Drum Gun And Playground Mode Now Available in Fortnite Update v4.5

Earlier this week, Epic Games announced the Drum Gun would be coming to Fortnite very soon. It resembles a traditional ‘Tommy Gun’, also known as the Thompson Submachine Gun, and it’s now available in-game with patch v4.5. It’s described as a “hybrid weapon that combines the stopping power of a rifle with the suppressive ability and fire rate of an SMG”, but it must have a downside, right?

Unfortunately, the Drum Gun doesn’t have the benefit of first-shot accuracy and once you fire more than a few bullets at a time, the heavy recoil becomes quite noticeable. It can be found in uncommon (green) or rare (blue) variants, with a base damage of 26 and 27 respectively. Compared to the existing SMGs it has a higher base damage than any of them, with the best being the rare Suppressed SMG with 19 or the epic Tactical SMG with 18.

Unlike the other SMGs in the game though it uses medium ammo instead of light, meaning you’ll burn through your bullets very quickly if you have a Drum Gun alongside an Assault Rifle. Especially since it holds 50 bullets at a time. It can be found as floor loot, in chests or in vending machines, and it goes very nicely with the recent detective outfits that were released in the daily shop: Noir, Sleuth and Gumshoe.

Playground Mode was also released last night and has been included as part of this patch after the severe technical difficulties the limited time mode went through last week. In other Fortnite news, Epic has announced the Blockbuster Challenge while the week 10 challenges have leaked early.