The Super Shredder has crossed over from Save the World into Fortnite Battle Royale's Chapter 7 Season 2, arriving as a shotgun-sniper hybrid that fires tight pellet groupings at long range. It is not fully in the loot pool yet, but you can already buy one from the Jess NPC after completing a short questline.
What the Super Shredder is
The Super Shredder is a hitscan shotgun that behaves more like a slug-firing sniper than a traditional close-range shotgun. It has first-shot accuracy, uses standard Shells, and fires a spread of 10 pellets that tightens significantly when you aim down sights. The headshot multiplier is 3.25x, which is why clean hits at mid range feel closer to a sniper shot than a pump.
It is based directly on the Save the World schematic of the same name, reusing the model, icon, and general feel. In battle royale files, it is referenced as "Tea Cake Shredder."
How to unlock it early from Jess
Until the weapon drops into the general loot pool, the only way to carry one is to earn it through the Working with Jess questline. Jess is located on the northwest side of Builder's Barracks.
Step 1: Head to Jess at Builder's Barracks and choose the Introduce dialogue option. This registers you with her and opens the rest of her starter quests.
Step 2: Ping three items of different rarities. Any three loot items with distinct rarity colors count, so a Common, a Rare, and an Epic pickup is enough.
Step 3: Visit five named locations on the map. Landing and moving through five different named POIs in one or more matches will complete this step.
Step 4: Return to Jess. Her service menu now lists the Super Shredder Shotgun for 500 Gold Bars at Rare rarity. She stocks five per match, so up to five players in the same lobby can buy one.
Stats by rarity
Only the Rare version is available from Jess right now. Epic and Legendary tiers exist in the files and are expected to appear once the weapon fully enters the loot pool, along with an Exotic variant tied to later content in the season.
| Rarity | Damage | DPS | Structure damage | Magazine | Fire rate | Reload |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rare | 81 | 72.9 | 51 | 6 | 0.9 | 6.5s |
| Epic | 85 | 76.5 | 54 | 6 | 0.9 | 6.175s |
| Legendary | 89 | 80.1 | 56 | 6 | 0.9 | 5.85s |
Max damage caps at 130 for Rare, 140 for Epic, and 150 for Legendary, and each tier keeps the same 3.25x headshot multiplier.
When higher rarities arrive
The Super Shredder will be fully added to the Chapter 7 Season 2 loot pool when Team Foundation reaches the first Milestone of Act II: The Elites. At that point, Epic and Legendary drops are expected from normal floor loot and chests, and an Exotic variant is also set to debut. No official date for that milestone is currently confirmed.
Right now, the Rare Super Shredder purchased from Jess cannot be upgraded at Rivalry Vending Machines. That may change once the weapon is part of the general loot pool, but for the moment, the Jess copy stays at Rare only.
How it plays
Think of this as a slug shotgun that rewards aim instead of positioning. Hipfiring still spreads 10 pellets, so it is unreliable at point-blank range compared to a pump or tactical. Aiming down sights tightens the spread enough to land most pellets on a single target, which is where its mid-range identity comes from.
At medium distance, a well-placed headshot can deal substantial damage thanks to the 3.25x multiplier, which is why early impressions have compared it to the old Combat Shotgun and the Wrecker Revolver. The trade-offs are a slow 0.9 fire rate and long reload windows, so missing shots is punished harder than with a typical shotgun.
How to confirm you unlocked it
You have unlocked the weapon correctly when Jess's service menu shows a Super Shredder entry priced at 500 Gold Bars. If the option is missing or greyed out, one of the three starter quests is still incomplete. The most common miss is the "Visit 5 named locations" step, since landing at the same POI twice does not count toward new locations.
Once purchased, the Super Shredder appears in your inventory as a Rare weapon with a six-shell magazine. From there, you can use it for the rest of the match like any other floor-looted gun.