Fortnite Assault Rifle stats

How to use the Assault Rifle

The Assault Rifle is this season's all-rounder. Every rarity fires 5.5 rounds a second from a 30-round magazine, so the only thing a better colour buys you is damage: 30 a bullet at Common, rising to 36 at Legendary. That is 165 to 198 damage per second when every bullet connects. Among the weapons we have full numbers for, only the Tactical Pistol (207 a second at Legendary) out-paces it.

Range is where it earns its slot. Damage holds until 50 metres, then slides to 80% at 75 metres and two-thirds from 95 metres, so it still chips at players who are too far for anything else in the pool. The Fortnite Wiki's strategy notes suggest tapping single shots or short bursts on long sight lines, because holding the trigger widens the spread, and crouching to recover first-shot accuracy faster.

Our arithmetic gives a Legendary six body hits, 0.91 s, to remove 200 health and shield. That beats the Heavy Assault Rifle (five hits, 1.07 s) because the Heavy only fires 3.75 rounds a second. Up close it loses to any shotgun hit, which is why it pairs so well with a Pump: shotgun first, rifle to finish.

In Build mode its structure damage matches its player damage, so it takes down walls at 165–198 a second, far quicker than the Pump's 32–39. In Zero Build there are no walls to spray, so its value is simply being the most reliable gun at mid range.

Where to find it

In the Chapter 7 Season 4 Battle Royale pool since v42.00 (20 Aug 2026): unvaulted at the start of the season. Source: v42.00 Fortnite Override: Battle Royale Update Notes (20 Aug 2026).

Epic doesn’t publish chest, floor-loot or supply-drop odds, and we haven’t found a source we can cite for them, so this page gives none. Modes: we checked Epic’s Battle Royale notes only; Reload, Blitz and OG run their own pools.

• v42.10 (3 Sep 2026): Epic: slightly reduced headshot damage multiplier, slightly reduced damage at Mythic rarity, reloads slightly slower. No numbers given.