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Disambig This article is about the Battle Royale shotgun. For the Save The World shotgun subtype, see Pump-Action Shotguns. For the Common-rarity Save The World pump-action shotgun, see Pump-action Shotgun.
Pump Shotgun
Pump shotgun
Description
Shotgun: Pump-Action. Deals high damage at a moderate fire rate. Short range and limited magazine size.
Details
Category Battle Royale Weapons
History
Introduced
Last Adjustment Patch 16.00
Vaulted

Pump Shotgun is a Shotgun in Battle Royale. It is available in Common, Uncommon,Rare, Epic and Legendary . It uses Shells as ammo, has a headshot multiplier of x2 and fires ten pellets in a spread to deal damage.

Firing from a limited magazine, the Pump Shotgun outputs immense damage up close, but very slowly. It is completely lacking in ranged combat ability, because of a wider spread of the bullets, and does not constantly shoot when the trigger is held down. Formally in Chapter 1, the Common, Uncommon and Rare variants of the Pump Shotgun was only obtainable from Floor Loot while the Epic and Legendary variants were available from Chests, Supply Drops and Floor Loot. During Chapter 2, all variants of the Pump Shotgun can be found from floor loot and chests. The Rare variant also dropped from Loot Stars and Supply Drones until Patch 11.00 (Chapter 2 Launch).

The Pump Shotgun has a slightly wider spread than the Charge Shotgun which needs to charge to deal huge damage and was slightly faster than the Pump Shotgun, yet the Pump Shotgun fires and reloads slower and but has a bigger magazine size.

It used to be available in Common and Uncommon variants. However, Patch 3.4 removed its Common variant, and promoted it to Uncommon and Rare, and Patch 6.31 added its Epic and Legendary variants. Patch 11.00, re-introduced the Common variant.

On Patch 9.00, the Pump Shotgun was vaulted and made only available in Playground and Creative. The reason given for this was that the Pump Shotgun accounted for 26% of all eliminations earned across the entire game. However, on the 9.30 Content Update, the Uncommon and Rare variants of the Pump Shotgun were unvaulted, while the Epic and Legendary remained in the Vault.

After the Chapter 2, Season 1 patch, the Common, Epic, and Legendary variants of the Pump Shotgun made an appearance in regular game modes, meaning that the Pump Shotgun has been unvaulted completely. However, the Pump Shotgun's damage (except for the Legendary variant) was nerfed to balance the game.

In Patch 13.00, the Pump Shotgun has once again been vaulted. It was replaced by the Charge Shotgun, making it currently only available in Creative.

Strangely, if you throw a Decoy Grenade, there's a small chance that a bot has a Pump Shotgun, even after Season 3, but is only visual. However in Patch 13.3, this has since been fixed. Decoys now hold a Tactical Shotgun.

In Patch 14.00, the Pump Shotgun has returned from the vault. It also adds the feature to sidegrade the Pump Shotgun to a Charge Shotgun, vise versa.

As of Patch 14.40, the Pump Shotgun can no longer be sidegraded, as the Charge Shotgun was vaulted due to Fortnitemares 2020.

With the launch of Chapter 2 Season 5 Pump Shotgun been vaulted and replaced with Charge Shotgun once again. The Rare variant of the Pump Shotgun was still available in Team Rumble a couple of hours after the launch of Chapter 2 Season 5 but was later removed.

The Uncommon to Legendary variants of the Pump Shotgun have made a return with Chapter 2 Season 6. However, it's base damages (including the Common) have been buffed from 70/80/90/100/110 to 84/92/100/108/116. It's headshot multiplier has also been nerfed from 2.0x to 1.75x making the Pump Shotgun deal 147/161/175/189/203 damage to the head at point blank range making the Legendary variant of the shotgun only able to one-shot someone to the head with 200 health.

Stats[]

Pump Shotgun
Pump shotgun
Details
Bullet Type Shells 'n' slugs icon
DPS 64.4
Damage 92
Fire Rate 0.7
Magazine Size 5
Reload Time 4.8
Structure Damage 49
Pump Shotgun
Pump shotgun
Details
Bullet Type Shells 'n' slugs icon
DPS 70
Damage 100
Fire Rate 0.7
Magazine Size 5
Reload Time 4.4
Structure Damage 50
Pump Shotgun
Purple gold pump
Details
Bullet Type Shells 'n' slugs icon
DPS 75.6
Damage 108
Fire Rate 0.7
Magazine Size 5
Reload Time 4
Structure Damage 54
Pump Shotgun
Purple gold pump
Details
Bullet Type Shells 'n' slugs icon
DPS 81.2
Damage 116
Fire Rate 0.7
Magazine Size 5
Reload Time 3.7
Structure Damage 55


Vaulted Variant[]

