

The damage is a little lacklustre from these, so expect it to drop down the tier list once players have had their initial fun. It has a good rate of fire if you’re hipfiring, but that slows right down if you aim down sights. Pulse RifleĪnother alien addition, the Pulse Rifle works a little bit like the Stark Rifles of old.


It’s worth keeping one in your inventory, if only for those build-a-thon endgames. While the rate of fire is low and reload time high, the sheer damage that the Rail Gun produces will mean you see a lot of these in your Fortnite games, especially early in the season. The xenos laser takes a couple of seconds to charge up, but it does big damage to opponents and – most importantly – shoots straight through builds. The Rail Gun is the first alien tech weapon in our Fortnite tier list, and for good reason. If you come across one of these in your games, make sure you pick it up or upgrade it to one of the higher rarities. These are the weapons most professional players will be carrying most of the time too. This tier is reserved for the top picks for your Fortnite arsenal – the best weapons that will be your go-to in most scenarios. Simply head into your inventory and select the weapon you want to craft. This will make crafting a less prominent part of Fortnite matches, but be on the eye out for a set of Nuts and Bolts to craft that AUG. It’s worth noting that, unlike last season, crafting a weapon does not increase its rarity. Nuts and Bolts replace Mechanical Parts and Animal Bones, and can be used to upgrade a Heavy Assault Rifle to a Burst Assault Rifle, upgrade a Pump Shotgun to a Lever Action Shotgun, and a Suppressed SMG to a Rapid Fire SMG. There’s a new type of material to look out for this season, as Fortnite gets with the modern times. Makeshift weapons have gone, but crafting remains. While you’ll still be able to find most weapons as ground loot, crafting is the most consistent way of getting your hands on the best weapons. In Season 6, Fortnite got a crafting mechanic, which you can use to upgrade your weapons in a new tab in your inventory. Before we get into our Fortnite Chapter 2 Season 7 weapon tier list you’ll need to get the hang of crafting.
