Burst Assault Rifle (Battle Royale)

Burst Assault Rifle
Details
Category	Battle Royale Weapons
History
Introduced	Patch 1.6 Common-Rare, Patch 4.2 Epic and Legendary
Last Adjustment	Patch 14.00
Vaulted	7.10 Content Update 3 Common, Uncommon and Rare Patch 7.30 Epic and Legendary Patch 14.0 Mythic Variant Patch 15.0 all variants

The Burst Assault Rifle is an Assault Rifle in Battle Royale. It has a headshot multiplier of x1.5 (dealing 46/48/51/54/55/58, formerly x2 before Patch 13.00) and uses Medium Bullets. It is available in Common, Uncommon, Rare, Epic & Legendary and Mythic

All variants of the Burst Assault Rifle can be found from Floor Loot, Uncommon to Legendary variants from chests. The Rare variant can be found from Fishing and the Epic and Legendary variants from Supply Drops, Rare Chests and Fishing as well.

The weapon was introduced with the name "Semi-Auto Rifle", which was later changed to "Assault Rifle (Burst)", and later changed to Burst Assault Rifle, which it has been named ever since.

The Burst Assault Rifle's Common, Uncommon and Rare variants were first vaulted in 7.10 Content Update #3, then the Epic and Legendary variants in Patch 7.30.

The Burst Assault Rifle was Vaulted due to the weapon being relatively useless due to the existence of other various assault rifles, players rarely using the weapon, and to clear space for the Infantry Rifle.

All 5 rarities were unvaulted in the initial release of Chapter 2, Season 1. With some changes, The original Epic and Legendary Burst, (The Famas, as it was known) was now, Common, Uncommon, and Rare. And the Epic and Legendary Bursts, were made to resemble an “AUG” type weapon. The firerates of the Burst ARs also was buffed to 4.91 in the same patch. As of Patch 13.00 the Burst Assault Rifles fires two rounds rather than three and is available in Mythic form. Its magazine size was also decreased to 20 (except for the Mythic variant) and its damage was increased to 31/32/34/36/37, depending on rarity.

In Patch 13.20, the Mythic Ocean's Burst Assault Rifle's damage and structure damage was increased from 37 to 39, the reload time was decreased to 2.2, and it has slightly less recoil.

The Mythic Ocean's Burst Assault Rifle was vaulted with the initial release of Chapter 2 Season 4. However, Ocean's Burst Assault Rifle remains available on macOS and iOS devices as Apple users are currently stuck on Patch 13.40.

All of the remaining variants of the Burst Assault Rifle have been vaulted with Patch 15.00, replaced with the Tactical Assault Rifle and Heavy Assault Rifle. Thus making the weapon exclusive to Creative, but is still remained unvaulted along with it's Mythic variant on iOS and macOS since those devices are stuck on Patch 13.40.

Stats

Burst Assault Rifle
Details
Bullet Type
DPS	122.45
Damage	31
Fire Rate	3.95
Magazine Size	20
Reload Time	2.9
Structure Damage	31

Burst Assault Rifle
Details
Bullet Type
DPS	126.4
Damage	32
Fire Rate	3.95
Magazine Size	20
Reload Time	2.7
Structure Damage	32

Burst Assault Rifle
Details
Bullet Type
DPS	134.3
Damage	34
Fire Rate	3.95
Magazine Size	20
Reload Time	2.6
Structure Damage	34

Burst Assault Rifle
Details
Bullet Type
DPS	142.2
Damage	36
Fire Rate	3.95
Magazine Size	20
Reload Time	2.5
Structure Damage	36

Burst Assault Rifle
Details
Bullet Type
DPS	146.15
Damage	37
Fire Rate	3.95
Magazine Size	20
Reload Time	2.3
Structure Damage	37

v13.40 Exclusive (iOS and macOS)

Ocean's Burst Assault Rifle
Details
Bullet Type
DPS	154.05
Damage	39
Fire Rate	3.95
Magazine Size	30
Reload Time	2.2
Structure Damage	39

People that are stuck on Patch 13.40 can still get this weapon.

Former Stats

Stats (v11.00 - v13.00)

Burst Assault Rifle
Details
Bullet Type
DPS	132.57
Damage	27
Fire Rate	4.91
Magazine Size	30
Reload Time	2.9
Structure Damage	27

Burst Assault Rifle
Details
Bullet Type
DPS	142.39
Damage	29
Fire Rate	4.91
Magazine Size	30
Reload Time	2.7
Structure Damage	29

Burst Assault Rifle
Details
Bullet Type
DPS	147.3
Damage	30
Fire Rate	4.91
Magazine Size	30
Reload Time	2.6
Structure Damage	30

Burst Assault Rifle
Details
Bullet Type
DPS	157.12
Damage	32
Fire Rate	4.91
Magazine Size	30
Reload Time	2.5
Structure Damage	32

Burst Assault Rifle
Details
Bullet Type
DPS	162.03
Damage	33
Fire Rate	4.91
Magazine Size	30
Reload Time	2.3
Structure Damage	33

Back then, the Burst AR was firing in bursts of 3 bullets.

