There’s four different types of shotgun in Fortnite but that’s not enough for Epic Games. In a news splash when you boot up the game, a legendary Pump Shotgun has been announced. These new weapon announcements usually come one or two days before the item is introduced to the game, so expect to see the legendary Pump Shotgun in-game either tomorrow or Wednesday.

Epic confirmed last week that the v6.31 patch - the same patch this new weapon will be introduced in - will also feature a pretty heavy buff for the existing Pump Shotguns. The uncommon variant of the gun will deal 9.5 damage per pellet, while the rare version will deal 10 per pellet. As long as you hit your shot, three pellets are guaranteed to deal damage, making the rare Pump Shotgun a guaranteed 30 damage shot - minus the range modifiers.

Considering this will be the fifth shotgun in the game, it’s quite likely we’ll see one vaulted. Over on the Reddit thread discussing the new gun, a number of players are keen to see the Double Barrel Shotgun removed from the game due to its immense power when you’re up close and personal. We think it’s more likely we’ll see the Heavy Shotgun removed though, because this new SPAS-12 inspired shotgun seems like it will fill a very similar role.

It will be interesting to see if the new legendary Pump Shotgun has any other properties. Perhaps it will deal increased damage to structures? That way, you could one-shot someone’s wall no matter what they build out of then quickly switch to an SMG to spray at them. We’ll find out this week for definite. In other Fortnite news, check out the moment Ninja got stream sniped during the Fortnite Winter Royale qualifiers over the weekend along with the pro players that didn’t make it to the finals.