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Rarity describes both the relative rarity of finding a item and is an expression of its quality. Each level has a name and color associated with it.

List of All Rarities

Minibox Examples

Handmade
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A rarity exclusive to StW. Items with this rarity means that the cannot be upgraded and recycled. They are also obtained during the tutorial phase.
Trainee
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A rarity exclusive to StW. Items with this rarity means that the cannot be upgraded and recycled. They are also obtained during the tutorial phase.
Common
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The most basic & common rarity. Also the weakest.
Uncommon
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A little bit more stronger and less common than Common, still not the best rarity to have though.
Rare
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A good rarity but still not the best, but beginning to be interesting in the items' stats.
Epic
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A very good rarity, though quite rare.
Legendary
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An extremely good rarity though extremely rare to obtain. The items' stats are at their maxed power and are extremely good.
Mythic
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The best of the best. Though in StW, only Storm King's items are this rarity. And in BR, you can only get those weapons by defeating a boss.
Transcendent
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Cannot be obtained in game. Though, developers uses this rarity for testing.
Marvel
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Exclusive to Marvel cosmetics.
Dark Series
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Exclusive to Dark cosmetics in relation to the Cube.
DC
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Exclusive to DC cosmetics.
Frozen Series
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Exclusive to Frozen Series' cosmetics.
Lava Series
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Exclusive to Lava Series' cosmetics.
Shadow Series
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Exclusive to Shadow Series' cosmetics.
Slurp Series
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Exclusive to Slurp Series' cosmetics.

Rarity in BR

Order (Weakest to Strongest) : Common < Uncommon < Rare < Epic < Legendary < Mythic Weirdly, each rarity between Common& Legendary can increase the damage, reload time & magazine size. However, Mythic can alter fire rate and other stats that previous rarities doesn't.

Mythic items were mostly only available in Save the World, with the exception of the Mythic Weapons that were introduced in Chapter 2: Season 2 and more added in Chapter2: Season 3, for exemple Skye's Assault Rifle, Ocean's Bottomless Chug Jug & more... The Infinity Gauntlet, Infinity Blade & other collaboration items, which were available in Chapter 1, were the only Mythic items in Chapter 1. Though, the Infinity Gauntlet has been put into Infinity Gauntlet LTM and the Infinity Blade after it being vaulted, has been put into the Sword Fight LTM.

Rarity in StW

Main article: Weapon Perks

Each rarity has specific available benefits, excluding weapons with fixed benefits. The family rarity is a separate tier from the standard common to legendary progression. Every Mythic hero does not have a lower tier, and Mythic lead Survivors are classified in the Collection Book as "Unique Leads". Unlike the rest of the leads, they have a name and a small flavour text.

Special Rarities

These items are especially rare due to being obtainable only from certain special sources. As such, they cannot be added to the Collection Book in StW.

BR Only

StW Only

  • Handmade - These weapon Schematics are of the lowest beginner tier, and obtained by completing the very first tutorial missions. These items cannot be Upgraded nor Recycled.
  • Trainee - These defenders are obtained after unlocking the first Defender slot in the squad. These items cannot be Upgraded nor Recycled.
  • Founder's - These Schematics are uniquely obtained from the Founder's Llama.

For Cosmetic Items

Collaborations:

  • Icon Series - For cosmetics associated with famous creators in the music and contentCreationindustry, such as artists Marshmello and Major Lazer aswell as YouTube and twitch personalities Ninja and Loserfruit.
  • Marvel - This rarity is used for cosmetics associated with the Marvel x Fortnite Collaborations, 1st one being with Thanos in Season 4 but the raity got intoduced when they 1st released cosmetics in Season 8. This is also the 1st rarity to be cosmetic-only.
  • DC Series - For cosmetics associated with DC Comics.
  • Star Wars Series - For cosmetics associated with Star Wars Franchise.
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