Charge Shotgun was a Shotgun in Battle Royale that was available in Common, Uncommon, Rare, Epic, Legendary and Mythic variants. All variants are currently vaulted. It has a headshot multiplier of x1.5 and uses Shells. The shotgun was added to the game as a replacement to the Pump Shotgun, which was vaulted in the same patch.
The Charge Shotgun uncharged deals 126/132/139/147/153/160 damage to head. Charging the Shotgun will deal 189/198/209/220/229/240 to the head.
It is a unique shotgun, being the first of its kind to have to be charged to deal more damage. It can be charged by holding down the fire button, taking 1.7 seconds to fully charge. However it can be used like a regular shotgun.
The magazine size for the Epic and Legendary variants has been increased from 3 to 4 in Patch 13.20. All variants' reload time have also been decreased (buffed) to 4.8/4.6/4.4/4.2/4.0/3.8.
The MythicKit's Charge Shotgun was vaulted in Patch 14.00, However Kit's Charge Shotgun can still be obtained on iOS and macOS devices as those platforms are stuck on Patch 13.40.
As of Patch 14.00, the Charge Shotgun was the only shotgun to have never been vaulted before as the Tactical Shotgun was vaulted.
All of the variants of the Charge Shotgun have been vaulted for the first time on Patch 14.40 because of the Fortnitemares 2020 update, players having a 50-50 liking to the weapon, being too slow and overpowered when charged, small magazine size, not many players using the weapon recently, to balance the shotgun pool, and to bring back Fiend Hunter Crossbow and Pumpkin Launcher. Yet at the moment all variants of this weapon are still available on iOS and macOS due to the platforms still currently stuck on Patch 13.40.
The Charge Shotgun has been unvaulted with Patch 15.00, replacing the Combat Shotgun and the Pump Shotgun once again. A few hours after the release of Chapter 2 Season 5, the Common variant of the Charge Shotgun has been re-vaulted once again with 15.00.1 Hotfix due to not many players using that variant of the Charge Shotgun, but it is still available after eliminating NPCs occasionally. With Patch 15.10, the Common variant can now once again be found as floor loot, however, it is quite rare.
With 15.00.2 Hotfix, the magazine size for the Common, Uncommon and Rare variants has been increased from 3 to 4, while the magazine size for the Epic and Legendary variants from 4 to 5. All variants' reload time have also been decreased (buffed) of 0.1s each variant. While its damage has been increased. The Charge Shotgun finally has been added into the Creative Inventory with Patch 15.10, over 6 months after it's release. With the hotfix after the original 15.0 Patch Notes the Common variant was vaulted. But some NPCs have the shotgun.
The MythicKit's Charge Shotgun was obtainable from Creative for a short period of time on December 22nd, 2020. It is still obtainable, but only with the use of the Item Granter device.
The Common Charge Shotgun was officially vaulted in the v15.00.1 hotfix, but some NPC's could drop it. In the v15.20 update, the Common Charge Shotgun have been replaced with the CommonLever Action Shotgun.
Damage, Reload Time, Fire Rate, Magazine and HSM Changes Log[]
In Chapter 2 Season 5, the Legendary Charge Shotgun is by far the rarest weapon to obtain from chests with a mere 0.1% chance of getting one from chests, even rarer than the LegendaryThermal Scoped Assault Rifle.
It is the second weapon in all of Battle Royale to have to be charged to fire, with the first being the Zapotron from Season 1.
This is the first Shotgun to be available six out of seven rarities (there is no Exotic variant for this shotgun).
The Charge Shotgun might be a Modified Benelli M4 shotgun without a piston grip and a pressure gauge and air tank. The tank and pressure gauge are to store and charge air in order for the shotgun to be fired.
It was the only shotgun and weapon that had 3 different sizes of magazines. Common - Rare variants had 3, Epic and Legendary variants had 4 and the Mythic has 5.
The Charge Shotgun uses the equip and reload sounds of a Common - Rare Tactical Shotgun, except for the charging and firing sounds.
If charged enough, this weapon can deal up to 160 damage for the Mythic variant. With a headshot, it can deal up to 240.
The Charge Shotgun is slightly faster than the Pump Shotgun, Charge's 0.85 to Pump's 0.7. Though charging takes 1.7 seconds to fully charge.
The Charge Shotgun to date has had the shortest time of any weapon in the vault (1 month and 12 days in the Vault).
The Common variant of the Charge Shotgun was unvaulted for a mere 13 hours before being vaulted again.
Usually players tend to say that the Charge Shotgun has more or less range than the Pump Shotgun and Tactical Shotgun. In reality this three shotguns have the same maximum range of 6 tiles.
But what changes is the damage falloff, where the Charge Shotgun's one, together with the Tactical Shotgun, starts at a distance of 1.50 tiles, while the Pump Shotgun from 1.25 tiles.
Common, Uncommon & Rare
20x
Epic & Legendary
