This item has been made unavailabe in standard playlists to balance the loot pool. It may return in the future.
The Lever Action Rifle is a Sniper Rifle in Battle Royale. It was added in Chapter 2: Season 5.
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Functionality
The Lever Action Rifle is a long ranged weapon which fires a fast moving projectile. The weapon lacks a scope but has increased zoom when aiming, like the Hunting Rifle. The weapon reloads one shot at a time and can be interrupted.
Obtained
The Lever Action Rifle can be obtained in Chests or as Floor Loot. The Epic rarity can be found in Supply Drops.
Upgrading
As of Chapter 2: Season 5, you can upgrade a Lever Action Rifle by interacting with characters for bars in regular increments, up to Epic.
Stats
Lever Action Rifles range from dealing 52 to 61 Damage per shot (65 to 68.75 Damage per second). All Lever Action Rifles use 
Heavy Ammo. The Lever Action Rifle has a headshot multiplier of 2.5x.
| Lever Action Rifle | Lever Action Rifle |
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| Uncommon | Rare |
| DPS: 65 | DPS: 68.75 |
| Damage: 52 | Damage: 55 |
| Magazine Size: 9 | Magazine Size: 9 |
| Fire Rate: 1.25 | Fire Rate: 1.25 |
| Reload Time: 6.3s | Reload Time: 6.0s |
| Lever Action Rifle | Lever Action Rifle (Creative Only) |
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| Epic | Legendary |
| DPS: 72.5 | DPS:76.2 |
| Damage: 58 | Damage: 61 |
| Magazine Size: 9 | Magazine Size: 9 |
| Fire Rate: 1.25 | Fire Rate: 1.25 |
| Reload Time: 5.7s | Reload Time: 5.4s |
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.
- It functions much like the Semi Auto Sniper Rifle an due to it’s faster-than-average bullet rate and low bullet drop in some case it can substitute for your Assault Rifle.
History
Chapter 2: Season 5
- Update v15.10: Introduced the Lever Action Rifle in Uncommon, Rare, and Epic rarities.
- Update v15.20: Added the Lever Action Rifle into Fortnite: Creative and exclusively the Legendary variant.
Chapter 2: Season 6
- Update v16.00: Vaulted the Lever Action Rifle in all rarities.
Trivia
- The Rifle is likely based off the Henry Rifle which served as the basis of the Winchester 1866.
- A Common rarity version of the weapon is available in the Comeback and Rags to Riches LTMs.
