Shadow Midas' Drum Gun

Information

Rarity

Weapon Class	Ammo Type
Assault Weapon	Medium Bullets

Faction	Owner
GHOST	Shadow Midas

Stats

DPS

204

Damage

Critical Hit Damage

1.5x

Fire Rate

8.5

Magazine Size

Reload Time

2.7s

Release Status

Added In	Release Date
Update v14.40	October 21st 2020

	This item is currently vaulted in Battle Royale and Blitz Royale. Dismiss All Headers
	It has been made unavailable to balance the loot pool, and may return in the future. It is still available in Creative and UEFN.

“

Assault Weapon: A heavy weapon with high damage, an extreme rate of fire, and a huge magazine size. Very inaccurate unless aiming down sights from a fixed position, and firing in short bursts.

”

— In-Game Description

Shadow Midas' Drum Gun is an Assault Weapon in Fortnite: Battle Royale that was added in Chapter 2: Season 4.

Shadow Midas' Drum Gun is a Mythic version of the Drum Gun.

Functionality

Functionality[]

Like its original counterpart, Shadow Midas' Drum Gun is a fully automatic, fast firing, closer ranged weapon. It is best used like an SMG, dealing high amounts of damage in a close quarters environment, but being much weaker at extended ranges due to poor accuracy. As it stands, Shadow Midas' Drum Gun plays closer to a Submachine Gun than an Assault Weapon, similar to the Light Machine Gun.

Shadow Midas' Drum Gun is a hitscan weapon. It does not have First Shot Accuracy enabled.

Stats

Stats[]

Shadow Midas' Drum Gun uses Medium Bullets and has a headshot multiplier of 1.5x.

	Shadow Midas' Drum Gun (Mythic)
DPS	204
DAMAGE	24
STRUCTURE DAMAGE	24
MAGAZINE SIZE	40
FIRE RATE	8.5
RELOAD TIME	2.7s

Sounds

Sounds[]

Shadow Midas' Drum Gun Sounds
Sounds		ID
Pickup		`Rifle_Pickup`
Equip		`Weapon_Drumgun_ReloadEnd`
ADS	In	`Weapon_MILRIFLE_ADS_IN_01Weapon_MILRIFLE_ADS_IN_02Weapon_MILRIFLE_ADS_IN_XX`
ADS	Out	`Weapon_MILRIFLE_ADS_OUT_01Weapon_MILRIFLE_ADS_OUT_02Weapon_MILRIFLE_ADS_OUT_XX`
Shoot	Close	`Drumgun_Fire_Close_01Drumgun_Fire_Close_02Drumgun_Fire_Close_03Drumgun_Fire_Close_05Drumgun_Fire_Close_XX`
	Medium	`Drumgun_Fire_MediumNew_01Drumgun_Fire_MediumNew_02Drumgun_Fire_MediumNew_03Drumgun_Fire_MediumNew_XX`
	Distant	`Drumgun_Fire_DistantNew_01`
Reload	Start	`Weapon_Drumgun_ReloadStart`
	Insert	`Weapon_Drumgun_ReloadInsert`
	End	`Weapon_Drumgun_ReloadEnd`
Out of Ammo		`Rifle_OutofAmmo_01Rifle_OutofAmmo_02Rifle_OutofAmmo_03Rifle_OutofAmmo_04Rifle_OutofAmmo_XX`
Drop		`Weapon_Generic_Drop_AR_01Weapon_Generic_Drop_AR_02Weapon_Generic_Drop_AR_03Weapon_Generic_Drop_AR_04Weapon_Generic_Drop_AR_XX`

Weapon Changes

Weapon Changes[]

Chapter 2: Season 4[]

Update v14.40[]

Added.

Update v14.50[]

Removed ghostly sounds when firing.
Removed shadow flames on top of the weapon.

Chapter 4: Season 4[]

Update v26.00[]

The Shadow effect on the weapon’s model no longer covers the entire gun.

Chapter 5: Season 1[]

Update v28.00[]

Fixed several animations.

