The new-update of Fortnite patch notes 15.20 is absolutely bringing a whole of new weapons, new skins and a new series of quests. As a proof, one of the Fortnite weapons which is introduced in patch 15.20 is Lever Action Shotgun.
However, this is a kind of Fortnite gun which can boast high damage and a very reasonable fire rate, wide spread, long reload time and rounded off with a short range. Of course, a lot of players are wondering about this gun and they want to know more how reliable this shotgun is when used.
If you are also curious about this Lever Action Shotgun, so let’s find out some facts below!
Lever Action Shotgun Damage
Almost all Fortnite weapons have either low or high damage. So as with Lever Action Shotgun, this gun surely has a high damage at a moderate fire rate, limited magazine size and short range. The Lever Action Shotgun is a Fortnite Shotgun which can be found in Fortnite Battle Royale.
The Lever Action Shotgun comes in five different rarities including Common, Uncommon, Rare, Epic and Legendary. Generally, this gun uses the Shells ’n’ Slugs which are able to fire 9 pellets. It also has a headshot multiplier of x1.45. Moreover, this gun is a pump-action which will fire faster than the Pump Shotgun and Charge Shotgun, but it’s slower than the Heavy Shotgun.
The Lever Action Shotgun may be added to the game as many requests of a classic pump-action shotgun like the Heavy Shotgun and Pump Shotgun. Since Epic games probably did not want to re-add the later two, they finally decided to merge them into a more balanced version of mainly the Pump Shotgun.
Of course, each variant of the Lever Action Shotgun has different damage. In other words, there’s no exact damage of the Lever Action Shotgun. Instead, you can know the Lever Action Damage depending on its rarities.
So, here’s a list of Lever Action Shotgun’s damage for each rarity:
Lever Action Shotgun – Common
- Bullet Type: \\
- DPS: 88.35
- Damage: 93
- Fire Rate: 0.95
- Magazine Size: 6
- Reload Time: 6.7
- Structure Damage: 45
Lever Action Shotgun – Uncommon
- Bullet Type: \\
- DPS: 93.1
- Damage: 98
- Fire Rate: 0.95
- Magazine Size: 6
- Reload Time: 6.3
- Structure Damage: 47
Lever Action Shotgun – Rare
- Bullet Type: \\
- DPS: 97.85
- Damage: 103
- Fire Rate: 0.95
- Magazine Size: 6
- Reload Time: 6.0
- Structure Damage: 50
Lever Action Shotgun – Epic
- Bullet Type: \\
- DPS: 102.6
- Damage: 108
- Fire Rate: 0.95
- Magazine Size: 6
- Reload Time: 5.7
- Structure Damage: 53
Lever Action Shotgun – Legendary
- Bullet Type: \\
- DPS: 108.3
- Damage: 114
- Fire Rate: 0.95
- Magazine Size: 6
- Reload Time: 5.4
- Structure Damage: 56
Those are all the Lever Action Shotgun’s stats for all rarities. Well, from the list above, we can see that the Common Lever Action Shotgun has 93 damage, the Uncommon Lever Action Shotgun has 98 damage, the Rare Lever Action Shotgun has 103 damage, the Epic Lever Action Shotgun has 108 damage and the Legendary Lever Action Shotgun has 114 damage.
Well, you can see that each rarity of the Lever Action Shotgun has different damage, cannot you?
Where to Find a Lever Action Shotgun?
Generally, Fortnite weapons can be obtained from chests, floor loot and supply drops. Moreover, there’s also a weapon which can be obtained by purchasing it with Gold bars from NPCs. One example of a weapon that can be found in NPCs is Hop Rock Dualies Pistol. This weapon can be found at Cole the Miner.
So as the Lever Action Shotgun, you surely can find this weapon on some certain places. They will be coming from the floor loot, chests and supply drop. Well, if you really want to have this shotgun, you need to focus on finding them on the places that we have explained previously.
All Fortnite Shotgun List
If you are playing Fortnite, you will be familiar with the shotgun, as one of the Fortnite weapons. In other words, a shotgun is a ranged weapon which uses Shells for ammo and is extremely useful at close range. The Shotgun commonly has a headshot multiplier from 1.5x to 2.0x. However, they are effective at close range which is rarely at close-to-mid-range.
Of course, there are several types of Shotgun that you can find in Fortnite. Here’s a list of all Fortnite shotguns:
- Charge Shotgun
Charge Shotgun was added to the game for replacing the Pump Shotgun which has been vaulted in the same patch. If you see, it’s such a unique gun which has a headshot multiplier of x1.5 and uses Shells. It comes in six rarities including Common, Uncommon, Rare, Epic, Legendary and Mythic.
- Tactical Shotgun
Tactical Shotgun uses Shells which has a headshot multiplier of x1.5. This gun is fully automatic and can fire faster than the Charge Shotgun and Pump Shotgun, but it’s slower than the Drum Shotgun, Double Barrel Shotgun and Combat Shotgun. It comes in six rarities including Common, Uncommon, Rare, Epic, Legendary and Epic.
- Dragon’s Breath Shotgun
This shotgun has very high damage with a long reload time and very low range. It has a headshot multiplier of x1.25. The Dragon’s Breath Shotgun was introduced in Patch 15.00, replacing the Combat Shotgun and the Pump Shotgun. It comes in two rarities including Epic and Legendary.
- Pump Shotgun
Pump Shotgun has been vaulted which makes it only available in the Creative and Playground Mode. This shotgun uses Shells as ammo which has a headshot multiplier of x2. It can fire ten pellets in a spread to deal damage. It comes in six rarities including Common, Uncommon, Rare, Epic and Legendary.
- Combat Shotgun
Combat Shotgun also has been vaulted, replacing the Pump Shotgun in the 9.00 patch notes. This shotgun uses Shells as ammunition which has a headshot multiplier of x1.5, It comes in three rarities including Rare, Epic and Legendary.
- Heavy Shotgun
Heavy Shotgun has been vaulted due to the addition of the Legendary and Epic Pump Shotgun. It uses Shells ‘n’ Slugs which has a headshot multiplier of x2.5. It comes in six rarities including Common, Uncommon, Rare, Epic and Legendary.
- Drum Shotgun
Drum Shotgun has a headshot multiplier of x1.25. This gun was released on 9.30 Content Update #2. It comes in three rarities including Common, Uncommon and Rare.
- Double Barrel Shotgun
Double Barrel Shotgun uses Shells ‘n’ Slugs which have a headshot multiplier of x1.25. This gun has been vaulted in Patch 7.00. It comes in two rarities including Epic and Legendary.
