Empowered Cupid's Crossbow

Information

Rarity

Weapon Class	Ammo Type
Crossbow	Crossbow Bolts

Stats

DPS

Damage

100

Structure Damage

250

Critical Hit Damage

3.25x

Fire Rate

0.9

Magazine Size

Reload Time

2.25s

Release Status

Added In	Release Date
Update v39.40	February 7th 2026

	This item is currently vaulted in Battle 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.

“

This romantic weapon proves that love can strike hard and accurately.

”

— In-Game Description

The Empowered Cupid's Crossbow is a Crossbow in Fortnite: Battle Royale that was introduced in Chapter 7: Season 1.

The Empowered Cupid's Crossbow the Mythic version of Cupid's Crossbow.

Functionality

Functionality[]

The Empowered Cupid's Crossbow is a projectile based semi-auto weapon that fires a fast moving bolt, which is affected by gravity. The weapon has a slow rate of fire, makes very little noise when shot, and has a projectile that whilst fast, is slower than those of other Sniper Rifles.

The Empowered Cupid's Crossbow is a Projectile weapon. It has a scope, so first shot accuracy is irrelevant. There is no damage falloff on the Crossbow's projectiles.

Stats

Stats[]

Current Stats since v39.40[]

The Empowered Cupid's Crossbow uses infinite Crossbow Bolts and has a headshot multiplier of 3.25x.

	The Empowered Cupid's Crossbow The Empowered Cupid's Crossbow (Mythic)
DPS	90
DAMAGE	100
STRUCTURE DAMAGE	250
MAGAZINE SIZE	4
FIRE RATE	0.9
RELOAD TIME	2.25s
CRITICAL HIT DAMAGE	325 ^(3.25x)

Current Stats since v39.40[]

The Empowered Cupid's Crossbow uses infinite Crossbow Bolts and has a headshot multiplier of 2.25x.

	The Empowered Cupid's Crossbow The Empowered Cupid's Crossbow (Mythic)
DPS	86.4
DAMAGE	96
STRUCTURE DAMAGE	150
MAGAZINE SIZE	4
FIRE RATE	0.9
RELOAD TIME	2.25s
CRITICAL HIT DAMAGE	216 ^(2.25x)

Weapon Changes

Weapon Changes[]

Chapter 7

Chapter 7: Season 1[]

Update v39.40[]

Added.
February 9th Hotfix #2 :
- Increased damage from 96 to 100.
- Increased structure damage from 150 to 250.
- Increased headshot multiplier from 2.25x to 3.25x

Obtaining

Obtaining[]

As of Update v39.40 (February 15th 2026 at 11:00 AM EST), Empowered Cupid's Crossbow can not be obtained as it has been vaulted.

Obtaining History[]

Chapter 7

Chapter 7: Season 1[]

Update v39.40 (February 7th 2026 at 3:30 PM EST)[]

It is obtained at the start of the match.

Update v39.40 (February 7th 2026 at 4:30 PM EST)[]

Can not be obtained as it has been vaulted.

Update v39.40 (February 8th 2026 at 10:00 AM EST)[]

It is obtained at the start of the match.

Update v39.40 (February 8th 2026 at 11:00 AM EST)[]

Can not be obtained as it has been vaulted.

Update v39.40 (February 14th 2026 at 3:30 AM EST)[]

It is obtained at the start of the match.

Update v39.40 (February 14th 2026 at 4:30 AM EST)[]

Can not be obtained as it has been vaulted.

Update v39.40 (February 15th 2026 at 10:00 AM EST)[]

It is obtained at the start of the match.

Update v39.40 (February 15th 2026 at 11:00 AM EST)[]

Can not be obtained as it has been vaulted.

Weapon ID

Weapon ID[]

The Empowered Cupid's Crossbow is referred to as Sniper Valentine in the files.