Chapter 5: Season 2[]

Update v29.00[]

The message feed now calls the weapon "Midas' Drum Gun (OG)" upon eliminating an enemy player.

Chapter 6: Season 2[]

Update v34.10[]

The magazine insert sound now plays earlier in the animation than intended.

Chapter 6: Mini Season 2[]

Update v38.00[]

The magazine insert sound now plays at the correct time in the animation again.

Chapter 7: Season 3[]

Update v41.00[]

Re-added ghostly sounds when firing.
Re-added shadow flames on top of the weapon.
The Shadow effect on the weapon’s model now covers the entire gun.
Shadow Midas' Drum Gun eliminations now appear as "eliminated with a rifle."

Obtaining

Obtaining[]

As of Update v14.50, Shadow Midas' Drum Gun cannot currently be obtained in Battle Royale and Zero Build as it has been vaulted.

Obtaining History[]

Chapter 2

Chapter 2: Season 4[]

Update v14.00[]

Can be obtained by eliminating Shadow Midas at The Ruins.

Chapter 2: Season 4[]

Update v14.50[]

Can not currently be obtained in Battle Royale and Zero Build as it has been vaulted.

Strategy Guide

Strategy Guide[]

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

Shadow Midas' Drum Gun is essentially an SMG in all but name, so it should be used accordingly.
Pairing Shadow Midas' Drum Gun with a high-damage, slow-firing shotgun, such as the Pump Shotgun or Charge Shotgun, is an excellent combo. Fire your shotgun shot, then quickly switch to Shadow Midas' Drum Gun to finish the opponent off.
The high DPS of Shadow Midas' Drum Gun paired with its high capacity makes it a great choice for destroying opponents' build pieces at close range.
- If the opponent is hiding behind a wall, you can destroy it with Shadow Midas' Drum Gun and replace it with your own wall, then edit the wall to get off a strong shotgun shot or spray at the opponent further with Shadow Midas' Drum Gun.

Weapon ID

Weapon ID[]

Shadow Midas' Drum Gun is referred to as Ghost Midas in the files.

Mythic: WID_Boss_GhostMidas

Mode Specific History

Mode Specific History[]

Battle Royale and Zero Build History

Battle Royale and Zero Build History[]

Chapter 2

Chapter 2: Season 4[]

Update v14.40[]

Introduced.

Update v14.50[]

Vaulted.

Blitz Royale History

Blitz Royale History[]

Chapter 6

Update v36.10[]

Week 3: Bad Bosses[]

July 1st 2025: Introduced.

Update v36.30[]

Week 7: MEGA City Reborn[]

Vaulted.

Creative History

Creative History[]

Chapter 3

Chapter 3: Season 1[]

Update v19.00[]

December 13th 2021: Introduced.
- It has several bugs due to some files for it being removed.

News Tab

News Tab[]

Twitter

Image	Description	Date
	This week is extra mythical in Creative. We will be releasing some of your favorite Mythic weapons over the next four days. Here is what you can find today! 🔷 Skye’s Assault Rifle 🔷 Brutus’ Minigun 🔷 Shadow Midas’ Drum Gun 🔷 Ocean’s Burst Assault Rifle	December 13th 2021

Trivia

Trivia[]

Shadow Midas' Drum Gun along with Jules' Drum Gun and Midas' Drum Gun have identical statistics and function.
Shadow Midas' Drum Gun used to have several bugs, including:
- The weapon previously made "ghostly" noises when fired; however, in the current versions, these sounds no longer play because the sound files have been removed.
  - This issue was resolved with the launch of Chapter 7: Season 3.
- The weapon once featured a shadowy flame effect (visible in its icon), but this effect no longer appears as the necessary files have also been removed.
  - The missing visual effect was corrected with the launch of Chapter 7: Season 3.
- Since its addition to Creative, the name displayed in the Message Feed has incorrectly referred to it as Ghost Midas' Drum Gun.
  - This was later incorrectly updated in Chapter 5: Season 2 to Midas' Drum Gun (OG), before eventually being replaced with the generic rifle message.
- Since Chapter 4: Season 4, the Shadow effect on the weapon's model no longer fully covers the entire gun.
  - Full visual coverage was restored with the launch of Chapter 7: Season 3.
Shadow Midas' Drum Gun has Newton's equation on the second law of motion (f=ma) on the back of it, similar to Jules' Drum Gun. However this isn't normally supposed to be visible as the Weapon's Shadow Effects cover it.
- With the release of Chapter 7: Season 3, the effect once again covers and conceals the equation.
For many seasons, the weapon's animations were broken, causing the charging bolt to never move and the magazine to never be pulled out when reloading.
- This bug was fixed with the launch of Chapter 5: Season 1.