Pump Shotgun
Pump shotgun
Details
Bullet Type Shells 'n' slugs icon
DPS 58.8
Damage 84
Fire Rate 0.7
Magazine Size 5
Reload Time 5.1
Structure Damage 45

Former Stats[]

Stats (Patch 11.00 - Patch 16.00)[]

Pump Shotgun
Pump shotgun
Details
Bullet Type Shells 'n' slugs icon
DPS 49
Damage 70
Fire Rate 0.7
Magazine Size 5
Reload Time 5.7
Structure Damage 45
Pump Shotgun
Pump shotgun
Details
Bullet Type Shells 'n' slugs icon
DPS 56
Damage 80
Fire Rate 0.7
Magazine Size 5
Reload Time 5.3
Structure Damage 49
Pump Shotgun
Pump shotgun
Details
Bullet Type Shells 'n' slugs icon
DPS 63
Damage 90
Fire Rate 0.7
Magazine Size 5
Reload Time 4.8
Structure Damage 50
Pump Shotgun
Purple gold pump
Details
Bullet Type Shells 'n' slugs icon
DPS 70
Damage 100
Fire Rate 0.7
Magazine Size 5
Reload Time 4.4
Structure Damage 54
Pump Shotgun
Purple gold pump
Details
Bullet Type Shells 'n' slugs icon
DPS 77
Damage 110
Fire Rate 0.7
Magazine Size 5
Reload Time 4.0
Structure Damage 55

Stats (Patch 6.31 - Patch 11.00)[]

Pump Shotgun
Pump-action shotgun icon
Details
Bullet Type Shells 'n' slugs icon
DPS 66.5
Damage 95
Fire Rate 0.7
Magazine Size 5
Reload Time 4.8
Structure Damage 46
Pump Shotgun
Pump-action shotgun icon
Details
Bullet Type Shells 'n' slugs icon
DPS 70
Damage 100
Fire Rate 0.7
Magazine Size 5
Reload Time 4.6
Structure Damage 50
Pump Shotgun
Pump-action shotgun SPAS icon
Details
Bullet Type Shells 'n' slugs icon
DPS 73.5
Damage 105
Fire Rate 0.7
Magazine Size 5
Reload Time 4.4
Structure Damage 54
Pump Shotgun
Pump-action shotgun SPAS icon
Details
Bullet Type Shells 'n' slugs icon
DPS 77
Damage 110
Fire Rate 0.7
Magazine Size 5
Reload Time 4.2
Structure Damage 55

Stats (June 6th, 2018 Hotfix - Patch 6.31)[]

Pump Shotgun
Pump-action shotgun icon
Details
Bullet Type Shells 'n' slugs icon
DPS 56
Damage 80
Fire Rate 0.7
Magazine Size 5
Reload Time 4.8
Structure Damage 45
Pump Shotgun
Pump-action shotgun icon
Details
Bullet Type Shells 'n' slugs icon
DPS 59.5
Damage 85
Fire Rate 0.7
Magazine Size 5
Reload Time 4.6
Structure Damage 46

Stats (Patch 3.30 - June 6th, 2018 Hotfix)[]

Pump Shotgun
Pump-action shotgun icon
Details
Bullet Type Shells 'n' slugs icon
DPS 63
Damage 90
Fire Rate 0.7
Magazine Size 5
Reload Time 4.8
Structure Damage 45
Pump Shotgun
Pump-action shotgun icon
Details
Bullet Type Shells 'n' slugs icon
DPS 66.5
Damage 95
Fire Rate 0.7
Magazine Size 5
Reload Time 4.6
Structure Damage 46

Stats (Initial Release of BR - Patch 3.30)[]

Pump Shotgun
Pump-action shotgun icon
Details
Bullet Type Shells 'n' slugs icon
DPS 63
Damage 90
Fire Rate 0.7
Magazine Size 5
Reload Time 4.8
Structure Damage 45
Pump Shotgun
Pump-action shotgun icon
Details
Bullet Type Shells 'n' slugs icon
DPS 66.5
Damage 95
Fire Rate 0.7
Magazine Size 5
Reload Time 4.6
Structure Damage 46

Sound[]

Textures[]

Patch Common Uncommon Rare Epic Legendary
After 11.0 Pump shotgun Purple gold pump
Before 11.0 Pump-action shotgun icon Pump-action shotgun SPAS icon

Availability[]

Chapter 1[]

Rarity Chest Floor Loot Supply Drop
Common
Uncommon
Rare
Epic
Legendary

Chapter 2[]

Rarity Chest Rare Chest Bunker Chest Floor Loot Upgrading Fishing (Plain) Fishing (Spots)
Common
Uncommon
Rare
Epic
Legendary

Sidegrading[]

Rarities Sidegraded from Charge Shotgun Material Cost
Common Gray to blue charge shotgunCommon, Uncommon & Rare
Wood icon20x

