Weapons / Shotguns
8-Bit Shotgun
8-Bit Shotgun is a shotgun in the current Fortnite loot pool, available in 5 rarities. Numbers below come from Epic's public data.
- Best DPS
- 145.8
- Damage
- 108
- Fire rate
- 1.35
- Magazine
- 10
- Ammo
- Shells
8-Bit Shotgun stats by rarity
| Rarity | DPS | Damage | Mid | Long | Fire rate | Mag | Reload | Structure |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Legendary | 145.8 | 108 | 59.4 | 43.2 | 1.35 | 10 | 2.52 | 7 |
| Epic | 139.1 | 103 | 56.7 | 41.2 | 1.35 | 10 | 2.66 | 7 |
| Rare | 132.3 | 98 | 53.9 | 39.2 | 1.35 | 10 | 2.80 | 6 |
| Uncommon | 125.6 | 93 | 51.2 | 37.2 | 1.35 | 10 | 2.94 | 6 |
| Common | 118.8 | 88 | 48.4 | 35.2 | 1.35 | 10 | 3.08 | 6 |
This is a 10-pellet weapon: damage shown is the full cartridge with every pellet connecting, which is how Fortnite caps it. DPS is damage per second on body shots at point-blank range. Mid and Long are the damage the same shot does at range — Fortnite guns fall off with distance. Structure is damage to builds. Reload is in seconds.
Where 8-Bit Shotgun spawns
- Floor loot (warm-up)7.0%
- Chests6.0%
- Rare chests5.5%
- Supply drops5.4%
- Floor loot3.3%
- Fishing1.5%
The chance that a given floor loot (warm-up) roll produces this weapon at any rarity. It also appears in 28 other loot sources whose in-game names we can't state with confidence, so they're left out rather than guessed at.
Handling and range
- Spread (hip)
- 0.33333334
- Spread (ADS)
- 0.75
- Recoil (vert)
- 10.8
- Recoil (horiz)
- 0.4
- Falloff starts
- 1200
- Max range
- 2600
Spread is the cone of fire — lower is tighter, and aiming down sights tightens it. Falloff is where damage starts dropping toward the long-range figure; both are in Unreal units. You can carry 104 spare rounds.
Shots to eliminate
| Target | Shots | Time | Within one magazine |
|---|---|---|---|
| 100 HP | 1 | 0.00s | Yes |
| 100 HP + 50 shield | 2 | 0.74s | Yes |
| Full (100 + 100) | 2 | 0.74s | Yes |
Body shots with the Legendary version, every shot connecting. Time runs from the first shot landing to the last, so a one-shot elimination is 0.00s. A full magazine delivers 1080 damage. Headshot figures are left out on purpose: Fortnite's headshot multiplier varies per weapon and isn't in the data, so any number here would be a guess.
Related weapons
There is a Mythic version of this weapon — Enhanced 8-Bit Shotgun.