Stats (Patch 1.6 - Patch 11.0)

Burst Assault Rifle
Details
Bullet Type
DPS	109.62
Damage	27
Fire Rate	4.06
Magazine Size	30
Reload Time	2.9
Structure Damage	27

Burst Assault Rifle
Details
Bullet Type
DPS	117.74
Damage	29
Fire Rate	4.06
Magazine Size	30
Reload Time	2.7
Structure Damage	29

Burst Assault Rifle
Details
Bullet Type
DPS	121.8
Damage	30
Fire Rate	4.06
Magazine Size	30
Reload Time	2.6
Structure Damage	30

Burst Assault Rifle
Details
Bullet Type
DPS	129.92
Damage	32
Fire Rate	4.06
Magazine Size	30
Reload Time	2.5
Structure Damage	32

Burst Assault Rifle
Details
Bullet Type
DPS	133.98
Damage	33
Fire Rate	4.06
Magazine Size	30
Reload Time	2.3
Structure Damage	33

Sound

• Common, Uncommon and Rare Burst Assault Rifle Pullout

• Common, Uncommon and Rare Burst Assault Rifle Shooting

• Common, Uncommon and Rare Burst Assault Rifle Reload

• Common, Uncommon and Rare Burst Assault Rifle Pickup

• Common, Uncommon and Rare Burst Assault Rifle Drop

• Epic/Legendary Burst Assault Rifle and Mythic Ocean's Burst Assault Rifle Pullout

• Epic/Legendary Burst Assault Rifle and Mythic Ocean's Burst Assault Rifle Shooting

• Epic/Legendary Burst Assault Rifle and Mythic Ocean's Burst Assault Rifle Reload

• Epic/Legendary Burst Assault Rifle and Mythic Ocean's Burst Assault Rifle Pickup

• Epic/Legendary Burst Assault Rifle and Mythic Ocean's Burst Assault Rifle Drop

Legacy Sounds

Coming Soon!

Textures

Patch	Common	Uncommon	Rare	Epic	Legendary	Mythic
After 11.0
Before 11.0						Didn't exist.

Pros and Cons

Pros	Cons
It has higher damage than the Assault Rifle.	Although damage is good compared to the normal Assault Rifle, it is burst-fire so it cannot be sprayed like an Assault Rifle. As in, while it does in bursts 62/64/68/72/74, it only shoots around 1.63 bullets a second in that regards.
Dealing with the fire rate, the weapon has a somewhat great accuracy, especially the epic and legendary variants.	At very long range, it has a higher chance of missing the second shot of the burst. Stick to mid- and close-range for the best accuracy.
Waiting for the crosshair to go to FSA will provide a great deal of accuracy.	While it's not too long, the reload time is longer than the assault rifle's reload.

Availability

Chapter 1

Rarities	Chest	Floor Loot	Supply Drop
Common	✅	✅	❌
Uncommon	✅	✅	❌
Rare	✅	✅	❌
Epic	✅	✅	❌
Legendary	✅	✅	✅

Chapter 2

Rarities	Chest	Rare Chest	Floor Loot	Supply Drops	Fishing (Plain)	Fishing (Spots)	Ghost Henchman Chest	Eliminating a Ghost Henchman	Eliminating a Boss
Common	❌	❌	✅	❌	✅	❌	❌	❌	❌
Uncommon	✅	❌	✅	❌	✅	❌	❌	✅ (C2S3)	❌
Rare	✅	❌	✅	❌	❌	✅	✅	❌	❌
Epic	✅	✅	✅	✅	❌	✅	✅	❌	❌
Legendary	✅	✅	✅	✅	❌	✅	✅	❌	❌
Mythic C2S3 ONLY	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	✅ (Ocean at The Fortilla)

Changes

Patch Notes

15.00 Patch Notes (December 2, 2020)

Weapon + Items

• Vaulted
  • Burst Assault Rifle

13.0 Patch Notes (June 17, 2020)

• Burst Assault Rifle clip reduced from 30 to 20
• Fire rate reduced
• Damage increased to 31/32/34/36/37
• Now fires in a 2 Burst
• Massively reduced bloom
• Added Mythic Rarity ( Mythic does 39 Damage )

11.0 Patch Notes (October 15, 2019)

Weapon + Items

• Unvaulted
  • Burst Assault Rifle

7.30 Patch Notes (January 29, 2019)

Weapon + Items

• Vaulted
  • Burst Assault Rifle

v7.10 Content Update #3 (January 8, 2019)

Weapon + Items

• The following variants of the Burst Assault Rifle have been Vaulted.
  • Common, Uncommon and Rare.

