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Black Drum

Shotgun: Black Metal. Drum Shotgun that fires Shells in 2 round bursts dealing moderate damage and heavy impact with heavy recoil.

Best rarity
Legendary
Max power
144
Tiers
5
Rarities

Perk slots

  1. Slot 1
    Always on
    • Reloading reduces your current health by 12.5%. On the next enemy hit, deal 29-132 base damage based on the percentage of your missing health in a 0.75 tile radius.
    • Eliminating 3 enemies with this weapon reduces your current health by 12.5% and deals 29-129 base damage based on the percentage of your missing health in a 0.75 tile radius.
    • Stunning or Knocking back an enemy reduces your current health by 12.5% and deals 29-127 base damage based on the percentage of your missing health in a 0.75 tile radius. Can only occur every 6 seconds.
    • Weapon hits deal 44% bonus damage against nature elemental enemies.
  2. Slot 2
    Level 5
    • +10 Critical Rating
    • +45% Crit Damage
    • +10% Damage
    • +13% Headshot Damage
    • +20% Weapon Stability
  3. Slot 3
    Level 10
    • +10 Critical Rating
    • +45% Crit Damage
    • +10% Damage
    • +14% Fire Rate
    • +25% Reload Speed
  4. Slot 4
    Level 15
    • Element: Energy
    • Element: Fire
    • Element: Nature
    • Element: Physical and +20% Damage
    • Element: Water
  5. Slot 5
    Level 20
    • +13% Headshot Damage
    • +10 Critical Rating
    • +10% Damage
    • +20% Impact
  6. Slot 6
    Level 25
    • Adds up to 27% bonus damage based on the percentage of your missing health.
    • +12% Damage to Mist Monsters and Bosses
    • +20% Impact
    • +25% Reload Speed

Values shown at the lowest perk rarity; upgrading a perk raises them.

Tiers

TierMaterialPowerCraftEvolve to next
1Copper12–26Lv 1–1020Planks30Rough Mineral Powder1Active Powercell11Copper Ore2,500Schematic XP20Pure Drop of Rain75Schematic Manuals
2Silver35–51Lv 10–2020Planks30Simple Mineral Powder1Active Powercell11Silver Ore6,250Schematic XP40Pure Drop of Rain200Schematic Manuals11Lightning in a Bottle
3Malachite61–77Lv 20–3020Planks30Fine-grain Mineral Powder1Active Powercell11Malachite Ore10,000Schematic XP60Pure Drop of Rain325Schematic Manuals22Lightning in a Bottle11Eye of the Storm
4Shadowshard88–106Lv 30–407Planks30Char-black Mineral Powder1Active Powercell11Shadowshard Crystal13,750Schematic XP80Pure Drop of Rain450Schematic Manuals33Lightning in a Bottle22Eye of the Storm11Storm Shard
4Obsidian88–106Lv 30–4020Planks30Char-black Mineral Powder1Active Powercell11Obsidian Ore13,750Schematic XP80Pure Drop of Rain450Schematic Manuals33Lightning in a Bottle22Eye of the Storm11Storm Shard
5Sunbeam116–144Lv 40–607Planks30Oxidized Mineral Powder1Active Powercell11Sunbeam Crystal—
5Brightcore116–144Lv 40–6020Planks30Oxidized Mineral Powder1Active Powercell11Brightcore Ore—

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About Black Drum

Black Drum is a shotgun weapon in Fortnite: Save the World. It comes in Rare, Epic and Legendary rarity, with the Legendary version being the strongest. At Legendary tier 5 it reaches power 144 at level 60. The Legendary schematic has 6 perk slots, unlocking up to level 25. Crafting it uses Planks, Rough Mineral Powder, Active Powercell and Copper Ore. Evolving a Legendary one from tier 1 to tier 5 takes 32,500 Schematic XP, 200 Pure Drop of Rain and 1,050 Schematic Manuals, plus evolution materials.