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This item is currently vaulted in Battle Royale and Blitz Royale.  |
| This has been made unavailable to balance the loot pool, and may return in the future. It is still available in Creative and UEFN. |
| “ | Assault Weapon: A heavy weapon with high damage, an extreme rate of fire, and a huge magazine size. Very inaccurate unless aiming down sights from a fixed position, and firing in short bursts.
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- — In-Game Description
Shadow Midas' Drum Gun is an Assault Weapon in Fortnite: Battle Royale that was added in Chapter 2: Season 4.
Shadow Midas' Drum Gun is a Mythic version of the Drum Gun.
Functionality[]
Like its original counterpart, Shadow Midas' Drum Gun is a fully automatic, fast firing, closer ranged weapon. It is best used like an SMG, dealing high amounts of damage in a close quarters environment, but being much weaker at extended ranges due to poor accuracy. As it stands, Shadow Midas' Drum Gun plays closer to a Submachine Gun than an Assault Weapon, similar to the Light Machine Gun.
Shadow Midas' Drum Gun is a hitscan weapon. It does not have First Shot Accuracy enabled.
Stats[]
Shadow Midas' Drum Gun uses 
Medium Bullets and has a headshot multiplier of 1.5x.
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Shadow Midas' Drum Gun (Mythic) |
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| DPS | 204 |
| DAMAGE | 24 |
| STRUCTURE DAMAGE | 24 |
| MAGAZINE SIZE | 40 |
| FIRE RATE | 8.5 |
| RELOAD TIME | 2.7s |
Sounds[]
 Shadow Midas' Drum Gun Sounds
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| Sounds | ID | |||
| Pickup | Rifle_Pickup
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| Equip | Weapon_Drumgun_ReloadEnd
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| ADS | In | Weapon_MILRIFLE_ADS_IN_01Weapon_MILRIFLE_ADS_IN_02Weapon_MILRIFLE_ADS_IN_XX
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| Out | Weapon_MILRIFLE_ADS_OUT_01Weapon_MILRIFLE_ADS_OUT_02Weapon_MILRIFLE_ADS_OUT_XX
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| Shoot | Close | Drumgun_Fire_Close_01Drumgun_Fire_Close_02Drumgun_Fire_Close_03Drumgun_Fire_Close_05Drumgun_Fire_Close_XX
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| Medium | Drumgun_Fire_MediumNew_01Drumgun_Fire_MediumNew_02Drumgun_Fire_MediumNew_03Drumgun_Fire_MediumNew_XX
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| Distant | Drumgun_Fire_DistantNew_01
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| Reload | Start | Weapon_Drumgun_ReloadStart
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| Insert | Weapon_Drumgun_ReloadInsert
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| End | Weapon_Drumgun_ReloadEnd
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| Out of Ammo | Rifle_OutofAmmo_01Rifle_OutofAmmo_02Rifle_OutofAmmo_03Rifle_OutofAmmo_04Rifle_OutofAmmo_XX
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| Drop | Weapon_Generic_Drop_AR_01Weapon_Generic_Drop_AR_02Weapon_Generic_Drop_AR_03Weapon_Generic_Drop_AR_04Weapon_Generic_Drop_AR_XX
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Weapon Changes[]
Chapter 4: Season 4[]
Update v26.00[]
- The Shadow effect on the weapon’s model no longer covers the entire gun.
Chapter 5: Season 1[]
Update v28.00[]
- Fixed several animations.
Chapter 5: Season 2[]
Update v29.00[]
- The message feed now calls the weapon "Midas' Drum Gun (OG)" upon eliminating an enemy player.
Chapter 6: Season 2[]
Update v34.10[]
- The magazine insert sound now plays earlier in the animation than intended.
Chapter 6: Mini Season 2[]
Update v38.00[]
- The magazine insert sound now plays at the correct time in the animation again.
Obtaining[]
As of Update v14.50, Shadow Midas' Drum Gun cannot currently be obtained in Battle Royale and Zero Build as it has been vaulted.
Obtaining History[]
Chapter 2: Season 4[]
Update v14.00[]
- Can be obtained by eliminating Shadow Midas at The Ruins.
Chapter 2: Season 4[]
Update v14.50[]
- Can not currently be obtained in Battle Royale and Zero Build as it has been vaulted.
Strategy Guide[]
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This section outlines a strategy. |
| Feel free to add tips, tricks and general advice about the topic. |
- Shadow Midas' Drum Gun is essentially an SMG in all but name, so it should be used accordingly.
- Pairing Shadow Midas' Drum Gun with a high-damage, slow-firing shotgun, such as the Pump Shotgun or Charge Shotgun, is an excellent combo. Fire your shotgun shot, then quickly switch to Shadow Midas' Drum Gun to finish the opponent off.
- The high DPS of Shadow Midas' Drum Gun paired with its high capacity makes it a great choice for destroying opponents' build pieces at close range.
- If the opponent is hiding behind a wall, you can destroy it with Shadow Midas' Drum Gun and replace it with your own wall, then edit the wall to get off a strong shotgun shot or spray at the opponent further with Shadow Midas' Drum Gun.
Weapon ID[]
Shadow Midas' Drum Gun is referred to as Ghost Midas in the files.
- Mythic: WID_Boss_GhostMidas
Mode Specific History[]
Blitz Royale History[]
Update v36.10[]
Week 3: Bad Bosses[]
- July 1st 2025: Introduced.
Update v36.30[]
Week 7: MEGA City Reborn[]
- Vaulted.
Creative History[]
Chapter 3: Season 1[]
Update v19.00[]
- December 13th 2021: Introduced.
- It has several bugs due to some files for it being removed.
News Tab[]
| Image | Description | Date |
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This week is extra mythical in Creative. We will be releasing some of your favorite Mythic weapons over the next four days. Here is what you can find today! 🔷 Skye’s Assault Rifle 🔷 Brutus’ Minigun 🔷 Shadow Midas’ Drum Gun 🔷 Ocean’s Burst Assault Rifle |
December 13th 2021 |
Trivia[]
- Shadow Midas' Drum Gun along with Jules' Drum Gun and Midas' Drum Gun have identical statistics and function.
- Shadow Midas' Drum Gun currently has several bugs, including:
- The weapon previously made "ghostly" noises when fired; however, in the current versions, these sounds no longer play because the sound files have been removed.
- The weapon once featured a shadowy flame effect (visible in its icon), but this effect no longer appears as the necessary files have also been removed.
- Since its addition to Creative, the name displayed in the Message Feed has incorrectly referred to it as Ghost Midas' Drum Gun.
- This was later incorrectly updated in Chapter 5: Season 2 to Midas' Drum Gun (OG).
- Since Chapter 4: Season 4, the Shadow effect on the weapon's model no longer fully covers the entire gun.
- Shadow Midas' Drum Gun has Newton's equation on the second law of motion (f=ma) on the back of it, similar to Jules' Drum Gun. However this isn't normally supposed to be visible as the Weapon's Shadow Effects cover it.
- For many seasons, the weapon's animations were broken, causing the charging bolt to never move and the magazine to never be pulled out when reloading.
- This bug was fixed with the launch of Chapter 5: Season 1.
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Promotional Images[]
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