In Fortnite: Battle Royale there have been a few changes, mainly concerning weapon balance. The bows now seem to be quite powerful. We will show you why you should fear the bows.
This is what is happening in Fortnite: The start of Season 6 brought some new weapons into the game and now you can even craft prehistoric weapons yourself. However, apparently Epic was not completely satisfied with the weapon balance yet, because they made some changes and buffs to a few guns. Already with Update 16.10 some weapons were adjusted.
Now, it seems that mainly the bows have benefited from a buff after Epic made the adjustments. Are they now too strong?
Bows are stronger than before
This change has been made to the bows: The bows in Fortnite now deal more damage than before and the shot speed has been increased. According to data miner FireMonkey, the base damage on a headshot is multiplied by 2.5X – previously it was 2.0X (via Twitter). This is how it affects the bows:
- Makeshift Bow: previously 104 damage / now 130 damage
- Prehistoric Bow: previously 130 damage / now 162.5 damage
- Mechanical Bow: previously 170 damage / now 212.5 damage
The Makeshift Bow can be transformed into a Prehistoric or Mechanical Bow with the appropriate materials. You can benefit from the higher damage immediately. With a Mechanical Bow, you can now take out an opponent with a headshot, even if they have full health and shield.
Especially the Mechanical Bow becomes dangerous with this change, as it can kill you with a single shot. Additionally, you can further upgrade the Prehistoric Bow and the Mechanical Bow with materials, like crafting a Stink Bow from the prehistoric version – so you not only have high damage, but also additional aspects that make them even harder to counter.
Epic brings further changes to weapon balance
What other changes has Fortnite made? In a tweet, Fortnite Status announced that they have made a few changes to the game (via Twitter). These changes mainly affect the weapons in the game. Here’s what is different now:
- The amount of crafting materials has been doubled – you will find them more frequently
- Improvement in assault rifle and revolver accuracy
- Increased damage on bow headshots and speed
- Recycler trash bombs now fly faster
- Prehistoric Pistol: Damage and fire rate increased
- Improvements for all submachine guns
- Spawn rate of common weapons, prehistoric weapons, and makeshift weapons has been evenly distributed
If you want powerful weapons but don’t want to craft extensively, you should look for special chests. These guarantee you good weapons without much effort. However, since they are not easy to find, we will show you our guide on the locations of the bunker chests on the map.
What do you think about these changes? Were they necessary or are the bows now too strong?
