Submachine Guns, or SMGs for short, are a type of weapon in Fortnite: Battle Royale. The purpose of these weapons is for short range to medium range combat. All SMGs use 
Light Bullets, aside from the Ray Guns, which use an infinite reserve of 
Energy Ammo.
Functionality[]
Submachine Guns fill the role of a short to medium range weapon and are often used for up close engagements, due to their high damage per second. Some SMGs have first shot accuracy, but due to their low DPS rates and inaccuracy whilst aiming down sights, they are most useful for attacking opponents in close combat. On the contrary, SMGs do have excellent hipfire accuracy. This allows them to excel at close ranges and makes it very easy to hit consistent shots on a target. SMGs added in Chapter 5 fire fast-moving projectiles, while those added before Chapter 5 are hitscan.
List of Weaponry[]
| Name | Image | Rarities | Ammo Type | Season | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Submachine Gun (Pre-Season) |  |
Common Uncommon Rare |
Light Bullets
|
Pre-Season | 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. |
| Suppressed Submachine Gun |  |
Common Uncommon Rare Epic Legendary |
Light Bullets
|
Pre-Season | 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. |
| Tactical Submachine Gun |  |
Uncommon Rare Epic Legendary |
Light Bullets
|
Pre-Season | 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. |
| Submachine Gun |  |
Common Uncommon Rare |
Light Bullets
|
Season 5 | Fires at a very high rate, dealing great damage while consuming a lot of ammo. |
| Compact SMG |  |
Epic Legendary |
Light Bullets
|
Season 5 | Fires at a very high rate, dealing great damage while consuming a lot of ammo. |
| Burst SMG |  |
Common Uncommon Rare |
Light Bullets
|
Season 9 | Fires in bursts. |
| Name | Image | Rarities | Ammo Type | Season | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Submachine Gun |  |
Epic Legendary |
Light Bullets
|
Chapter 2: Season 1 | Fires at a very high rate, dealing great damage while consuming a lot of ammo. |
| Rapid Fire SMG |  |
Common Uncommon Rare Epic Legendary |
Light Bullets
|
Chapter 2: Season 2 | 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. |
| Makeshift Submachine Gun |  |
Common Uncommon Rare |
Light Bullets
|
Chapter 2: Season 6 | Scrappy base SMG that can be crafted. |
| Primal SMG |  |
Uncommon Rare Epic Legendary |
Light Bullets
|
Chapter 2: Season 6 | Wild-firing submachine gun. |
| Kymera Ray Gun |  |
Rare Epic Legendary |
 Energy Cells
|
Chapter 2: Season 7 | This alien weapon emits a continuous deadly ray |
| Zyg and Choppy's Ray Gun | |
Mythic | Energy Cells
|
Chapter 2: Season 7 | This alien weapon emits a continuous deadly ray |
| Name | Image | Rarities | Ammo Type | Season | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stinger SMG |  |
Common Uncommon Rare Epic Legendary Mythic |
Light Bullets
|
Chapter 3: Season 1 | SMG. Fully Automatic. Fires at a very high fire rate, dealing great damage while consuming a lot of ammo. |
| Gunnar's Stinger SMG | |
Mythic | Light Bullets
|
Chapter 3: Season 1 | High fire rate SMG at the cost of a powerful kick. |
| Machine SMG |  |
Common Uncommon Rare Epic Legendary |
Light Bullets
|
Chapter 3: Season 1 | SMG. Fully Automatic. Fires at a very high fire rate, dealing great damage while consuming a lot of ammo. |
| Combat SMG |  |
Common Uncommon Rare Epic Legendary |
Light Bullets
|
Chapter 3: Season 2 | Like the Legacy Combat Assault Rifle and Combat Pistol, the Combat SMG packs a heavy punch. Tame its recoil to get the most out of its exceptional power. |
