Fortnite Tactical Pistol stats

How to use the Tactical Pistol

The Tactical Pistol behaves more like a submachine gun than a sidearm. The Fortnite Wiki describes it as a fast, fully automatic pistol with a tight spread, and the numbers back that up: 6.9 rounds a second, 24 damage a bullet at Common and 30 at Legendary, with a 2× headshot multiplier.

That gives it 165.6 to 207 damage per second, the highest sustained output of the weapons we have full numbers for at Legendary. The catch is the 15-round magazine, which empties in about 2.2 s. Reloads are short (1.3–1.54 s) and it has the checkpoint reload mechanic, so topping up mid-fight costs less than it would on a rifle.

Our maths puts a Legendary at seven body hits, 0.87 s, to remove 200 health and shield, or four headshots in 0.43 s. That makes it a strong partner for a Pump or Wood Stake Shotgun: land the big shot, then finish at close range before the shotgun is ready again. At longer ranges the Assault Rifle is the safer choice; the wiki publishes no falloff curve for the pistol, so we can't put a number on how quickly it drops off.

In Build mode its 23–28 structure damage at 6.9 shots a second adds up to roughly 159–193 a second against walls, about the same as the Assault Rifle. In Zero Build it is simply a close-range fight finisher.

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.