Where to Find the Rocket Launcher in Fortnite

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This item has been made unavailabe in standard playlists to balance the loot pool. It may return in the future.

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Explosive Weapon: Fires long-range rockets that damage enemies in an area.

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— In-Game Description.

The Rocket Launcher is an Explosive Weapon in Fortnite: Battle Royale. It was added in the Pre-Season with the Update that added the Battle Royale Gamemode. It has been partially vaulted since Chapter 2: Season 2. During Fortnitemares, the Rocket Launcher becomes the Pumpkin Launcher.

Contents

• 1 Functionality
• 2 Stats
• 3 Sounds
• 4 Obtained
• 5 Strategy Guide
• 6 History
  • 6.1 Pre-Season
  • 6.2 Season 1
  • 6.3 Season 4
  • 6.4 Season 5
  • 6.5 Season 7
  • 6.6 Chapter 2: Season 1
  • 6.7 Chapter 2: Season 2
  • 6.8 Chapter 2: Season 3
  • 6.9 Chapter 2: Season 4
  • 6.10 Chapter 2: Season 5
  • 6.11 Chapter 2: Season 6
  • 6.12 Chapter 2: Season 8
  • 6.13 Chapter 3: Season 1
• 7 Gallery
• 8 Trivia

Functionality

The Rocket Launcher shoots out a large and slow projectile. When this projectile comes in contact with a surface, or stays in the air long enough, it detonates, dealing high amounts of explosive damage. This damage can hurt the player who shot it if they're too close, alongside enemies. Rockets deal more damage to structures than they do to players, and you cannot achieve a headshot with one. Rockets are not affected by gravity, and won't drop if they go too far.

Rocket Launcher in action

Rocket launcher's seasonal variant, the Pumpkin Launcher, in action

Stats

Rocket Launchers range from dealing 70 Damage per shot to 130 Damage per shot (52.5 - 97.5 damage per second). All Rocket Launchers use Rocket Ammo . The Rocket Launcher cannot headshot players.

Rocket Launcher	Rocket Launcher	Rocket Launcher
Common	Uncommon	Rare
DPS: 52.5	DPS: 63.8	DPS: 75
Damage: 70	Damage: 85	Damage: 100
Fire Rate: 0.75	Fire Rate: 0.75	Fire Rate: 0.75
Magazine Size: 1	Magazine Size: 1	Magazine Size: 1
Reload Time: 4.68s	Reload Time: 4.14s	Reload Time: 3.6s
Structure Damage : 270	Structure Damage : 285	Structure Damage : 300

Rocket Launcher	Rocket Launcher
Epic	Legendary
DPS: 86.3	DPS: 97.5
Damage: 115	Damage: 130
Fire Rate: 0.75	Fire Rate: 0.75
Magazine Size: 1	Magazine Size: 1
Reload Time: 3.06s	Reload Time: 2.52s
Structure Damage: 315	Structure Damage: 330

The Rocket Launcher is a Slow Moving Projectile Weapon. It has First Shot Accuracy enabled, but as it is a Rocket Launcher, it is largely irrelevant.
There is no damage falloff on the Rocket Launcher's projectiles.

Sounds

Sound Type	Rarity	Audio
Pullout	Common , Uncommon and Rare
	Epic and Legendary
Shooting	Common , Uncommon and Rare
	Epic and Legendary
Drop	Common , Uncommon and Rare
	Epic and Legendary
Pickup	Common , Uncommon and Rare
	Epic and Legendary
Reload	Common , Uncommon and Rare
	Epic and Legendary
Shoot (Fortnitemares)	Epic and Legendary
Reload (Fortnitemares)	Epic and Legendary

Obtained

Rarity	Chest	Rare Chest	Cosmic Chest	Floor Loot	Supply Drop	Fishing (Plain)	Fishing (Hole)
Common (Vaulted)	✖	✖	✖	✖	✖	✖	✖
Uncommon (Vaulted)	✖	✖	✖	✖	✖	✖	✖
Rare (Vaulted)	✖	✖	✖	✖	✖	✖	✖
Epic	✓	✓	✓	✖	✓	✖	✖
Legendary	✓	✓	✓	✖	✓	✖	✖

Strategy Guide

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

• Avoid shooting a Rocket Launcher near your person as it will deal the same damage to you as it does to enemy players.
• You can shoot a Rocket under a player and allow them to ride it. This can be used to quickly transport a player to an area, such as out of the Storm.
• Keep your distance from an enemy when shooting a rocket, if you go too close, the rocket will also kill you along with the player.

