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This Page/Section is about an item 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.
The Tactical Assault Rifle is an Assault Weapon in Fortnite: Battle Royale. It was introduced in Season 9.
Contents
Functionality
The Tactical Assault Rifle is fully automatic, has a x1.75 headshot multiplier (deals 38, 40, 42 damage), and has a 30-round magazine.
Tactical Assault Rifle in action
Stats
Tactical Assault Rifles range from dealing 22-24 damage per shot (154 - 168 Damage per second). All Tactical Assault Rifles use 
Light Ammo. The Assault Rifle has a Headshot Multiplier of 1.75x.
| Tactical Assault Rifle | Tactical Assault Rifle |
|---|---|
 |
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| DPS: 154 | DPS: 161 |
| Damage: 22 | Damage: 23 |
| Fire Rate: 7 | Fire Rate: 7 |
| Magazine Size: 30 | Magazine Size: 30 |
| Reload Time: 2.2s | Reload Time: 2.1s |
| Tactical Assault Rifle |
|---|
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| DPS: 168 |
| Damage: 24 |
| Fire Rate: 7 |
| Magazine Size: 30 |
| Reload Time: 2.0s |
The Tactical Assault Rifle is a hitscan weapon, with First Shot Accuracy enabled.
Sounds
| Sound Type | Rarity | Audio |
|---|---|---|
| Pullout | Rare, Epic and Legendary | |
| Shooting | Rare, Epic and Legendary | |
| Reload | Rare, Epic and Legendary | |
| Pickup | Rare, Epic and Legendary | |
| Drop | Rare, Epic and Legendary |
Obtained
From when the weapon was last available in Chapter 2: Season 5
| Rarity | Chest | Rare
Chest |
Floor
Loot |
IO Guards | Supply
Drop |
Upgrading |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rare | ✖ | ✖ | ✖ | ✓ | ✖ | ✖ |
| Epic | ✖ | ✖ | ✖ | ✖ | ✖ | ✓ |
| Legendary | ✖ | ✖ | ✖ | ✓ | ✖ | ✓ |
Strategy Guide
This section outlines a strategy. Feel free to add tips, tricks and general advice about the topic.
Usage
- This weapon is very effective at medium ranges (e.g. 1-2 tiles away from the player/entity) due to its high accuracy and decent rate of fire. However, it suffers at long range due to quick damage dropoff, and its relatively low DPS makes an SMG preferable at close range.
- However, an Assault Rifle would be more effective at medium range due to the weapon having higher accuracy and less bloom.
Countering
- This weapon can easily destroy tiles, which makes Metal a good resource for defence against this. It also has a moderately high reload time, giving a decent length of time for the tile to heal.
- A good strategy for countering this is to move further away from the opponent, and attack it with an Assault Rifle or a Sniper Rifle. Due to the high damage dropoff of this weapon, the opponent will struggle to use it against you.
History
Season 9
- Update v9.00: Tactical Assault Rifles of Rare to Legendary rarities was added to Battle Royale.
- Update v9.30 Content Update #1: Vaulted Rare rarity of Tactical Assault Rifle
Season 10
- Update v10.00: Vaulted Epic and Legendary rarities of the Tactical Assault Rifle
Chapter 2: Season 5
- Update v15.00: Unvaulted Rare Tactical Assault Rifle, only obtainable via eliminating IO Guards. Epic and Legendary variants were also unvaulted, but are only obtainable via rare IO Guard drops or upgrading.
- Update v15.20: Vaulted Rare, Epic, and Legendary Tactical Assault Rifles in Arena, via vaulting of IO Guards.
Chapter 2: Season 6
- Update v16.00: Vaulted the Tactical Assault Rifle in all rarities.
Trivia
- It is the second Assault Rifle in Battle Royale to use Light Ammo, following the Minigun.
- It is modeled after the Taran Tactical modified SIG-Sauer MPX.
- It is the same gun used by John Wick in John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum, as this season added the weapon as collaboration, alongside the Combat Shotgun.