Stone icon20x

Metal icon20x

Uncommon
Rare
Epic LegendaryChargeShotgunEpic & Legendary
Legendary

Strategy[]

  • The Pump Shotgun is a very powerful shotgun in Battle Royale, at the cost of having a low fire rate and small ammo capacity of five rounds. A well-placed shot could remove a target's shield completely or eliminate a target in one shot at close ranges, depending on the rarity.
    • At point blank range, headshots with the Legendary variant of the Pump Shotgun can instantly eliminate opponents even with full health and shield. It is currently the only gun other than sniper rifles able to do this.
    • The Common, Uncommon, Rare, and Epic Pump Shotgun, however, cannot achieve the same feat, so it can be worth it to risk taking damage to upgrade a Pump Shotgun, or just taking a Tactical Shotgun instead.
  • In Patch 11.00, the Uncommon, Rare and Epic variants of the weapon were nerfed, previously 95/100/105/110 (190/200/210/220 headshots) to 70/80/90/100 (140/160/180/200 headshots), making impossible instant eliminating headshots with the Rare variant.
    • The Legendary variant was not affected by this change.
    • This nerf makes the Common variant do less damage than the Common Tactical Shotgun, despite the fact that the Pump is supposed to be a lower fire-rate, higher damage gun than the Tactical. This means a gray tactical beats a gray pump in every category. (This was changed in the Chapter 2 Season 3 update as the Tactical was nerfed by 4 damage in every rarity.)
  • A fast-firing weapon to switch to is recommended, such as a submachine gun or pistol, as the Pump Shotgun is quite slow to shoot and is rather unpredictable at medium distances, sometimes dealing very low damage. A good strategy is to fire the Pump Shotgun to do a lot of damage then switching to your fast firing weapon to eliminate your enemy.
  • The Pump Shotgun is incapable of destroying materials due to its extremely lowered material damage.

Tactical Shotguns over Pump Shotguns[]

  • Chapter 2 Season 2: Some players chose Tactical Shotguns over Pump Shotguns, as the Pump Shotgun's damage wasn't consistent (You could hit for 33 with a Legendary Pump Shotgun), they have a slower fire rate, it's harder to hit opponents for some players and the Pump Shotgun nerf in Chapter 2 Season 1 (90/95/100/105/110 to 70/80/90/100/110) greatly reduced it's damage and overall effectiveness, whereas Tactical Shotguns are more consistent, deal more headshot damage at lower rarities than Pump Shotguns of the same rarity and have a much quicker fire rate, leading to a higher DPS and more chances to deal damage before an enemy can build. Plus, Pump Shotguns have a magazine size of 5 and Tactical Shotguns have a magazine size of 8, making Tactical Shotguns getting preferred over Pump Shotguns by some players.
    • On the contrary, the Rare, Epic and Legendary rarities begin to deal more headshot damage and have a much more damaging body damage (90/100/110, headshot 180/200/220), with the highest two rarities guaranteeing an instant elimination with a full pellet headshot and an easily shield breaking amount of damage for a full body shot.
      • However, the Rare version won't guarantee a full shield crack or instant elimination with full pellets on body and head respectively, yet can still do enough damage to turn the tides in a battle. Even so, a Tactical Shotgun of the same rarity would still be arguably more effective, but would still use the same amount of shells to eliminate someone, with a headshot and any other shot on full or most pellets.
  • Chapter 2 Season 3: This was changed when Tactical Shotguns were nerfed by 4 damage and they were like Pump Shotguns, they could even hit 30 for a headshot(x1.5) close range because of the Chapter 2 Season 3 weapon headshot multiplier nerfs. Since then, Charge Shotguns were better than Tactical Shotguns.
  • Chapter 2 Season 4: The Tactical Shotgun has been vaulted and now both Charge Shotguns and Pump Shotguns have their Pros and Cons, see their stats and compare them. The Charge Shotgun was then later vaulted during the season.
  • Chapter 2 Season 5: The Pump Shotgun has been vaulted once again and both the Tactical and Charge Shotguns have been unvaulted. All variants of the Tactical and Charge Shotguns has received a buff. Both the Tactical and Charge shotguns have their cons and pros.

Changes[]

Patch Notes[]

Patch 16.00 (March 16, 2021)
  • Unvaulted Uncommon to Legendary variants

Patch 15.00 (December 2, 2020)

  • Vaulted

Patch 14.00 (August 27, 2020)

  • Unvaulted

Patch 13.00 (June 17, 2020)

  • Vaulted

9.30 Content Update #1 (June 25, 2019)

Weapon + Items
  • Unvaulted
    • Uncommon and Rare Pump Shotgun

Patch 9.00 (May 9, 2019)

Weapon + Items
  • Vaulted
    • Pump Shotgun

Patch 6.31 (September 27, 2018)

Weapons + Items
  • New Epic and Legendary Pump Shotgun
    • 105 / 110 maximum damage
    • Available from floor loot, chests, Supply
    • Drops, and Vending Machines.
  • Uncommon and Rare variants buffed from 80/85 to 95/100

Patch 5.30 (August 23, 2018)

Weapon + Items
  • Pump Shotgun equip time has been shortened from 0.96 seconds to 0.88 seconds.