History

Pre-Season

• Update v1.6: Introduced the Rocket Launcher in Rare , Epic and Legendary .
• Update v1.7.1: Increased Rocket Launcher reload time by 20%.
  • Projectiles now deal 375 Structure Damage, instead of 450.

Season 1

• Update v1.9.1: Rocket Launcher supports Rocket Riding now.

Season 4

• Content Update v4.40: Increased the reload time of the Rocket Launcher based on rarity.
  • Rare from 2.3 seconds to 2.8.
  • Epic from 2.185 seconds to 2.66.
  • Legendary from 2.07 to 2.52.
    • The maximum number of unloaded Rocket Ammo that can be held has been changed to 12.

Season 5

• Update v5.40: Removed Rare Rocket Launcher.
  • Availability of Epic and Legendary Rocket Launchers increased slightly to compensate.

Season 7

• Update v7.40: Adjustments:
  • Removed Rocket Launchers from chests.
  • Increased the chance of receiving a Rocket Launcher from Supply Drops from 25% to 50%.

Chapter 2: Season 1

• Update v11.00: Adjustments:
  • Common & Uncommon variants introduced.
  • Unvaulted Rare
  • Decreased reload time for most variants.
  • Changed damage to 70/85/100/115/130
• Update v11.00 Hotfix
  • Vaulted Common Variant

Chapter 2: Season 2

• Update v12.00: Uncommon and Rare variants vaulted.

Chapter 2: Season 3

• Update v13.20: Epic & Legendary Rocket Launchers now has a small chance of dropping from Supply Drops into Team Rumble only.

Chapter 2: Season 4

• Update v14.00
  • Epic & Legendary Variants Vaulted.

• Update v14.10
  • Unvaulted Legendary variant.
    • Can only be obtained from defeating Gorgers.

• Update v14.20
  • Legendary variant vaulted again.

• Update v14.30
  • Legendary variant unvaulted again, from Gorgers only.

• Fortnitemares 2020: Uncommon Pumpkin Launcher dropped by Ghostly Ghost Henchmen, functions the same as the Rocket Launcher.

Chapter 2: Season 5

• Update v15.00: Epic Variant available from defeating Ruckus at Hydro 16 or Trading Bars with characters.

Chapter 2: Season 6

• Update v16.00: Legendary Variant available from Supply Drops and Bunker Chests.

Chapter 2: Season 8

• Update v18.21: Unvaulted the Pumpkin Launcher for the Fortnitemares 2021.
  • It drops as Chest loot in Epic rarity only.
  • The Rocket Launcher was therefore removed.
• Content Update v18.30:
  • Vaulted the Pumpkin Launcher.
  • Unvaulted the Rocket Launcher in Epic and Legendary rarities.

Chapter 3: Season 1

• Update v19.00: Vaulted the Rcoket Launcher is both rarites.

Gallery

A Visual Change to the weapon during Halloween

The Chapter 1 Icon for the Weapon

Promo

Trivia

• The Low Tier Rocket Launcher resembles the Russian RPG-7.
• The High Tier Rocket Launcher resembles the American Mk 153 Shoulder-Launched Multipurpose Assault Weapon or SMAW.
• The ability to ride a rocket is a glitch that Epic Games decided to not remove.
• The Decals on the Rockets themselves resemble Nose Art applied to fighter planes during WWII, such as this.
• The Common Rocket Launcher is one of the shortest lived weapons in Battle Royale, only lasting a few hours upon Chapter 2: Season 1's release.
• The Uncommon Rocket Launcher also only lasted a single full season, in Chapter 2: Season 1. It was unvaulted during Fortnitemares, however.
• When two rockets are shot at each other, one rocket will be destroyed and the other rocket will continue its path. There appears to be no pattern that controls which rocket is destroyed.
• You can shoot a Grappler at a rocket and be able to ride it for a short amount of time.

Where to Find the Rocket Launcher in Fortnite

Source: https://fortnite.fandom.com/wiki/Rocket_Launcher

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