| Charge SMG |  |
Common Uncommon Rare Epic Legendary |
Light Bullets
|
Chapter 3: Season 3 | SMG: Charge to shoot a variable amount of bullets. |
| Stinger SMG | |
Mythic | Light Bullets
|
Chapter 3: Season 3 | High fire rate SMG at the cost of a powerful kick. |
| Suppressed Submachine Gun | |
Mythic | Light Bullets
|
Chapter 3: Season 4 | 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. |
| Inkquisitor's Suppressed SMG | |
Mythic | Light Bullets
|
Chapter 3: Season 4 | 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. |
| Rapid Fire SMG | |
Mythic | Light Bullets
|
Chapter 3: Season 4 | 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. |
| Exclusive to other modes. | |||||
| Combat SMG | |
Mythic | Light Bullets
|
Chapter 3: Season 3 | Like the Legacy Combat Assault Rifle and Combat Pistol, the Combat SMG packs a heavy punch. Tame its recoil to get the most out of its exceptional power. Exclusive to Fortnite: Creative. |
| Charge SMG | |
Mythic | Light Bullets
|
Chapter 3: Season 3 | SMG: Charge to shoot a variable amount of bullets. Exclusive to Fortnite: Creative. |
| Name | Image | Rarities | Ammo Type | Season | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Twin Mag SMG |  |
Common Uncommon Rare Epic Legendary |
Light Bullets
|
Chapter 4: Season 1 | SMG: Automatic. Fast-firing SMG that has a double-sided magazine for an extra fast reload. |
| Heisted Blink Mag SMG |  |
Exotic | Light Bullets
|
Chapter 4: Season 1 | Exotic Twin Mag SMG that grants Zero Point Dash while double jumping for a few seconds after reloading. |
| Heisted Run 'N' Gun SMG |  |
Exotic | Light Bullets
|
Chapter 4: Season 1 | Exotic SMG infused with Slap and reloads your magazine while sprinting. |
| Submachine Gun | |
Epic Legendary |
Light Bullets
|
Chapter 4: Season 2 | Fires at a very high rate, dealing great damage while consuming a lot of ammo. |
| Bender's Shiny Metal Raygun |  |
Mythic | Energy Cells
|
Chapter 4: Season 3 | This weapon emits a continuous deadly ray. |
| Scoped Burst SMG |  |
Common Uncommon Rare Epic Legendary |
Light Bullets
|
Chapter 4: Season 4 | Short burst submachine gun with low recoil and a precision scope. |
| Thorne's Scoped Burst SMG | |
Mythic | Light Bullets
|
Chapter 4: Season 4 | Short burst submachine gun with low recoil and a precision scope. |
| Exclusive to other modes. | |||||
| Sunburst Gauntlet |  |
Rare | Energy Cells
|
Chapter 4: Season 1 | Gauntlet that fires a continous, accurate beam. Exclusive to the KID LAROI's Wild Dreams experience. |
| Name | Image | Rarities | Ammo Type | Season | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Modular Hyper SMG |  |
Common Uncommon Rare Epic Legendary |
Light Bullets
|
Chapter 5: Season 1 | Fires at a very high fire rate, dealing significant damage at close range while consuming ammo quickly. |
| Valeria's Modular Hyper SMG | |
Mythic | Light Bullets
|
Chapter 5: Season 1 | Personal Hyper SMG of Valeria. |
| Modular Thunder Burst SMG |  |
Common Uncommon Rare Epic Legendary |
Light Bullets
|
Chapter 5: Season 1 | Fires a three round burst at a very high rate. Well suited for close range. |
| Modular Harbinger SMG |  |
Common Uncommon Rare Epic Legendary |
Light Bullets
|
Chapter 5: Season 2 | A dangerous weapon forged in the Underworld for the followers of Hades; This Submachine Gun starts out highly accurate but quickly becomes unwieldy when fired continuously |
| Hades' Modular Harbinger SMG | |
Mythic | Light Bullets
|
Chapter 5: Season 2 | The magnificent weapon of Hades, imbued in the fires of the underworld |
| Modular Drum Gun |  |