Mythic: WID_Sniper_Valentine_Athena_UR

Mode Specific History

Mode Specific History[]

Battle Royale and Zero Build History

Battle Royale and Zero Build History[]

Chapter 7

Chapter 7: Season 1[]

Update v39.40[]

February 7th 2026 at 3:30 PM EST: Introduced for the Love and Legends Power Hour #1.
February 7th 2026 at 4:30 PM EST: Vaulted.
February 8th 2026 at 10:00 AM EST: Unvaulted for the Love and Legends Power Hour #2.
February 8th 2026 at 11:00 AM EST: Vaulted.
February 14th 2026 at 3:30 PM EST: Unvaulted for the Love and Legends Power Hour #3.
February 14th 2026 at 4:30 PM EST: Vaulted.
February 15th 2026 at 10:00 AM EST: Unvaulted for the Love and Legends Power Hour #4.
February 15th 2026 at 11:00 AM EST: Vaulted.

Creative History

Creative History[]

Chapter 7

Chapter 7: Season 1[]

Update v39.50[]

Introduced.

News Tab

News Tab[]

Image	Description	Date
	Play Love and Legends starting February 5 <3	February 4th 2026
	Love is in the air and in Fortnite: join the Power Hour this Saturday at 3:30 pm ET! Can't make Saturday? Join on Sunday at 10 am ET 😉	February 6th 2026
	Empowered Cupid Crossbows. Friendship Bubbles. And everyone starts with a Self-Revive device. Sounds like a match made in Fortnite. Love & Legends Power Hour starts at 3:30pm ET.	February 7th 2026

Image	Description	Date
	Live - Love & Legends Power Hour Leap into the Love & Legends Power Hour! One-shot opponents with the Empowered Cupid’s Crossbow, avoid damage with the Friendship Bubbles rift anomaly, and flee the quickly closing Storm!	February 7th 2026

