To help control the flow of the game, Epic will periodically vault weapons and items in Fortnite. Either the item was obsolete, served its purpose, doesn't fit thematically with the season, or no longer fits in the game. In our list below, we have sorted the vault list by Season.
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Chapter 2: Season 8
There are many weapons leaked that are planned to be released at some point throughout the season. The list below only details the weapons that are currently available or were vaulted with this patch!
v18.00
Vaulted
- Silenced SMG (All Tiers)
- Heavy Assault Rifle (All Tiers)
- Hand Cannon (All Tiers)
- Tactical Shotgun (All Tiers)
- Rail Gun (All Tiers)
- Pulse Rifle (All Tiers)
- Propifier
- Grabitron
- Plasma Cannon
Unvaulted
- Burst Assault Rifle
- Lever Action Rifle
- Automatic Sniper Rifle
- Harpoon Gun
- Charge Shotgun (Crafted from Pump Shotgun or Lever Action Shotgun with Nuts & Bolts)
- Suppressed Assault Rifle (Crafted from Assault Rifle or Burst Assault Rifle with Nuts & Bolts)
- New: Added Sideways Rifle
- New: Added Sideways Minigun
- New: Added Boss Minigun
Chapter 2: Season 7 - 17.00 Patch Update
Vaulted
- Makeshift Weapons (All types and rarities) - Reason: Changes to crafting.
- Primal Weapons (All types and rarities) - Reason: Does not fit with the Season's theme.
- Bows (All types and rarities) - Reason: Changes to game mechanics.
- Infantry Rifle
- Dual Pistols
- Hop Rock Dualies
- Revolver
- Recycler
- Spire Jump Boots
- Hunter's Cloak
- Animal Bones
- Stink Fish
- Vendetta Flopper
- Animal Bones
- Mechanical Parts
- Stink Sac
- Shockwave Grenade
Unvaulted
- Burst Assault Rifle
- Heavy Assault Rifle
- Hand Cannon
- Suppressed Submachine Gun
- Pistol
- Bolt-Action Sniper Rifle
- Lever Action Shotgun
- Rapid Fire SMG
- Heavy Ammo
- Launch Pad
- Vending Machines
- Night Hawk
- Storm Scout
- Upgrade Bench (Stationary)
- Mounted Turret (Stationary)
- Crash Pad (Stationary)
- New: Pulse Rifle
- New: Added Dr Slone's Pulse Rifle
- New: Added Recon Scanner
- New: Added Rail Gun
- New: Added Kymera Ray Gun
- New: Added Nuts 'n' Bolts
Chapter 2: Season 6
- Charge Shotgun - Vaulted in the 16.00 Patch
- Double Barrel - Vaulted in the 16.00 Patch
- P90 - Vaulted in the 16.00 Patch
- Suppressed SMG - Vaulted in the 16.00 Patch
- Storm Scout Rifle - Vaulted in the 16.00 Patch
- Tac Shotgun - Vaulted in the 16.00 Patch
- Balloons - Unvaulted during the GrefG Event.
- Heavy AR - Vaulted in the 16.00 Patch
- Common Assault Rifle - Vaulted in the 16.00 Patch
- Bolt-Action Sniper Rifle - Vaulted in the 16.00 Patch
- Lever Action-Rifle -Vaulted in the 16.00 Patch
- Common Pistol - Vaulted in the 16.00 Patch
- Dragon's Breath Shotgun - Vaulted in the 16.00 Patch
- Lever Action Shotgun - Vaulted in the 16.00 Patch
- Tactical Shotgun - Vaulted in the 16.00 Patch
- Zero Point Fish - Vaulted in the 16.00 Patch
- Thermal Fish - Vaulted in the 16.00 Patch
Chapter 2: Season 5
- Planes - Vaulted in the 15.20 Patch
- Choppa - Vaulted in the 15.00 Patch
- Burst Assault Rifles - Vaulted in the 15.00 Patch
- Combat Shotgun - Vaulted in the 15.00 Patch
- Light Machine Gun - Vaulted in the 15.00 Patch
- Pump Shotgun - Vaulted in the 15.00 Patch
- Revolver - Vaulted in the 15.00 Patch
- Scoped Assault Rifle - Vaulted in the 15.00 Patch
- Stark Industries Energy Rifle - Vaulted in the 15.00 Patch
- Tactical SMG - Vaulted in the 15.00 Patch
- Boogie Bomb - Vaulted in the 15.00 Patch
- Fire Trap - Vaulted in the 15.00 Patch
- Crash Pad - Vaulted in the 15.00 Patch
Chapter 2: Season 4
- Launch Pads - Vaulted in the 14.00 Patch
- Portable Upgrade Bench - Vaulted in the 14.00 Patch
- Charge Shotgun - Vaulted in the 14.40 Patch
- Epic Hunting Rifle - Vaulted in the 14.00 Patch
- Epic Pistol - Vaulted in the 14.00 Patch
- Flare Gun - Vaulted in the 14.00 Patch
- Tactical Shotgun - Vaulted in the 14.00 Patch
- Rapid Fire & Regular SMG - Vaulted in the 14.00 Patch
- Decoy Grenades - Vaulted in the 14.00 Patch
