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“ | Spire Assassin's personal Primal Shotgun.
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- — In-Game Description
The Spire Assassin's Primal Shotgun is a Mythic Shotgun in Fortnite: Battle Royale. It was added in Chapter 2: Season 6. It is a Mythic version of the Primal Shotgun, obtained by eliminating the Spire Assassin boss at The Spire.
Functionality[]
The Spire Assassin's Primal Shotgun is a short ranged weapon, suitable for attacking enemies up close. It is essentially a higher damage Shotgun, and as such fills the same role as it, but dealing more DPS.
Stats[]
The Spire Assassin's Primal Shotgun uses Shells, has a Headshot Multiplier of 1.5x and a Max Damage Cap of 75.
Unlike other Shotguns, the Spire Assassin's Primal Shotgun reloads all shells at once, instead of one at a time.
Spire Assassin's Shotgun (Mythic) | |
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DPS | 211.455 |
DAMAGE | 63.5 |
MAGAZINE SIZE | 12 |
FIRE RATE | 3.33 |
RELOAD TIME | 3.2 |
STRUCTURE DAMAGE | 20 |
The Spire Assassin's Primal Shotgun is a hitscan weapon which fires a spread of 5 pellets with a random pattern when both aiming down sights and hipfiring. Aiming down sights tightens the spread of pellets, but also decreases the weapon's rate of fire.
Damage falloff:
- Damage falloff begins at 7.5 meters (1.45 tiles).
- Damage steadily decreases down to 76% of its maximum at 10 meters (2 tile).
- Damage decreases down to 47% of its maximum at 15 meters (3 tiles).
- It deals damage until 30 meters (6 tiles).
Sounds[]
Sound Type | Rarity | Sound |
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Pullout | Mythic | |
Shooting | ||
Reload | ||
Pickup | ||
Drop |
Obtained[]
The Spire Assassin's Primal Shotgun can only be obtained by eliminating the Spire Assassin at The Spire.
Strategy Guide[]
- When someone breaks into your box structure, use the Shotgun to quickly finish them off due to it being the most powerful version of The Primal Shotgun, and it being viable in Close Quarters Combat.
Weapon ID[]
The Spire Assassin's Primal Shotgun is referred to as Shotgun Bone in the files.
- Mythic: WID_Shotgun_Bone_Athena_Boss
History[]
Chapter 2: Season 6[]
- Update v16.00: Introduced the Spire Assassin's Primal Shotgun in Mythic rarity, alongside the Spire Assassin boss at The Spire.
- Update v16.10: The Spire Assasin's Primal Shotgun's fire rate has been decreased from 3.73 to 3.33.
- Update v16.10 Hotfix #2 (April 8th 2021): The Spire Assassin's Primal Shotgun's damage has been decreased from 69 to 57
- Hotfix #2 Pullout Time Increased
- Update v16.20: Vaulted Spire Assassin's Primal Shotgun and replaced by the Spire Assassin's Recycler.
Chapter 3: Season 1[]
- Update v19.01: (December 15th 2021): Spire Assassin's Primal Shotgun has been added to Creative.
Chapter 3: Season 2[]
- Update v20.30: Increased the damage from 57 to 63.5, increased headshot multiplier from 1.25x to 1.5x and added a max damage cap of 75.
Trivia[]
- The Spire Assassin's Primal Shotgun does not use a different icon or texture from its non-Mythic counterpart. This is similar to all Mythic items introduced in Chapter 2: Season 2 and some in Chapter 2: Season 3.
- Spire Assassin's Primal Shotgun was the second Mythic shotgun introduced into Battle Royale, the first one being Kit's Charge Shotgun.