Weapons / SMGs
Machine SMG
Machine SMG is a smg in the current Fortnite loot pool, available in 5 rarities. Numbers below come from the api-fortnite.com loot-pool feed, not our own game-file mining.
- Best DPS
- 229.5
- Damage
- 17
- Fire rate
- 13.50
- Magazine
- 33
- Ammo
- Light Bullets
Machine SMG stats by rarity
| Rarity | DPS | Damage | Mid | Long | Fire rate | Mag | Reload | Structure |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Legendary | 229.5 | 17 | 11.9 | 7.7 | 13.50 | 33 | 2.16 | 17 |
| Epic | 216 | 16 | 11.2 | 7.2 | 13.50 | 33 | 2.28 | 16 |
| Rare | 202.5 | 15 | 10.5 | 6.8 | 13.50 | 33 | 2.40 | 15 |
| Common | 189 | 14 | 9.8 | 6.3 | 13.50 | 33 | 2.64 | 14 |
| Uncommon | 189 | 14 | 9.8 | 6.3 | 13.50 | 33 | 2.52 | 14 |
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 Machine SMG spawns
- Supply drops11%
- Rare chests11%
- Chests9.4%
- Floor loot (warm-up)4.2%
- Floor loot2.6%
- Fishing1.9%
The chance that a given supply drops roll produces this weapon at any rarity. It also appears in 5 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)
- 0.22
- Spread (ADS)
- 0.68
- Recoil (vert)
- 1.8
- Recoil (horiz)
- 1.45
- Falloff starts
- 3000
- Max range
- 27500
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 102 spare rounds.
Shots to eliminate
| Target | Shots | Time | Within one magazine |
|---|---|---|---|
| 100 HP | 6 | 0.37s | Yes |
| 100 HP + 50 shield | 9 | 0.59s | Yes |
| Full (100 + 100) | 12 | 0.81s | 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 561 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.