Weapons
Assault Weapons	Assault Rifle ( Skye's • Enhanced • Ice Spice's • Embiggened) • Burst Assault Rifle ( Ocean's • Slone's) • Scoped Assault Rifle • Light Machine Gun • Minigun ( Brutus' • RG's) • Thermal Scoped Assault Rifle ( Huntmaster Saber's) • Drum Gun ( Midas' • Jules' • Shadow Midas') • Suppressed Assault Rifle ( Blitz Boss Ninja's Viper) • Heavy Assault Rifle ( Meowscles' Peow Peow • Meowdas' Peow Peow) • Infantry Rifle • Tactical Assault Rifle ( Modular • Legacy) • First Order Blaster Rifle • Stark Industries Energy Rifle ( Updated) • Makeshift Rifle • Primal Rifle ( Spire Guardian's) • E-11 Blaster Rifle • Pulse Rifle ( Slone's • Overclocked • Burst • Overdrive) • Sideways Rifle • Sideways Minigun ( Boss) • Combat Assault Rifle ( Modular • The Machinist's Modular • Squibbly's) • MK-Seven Assault Rifle ( The Foundation's • WIP Mythic Red Dot AR) • Ranger Assault Rifle • Striker Burst Rifle ( Slone's • Modular • Emma Frost's • Enhanced) • Hammer Assault Rifle • EvoChrome Burst Rifle ( The Herald's) • Red-Eye Assault Rifle ( Heisted Explosive • Red-Eye Caramba AR) • Havoc Suppressed Assault Rifle ( Highcard's • Heart's) • DC-15 Blaster Rifle • Flapjack Rifle ( Enhanced) • MK-Alpha Assault Rifle ( Relik's) • Twin Mag Assault Rifle • Modular Nemesis AR ( Montague's • Nemesis AR• Brute) • Modular Striker AR ( Nisha's • Striker AR • Enhanced) • Modular Enforcer AR ( Enforcer AR • Enhanced) • Modular Warforged Assault Rifle ( Ares') • Tri-Beam Laser Rifle • Holo Twister Assault Rifle ( Enhanced • Lawless Accelerant • Lawful Accelerant) • Fury Assault Rifle ( Enhanced • Eradicator Hop Rock) • Collateral Damage Assault Rifle ( Enhanced • Lawless Trinity) • A280-CFE Blaster Rifle ( Enhanced) • DC-15 Heavy Blaster Rifle • DLT-19 Blaster Rifle • Spire Rifle ( Enhanced) • O.X.R. Rifle ( Eradicator) • Leadspitter 3000 • Deadeye Assault Rifle ( Hush's) • Lock On Assault Rifle • Cube Rifle ( Hoprock) • Chaos Exploder Rifle ( Dark Voyager's Chaos Rifle) • Surgical Burst Rifle ( Voidblade's)
Shotguns	Pump Shotgun ( Double Trouble • Blitz) • Tactical Shotgun ( Enhanced Tactical Shotgun) • Heavy Shotgun ( Legacy • Heisted Breacher) • Double Barrel Shotgun ( The Dub) • Combat Shotgun ( Modular • Megalo Don's Modular) • Drum Shotgun ( Enhanced) • Charge Shotgun ( Kit's) • Dragon's Breath Shotgun ( Legacy • Dragon's Belch Shotgun) • Lever Action Shotgun • Makeshift Shotgun • Primal Shotgun ( Spire Assassin's) • Auto Shotgun • Striker Pump Shotgun • Ranger Shotgun • Two-Shot Shotgun • Prime Shotgun ( Blitz Boss Ninja's Get Good) • EvoChrome Shotgun• Thunder Shotgun • Maven Auto Shotgun ( Heisted Accelerant • Wolfe's) • Havoc Pump Shotgun ( Enhanced) • Sharp Tooth Shotgun • Infiltrator Pump Shotgun ( Enhanced) • Wood Stake Shotgun ( High Stakes') • Modular Hammer Pump Shotgun ( Peter Griffin's) • Modular Frenzy Auto Shotgun ( Oscar's) • Modular Gatekeeper Shotgun ( Cerberus' • Gatekeeper) • Modular Sovereign Shotgun ( Mysterio's • Sovereign) • Sentinel Pump Shotgun ( Enhanced • Unstable Frostfire) • Twinfire Auto Shotgun ( Enhanced • Lawless Twinfire Slap) • Oni Shotgun ( Enhanced) • Outlaw Shotgun ( Enhanced • Unstable Yoink) • Pump & Dump ( Lawless Blink) • Shiva Shotgun • ACP Scatter Blaster • BARM-ST12 Scatter Blaster • CA-87 Jawa Scatter Blaster • Sweeper Shotgun • Five Gun • Iron Pump Shotgun ( Pinpoint) • Twin Hammer Shotguns ( Brutus' • Twin Siphon) • Chaos Reloader Shotgun ( Dark Voyager's Obliterator) • Super Shredder • Extending Focus Shotgun ( Reacher)
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
