This page is about an item or mechanic that has been put in The Vault. |
This item has been made unavailable in standard playlists to balance the loot pool. It may return in the future. |
This article is about the original SMG introduced in the Pre-Season. For the current Weapon known by the same name, see Submachine Gun. For the gun with a similar function, see Machine SMG. |
“ | Pistol: Machine Pistol. Fires at a very high rate, dealing great damage while consuming a lot of ammo. Good for run-and-gun combat, and accurate enough to fight at mid range when fired in short bursts.
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- — In-Game Description
The Submachine Gun was a Submachine Gun in Fortnite: Battle Royale. It was added in the Pre-Season with the launch of Battle Royale.
Functionality
The Submachine Gun functioned similar to other SMGs, being a fast firing, close range weapon. The Submachine Gun could damage targets at longer ranges, but due to weapon spread and damage drop off it is exceedingly weak.
The Submachine Gun was a hitscan weapon. It did not have First Shot Accuracy enabled at first, and would always fire a random spread of bullets, which increases with continuous fire, however, First Shot Accuracy was later added. The weapon's spread is decreased whilst crouching.
Stats
The Submachine Gun uses Light Bullets and has a headshot multiplier of 1.75x.
Submachine Gun (Common) | |
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DPS | 210 |
DAMAGE | 15 |
MAGAZINE SIZE | 32 |
FIRE RATE | 14 |
RELOAD TIME | 2.7s |
STRUCTURE DAMAGE | 15 |
Submachine Gun (Uncommon) | |
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DPS | 224 |
DAMAGE | 16 |
MAGAZINE SIZE | 32 |
FIRE RATE | 14 |
RELOAD TIME | 2.6s |
STRUCTURE DAMAGE | 16 |
Submachine Gun (Rare) | |
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DPS | 238 |
DAMAGE | 17 |
MAGAZINE SIZE | 32 |
FIRE RATE | 14 |
RELOAD TIME | 2.5s |
STRUCTURE DAMAGE | 17 |
The Submachine Gun uses Light Bullets and has a headshot multiplier of 2x.
Submachine Gun (Common) | |
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DPS | 210 |
DAMAGE | 14 |
MAGAZINE SIZE | 35 |
FIRE RATE | 15 |
RELOAD TIME | 2.2 |
STRUCTURE DAMAGE | 14 |
Submachine Gun (Uncommon) | |
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DPS | 225 |
DAMAGE | 15 |
MAGAZINE SIZE | 35 |
FIRE RATE | 15 |
RELOAD TIME | 2.1 |
STRUCTURE DAMAGE | 15 |
Submachine Gun (Rare) | |
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DPS | 240 |
DAMAGE | 16 |
MAGAZINE SIZE | 35 |
FIRE RATE | 15 |
RELOAD TIME | 2.0 |
STRUCTURE DAMAGE | 16 |
Strategy Guide
- The Submachine Gun was ideally paired with a Shotgun, due to their close range abilities, if you do not kill the enemy with the shotgun, switch to the Submachine Gun to finish them off.
- Make sure to be close range so you can hit all your shots, so you can do much damage to the enemy.
Weapon ID
The Submachine Gun is referred to as Pistol Auto Heavy in the files.
- Common: WID_Pistol_AutoHeavy_Athena_C_Ore_T02
- Uncommon: WID_Pistol_AutoHeavy_Athena_UC_Ore_T03
- Rare: WID_Pistol_AutoHeavy_Athena_R_Ore_T03
The Submachine Gun is referred to as Figment Pistol Auto Heavy in the files.
- Common: WID_Figment_Pistol_AutoHeavy_Athena_C
- Uncommon: WID_Figment_Pistol_AutoHeavy_Athena_UC
- Rare: WID_Figment_Pistol_AutoHeavy_Athena_R
History
Pre-Season
- Update v1.6: Added the Submachine Gun in Common, Uncommon and Rare rarities.
- Common:
- Damage: 11
- Firerate: 15
- Magazine Size: 25
- Reload Time: 2.2s.
- Uncommon:
- Damage: 12
- Firerate: 15
- Magazine Size: 25
- Reload Time: 2.1s.
- Rare:
- Damage: 13
- Firerate: 15
- Magazine Size: 25
- Reload Time: 2.0s.
- Common:
Season 1
Update v1.8
- Added damage falloff.
Unknown
- Removed damage falloff.
Update v1.8.3 Hotfix
- Increased Damages by 1 across the Board
- Increased Magazine Size from 25 to 35.
Season 2
Update v2.50
- Vaulted.
Unknown
- Added First Shot Accuracy.
Season 7
Update v7.10
- All the files for the Submachine Gun have been converted to the Machine Pistol.
Trivia
- Submachine Gun was the first weapon to be officially Vaulted.
- The Machine SMG reused the Submachine Gun's WID in the game files when it was added.
- The original model for the SMG is based off the Swedish Intratec TEC-9.
- It has the same model as the Thrasher in Save the World.