Pistol

This Page/Section is about an item / mechanic that has been put in The Vault.

This item has been made unavailabe in standard playlists to balance the loot pool. It may return in the future.

For the article on the the class of the same name, please see Pistols

“

Pistol: Semi-Automatic. Versatile sidearm with moderate damage, good rate of fire and large magazine.

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— In-Game Description

The Pistol is a Pistol in Fortnite: Battle Royale. It was added in The Pre-Season alongside the Battle Royale game mode.

Functionality

The Pistol is a semi automatic, high fire-rate cap, any range weapon, but it excels at close to medium range combat. The Pistol has first shot accuracy, meaning it is capable of consistent damage at longer ranges.

Stats

Pistols range from dealing 24-29 damage per shot (162 - 195.75 Damage per second). All Pistols use Light Bullets. The Pistol has a Headshot Multiplier of 2.0x.

Pistol	Pistol	Pistol

Common	Uncommon	Rare
DPS: 162	DPS: 168.7	DPS: 175.5
Damage: 24	Damage: 25	Damage: 26
Fire Rate: 6.75	Fire Rate: 6.75	Fire Rate: 6.75
Magazine Size: 16	Magazine Size: 16	Magazine Size: 16
Reload Time: 1.54s	Reload Time: 1.47s	Reload Time: 1.4s

Pistol	Pistol

Epic	Legendary
DPS: 189	DPS: 195.7
Damage: 28	Damage: 29
Fire Rate: 6.75	Fire Rate: 6.75
Magazine Size: 16	Magazine Size: 16
Reload Time: 1.33s	Reload Time: 1.26s

The Pistol is a hitscan weapon, with First Shot Accuracy enabled.

Sounds

Sound Type	Rarity	Audio
Pullout	Common, Uncommon and Rare
Pullout	Epic and Legendary
Shooting	Common, Uncommon and Rare
Shooting	Epic and Legendary
Reload	Common, Uncommon and Rare
Reload	Epic and Legendary
Pickup	Common, Uncommon and Rare
Pickup	Epic and Legendary
Drop	Common, Uncommon and Rare
Drop	Epic and Legendary

Obtained

From when the weapon was last obtainable in Chapter 2: Season 8 (Before update Content Update v18.30)

Rarity	Chest	Rare Chest	Cosmic Chest	Floor Loot	Supply Drop	Fishing (Plain)	Fishing (Hole)	Crafting
Common	✓	✖	✖	✓	✖	✓	✖	✖
Uncommon	✓	✖	✖	✓	✖	✓	✖	✖
Rare	✓	✖	✖	✓	✖	✖	✓	✖
Epic	✓	✓	✓	✖	✓	✖	✓	✖
Legendary	✓	✓	✓	✖	✓	✖	✓	✖

Strategy Guide

The risk was calculated... but man am I bad at math.

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

The Pistol is more deadly the faster you can fire it. If you have good trigger finger, the pistol will have a DPS almost on par with the Assault Rifle.
Landing headshots is very beneficial with this weapon. At a decent fire-rate and mixing in headshots gives the pistol a higher DPS than the Assault Rifle.
The Epic and Legendary Pistol can be used as an assault rifle. As it has very good accuracy and almost the same DPS as the Assault Rifle, it is useful at mid to long range, but also useable in close range scenarios.
Even though the Pistol has a slightly lower DPS than most of the SMGs, it can still be beneficial due to better range, higher damage, speedier reload times, first shot accuracy, and a higher headshot multiplier.

History

Pre-Season

Update v1.6: Common, Uncommon, and Rare Semi-Auto Handguns added alongside the Fortnite: Battle Royale.
Update v1.7.1: Renamed the Semi-Auto Handgun to the Pistol.

Season 4

Update v4.30: Damage Fall-off vs. Structures was removed.

Season 5

Update v5.40: Vaulted Rare variant of Pistol.

Chapter 2: Season 1

Update v11.00: Epic and Legendary variants introduced. Rare variant unvaulted.

Chapter 2: Season 2

Update v12.10: Common, Uncommon, and Rare pistol sounds adjusted.

Chapter 2: Season 4

Update v14.00: Epic and Legendary rarities vaulted.

Chapter 2: Season 5

Update v15.00: Epic and Legendary rarities unvaulted.

Chapter 2: Season 6

Update v16.00: Vaulted the Pistol in all rarities.

Chapter 2: Season 7

Update v17.00: Unvaulted the Pistol in all rarities.
- Epic and Legendary rarities can only be found by purchasing them or upgrading into them.
Update v17.21: Legendary rarity of the Pistol can be crafted into a Plasma Cannon using Alien Nanites.

Chapter 2: Season 8

Update v18.00: The Epic and Legendary Pistol can now be found via normal means again, rather than solely upgrading a Rare Pistol.
Content Update v18.30: Vaulted the Pistol in all rarities and was replaced by the Combat Pistol.

Gallery

Trivia

Prior to Chapter 2: Season 6, the Pistol held the record alongside the Assault Rifle for the only weapon in Battle Royale to never be fully vaulted. This was broken however, with the full vaulting of the weapon with the launch of Chapter 2: Season 6.
Picking up a Common Pistol in Chapter 2: Season 1 would award the player a unique Legacy.

Visuals

The Common, Uncommon, and Rare Pistol is based on the American Colt M1911 with altered iron sights.
- The real life Colt M1911 has an unmodified magazine size of 7 or 8 rounds, making the 16 round magazine of the Pistol impossible for the size of its magazine.
- The weapon also has an incorrectly modeled trigger, as the real M1911 does not have the standard curved trigger of most weapons, but uses a sliding mechanism to fire the weapon.
The Epic and Legendary Pistol is based on the STI Combat Master 2011, which is based upon the M1911 itself.
- Alongside the Heavy Assault Rifle, the pistol is one of the few weapons to have its High Tier version be an actual upgraded version of the low tier one, rather than a different weapon entirely.
The Chapter 1 version of the Pistol used comically large and stylized iron sights for the pistol, much larger than they would be in real life. These sights were scaled down for the Chapter 2 version of the gun. The size of the end of the barrel was also reduced for its remodel.
The Epic and Legendary Pistol have the same model as The Turncoat from Fortnite: Save the World.
- The Chapter 1 Common, Uncommon, and Rare Pistol shared its model with the Vigilante.