Gallery

Gallery[]

Promotional Images

Promotional Images[]

Weapons
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Submachine Guns	Submachine Gun • Submachine Gun ( Heisted Run 'N' Gun) • Suppressed Submachine Gun ( Inkquisitor's) • Compact SMG ( Enhanced Compact SMG) • Tactical Submachine Gun • Rapid Fire SMG • Burst SMG • Machine SMG • Makeshift Submachine Gun • Primal SMG • Kymera Ray Gun ( Zyg and Choppy's) • Stinger SMG ( Gunnar's) • Combat SMG • Charge SMG • Twin Mag SMG ( Heisted Blink Mag • Tamzarian) • Sunburst Gauntlet • Bender's Shiny Metal Raygun • Scoped Burst SMG ( Thorne's) • Modular Hyper SMG ( Valeria's) • Modular Thunder Burst SMG ( Thunder Burst SMG • Apex) • Modular Harbinger SMG ( Hades') • Modular Drum Gun ( Midas' • Midas' Gilded Eye) • Dual Micro SMGs ( Gwenpool's) • Snoop Dogg's Drum Gun • Veiled Precision SMG ( Night Rose • Eradicator Shadow) • Surgefire SMG ( Enhanced) • Pump & Dump ( Lawless Blink) • F-11D Blaster ( Captain Phasma's) • E-11 Blaster • CR-2 Blaster • Red-Eye Submachine Gun • SM Beam Gun • SM Rhythm Gun • Five Gun • Holo Rush SMG ( Yule Trooper's) • Flex SMG ( Bigfoot's) • Cube Splitter SMG • Pulse Pistols
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Marksman Rifles	DMR • Cobra DMR • Ex-Caliber Rifle ( The Ageless Champion's) • Thermal DMR ( Diamond's) • Tactical DMR • Modular Huntress DMR ( Zeus') • IQA-11 Marksman Blaster Rifle ( Enhanced) • Deadeye DMR ( Kor's • Unstable Thunderclap) • Vector 7 ( The Foundation's Rift Rifle)
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Shadow Midas' Drum Gun

Overview

Functionality[]

Stats[]

Sounds[]

Weapon Changes[]

Chapter 2: Season 4[]

Update v14.40[]

Update v14.50[]

Chapter 4: Season 4[]

Update v26.00[]

Chapter 5: Season 1[]

Update v28.00[]

Chapter 5: Season 2[]

Update v29.00[]

Chapter 6: Season 2[]

Update v34.10[]

Chapter 6: Mini Season 2[]

Update v38.00[]

Chapter 7: Season 3[]

Update v41.00[]

Obtaining[]

Obtaining History[]

Chapter 2: Season 4[]

Update v14.00[]

Chapter 2: Season 4[]

Update v14.50[]

Strategy Guide[]

Weapon ID[]

Mode Specific History[]

Battle Royale and Zero Build History[]

Chapter 2: Season 4[]

Update v14.40[]

Update v14.50[]

Blitz Royale History[]

Update v36.10[]

Week 3: Bad Bosses[]

Update v36.30[]

Week 7: MEGA City Reborn[]

Creative History[]

Chapter 3: Season 1[]

Update v19.00[]

News Tab[]

Trivia[]

Gallery[]

Promotional Images[]