The first Fortnite update of the new year has arrived for the Battle Royale mode, and it introduces the silenced pistol along with a special silent skirmish mode starting January 5th and running through January 8th. No one will hear you coming!
Except, you know, that is not how silencers work. Silencers make guns quieter and harder to pick out among ambient gunfire, but there’s a difference between “quieter” and “quiet.” Seriously, a four-second search on YouTube will turn up dozens of videos in which you can hear how loud a “silenced” gun still is.
So the question is how the silenced pistol works in Fortnite. Does it make the gun quieter but still loud, or does it turn the bullets into completely quiet little “fffpp” noises you see in so many games where silencers are magic toys made by wizards? You can find out yourself in-game right now, assuming you pick one up from the floor, by supply drop, or in treasure chests. It’s available in both Epic and Legendary rarities; have fun searching.
