE SIZE	4
FIRE RATE	1.0
RELOAD TIME	4.1s
STRUCTURE DAMAGE	66

Sounds[]

Sound Type	Rarity	Audio
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

Strategy Guide[]

	This section outlines a strategy.
	Feel free to add tips, tricks and general advice about the topic.

The Legacy 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.
If you know an opponent is inside a wooden structure, fire the Legacy Dragon's Breath Shotgun at their building to burn it down and flush them out.
Be careful when using the Legacy Dragon's Breath Shotgun. The fire it produces can damage you and your allies.
The Legacy 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 Legacy 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 Legacy Dragon's Breath Shotgun's long reload time.
After a fight, the Legacy Dragon's Breath Shotgun should be reloaded first to ensure you can defend yourself if you get pushed.

Counters[]

When playing Builds, if you are engaged with an opponent wielding a Legacy Dragon's Breath Shotgun, switch to Stone or Metal material, as they are invulnerable to the fire effect it applies.
Pushing an opponent who is attempting to reload their Legacy Dragon's Breath Shotgun can be very advantageous, as the Legacy Dragon's Breath Shotgun needs all 4 shells to be reloaded to be able to fire.

Weapon ID[]

The Legacy Dragon's Breath Shotgun is referred to as Shotgun Break Barrel Dragon in the files.

Epic: WID_Shotgun_BreakBarrel_Dragon_Athena_VR_Ore_T03
Legendary: WID_Shotgun_BreakBarrel_Dragon_Athena_SR_Ore_T03

History[]

Battle Royale and Zero Build History[]

Chapter 2: Season 5[]

Update v15.00[]

Introduced.
December 4th 2020:
- Increased effective range.
- Increased the damage from 133/140 to 152/160.

Chapter 2: Season 6[]

Update v16.00[]

Vaulted.

Chapter 3: Season 2[]

Update v20.30[]

Increased the damage from 152/160 to 158/165.
Increased headshot multiplier from 1.25x to 1.5x.
Added a max damage cap of 195/200.

Chapter 3: Season 3[]

Update v21.51[]

Unvaulted for Fire with Fire Week.
September 13 2022: Vaulted.

Chapter 4: Season 3[]

Update v25.30[]

Unvaulted.

Update v25.30[]

August 8th: Vaulted.
August 15th:
- Unvaulted the Epic rarity.
  - It is exclusive to the Fire Armory Augment.
- Can no longer be upgraded at Upgrade Benches.

Chapter 6: Season 2[]

Update v34.30[]

The name was changed from Dragon's Breath Shotgun to Legacy Dragon's Breath Shotgun.

Creative History[]

Chapter 2

Chapter 2: Season 5[]

Update v15.10[]

Introduced.
- Fire is not being supported yet.

News Tab[]

Image	Description	Date
	Fire fiends assemble! Today we released Fortnite update v21.51, which includes Fire Week + Primal Flame Bow and Dragon’s Breath Shotgun unvaults 🔥	September 7 2022
	Add fire to the fire 🔥 Set the Island alight during Fire with Fire Week. Primal Flame Bows and Dragon’s Breath Shotguns have been unvaulted until September 13.	September 7th 2022

Image	Description	Date
	Fire with Fire Week Light it up and burn them down! Ignite the competition and complete Quests with the Dragon's Breath Shotgun, Firefly Jars and the Primal Flame Bow.	September 7th 2022

Trivia[]

It is the first non-disposable weapon which is able to deal fire damage to players. The first weapon to deal fire damage was the Flare Gun.
Legacy 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 Legacy 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 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 Legacy 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. However in Chapter 4 Season 4, in conjunction with the Augment First Shotgun, Kit’s Charge Shotgun now does the most body shot damage, at an insane 195 with a full charge. The Legendary Legacy Dragon’s Breath remains the highest without an Augment.

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