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Blackout

Assault Weapon: Black Metal. Fires Medium Ammo in 2 round bursts dealing moderate damage and heavy impact.

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 1–1015Blast Powder30Rusty Mechanical Parts1Active Powercell11Copper Ore2,500Schematic XP20Pure Drop of Rain75Schematic Manuals
2Silver35–51Lv 10–2015Blast Powder30Simple Mechanical Parts1Active Powercell11Silver Ore6,250Schematic XP40Pure Drop of Rain200Schematic Manuals11Lightning in a Bottle
3Malachite61–77Lv 20–3015Blast Powder30Sturdy Mechanical Parts1Active Powercell11Malachite Ore10,000Schematic XP60Pure Drop of Rain325Schematic Manuals22Lightning in a Bottle11Eye of the Storm
4Shadowshard88–106Lv 30–4013Quartz Crystal30Sleek Mechanical Parts1Active Powercell11Shadowshard Crystal13,750Schematic XP80Pure Drop of Rain450Schematic Manuals33Lightning in a Bottle22Eye of the Storm11Storm Shard
4Obsidian88–106Lv 30–4015Blast Powder30Sleek Mechanical Parts1Active Powercell11Obsidian Ore13,750Schematic XP80Pure Drop of Rain450Schematic Manuals33Lightning in a Bottle22Eye of the Storm11Storm Shard
5Sunbeam116–144Lv 40–6013Quartz Crystal30Efficient Mechanical Parts1Active Powercell11Sunbeam Crystal—
5Brightcore116–144Lv 40–6015Blast Powder30Efficient Mechanical Parts1Active Powercell11Brightcore Ore—

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About Blackout

Blackout is an assault 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 Blast Powder, Rusty Mechanical Parts, 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.