Pistols	Pistol ( Semi-Auto • Pinpoint • Where We Droppin) • Suppressed Pistol ( Semi-Auto • Dual Suppressed Pistols • Shadow Tracker) • Dual Pistols ( Hop Rock Dualies) • Hand Cannon ( Deadpool's • Modular • Modular Conductor) • Revolver • Scoped Revolver ( Night Hawk) • Six Shooter ( Marksman) • Flashlight Pistol • Flint-Knock Pistol ( Flight-Knock) • Makeshift Revolver • Primal Pistol • Combat Pistol • Sidearm Pistol • Tactical Pistol ( Overdrive) • Lock On Pistol • Mammoth Pistol ( Baron's Double Down • Lawless Explosive • Lawful Explosive) • Modular Ranger Pistol • Modular Monarch Pistol ( Doctor Doom's) • DL-44 Blaster Pistol ( Enhanced) • WESTAR-34 Blaster Pistols • Hyperburst Pistol ( Enhanced • Unstable Voltage Burst) • Killswitch Revolvers ( Killswitch's) • Wrecker Revolver ( Enhanced • Marksman) • Blade Blaster • Mr. Blasty ( Krusty's) • Deodorant Applicator • Cobalt Slingshot • Finger Guns • Hammer Revolver • Lancehead Pistol ( 9mm Baba Yaga)
Sniper Rifles	Bolt-Action Sniper Rifle ( Dragon's Breath Sniper) • Zapotron • Suppressed Sniper Rifle • Heavy Sniper Rifle ( Boom Sniper Rifle) • Semi-Auto Sniper Rifle • Automatic Sniper Rifle • Hunting Rifle ( Lawless Stink) • Storm Scout Sniper Rifle ( Storm Scout) • Amban Sniper Rifle• Lever Action Rifle • Rail Gun • Hunter Bolt-Action Sniper • Explosive Repeater Rifle • Reaper Modular Sniper Rifle ( Reaper) • Heavy Impact Sniper Rifle ( Lawless Tracking • Lawful Tracking) • Falcon Eye Sniper ( Enhanced • Lawless Final Mark Rifle) • Vengeful Sniper Rifle
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)
Bows	Boom Bow ( TNTina's Ka-Boom Bow)• Hawkeye's Bow • Makeshift Bow • Primal Bow • Primal Flame Bow • Primal Stink Bow • Mechanical Bow ( Exotic Recon Bow) • Mechanical Explosive Bow ( Raz's) • Mechanical Shockwave Bow • Grappler Bow • Unstable Bow
Crossbows	Crossbow ( Cupid's • Empowered) • Fiend Hunter Crossbow • Dual Fiend Hunters • Plunger Bow • Boom Bolt ( Ringmaster's • Moonflak)
Explosive Weapons	Rocket Launcher ( Pumpkin • Lawless Shockwave • Lawful Shockwave) • Quad Launcher ( Burst) • Guided Missile • Grenade Launcher ( Snowball • Egg • Orange Paint • Purple Paint • Cinematic Paint • The Big Chill) • Shockwave Launcher ( Kit's • Eradicator Shock n' Slow) • Proximity Grenade Launcher • Grenade ( Unstable Bounce) • Clingers • Dynamite ( Nitro Queen TNT • Bouncing Boomstick) • Bottle Rockets • Proximity Mine • Remote Explosive • Firefly Jar • Cuddle Fish • Recycler ( Spire Assassin's) • Alien Knockgun Launcher • Plasma Cannon • Paper Bomb Kunai • Anvil Rocket Launcher • Thunder Spears • Cybertron Cannon • Sticky Grenade Launcher ( Lawless Rift • Blitz Boss Ninja's Trash) • Shield Breaker EMP • Explosive Goo Gun ( Blitz Boss Ninja's Blue) • Swarmstrike • Seven Cluster Cannon
Melee Weapons	Pickaxe • Infinity Blade ( Reforged) • Thor's Stormbreaker • Lightsaber ( Darth Vader's • Jedi Padawan • Sith Apprentice • Jedi Training) • Kingsman • Predator Claw • Sideways Scythe • Basic Sword • Basic Hammer • Ol' Chopper • Kinetic Blade ( Thorne's Vampiric Blade) • Grapple Blade ( Blitz) • Brat Catcher • Donatello's Staff • Leonardo's Katanas • Michelangelo's Nunchaku • Raphael's Sai • Chains of Hades ( Blitz • Thorn Ripper) • Shuri's Black Panther Claws• Chainsaw ( Cartoon) • The Kneecapper ( Blitz) • Sub-Zero's Kombat Kit • Lucille • Scorpion's Kombat Kit • Rumi's Empowered Sword • GnatGala Special Melee • Forsaken Vow Blade • Dual Zangetsu

Empowered Cupid's Crossbow

Overview

Functionality[]

Stats[]

Current Stats since v39.40[]

Current Stats since v39.40[]

Weapon Changes[]

Chapter 7: Season 1[]

Update v39.40[]

Obtaining[]

Obtaining History[]

Chapter 7: Season 1[]

Update v39.40 (February 7th 2026 at 3:30 PM EST)[]

Update v39.40 (February 7th 2026 at 4:30 PM EST)[]

Update v39.40 (February 8th 2026 at 10:00 AM EST)[]

Update v39.40 (February 8th 2026 at 11:00 AM EST)[]

Update v39.40 (February 14th 2026 at 3:30 AM EST)[]

Update v39.40 (February 14th 2026 at 4:30 AM EST)[]

Update v39.40 (February 15th 2026 at 10:00 AM EST)[]

Update v39.40 (February 15th 2026 at 11:00 AM EST)[]

Weapon ID[]

Mode Specific History[]

Battle Royale and Zero Build History[]

Chapter 7: Season 1[]

Update v39.40[]

Creative History[]

Chapter 7: Season 1[]

Update v39.50[]

News Tab[]