Weapon Upgrading

Weapon Upgrading is a Gameplay Mechanic introduced to Fortnite: Battle Royale with Chapter 2: Season 1. It has had several reworks since its inclusion, with the most recent being Chapter 2: Season 7.
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Weapon Upgrading was overhauled slightly from its Chapter 2: Season 5 version, changing the location and prices of Weapon Upgrades. Upgrading was completed by once again using Upgrade Benches, but using Bars instead of Materials. Players could seek out an Upgrade Bench, and pay a number of Bars to upgrade their weapon to a higher rarity. Weapons can be upgraded one tier at a time for increasingly higher numbers of bars, with an increased cost compared to earlier seasons. The only non-weapon item that can be upgraded is the Fishing Rod to a Pro Fishing Rod, on top of this, it is the only item which upgrades multiple rarities at once. Weapons cannot be sidegraded.
Note: The to upgrade is exclusive to the Fishing Rod to Pro Fishing Rod upgrade. Weapons cannot be upgraded to or .
Original Rarity	Upgraded Rarity	Cost in Bars
 	 	200
 	 	300
 	 	300
 	 	400
 	 	500
 	 	750
All weapons that were currently available could have been upgraded. If a weapon has a variant which is higher rarity, but is vaulted, it cannot be upgraded further.
===Crafting===
Main Article: Crafting (Battle Royale)
In Chapter 2: Season 8, players could use Crafting to upgrade the Sideways Rifle, Sideways Minigun and Sideways Scythe in the same increments. It also allowed players to upgrade to versions of the weapons. Upgrading was completed using Cube Monster Parts.
|-|Chapter 2: Season 5 to Chapter 2: Season 6=
In Chapter 2: Season 5 to and including Chapter 2: Season 6, upgrading was completed by talking to Characters in exchange for Bars. Chapter 2: Season 6 also had a Crafting Mechanic which could upgrade weapons. Depending on the Weapon, the available rarities of it, and also the amount of bars a player has, a player could upgrade their weapon to a higher rarity. Only some Characters offered this feature. Weapons can be upgraded one tier at a time for increasingly higher numbers of bars. The only non weapon item that can be upgraded is the Fishing Rod to a Pro Fishing Rod, on top of this, it is the only item which upgrades multiple rarities at once. Weapons could not be sidegraded.
Note: The to upgrade is exclusive to the Fishing Rod to Pro Fishing Rod upgrade. Weapons cannot be upgraded to or .
Original Rarity	Upgraded Rarity	Cost in Bars
 	 	25
 	 	50
 	 	50
 	 	145
 	 	345
All weapons that were currently available could have been upgraded. If a weapon has a variant which is higher rarity, but is vaulted, it could not be upgraded further.
===Crafting ===
Main Article: Crafting (Battle Royale)
Crafting was a mechanic introduced in Chapter 2: Season 6. It used a new system of resources and items to upgrade weapons, to create new ones. Animal Bones as well as Mechanical Parts are used to upgrade Makeshift weaponry into Primal or Mechanical Weapons respectively (Mechanical weapons are standard weapons, such as the Assault Rifle or Revolver). Unlike weapon upgrading, it did not use Bars. Furthermore, Crafting would only create new weapons, and could not upgrade the current rarity of a weapon, as all crafting advances a weapon by a rarity, but creates a primal or makeshift weapon. Crafting was completed in the player inventory.
Players could still upgrade weapons using bars, alongside this system.
|-|Chapter 2: Season 1 to Chapter 2: Season 4=
From Chapter 2: Season 1 to and including Chapter 2: Season 4, Upgrade Benches could have been found in key locations across the Island, primarily in named POIs, but still often found in other areas across the map. Using an Upgrade bench allowed players to upgrade or sidegrade their weapon using materials. Not every weapon had a sidegrade function.
== Upgrading ==
Note: The to upgrade is exclusive to the Fishing Rod to Pro Fishing Rod upgrade.
The higher the rarity the more expensive the upgrade and the longer it took. Weapons could not be upgraded to .
Original Rarity	Upgraded Rarity	Cost of all resources
 	 	10 of each
 	 	100 of each
 	 	100 of each
 	 	150 of each
 	 	200 of each
The list of Upgradable Weapons were as follows. Although some weapon rarities go lower than stated, their lower rarities lacked the functionality to be upgraded.
Weapon 	Image	Class 	Lowest Rarity	Highest Rarity	Notes
Assault Rifle 	 	Assault Rifle	 	 	
Burst Assault Rifle 	 	Assault Rifle	 	 	
Heavy Assault Rifle 	 	Assault Rifle	 	 	
Scoped Assault Rifle 	 	Assault Rifle	 	 	
Light Machine Gun 	 	Assault Rifle	 	 	
Stark Industries Energy Rifle	 	Assault Rifle	 	 	
Suppressed Assault Rifle 	 	Assault Rifle	 	 	
Pistol 	 	Pistol 	 	 	
Revolver 	 	Pistol 	 	 	Although comes in to , these rarities do not have the functionality to be upgraded.
Hand Cannon 	 	Pistol 	 	 	
Tactical Shotgun 	 	Shotgun 	 	 	
Pump Shotgun 	 	Shotgun 	 	 	
Combat Shotgun 	 	Shotgun 	 	 	
Charge Shotgun 	 	Shotgun 	 	 	
Bolt-Action Sniper Rifle 	 	Sniper Rifle 	 	 	
Suppressed Sniper Rifle 	 	Sniper Rifle 	 	 	
Hunting Rifle 	 	Sniper Rifle 	 	 	
Submachine Gun 	 	SMG 	 	 	
Compact SMG 	 	SMG 	 	 	
Tactical SMG 	 	SMG 	 	 	
Rapid Fire SMG 	 	SMG 	 	 	
Suppressed Submachine Gun 	 	SMG 	 	 	
Rocket Launcher 	 	Explosive 	 	 	Includes Pumpkin Launcher.
Fishing Rod / Pro Fishing Rod	 	Fishing Rod 	 	 	Upgrades straight to , also changes the item.
== Sidegrading ==
Sidegrading a weapon of any kind always costs 20 of each material. All Detailed weapons are vice-versa.
Weapon 	Image	Sidegraded to 	Image	Class 	Notes 	Season(s)
Assault Rifle 	 	Heavy Assault Rifle	 	Assault Rifle	 	Chapter 2: Season 1, 2, and 3
Pump Shotgun 	 	Charge Shotgun 	 	Shotgun 	 	Chapter 2: Season 4
Bolt-Action Sniper Rifle 	 	Hunting Rifle 	 	Sniper Rifle 	 	Chapter 2: Season 3
Submachine Gun 	 	Rapid Fire SMG 	 	SMG 	 	Chapter 2: Season 3
Suppressed Submachine Gun	 	Tactical SMG 	 	SMG 	to only.	Chapter 2: Season 4
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