Prime Shotgun

The Prime Shotgun is a Shotgun in Fortnite: Battle Royale. It was first introduced in Chapter 3: Season 3.
== Functionality ==
The Prime Shotgun is a Semi-Automatic Shotgun with a short range. It has 4 shells in the magazine and deals 50% more damage upon firing the first shot in the magazine.
==Stats==
Prime shotguns range from dealing 75.6 to 96.3 Damage per shot (79.4 - 101.1 damage per second). Prime Shotguns deal 1.5x damage on the first shot. All Prime Shotguns use Shells and have a headshot multiplier of 1.65x. There is a maximum damage cap of 170/175/180/185/190/195.
The Prime Shotgun reloads one shell at a time.
The Prime Shotgun is a hitscan weapon which fires a spread of 9 pellets. Pellet spread is tighter when the weapon is used whilst aiming or crouching.
== Obtained ==
Rarity	Chest	Rare Chest	Floor Loot	Supply Drop	Fishing (Plain)	Fishing (Hole)	Reality Sapling	Creative
 	✖ 	✖ 	✓ 	✖ 	✓ 	✖ 	✖ 	✓
 	✓ 	✖ 	✓ 	✖ 	✓ 	✖ 	✓ 	✓
 	✓ 	✖ 	✓ 	✖ 	✖ 	✓ 	✓ 	✓
 	✓ 	✓ 	✖ 	✓ 	✖ 	✓ 	✓ 	✓
 	✓ 	✓ 	✖ 	✓ 	✖ 	✓ 	✓ 	✓
 	✖ 	✖ 	✖ 	✖ 	✖ 	✖ 	✓ 	✓
== Weapon ID ==
The Prime Shotgun is referred to as Shotgun Over Load in the files.
*: WID_Shotgun_OverLoad_Athena_C
*: WID_Shotgun_OverLoad_Athena_UC
*: WID_Shotgun_OverLoad_Athena_R
*: WID_Shotgun_OverLoad_Athena_VR
*: WID_Shotgun_OverLoad_Athena_SR
*: WID_Shotgun_OverLoad_Athena_UR
== History ==
=== Chapter 3: Season 3 ===
* Update v21.30: Introduced the Prime Shotgun in , , , and Rarities.
** Rarity is also present in Creative.
=== Chapter 3: Season 4 ===
* Update v22.00: Rarity is now available from Reality Saplings.
=== Chapter 4: Season 1 ===
* Update v23.00: Vaulted the Prime Shotgun.
== Trivia == 
* The Prime Shotgun has a 4 Lights on the side, with the number of lights glowing indicating how many shots you have left in the magazine. The first light has a red light unlike the 3 others with a blue light, indicating that shot does more damage.
* The Prime Shotgun is the only weapon to have the same reload speed for all rarities of the weapon.
== Gallery ==
Prime Shotgun - Promo - Fortnite.jpg|Promotional Image for the Prime Shotgun
Category:Weapons - Ranged (Battle Royale)
Category:Items (Battle Royale)
Category:Shotguns (Battle Royale)