Primal Shotgun (Battle Royale)

The Primal Shotgun is a Shotgun in Fortnite: Battle Royale. It was introduced in Chapter 2: Season 6. Its version is the Spire Assassin's Primal Shotgun.
== Functionality ==
The Primal Shotgun is a close ranged weapon, suitable for attacking enemies at short ranges. It has a medium sized magazine. It is very weak at medium range and incapable of hitting enemies at long range. It shoots in 2-shot bursts, with a short delay before shooting again.
File:Primal Shotgun Gameplay - Weapon - Fortnite.gif|Primal Shotgun in action
== Stats ==
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The Primal Shotgun uses , has a headshot multiplier of 1.5x and a Max Damage Cap of 65/70/70/75. The Primal Shotgun reloads all shells at once.
|-| Unreleased =
The Primal Shotgun uses , has a headshot multiplier of 1.5x and a Max Damage Cap of 60. The Primal Shotgun reloads all shells at once.
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The Primal Shotgun is a hitscan weapon which fires a spread of 5 pellets with a random pattern when both aiming down sights and hip-firing. Aiming down sights tightens the spread of pellets.
Damage falloff:
* Damage falloff begins at 7.5 meters (1.45 tiles).
* Damage steadily decreases down to 76% of its maximum at 10 meters (2 tile).
* Damage decreases down to 47% of its maximum at 15 meters (3 tiles).
* It deals damage until 30 meters (6 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:
Rarity	Chest	Rare
Chest	Bunker
Chest	Floor
Loot	Supply
Drop	Fishing
(Plain)	Fishing
(Hole)	Crafting
 	✓ 	✖	✖	✓	✖	✓	✖	✓
 	✓ 	✖	✖	✓	✖	✖	✓	✓
 	✓ 	✓	✓	✖	✓	✖	✓	✓
 	✓ 	✓	✓	✖	✓	✖	✓	✖
The Primal Shotgun cannot be upgraded. However, Makeshift Shotguns will upgrade into Primal Shotguns for 2/4/6 Animal Bones depending on rarity.
==Strategy==
*The and variants out-perform the and Pump Shotguns in its ability to fire much more frequently.
**However, the and Primal Shotguns have a slower effective DPS than the and Pump Shotguns, as they can one shot an enemy at full health.
==Weapon ID==
The Primal Shotgun is referred to as Shotgun Bone in the files.
*: WID_Shotgun_Bone_Athena_UC_Ore_T03
*: WID_Shotgun_Bone_Athena_R_Ore_T03
*: WID_Shotgun_Bone_Athena_VR_Ore_T03
*: WID_Shotgun_Bone_Athena_SR_Ore_T03
== History ==
=== Chapter 2: Season 6 ===
* Update v16.00: The Primal Shotgun is introduced in to . It is part of the new crafting system.
* Update v16.10: The Primal Shotgun's fire rate has been reduced from 3.73 to 3.33.
* Update v16.10 Hotfix #2 (April 8th 2021): Reduced Damage from 57/60/63/66 to 47/50/52/55
**Hotfix #2 (April 8th 2021): Increased Pullout time.
*Hotfix (April 19th 2021): Added to Creative.
===Chapter 2: Season 7===
*Update v17.00: Vaulted the Primal Shotgun.
===Chapter 3: Season 2===
*Update v20.30: Increased the damage from 47/50/52/55 to 52/55/58/60, increased headshot multiplier from 1.25x to 1.5x and added a max damage cap of 65/70/70/75. Remains vaulted.
== Trivia ==
* The Primal Shotgun's model is an altered version of the Black Drum in Save the World.
** Statistically this is the closest weapon to its original Save the World counterpart. Both being a two round burst Shotgun.
**The Primal Shotgun itself was added to Save the World in Update v25.30.
*The Primal Shotgun is one of six weapons to have different stats when hipfiring and aiming down sights.
==Gallery==
Spire Assassin's Primal Shotgun - Promo - Fortnite.jpg|A promotional image for the weapon
Chapter 2 Season 6 (Reality Log 475) - Promo - Fortnite.jpg|Teaser for the weapon in the bottom center image.
Primal Weapons - Promo - Fortnite.png|Promotional Image
==See Also==
*Sovereign Shotgun: Another shotgun that has a slower firerate while aiming down sights.
*Drum Shotgun: A twelve round drum-fed shotgun with similar traits.
Category:Shotguns (Battle Royale)
Category:Primal Weapon Set
Category:Burst Weapons
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