5.40 Patch Notes (September 6, 2018)

Weapons + Items

• Burst Assault Rifle accuracy adjustments.
  • When holding down the trigger, the first 2 bursts are more accurate.
  • Spread down sights benefit increased from 35% to 40%.
  • Crouch spread benefit reduced from 25% to 20%.
  • Jumping/Falling spread penalty reduced from 25% to 10%.
  • Sprinting spread penalty reduced from 50% to 30%.

4.3 Content Update (June 5, 2018)

• Damage fall-off vs. structures removed for Rifles, SMGs, Pistols, and LMGs.

Patch 4.2 (May 16, 2018)

• Added Epic and Legendary Burst Assault Rifles.
  • Can be found in Floor Loot, Treasure Chests, Supply Drops, and Vending Machines.
  • Does 32 / 33 damage (Epic / Legendary).
  • Uses Medium Ammo.
  • Uses the same damage fall-off ranges as other Assault Rifles.

Vault Log

Update/Patch	Vault	Unvault
7.10 #3	✅Common, Uncommon & Rare
7.30	✅ Epic & Legendary
11.0		✅ Common to Legendary
14.0	✅ Mythic
15.0	✅ Common to Legendary

Trivia

• The Common, Uncommon, and Rare Burst Assault Rifles used a similar model as the Save the World Lynx, the other two variants are not based off of any StW item.
• The fact that Fortnite’s AUG is 2-round burst is inaccurate. In real life, the AUG never had this feature.
• Though officially called the "Burst Assault Rifle", it was commonly called the 'Burst', 'Triple Burst', '3 Burst AR' or 'Burst AR'. The Common, Uncommon and Rare variants are often called the FAMAS due to their similarity to the real life FAMAS F1 assault rifle. The Epic and Legendary variants are often called AUG due to the design being based off of the real life AUG A3.
• Curiously enough, the Common through Rare rarities were originally conceived to be added into the game not as a FAMAS, but rather a G36C (or Gewehr Sechs-und-Dreissig Compact in German) short-barrel rifle. However, the idea got cut before making it into the final game.
• The Common through Rare Burst Rifles are actually not good in terms of accuracy, but strangely the last two rarities are built with true precision. When completely still and aiming down sights, the Epic and Legendary will ALWAYS have first shot accuracy per shot (it only does the first shot per trigger but it repeats).
• However, as of Patch 13.00, the Common to Rare variants have better accuracy.
• In Patch 11.00, the Burst AR got unvaulted, but the original Common, Uncommon and Rare model were replaced by the FAMAS design, which was previously for the Epic and Legendary variants.
  • The Epic and Legendary variants got an AUG design instead.
• The AUG is the second weapon to not use the built-in scope. The Tactical Assault Rifle was and is the first weapon with the unused scope.
• Since the new chapter, the Burst has gotten a complete overhaul in terms of the first shot accuracy. There is debate whether this weapon could outmatch a player with an Assault Rifle. The Epic and Legendary Burst have a compact accuracy and maintain a first shot accuracy while standing still. However, the Epic and Legendary Assault Rifles have fire rate. If a players wants a weapon that compliments their accuracy, but still has some suppressive power, then the AUG is a better choice. If one wants a more versatile weapon that can be used up close and from a range, the SCAR might be better. However, some might take both with the AUG used as a long range alternative and the SCAR used as your main weapon.
• After the Burst got it's damage buffed in Chapter 2, Season 3, it now has higher damage than the normal AR. For the Rare, this means the Burst can kill a player with no shields in 3 shots (2 bursts) while the normal AR takes 4. The drawback to this approach is that there's a gap between the second and third shot, so remember to aim for the head.
• This is the 3rd weapon to have all 6 rarities, it was also the 2nd to have Common up to Legendary rarities (back in May of 2018). It is the 8th Mythic weapon in Battle Royale (Not including LTM Mythic weapons).
• This is the first weapon and the second item (after the Grenade) that didn't get vaulted for over a year after it's unvaulting.

" It eventually got vaulted in Season 5 however.

Example of a G36C-inspired weapon in Save the Word: the Razorblade.