- Stink Bombs - Vaulted in the 14.00 Patch
- Jules' Drum Gun - Vaulted in the 14.00 Patch
- Jules' Glider Gun - Vaulted in the 14.00 Patch
- Kit's Charge Shotgun - Vaulted in the 14.00 Patch
- Kit's Shockwave Launcher - Vaulted in the 14.0.0 Patch
- Ocean's Bottomless Chug Jug - Vaulted in the 14.00 Patch
- Ocean's Burst Assault Rifle - Vaulted in the 14.00 Patch
Chapter 2: Season 3
- Heavy Sniper Rifle - Vaulted in the 13.00 Patch
- Proximity Mine - Vaulted in the 13.0.0 Patch
- Remote Explosives - Vaulted in the 13.0.0 Patch
- Creepin' Cardboard Boxes - Vaulted in the 13.00 Patch
- Brutus' Minigun - Vaulted in the 13.00 Patch
- Deadpool's Hand Cannons - Vaulted in the 13.00 Patch
- Meowscles' Peow Peow Rifle - Vaulted in the 13.00 Patch
- Midas' Drum Gun - Vaulted in the 13.00 Patch
- Skye's Assault Rifle - Vaulted in the 13.00 Patch
- Skye's Grappler - Vaulted in the 13.00 Patch
- TNTina’s Ka-Boom Bow - Vaulted in the 13.00 Patch
Chapter 2: Season 1 - 2
- Damage Trap - Vaulted in the 12.00 Patch
- Cozy Campfire - Vaulted in the 11.0.0 Patch
- Zapper Trap - Vaulted in the 11.00 Patch
- Auto-Sniper Rifle - Vaulted in the 11.0.0 Patch
- Flint-Knock Pistol - Vaulted in the 11.00 Patch
- Hand Cannon - Vaulted in the 11.00 Patch
- Infantry Rifle - Vaulted in the 11.00 Patch
- Explosive Batarang - Vaulted in the 11.00 Patch
- Grenade Launcher - Vaulted in the 11.00 Patch
- Junk Rift - Vaulted in the 11.0.0 Patch
- B.R.U.T.E. Mech - Vaulted in the 11.00 Patch
- Driftboard - Vaulted in the 11.00 Patch
- Chug Jug - Vaulted in the 11.00 Patch
- Slurp Juice - Vaulted in the 11.00 Patch
- Batman Grapnel Gun - Vaulted in the 11.00 Patch
Chapter 1: Season 10
- Burst SMG - Vaulted in the 10.30 Patch
- Drum Shotgun - Vaulted in the 10.2.2 Hotfix Patch
- Drum Gun - Vaulted in the 10.20 Patch
- Storm Scout Sniper Rifle - Vaulted in the 10.20 Patch
- Semi-Auto Sniper - Vaulted in the 10.00 Patch
- Tactical Assault Rifle - Vaulted in the 10.00 Patch
- Proximity Launcher - Vaulted in the 10.2.2 Hotfix Patch
- Storm Flip - Vaulted in the 10.20 Patch
- Air Strike - Vaulted in the 10.00 Patch
- Shadow Bomb - Vaulted in the 10.00 Patch
- Mounted Turret - Vaulted in the 10.00 Patch
- Quad Crasher - Vaulted in the 10.00 Patch
- The Baller - Vaulted in the 10.00 Patch
- Itemized Glider Redeploy - Vaulted in the 10.00 Patch
Chapter 1: Season 10
- Rift-to-Go - Vaulted in the 9.30 Content Update
- Balloons - Vaulted in the 9.00 Patch
- Buried Treasure - Vaulted in the 9.00 Patch
- Poison Dart Trap - Vaulted in the 9.00 Patch
- Boom Bow - Vaulted in the 9.3.0 Patch
- Dual Pistols - Vaulted in the 9.3.0 Patch
- Scoped Revolver - Vaulted in the 9.00 Patch
- Thermal Assault Rifle - Vaulted in the 9.00 Patch
- Dynamite - Vaulted in the 9.3.0 Patch
- Impulse Grenades - Vaulted in the 9.30 Content Update
- Clingers - Vaulted in the 9.00 Patch
- Pirate Cannon - Vaulted in the 9.30 Content Update
Chapter 1: Season 8
- All Terrain Kart - Vaulted in the 8.00 Patch
- Shopping Cart - Vaulted in the 8.00 Patch
- X-4 Stormwing - Vaulted in the 8.00 Patch
- Bottle Rockets - Vaulted in the 8.01 Patch
- Chiller Grenade - Vaulted in the 8.00 Patch
- Sneaky Snowman - Vaulted in the 8.00 Patch
Chapter 1: Season 6 - 7
- Heavy Shotgun - Vaulted in the 7.3.0 Patch
- Six Shooter - Vaulted in the 7.1.0 Content Update
- BoomBox - Vaulted in the 7.3.0 Content Update
- Port-a-Fortress - Vaulted in the 7.20 Content Patch
- Quad Rocket Launcher - Vaulted in the 7.20 Content Patch
- Chiller - Vaulted in the 7.0.0 Patch
- Grappler - Vaulted in the 7.20 Content Patch
- Shadow Stones - Vaulted in the 7.0.0 Patch
- Infinity Blade - Vaulted During Season 7
- Guided Missile - Vaulted in the 6.21 Patch
Chapter 1: Season 1 - 5
- Jetpack - Vaulted in the 4.4.0 Patch
- Crossbow - Vaulted in the 4.0.0 Patch
- Smoke Grenade - Vaulted in the 3.3.0 Patch
- Submachine Gun - Vaulted in the 2.5.0 Patch
- Zapotron - Vaulted in the 1.6.4 Patch
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