Overview

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It has been made unavailable to balance the loot pool, and may return in the future.
It is still available in Creative and UEFN.

Hack your way through enemies or rev your saw into the ground to propel yourself forward at frightening speeds!
— In-Game Description

Chainsaw is a Melee Weapon in Fortnite: Battle Royale that was introduced in Chapter 5: Season 4.

Functionality

Functionality[]

The Chainsaw has 4 functions: Slash, Ground Pound, Sprint Slash and Rush Attack:

  • Pressing the fire button will do a simple Slash Attack. Holding the fire button will perform a combo of four slashes, each dealing 75 damage, while pushing the user foward.
  • Pressing the fire button while sprinting will perform a Sprint Slash. This attack is the same as a single Slash Attack, with it dealing 85 damage instead.
  • Pressing the fire button while in the air will perform a Ground Pound, which deals 85 damage in a 3 meter radius.
  • Holding the aim button does a Rush Attack, in which the player puts the Chainsaw into the ground, proppeling themselves forward. During this state, pressing the fire button or being in close proximity to an enemy will do a Sprint Slash. Rush Attack has it's own Fuel supply, which lasts 10 seconds, starts to regenerate after 5 seconds and fills up from empty to full in 5 seconds. This ability uses ?? Durability per second.

Once the Durability meter reaches 0%, the item will break and be removed from the player's inventory.

Stats

Stats[]

The Chainsaw uses Fuel which cannot be obtained outside of the item's reserve and replenishes itself over time.

Chainsaw - Weapon - Fortnite Chainsaw
(Epic)
DAMAGE 75 (Slash)
85 (Ground Pound/Sprint Slash)
STRUCTURE DAMAGE 150 (All Attacks)
Weapon Changes

Weapon Changes[]

Chapter 6: Season 4[]

Update v37.50[]

  • Added durability.
  • October 13th 2025: Increased durability from 100 to 150.

Chapter 6: Mini Season 2[]

Update v38.10[]

  • Removed durability.

Chapter 7: Season 1[]

Update v37.51[]

  • Re-added durability.

Weapon ID

Weapon ID[]

Chainsaw is referred to as Chainsaw in the files.

Mode Specific History

Mode Specific History[]

Battle Royale and Zero Build History

Reload History

Reload History[]

Chapter 6: Season 4[]

Update v37.50[]

  • Introduced.
  • October 12th 2025: Vaulted.

Creative History
News Tab

News Tab[]

Image Description Date
Chainsaw (Twitter) - Promo - Fortnite Who needs a ride on mower when you can have a ride on chainsaw? October 13th 2024

Image Description Date
Fortnitemares 2025 Items (News Tab) - Promo - Fortnite Unvaulted Fortnitemares Loot
Wicked loadout! Hack through enemies and propel forward with the Chainsaw, or take to the air aboard the Witch Broom! Take down enemies with the Wood Stake Shotgun, or catch 'em off gourd with the Pumpkin Launcher.
October 10th 2025

Trivia

Trivia[]

  • Briefly after the October 13th 2025 hotfix, the Chainsaw would only have 67% of its durability when spawned through the Creative menu. This likely happened due to the Chainsaw initially gaining 100 durability points when selected, which is roughly 67% of 150, its maximum durability value.
    • This was quickly fixed.
Gallery

Gallery[]

Promotional Images[]

Former Icons[]