Flare Gun

	This page is about an item that is currently vaulted in Battle Royale.
	This item has been made unavailable to balance the loot pool, and may return in the future.

The Flare Gun is an Ranged Consumable item in Fortnite: Battle Royale, that was added in Chapter 2: Season 3.

Functionality

The Flare Gun is primarily used for spotting opponents and marking them, much like a Shakedown. When fired, if the projectile stays in the air long enough, it will mark all opponents in a 50m radius for 60 seconds. It can mark opponents in hiding places.

The Flare Gun's projectile deals explosive damage on impact to all players in the vicinity. If the Flare Gun is fired at a wooden structure, it will set it alight.

When all 6 charges of the weapon have been depleted, the item will disappear from the player's inventory. Unlike the Harpoon Gun, the weapon needs to be reloaded between shots.

Flare Gun in action

The Flare Gun is a projectile weapon, with the First Shot Accuracy enabled. There is no damage falloff on the Flare Guns projectiles, but it is affected by gravity. The Flare Shot will stop at a much shorter range than other projectiles due to the nature of the weapon.

Stats

The Flare Gun uses Fire Ammo, which cannot be obtained outside of the weapon's reserve and it has no headshot multiplier.

	Flare Gun (Rare)
DPS	33.6
DAMAGE	60
MAGAZINE SIZE	1
FIRE RATE	0.56
RELOAD TIME	1.6s
STRUCTURE DAMAGE	60 (Impact) 10 (Fire)

Strategy Guide

	This section outlines a strategy.
	Feel free to add tips, tricks and general advice about the topic.

• The Flare Gun is ideal for the beginning of a fight, as firing it into the air will mark the opponents for a full minute, allowing you to track exactly where they are.
• Aside from the Dragon's Breath Sniper Rifle and the Primal Flame Bow, the Flare Gun is the only other method of setting a structure alight from a decent range, as all other methods require a Firefly Jar or the Legacy Dragon's Breath Shotgunn (aside from the sheer chance a Gas Can is nearby).

Item ID

The Flare Gun is referred to as Fringe Plank in the files.

• Rare: WID_FringePlank_Athena_Prototype

History

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• In-Game

Image	Description	Date
	Ready, aim, fire! Check out these tips for using the unvaulted Flare Gun 🔥	June 28th 2023

Image	Description	Date
	Flare Gun Reveal enemy locations and start a blaze with the flare gun!	Juyl 1st 2020
	Fighting Fire with Fire Turn up the heat with more fire-starting weapons, and set structures ablaze in this week's Legendary Challenge!	May 6th 2021
	Flare Gun Scan the battlefield and set structures ablaze!	January 11th 2022
	Flare Gun Scan the battlefield and set structures ablaze!	June 20th 2023

Trivia

• The Flare Gun appears in both the trailer and the featured image for Castaway Jonesy.
• The projectile from a Flare Gun will bounce off of a Crash Pad.
• if you eliminate yourself with your own Flare Gun shot, the elimination message says: "{eliminatedplayer} shouldn't play with fire."
• The Flare Gun was not able to set structure on fire, as Fire was Vaulted during Chapter 2 Remix.
  • This was the first time any Fire Starting Weapon lost its ability to light structures on fire.

Gallery

• Promotional Images
• Concept Art

Promotional Images

Promo Image for the Fighting Fire with Fire Week from Content Update v16.30

Promo Image from Content Update v19.01 - 2

Promo Image from Update v25.10

Concept Art

Concept Art by Adam Taylor

Sculpture Concept Art

Model Concept Art

See Also

• Locator Flare - an identical-looking weapon with a reversed function, exclusive to an LTM.
• Firework Flare Gun - A remixed version of this weapon.

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