Dual Pistols

This article is about the vaulted Dual Pistols. For the Exotic variant of this weapon, see Hop Rock Dualies.

Dual Pistols
Details
Category	Battle Royale Weapons
History
Introduced	Patch 4.5
Last Adjustment	7.10 Content Update #3
Vaulted	Patch 9.30

Dual Pistols are pistols in Battle Royale. They are available in Uncommon(Spy Games only), Rare, Epic and Legendary variants. They use Medium Bullets, have a head shot multiplier of x1.65, and lack first shot accuracy. The Dual Pistols are a two-shot burst weapon that fire high damage shots quickly and quite accurately, but can be tricky to aim and suffer at a distance. The Dual Pistols can be found from floor loot, Chests, and Vending Machines.

The Dual Pistols are currently only available in Spy Games LTMs.

The Dual Pistols used to be available in Epic and Legendary variants, but were demoted to Rare and Epic following Patch 5.40. They were Vaulted in Patch 6.21. They were unvaulted in 7.10 Content Update #3, replacing the Six Shooter. However on Patch 9.30, The Dual Pistols have been Re-vaulted, making it exclusively available in Creative. They were vaulted the first time for extra space, and they were vaulted the second time due to not many people using it.

The Dual Pistols have been unvaulted for 24 hours on December 23, 2019. Following the Infantry Rifle, this is the sixth weapon to be unvaulted for the Winterfest event.

The Dual Pistols were unvaulted in the Spy Games LTMs during the Spy Games event in Chapter 2, Season 2, obtained via the Trusty Dual Wield Tech.

There is another variant of the Dual Pistols, which are Dual Suppressed Pistols and also a Mythic weapon that is like the Dual Pistols, which are Deadpool's Hand Cannons.

In Patch 13.2, its Headshot Damage Multiplier was Demoted from 2x to 1.65x (now dealing only 61/64/67/70 instead of 74/78/82/86).

Stats

Dual Pistols
Details
Bullet Type
DPS	154.44
Damage	39
Fire Rate	3.96
Magazine Size	18
Reload Time	3.0
Structure Damage	39

Dual Pistols
Details
Bullet Type
DPS	162.36
Damage	41
Fire Rate	3.96
Magazine Size	18
Reload Time	2.8
Structure Damage	41

Spy Games Exclusive

Dual Pistols
Details
Bullet Type
DPS	146.52
Damage	37
Fire Rate	3.96
Magazine Size	18
Reload Time	3.2
Structure Damage	37

Dual Pistols
Details
Bullet Type
DPS	170.28
Damage	43
Fire Rate	3.96
Magazine Size	18
Reload Time	2.6
Structure Damage	43

How To Obtain :

• Uncommon
  • Get the Trusty Dual Wield Tech.

• Rare
  • Get the Trusty Dual Wield Tech & one of the following Techs: Gun Smith/Trusty Magazine/Trusty Headhunter.
• Epic
  • Get the Trusty Dual Wield Tech & two of the following Techs: Gun Smith/Trusty Magazine/Trusty Headhunter.
• Legendary
  • Get the Trusty Dual Wield and all of the following Techs: Gun Smith/Trusty Magazine/Trusty Headhunter.

Texture

Patch	Uncommon	Rare	Epic	Legendary
Since 4.5

Sound

• Dual Pistols Pullout

• Dual Pistols Shoot

• Dual Pistols Reload

• Dual Pistols Pickup

• Dual Pistols Drop #1

• Dual Pistols Drop #2

Availability

Chapter 1

Rarities	Chest	Floor Loot	Supply Drop
Rare	✅	✅	❌
Epic	✅	✅	❌
Legendary	✅	✅	✅ (Before 5.1)

Strategy

• Unlike most pistols, they are fully automatic, meaning that you can constantly fire the weapon by holding down the trigger.
• Dual Pistols are considered a major step-up over the Pistol, as a single shot to the body is able to take almost half of a target's health, with two head shots able to take out all the shield and half the health of an enemy.
• The Dual Pistols fire roughly one burst every half second. Their ability to constantly output high damage makes them an effective pressure tool.
• If the player has good aim and luck with their accuracy, they can replace a shotgun, doing similar damage with a similar fire rate to that of the Tactical Shotgun.
• The Dual Pistols' fire rate to damage ratio can allow them to replace a submachine gun. They are able to break materials very quickly and do good constant damage to follow up a good hit from a shotgun.
• There is slight upwards recoil between the first and second shot.
• They have a limited magazine size and a high reload time. Be careful when unloading shots quickly.

Changes

Patch Notes

9.30 Patch Notes (June 18, 2019)

Weapons + Items

• Vaulted
  • Dual Pistols
  • These Vaults {also referring to Boom Bow and Dynamite} are primarily targeted at adjusting the availability of explosives, putting them more in line with where we think they should be.

7.10 Content Update #3 (January 8, 2019)

Weapons + Items

• Dual pistols have been unvaulted

6.21 Patch Notes (November 1, 2018 )

Weapons + Items

• Vaulted

• Dual Pistols

• These items will remain available in Playground Mode.

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6.00 Patch Notes (September 27, 2018 )

Weapons + Items

• Reduced Dual Pistol floor loot drop chance from 1.49% to 0.88%.

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5.40 Patch Notes (September 6, 2018 )

Weapon + Items

• Rarity color adjustments (NOTE: The original percentages for drops were incorrect. We have since updated the percentages to clarify the exact change to the weapons).

• Some items have been removed or modified to better reflect their effectiveness. This only affects their colors and other characteristics are unchanged.
• Dual pistols decreased in rarity from Epic and Legendary to Rare and Epic.

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5.40 Patch Notes (September 6, 2018)

Weapons + Items

• Dual pistols decreased in rarity from Epic and Legendary to Rare and Epic.

Patch 5.20 (August 7, 2018)

Weapon + Items

• Added a higher accuracy penalty to jumping and sprinting for Dual Pistols, Submachine Guns, and Hunting Rifles.

Patch 5.10 (July 24, 2018)

Weapon + Items

• Supply Drop loot rates adjusted.
• Removed Hand Cannon, Dual Pistols, and Silenced Pistol.

Patch 5.0 (July 12, 2018)

Bug Fixes

• Dual Pistol fire sound will no longer get cut off if you switch weapons immediately after firing.

Patch 4.5 (June 27, 2018)

Dual Pistols Added

• Available in Epic and Legendary variants.
  • 41-43 base damage.
• Uses Medium Ammo.
• Shoots both pistols with one pull of the trigger.
• Can be found from floor loot, chests, and Supply Drops.
• Does not use first shot accuracy.

Vault Log

Patch	Vault	Unvault
5.4	✅ Legendary
6.21	✅ Rare & Epic
7.10 Content Upd. #3		✅ Rare & Epic
9.3	✅ Rare & Epic

Trivia

• The Dual Pistols are based on the FNX-9 pistol.
• This is one of the six items to be vaulted, then unvaulted then vaulted again. The other 5 items are Guided Missile, Suppressed Submachine Gun (Since unvaulted on 9.30 Content Update), Clinger, Impulse Grenade, and Semi-Auto Sniper Rifle.
• This was the second weapon to be unvaulted in Fortnite, following the Guided Missile.
• Each pistol holds 9 bullets due to the fact that its maximum magazine size is 18.
• This is the only gun ever to have a unique headshot multiplier of 1.65x
• The firerate almost matches the current Burst Assault Rifle (Battle Royale) but has a 0.01 second difference where the pistols are that much faster than the Burst Assault Rifle.