Primal Rifle (Battle Royale)

The Primal Rifle is an Assault Weapon in Fortnite: Battle Royale. It was introduced in Chapter 2: Season 6. The version of this weapon is the Spire Guardian's Primal Assault Rifle.
== Functionality ==
This Primal Rifle is a fully automatic, fast firing, but inaccurate medium ranged weapon. It does not have first shot accuracy, but it has a higher damage per second than its regular counterpart. As such, it does not excel at longer ranged engagements.
File:Primal Assault Rifle Gameplay - Weapon - Fortnite.gif|Primal Rifle in action
==Stats==
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Primal Rifles range from dealing 30 Damage per shot to 35 Damage per shot (172.5 - 201.25 damage per second). All Primal Rifles use . The Primal Rifle has a headshot multiplier of 1.5x. As of the 17.00 Update, the Primal Rifle does 34 for Epic Rarity and 35 for Legendary Rarity
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The Primal Rifle use with a headshot multiplier of 1.5x.
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The Primal Rifle is a hitscan weapon. It does not have First Shot Accuracy enabled, and will always fire a random spread of bullets, which increases with continuous fire. This spread is decreased whilst crouching.
Damage falloff:
*Damage falloff begins at 50 meters (10 tiles).
*Damage steadily decreases down to 80% of its maximum at 75 meters (15 tiles).
*Damage reaches its minimum value of 66% of its maximum at 100 meters (20 tiles).
== Sounds==
Sound Type	Rarity 	Sound
Pullout 	, , and	
Shooting 	, , and	
Reload 	, , and	
Pickup 	, , and	
Drop 	, , and	
== Obtained ==
From when the item was last available in Chapter 2: Season 6:
Rarities	Chest	Rare Chest	Floor Loot	Supply Drop	Fishing (Plain)	Fishing (Spots)
 	✓ 	✖ 	✓ 	✖ 	✖ 	✖
 	✓ 	✖ 	✓ 	✖ 	✖ 	✓
 	✓ 	✓ 	✖ 	✓ 	✖ 	✓
 	✓ 	✓ 	✖ 	✓ 	✖ 	✓
The Primal Rifle cannot be upgraded. However, Makeshift Rifles will upgrade into Primal Rifles for 2/4/6 Animal Bones depending on rarity.
==Strategy Guide==
*The Primal Rifle trades its first shot accuracy with the ability to fire faster. This makes it a better weapon than the regular AR to switch to if you don't have an SMG and need to finish off a weak opponent in an enclosed structure.
*The Primal Rifle is weak at longer ranges, as it cannot accurately hit shots.
=== Counters ===
* Because of it's lack of first shot accuracy, it is advised to avoid close range engagements against an opponent with a Primal Rifle. Instead, stick to mid-long range, and use a weapon with better mid-long range accuracy. 
* An SMG will outperform the Primal Rifle at close range. 
* The same counters that apply to the Assault Rifle apply to the Primal Rifle. 
== Weapon ID==
The Primal Rifle is referred to as Assault Bone in the files.
* : WID_Assault_Bone_Athena_UC_Ore_T03
* : WID_Assault_Bone_Athena_R_Ore_T03
* : WID_Assault_Bone_Athena_VR_Ore_T03
* : WID_Assault_Bone_Athena_SR_Ore_T03
== History==
===Chapter 2: Season 6===
*Update v16.00
** The Primal Rifle is introduced in , , and . It is part of the new craftable weapons system.
**Hotfix (April 19th 2021): Added to Creative.
===Chapter 2: Season 7===
*Update v17.00: Vaulted the Primal Rifle in all rarities.
*Update v17.00: Nerfed damage from 31/33/35/36 to 30/32/34/35.
== Trivia ==
* The Primal Rifle uses the appearance of the Midnight Stalker from Save the World, albeit with its scope removed and the muzzle shortened.
** The weapons statistically don't share any similarities, as the Midnight Stalker is a two-round burst Sniper Rifle that uses Heavy Bullets while the Primal Rifle is a fully-auto Assault Rifle that uses Medium Bullets.
==Gallery==
Primal Weapons - Promo - Fortnite.png|Promo
Primal Rifle (Action) - Promo - Fortnite.jpg|Promo
Category:Assault Rifles (Battle Royale)
Category:Weapons (Battle Royale)
Category:Primal Weapon Set
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