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Primal Pistol
Primal Pistol
Description
Burst pistol with a wild kick.
Details
Category Battle Royale Weapons
History
Introduced Patch 16.00

The Primal Pistol is a Pistol in Battle Royale. It is available in Uncommon, Rare, Epic and Legendary variants. It uses Medium Bullets Medium Bullets and has a headshot multiplier of x2.0 (doing 66/70/74/78 damage depending on it's rarity). The Primal Pistol is actually the third pistol to be burst-fire, the first two being the Dual Pistols and Dual Suppressed Pistols.

Stats[]

Primal Pistol
Primal Pistol
Details
Bullet Type Medium bullets icon
DPS 69.3
Damage 33
Fire Rate 2.1
Magazine Size 8
Reload Time 2.1
Structure Damage 33
Primal Pistol
Primal Pistol
Details
Bullet Type Medium bullets icon
DPS 73.5
Damage 35
Fire Rate 2.1
Magazine Size 8
Reload Time 2.0
Structure Damage 35
Primal Pistol
Primal Pistol
Details
Bullet Type Medium bullets icon
DPS 77.7
Damage 37
Fire Rate 2.1
Magazine Size 8
Reload Time 1.9
Structure Damage 37
Primal Pistol
Primal Pistol
Details
Bullet Type Medium bullets icon
DPS 81.9
Damage 39
Fire Rate 2.1
Magazine Size 8
Reload Time 1.8
Structure Damage 39


Sounds[]

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Textures[]

Patch Uncommon Rare Epic Legendary
After 16.00 Primal Pistol

Availability[]

Rarities Chest Rare Chest Floor Loot Supply Drop Fishing (Plain) Fishing (Spots) Upgrading
Uncommon
Rare
Epic
Legendary

Crafting[]

The Uncommon, Rare and Epic Primal Pistol can be crafted by using a Common, Uncommon and Rare Makeshift Revolver. For this crafting, animal bones are also needed.

Makeshift Rarities Result Material Cost
Common Primal Pistol Uncommon Makeshift Revolverx1

Animal bonesx4

Uncommon Primal Pistol Rare
Rare Primal Pistol Epic

Strategy[]

  • Unlike most pistols, its fully automatic, meaning that you can constantly fire the weapon by holding down the trigger.
  • The Primal Pistol does roughly the same boby and headshot damage as the Six Shooter, but with slower fire rate and worse spread.
    • If fact two body shots deals more than 60 damage, while two headshot deals almost 150, except the Legendary variant that deals 156.
  • The Primal Pistol fire roughly one burst every second, in fact it has the slowest fire rate for pistols, so its useless for breaking structures and suppressing enemies (just like the Thermal Scoped Assault Rifle).
  • 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 a Pump Shotgun.
  • The Primal Pistol's fire rate to damage ratio can't allow them to replace a submachine gun, maybe just a weak assault rifle. However, its able to do good 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 moderate reload time. Be careful and don't waste your bullets.

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