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This item can currently be obtained in Battle Royale.
It is available in the loot pool and can be obtained through different means.
It is also available in Creative and UEFN.

Unstable Exotic: on a successful hit you'll speed yourself up or slow your enemies down.
— In-Game Description

The Unstable Frostfire Shotgun is a Shotgun in Fortnite: Battle Royale that was introduced in Chapter 6: Season 3.

Unstable Frostfire Shotgun is an Exotic variant of the Sentinel Pump Shotgun.

Functionality[]

The Unstable Frostfire Shotgun is a pump-action shotgun, meaning it is slow firing, very damaging, and best suited to close quarters combat.

When fired, the Unstable Frostfire Shotgun will cycle between either giving the user a Pepper Effect or a Blizzard Effect to the enemy on a successful hit, both of which will last 3 seconds. What effect will trigger on the next shot is visible on the front end of the barrel. If the barrel has an icy texture, it will slow down, if the barrel has a fiery texture, it will give a speed boost.

The Unstable Frostfire Shotgun is a Hitscan weapon, firing a spread of 12 pellets when both aiming down sights and hipfiring. Aiming down sights tightens the spread of pellets.

Stats[]

Current Stats since v36.00[]

The Unstable Frostfire Shotgun uses Shells, has a headshot multiplier of 1.75x and a max damage cap of 195.

Unstable Frostfire Shotgun
(Exotic)
DPS 96.9
DAMAGE 114
MAGAZINE SIZE 4
FIRE RATE 0.85
RELOAD TIME 4.41s
STRUCTURE DAMAGE 85

Obtaining[]

As of Update v36.00, Unstable Frostfire Shotgun can be obtained by eliminating Overlord Spire.

Obtaining History[]

Chapter 6: Season 3[]

Update v36.00[]

Weapon ID[]

Unstable Frostfire Shotgun is referred to as Shotgun Unstable Fire Ice in the files.

  • Exotic: WID_Shotgun_Pump_Athena_Unstable_FireIce_X

History[]

Trivia[]

  • Unstable Frostfire Shotgun has the exact stats of a Legendary Sentinel Pump Shotgun, with the exception of structure damage.
  • Unlike its original counterpart, the Unstable Frostfire Shotgun does not function in the First Person Camera Device in Creative.
  • For some reason, the Unstable Frostfire Shotgun is equipped with a Shotgun Speed Mag Weapon Mod seen on the Modular Combat Shotgun and Modular Hammer Pump Shotgun.
    • It has no effect on the weapon's reload speed however and it momentarily disappears while reloading.
  • Unstable Frostfire Shotgun's icon is missing Iron Sights.

News Tab[]

Image Description Date
Quest - Unstable Shotgun Expertise
Meet up with Hope to test some state-of-the-art Unstable Shotgun - after a small donation to the Academy, of course. Demonstrate expertise to earn a sweet discount on future Unstable Shotgun purchases.
June 18th 2025

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