Overview

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Shoots an arrow with an explosive tip. Your enemies' worst nightmare!
— In-Game Description

The Explosive Crossbow is a Crossbow in Fortnite: Battle Royale that is unreleased and removed.

Functionality

Functionality[]

The Explosive Crossbow is a Crossbow that fires a fast moving projectile, similar to a Clinger, which deals contact damage to players and structures, and then explodes after a short time, dealing additional damage.[1]

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

Stats

Stats[]

Current Stats since v3.4[]

The Explosive Crossbow uses Rockets - Ammunition - Fortnite Rockets and does not have a headshot multiplier.

Crossbow - Weapon - Fortnite Explosive Crossbow
(Legendary)
DPS 90.75
DAMAGE 121
STRUCTURE DAMAGE 375
MAGAZINE SIZE 1
FIRE RATE 0.75
RELOAD TIME 2.07s

Stats from v3.2 to v3.4[]

The Explosive Crossbow uses Rockets - Ammunition - Fortnite Rockets and has a headshot multiplier of 2.5x.

Crossbow - Weapon - Fortnite Explosive Crossbow
(Epic)
DPS 47.4
DAMAGE 79
STRUCTURE DAMAGE 1
MAGAZINE SIZE 5
FIRE RATE 0.6
RELOAD TIME 2.5s

Weapon ID

Weapon ID[]

Current WID since v3.4[]

Explosive Crossbow is referred to as Explosive Crossbow in the files.

WID from v3.2 to v3.4[]

Explosive Crossbow is referred to as Explosive Crossbow in the files.

  • Epic: WID_Explosive_Crossbow_Athena_SR

History

History[]

Season 3[]

Update v3.20[]

  • Added.

Update v3.40[]

Season 4[]

Update v4.10[]

  • Removed.

Trivia

Trivia[]

  • The function of the Explosive Crossbow was likely repurposed for the Boom Bow and/or the Boom Bolt.
References

References[]