Apex Thunder Burst SMG

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“

Mythic Thunder Burst SMG. Has improved headshot damage.

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— In-Game Description

The Apex Thunder Burst SMG is a Submachine Gun in Fortnite: Battle Royale that was introduced in Chapter 7: Season 2.

The Apex Thunder Burst SMG is the Mythic version of the Thunder Burst SMG.

Functionality

Functionality[]

The Apex Thunder Burst SMG is an accurate, high damage submachine gun that fires in a three round burst configuration. It is equipped with the Laser and has a higher headshot multiplier than its base counterpart.

The Apex Thunder Burst SMG is a Hitscan weapon without First Shot Accuracy.

Damage falloff:

Damage falloff begins at 30 meters (6 tiles).
Damage decreases down to 78% of its maximum at 50 meters (10 tiles).
Damage steadily decreases down to 63% of its maximum at 85 meters (17 tiles).
Damage reaches its minimum value of 61% of its maximum at 130 meters (26 tiles).

Stats

Stats[]

v40.00

Current Stats since v40.00[]

The Apex Thunder Burst SMG uses Light Bullets and has a headshot multiplier of 1.9x.

	Apex Thunder Burst SMG Apex Thunder Burst SMG (Mythic)
DPS	209.25
DAMAGE	31
STRUCTURE DAMAGE	29
MAGAZINE SIZE	33
FIRE RATE	6.75
RELOAD TIME	1.96s
CRITICAL HIT DAMAGE	58.9 ^(1.9x)

Sounds

Sounds[]

Thunder Burst SMG's sounds have been inherited from Modular Thunder Burst SMG:

Modular Thunder Burst SMG Sounds
Sounds		ID
Pickup		`PaprikaSMG_Burst_Pickup_01PaprikaSMG_Burst_Pickup_02PaprikaSMG_Burst_Pickup_03PaprikaSMG_Burst_Pickup_XX`
Equip		`PaprikaSMG_Burst_Equip_01PaprikaSMG_Burst_Equip_02PaprikaSMG_Burst_Equip_03PaprikaSMG_Burst_Equip_XX`
Aiming	In	`PaprikaSMG_Burst_ADS_In_01PaprikaSMG_Burst_ADS_In_02PaprikaSMG_Burst_ADS_In_XX`
Aiming	Out	`PaprikaSMG_Burst_ADS_Out_01PaprikaSMG_Burst_ADS_Out_02PaprikaSMG_Burst_ADS_Out_XX`
Shooting (1P)	Close	`PaprikaSMG_Burst_Fire_1P_Close_01PaprikaSMG_Burst_Fire_1P_Close_02PaprikaSMG_Burst_Fire_1P_Close_03PaprikaSMG_Burst_Fire_1P_Close_04PaprikaSMG_Burst_Fire_1P_Close_05PaprikaSMG_Burst_Fire_1P_Close_06PaprikaSMG_Burst_Fire_1P_Close_XX`
Shooting (1P)	Low Ammo	`PaprikaSMG_Burst_Fire_1P_LowAmmo_01`
Shooting (3P)	Close	`PaprikaSMG_Shoot_1P_01PaprikaSMG_Shoot_1P_02PaprikaSMG_Shoot_1P_03PaprikaSMG_Shoot_1P_04PaprikaSMG_Shoot_1P_05PaprikaSMG_Shoot_1P_06PaprikaSMG_Shoot_1P_XX`
	Medium	`PaprikaSMG_Burst_Fire_3P_Medium_01PaprikaSMG_Burst_Fire_3P_Medium_02PaprikaSMG_Burst_Fire_3P_Medium_03PaprikaSMG_Burst_Fire_3P_Medium_04PaprikaSMG_Burst_Fire_3P_Medium_05PaprikaSMG_Burst_Fire_3P_Medium_06PaprikaSMG_Burst_Fire_3P_Medium_XX`
	Distant	`PaprikaSMG_Burst_Fire_3P_Distant_01PaprikaSMG_Burst_Fire_3P_Distant_02PaprikaSMG_Burst_Fire_3P_Distant_03PaprikaSMG_Burst_Fire_3P_Distant_04PaprikaSMG_Burst_Fire_3P_Distant_05PaprikaSMG_Burst_Fire_3P_Distant_06PaprikaSMG_Burst_Fire_3P_Distant_XX`
Reload	Start	`PaprikaSMG_Burst_Reload_Start_01PaprikaSMG_Burst_Reload_Start_02PaprikaSMG_Burst_Reload_Start_03PaprikaSMG_Burst_Reload_Start_XX`
	Mag Eject	`PaprikaSMG_Burst_Reload_MagEject_01PaprikaSMG_Burst_Reload_MagEject_02PaprikaSMG_Burst_Reload_MagEject_03PaprikaSMG_Burst_Reload_MagEject_XX`
	Insert	`PaprikaSMG_Burst_Reload_Insert_01PaprikaSMG_Burst_Reload_Insert_02PaprikaSMG_Burst_Reload_Insert_03PaprikaSMG_Burst_Reload_Insert_XX`
	End	`PaprikaSMG_Burst_Reload_End_01PaprikaSMG_Burst_Reload_End_02PaprikaSMG_Burst_Reload_End_03PaprikaSMG_Burst_Reload_End_XX`
Out of Ammo		`Pistol_OutofAmmo_01Pistol_OutofAmmo_02Pistol_OutofAmmo_03Pistol_OutofAmmo_04Pistol_OutofAmmo_XX`
Drop	Drop	`PaprikaSMG_Burst_Drop_01PaprikaSMG_Burst_Drop_02PaprikaSMG_Burst_Drop_03PaprikaSMG_Burst_Drop_XX`
Drop	Impact	`PaprikaSMG_Burst_Drop_Impact_01PaprikaSMG_Burst_Drop_Impact_02PaprikaSMG_Burst_Drop_Impact_03PaprikaSMG_Burst_Drop_Impact_XX`

Weapon Mods

Weapon Mods[]

Name	Icon	Stats
Laser		Increases hipfire accuracy.

Weapon Changes

Weapon Changes[]

Chapter 7

Chapter 7: Season 2[]

Update v40.00[]

Added.

Obtaining

Obtaining[]

Battle Royale

Battle Royale History

Battle Royale History[]

Chapter 7

Chapter 7: Season 2[]

Update v40.00 (March 23rd 2026)[]

Has a 33% chance of being obtained after completing the Sandy Strip Drag Race.

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)
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) • 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
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
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

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