The upcoming 6.31 update will include a Pump Shotgun rebalance to improve effectiveness: damage will increase in close quarters and range will be reduced slightly. Additionally, ALL shotguns will have a minimum damage of 3 pellets (even if only 1 or 2 hit).
Eric Williamson
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Sr. Director, Design on Fortnite @ Epic Games
- Coming this week: small tweaks to shield availability, a reduction of mobility (item & vehicle spawn chance), and a few more vaults... including Quad Launcher.
- We'll be reverting the explosive damage change today - thanks for your feedback 🙂
- Balance adjustments coming with 7.10 content update: tweaks to Boom Box, X-4 Stormwing, and Dynamite. And... Dual Pistols make their return!
- Can’t wait to see all the hilarious clips 😂. Never laughed so hard working on a feature before
- Ever since I was a kid, wished games would do one time events like we did today. It’s surreal to be able to create experiences like that for so many - hopefully this can be the start of something new and amazing.
- Just noticed today marks one year since work officially started on Battle Royale. Now, a couple days out from Season 5, it's unbelievable how much has happened since then.
- We’re just getting started. You’ll want to be there tomorrow.This week Fortnite fans broke ANOTHER record… 100 MILLION PLAYERS IN THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER! Thank you all so much ❤️ honestly, we’re so stoked for tomorrow and everything that follows
- thoomp heheheh... WAAAH 🎃
- Regarding shotgun equip times: current thinking is to reduce Pump Shotgun equip time slightly in update 5.30 next week. Other shotguns will remain unchanged for now
- Ever place a wall that's mostly underground? We've got some improvements coming.
- Double Barrel effectiveness reduction is just one of the balance adjustments coming with #Season6. Less than 12 hours to go!
- Some adjustments to Mounted Turret coming in a hotfix: it will overheat a little faster and have a reduced headshot multiplier. 6.31 client update will adjust collision volume making it easier to hit players from the front.
- Rarest chest: Legendary Rocket Launcher + the Bush + metal resources. Odds: 1 in 823,139.




