Anyone who follows Fortnite personalities on Twitter has no doubt seen the latest guns added to the game, the Combat Assault Rifle (AR) and Combat SMG. They are alternate forms of the AR and SMG, and many players consider them to be superior to the standard and burst forms. In this guide, we provide the stats of these weapons and how you will be able to get them in the game.
Weapon Stats
We pulled these weapon stats from the Fortnite files themselves. You can use them to compare to each other to see which weapon best suits your playstyle.
When will they be released?
For the first time, Epic Games is giving players the ability to choose which weapon they can unlock. You may have noticed that in Chapter 2 Season 8, there are War Effort donation boxes around the map. This is how players can bring Combat AR or Combat SMG to the game.
Related: Fortnite Vault List
Players can approach the war effort donation boxes and contribute the weapon they would like to use in the future. Once a weapon has been 100% funded, they will bring it into the game and keep the other in a vault.
How do we get them?
There is no guarantee how we will get the weapons once they are released. However, there is a good chance that they will be available as floor loot and chests. Since there are always crafting in Chapter 2 Season 8, it's also possible that the only way to get them is to collect nuts and bolts and use them to change an AR/SMG to theirs. respective combat versions. This page will be updated as soon as we have more information on this subject.
That's all we currently know about these new weapons!
Be sure to check out our complete Fortnite Chapter 8 Season 2 guide for all the latest content and guides for this season!