Patch 5.0 (July 7, 2018)

  • Shotguns will now indicate how many pellets hit, visible within the reticle.
  • Adjusted shotgun spread patterns to be consistent with no random variation.
  • Heavy Shotgun now fires 10 pellets rather than 5.
    • Maximum damage for the Heavy Shotgun remains unchanged.
  • After firing a shotgun, another shotgun cannot be fired for a very short time.

Patch 4.5 (June 27, 2018)

  • Weapon damage to structures now correctly scales with rarity.
  • Shotgun damage to structures has been reduced by 50% for Pump Shotgun, and 25% for both Tactical Shotgun and Heavy Shotgun.

Hotfix (6 June, 2018)

  • Headshot multiplier reduced from 2.5 to 2.0
  • Damage reduced from 90/95 to 80/85

Patch 4.3 (30 May, 2018)

Bug Fix
  • Shotgun fire adjusted to help alleviate situations where it would hit world objects instead of players.

Patch 3.0.0 (February 20, 2018)

  • Pump Shotgun behavior has been addressed. Firing the Pump Shotgun and quickly switching weapons will now require you to pump the Shotgun before the next shot.
    • We will be monitoring any fallout from this and continuing to iterate on how this works throughout the next patches.

Vault Log[]

Update/Patch Vault Unvault
3.30 Common
9.0 Uncommon to Legendary
9.30 (Content Update) Uncommon & Rare
11.0 Common, Epic & Legendary
13.0 Common to Legendary
14.0 Common - Legendary
15.00 Common - Legendary
16.00 Uncommon to Legendary


Trivia[]

  • Currently, the Pump Shotgun is the only gun-based weapon to have been “promoted” in rarity.
  • Pumps can sometimes be picked up without being loaded, so be careful if you choose to decide to use this weapon.
  • The Pump Shotgun’s Common, Uncommon and Rare variants MAY be inspired by the Remington 870 Wingmaster Edition, however comparing the two side-by side shows key differences, like the slide action being differently designed on Fortnite's version of it, alongside a laser sight added on top of the barrel. It could be inspired by any other wooden-trimmed pump-action shotgun, but which one is not exactly known. However, the Pump Shotgun’s Epic and Legendary variants most certainly are almost exact replicas of the Franchi SPAS-12 shotgun, with the shotgun's signature rectangular slide action and folding stock.
    • Interestingly however, the real SPAS 12 has a clip size of around 8 shells, unlike the Fortnite version. It also has a semi-auto mode which does not require pumping the shotgun.
      • Taking these facts into account, it would ironically make more sense if it were the model for the Epic and Legendary Tactical Shotgun, not mentioning that the SPAS-12 is usually classified as one.
  • This is the tenth item to be unvaulted, following the Shockwave Grenade.
  • The Pump Shotgun was part of Tilted Town's exclusive loot pool.
  • Technically, this shotgun does not store five rounds in its ammo barrel, but rather it is a 4+1 shotgun - four ammo rounds in the ammo barrel, plus one in the chamber.
  • In Patch 9.00, the Pump Shotgun was vaulted and the Combat Shotgun replaced it. This was an extremely controversial decision from Epic, as many cited this gun as the best in Fortnite thanks to the one-shot ability if laid on the head of a full health and shield player, as well as having lasted all the way from the game's release in September of 2017.
    • Epic reacted to the controversy and unvaulted the weapon (not completely though) in Patch 9.30.
  • Until Season 9, it was famous for a gun that changed so much that it was surprising it wasn't vaulted. It was updated in Patch 3.0, Patch 3.31, the Patch 4.5 Content Update, Patch 5.0 and Patch 6.31 prior to it's vaulting.
  • The older pump shotgun model is actually based off a trench shotgun used during WW1.
  • Usually players tend to say that the Pump Shotgun has more or less range than the Tactical Shotgun and Charge Shotgun. In reality this three shotguns have the same maximum range of 6 tiles.
    • But what changes is the damage falloff, where the Pump Shotgun's one starts at a distance of approximately 1.25 tiles, while the other two from 1.50 tiles.
    • Originally in Patch 1.6 (Fortnite BR’s release) to Patch 4.0, (Season 4’s release) The Pump Shotgun was not only with Common and Uncommon variants, but had the exact same pull out, pumping and reloading sounds as the Tactical Shotgun.

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