Flare Gun

The Flare Gun is an Ranged Consumable item in Fortnite: Battle Royale, that was added in Chapter 2: Season 3.
==Functionality==
The Flare Gun is primarily used for spotting opponents and marking them, much like a Shakedown. When fired, if the projectile stays in the air long enough, it will mark all opponents in a 50m radius for 60 seconds. It can mark opponents in hiding places.
The Flare Gun's projectile deals explosive damage on impact to all players in the vicinity. If the Flare Gun is fired at a wooden structure, it will set it alight.
When all 6 charges of the weapon have been depleted, the item will disappear from the player's inventory. Unlike the Harpoon Gun, the weapon needs to be reloaded between shots.
Flare Gun (Gameplay) - Weapon - Fortnite.gif|Flare Gun in action
The Flare Gun is a projectile weapon, with the First Shot Accuracy enabled. There is no damage falloff on the Flare Guns projectiles, but it is affected by gravity. The Flare Shot will stop at a much shorter range than other projectiles due to the nature of the weapon.
==Stats==
The Flare Gun uses Ammo, which cannot be obtained outside of the weapon's reserve and it has no headshot multiplier.
==Strategy Guide==
*The Flare Gun is ideal for the beginning of a fight, as firing it into the air will mark the opponents for a full minute, allowing you to track exactly where they are.
*Aside from the Dragon's Breath Sniper Rifle and the Primal Flame Bow, the Flare Gun is the only other method of setting a structure alight from a decent range, as all other methods require a Firefly Jar or the Dragon's Breath Shotgun (aside from the sheer chance a Gas Can is nearby).
==Item ID==
The Flare Gun is referred to as Fringe Plank in the files.
*: WID_FringePlank_Athena_Prototype
== History ==
== News Tab ==
<tabber>
|-|Twitter=
Image	Description 	Date
 	Ready, aim, fire! Check out these tips for using the unvaulted Flare Gun 🔥 	June 28th 2023
|-|In-Game=
Image	Description 	Date
 	Flare Gun Reveal enemy locations and start a blaze with the flare gun! 	Juyl 1st 2020
 	Fighting Fire with Fire Turn up the heat with more fire-starting weapons, and set structures ablaze in this week's Legendary Challenge!	May 6th 2021
 	Flare Gun Scan the battlefield and set structures ablaze! 	January 11th 2022
 	Flare Gun Scan the battlefield and set structures ablaze! 	June 20th 2023
</tabber>
== Trivia ==
*The Flare Gun appears in both the trailer and the featured image for Castaway Jonesy.
*The projectile from a Flare Gun will bounce off of a Crash Pad.
*if you eliminate yourself with your own Flare Gun shot, the elimination message says: "{eliminatedplayer} shouldn't play with fire."
*The Flare Gun was not able to set structure on fire, as Fire was Vaulted during Chapter 2 Remix.
**This was the first time any Fire Starting Weapon lost its ability to light structures on fire.
== Gallery ==
==See Also==
*Locator Flare - an identical-looking weapon with a reversed function, exclusive to an LTM.
*Firework Flare Gun - A remixed version of this weapon.
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