Rare Epic Legendary |
 Medium Bullets
|
Chapter 5: Season 2 | A heavy submachine gun with high rate of fire and large drum. A classic weapon renowned for its ability to suppress enemies, unwieldy handling, and iconic stylings. Now supports weapon mods. |
| Midas' Modular Drum Gun |  |
Mythic | Medium Bullets
|
Chapter 5: Season 2 | Midas' iconic golden weapon, revered for its overwhelming stopping power and classic stylings. |
| Dual Micro SMGs |  |
Common Uncommon Rare Epic Legendary |
Light Bullets
|
Chapter 5: Season 4 | Fully automatic dual SMGs. Fire at a very high rate while consuming a lot of ammo. Damage drops substantially at long distances. |
| Gwenpool's Dual Micro SMGs |  |
Mythic | Light Bullets
|
Chapter 5: Season 4 | Gwenpool's personal Dual Micro SMGs, it goes pew pew pew really fast. |
| Snoop Dogg's Drum Gun |  |
Mythic | Medium Bullets
|
Chapter 2 Remix | Midas who? This is Snoops weapon now and his dogg's bark has a little extra bite! |
| Name | Image | Rarities | Ammo Type | Season | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Veiled Precision SMG |  |
Common Uncommon Rare Epic Legendary |
Light Bullets
|
Chapter 6: Season 1 | Fully automatic scoped and suppressed SMG. Fires at a high rate with high accuracy, dealing moderate damage at short range while quickly consuming the short mag. |
| Night Rose Veiled Precision SMG | |
Mythic | Light Bullets
|
Chapter 6: Season 1 | The Night Rose's personal Veiled Precision SMG, crafted to enhance accuracy by reducing recoil. |
| Surgefire SMG |  |
Common Uncommon Rare Epic Legendary |
Light Bullets
|
Chapter 6: Season 1 | Fully automatic Submachine Gun. Hold down the trigger to increase its rate of fire, dealing moderate damage while consuming a lot of ammo. |
| Enhanced Surgefire SMG | |
Mythic | Light Bullets
|
Chapter 6: Season 1 | Fully automatic Submachine Gun. Hold down the trigger to increase its rate of fire, dealing moderate damage while consuming a lot of ammo. |
| Lawless Blink Pump & Dump |  |
Exotic | Light Bullets
|
Chapter 6: Season 2 | Grants a few seconds of zero point dash after reloading. |
Unreleased
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- Main Article: Unreleased Items#Submachine Guns
Trivia[]
- When the Submachine Gun was introduced, it did not come in Epic or Legendary rarities, however the Compact SMG existed in only those rarities. Due to this, the guns are separate, but as of Chapter 2: Season 1 the Compact SMG was vaulted, and an Epic and Legendary Submachine Gun were introduced with the same model as the Compact SMG, however it had a faster rate of fire but had a smaller magazine size then the Compact SMG.
- The Compact SMG and high tier Submachine Gun share the same model, but use a different render for their icons.
- The Machine SMG received a new look for Chapter 2, despite it not returning as of Chapter 2: Season 5's launch.
- Although not included here, the Legacy Drum Gun was originally an SMG, but was re-classed as an Assault Rifle. Despite this, it is possible to complete SMG based challenges with a Legacy Drum Gun, as well as it sitting beside other SMGs in Creative.
- The Machine SMG was originaly called the Machine Pistol but its name was changed in Chapter 4: Season 1.
- Prior to Update v27.00, if you had the Submachine Gun in Epic or Legendary rarities in Creative Mode in an Item Granter or Vending Machine when the P90 variant was removed from the Creative inventory, it would have the same model and icon.
- In Chapter 4: Season 3, you could obtain the Submachine Gun in Team Rumble, where it retained the P90 model.