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Upgrade Bench
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History
Introduced Patch 11.00
Last Adjustment Patch 14.00
Vaulted Patch 15.00

The Upgrade Benches are scattered across the Battle Royale map. They were added on the initial patch of Chapter 2 Season 1. It allows you to upgrade your weapons in exchange for materials, like the Vending Machine. One can be found at all named locations and a large number of landmarks around the map.

You also have the ability to Sidegrade weapons, which allows you to change an Assault Rifle into a Heavy Assault Rifle of the same rarity, vice versa.

In Chapter 2 Season 3, you can now sidegrade a Submachine Gun into a Rapid Fire SMG and a Bolt Action Sniper Rifle into a Hunting Rifle, but now you can't sidegrade an AR to a Heavy AR.

In Patch 13.20, you can now obtain Upgrade Benches from Chests, Supply Drops and Supply Llamas. You can throw them and reuse them by breaking them, they have 400 health. Normal Upgrade Benches that spawn can now also be destroyed and dropped, they also have 400 health. It appears as the Rare rarity.

The itemized Upgrade Bench has been vaulted on Patch 14.00 as you can no longer break them. However, the itemized variant remains avaiable in Close Encounters LTM.

The Upgrade Station is no longer available as of Patch 15.00 and is most likely replaced with the ability to upgrade your weapons with the NPC's on the map.

Sidegrading[]

Instead of upgrading a gun, you can sidegrade it. What it does, is that you can for example take an Assault Rifle and sidegrade it into a Heavy Assault Rifle without changing any rarity. Throughout seasons new sidegrades are possible. Each side grades costs 20 Wood, Stone & Metal. Though, as of Chapter 2 Season 3, you can no longer sidegrade an AR due to the Heavy AR being vaulted at the start of the season.

Sidegradable weapons change almost every season because of the weapon vaults and unvaults.

Suppressed SMGTactical SMG[]

Sidegrade Conversion Material Cost
Suppressed Submachine Gun
Suppressed smg icon
Details
Bullet Type Light bullets icon
DPS 163.8
Damage 21
Fire Rate 7.8
Magazine Size 30
Reload Time 2.1
Structure Damage 21
Suppressed Submachine Gun
Suppressed smg icon
Details
Bullet Type Light bullets icon
DPS 171.6
Damage 22
Fire Rate 7.8
Magazine Size 30
Reload Time 2.0
Structure Damage 22
Wood icon20x

Stone icon20x

Metal icon20x

Tactical Submachine Gun
Riptide icon
Details
Bullet Type Light bullets icon
DPS 162
Damage 18
Fire Rate 9.0
Magazine Size 25
Reload Time 2.4
Structure Damage 18
Tactical Submachine Gun
Riptide icon
Details
Bullet Type Light bullets icon
DPS 171
Damage 19
Fire Rate 9.0
Magazine Size 25
Reload Time 2.3
Structure Damage 19

Not Available Sidegrades[]

Assault RifleHeavy AR (C2 S1 & S2)[]

Sidegrade Conversion Material Cost
Assault Rifle
New AR icon
Details
Bullet Type Medium bullets icon
DPS 170.5
Damage 31
Fire Rate 5.5
Magazine Size 30
Reload Time 2.4
Structure Damage 31
Assault Rifle
New AR icon
Details
Bullet Type Medium bullets icon
DPS 181.5
Damage 33
Fire Rate 5.5
Magazine Size 30
Reload Time 2.3
Structure Damage 33
Assault Rifle
Assault Rifle (SCAR) (NEW)
Details
Bullet Type Medium bullets icon
DPS 192.5
Damage 35
Fire Rate 5.5
Magazine Size 30
Reload Time 2.2
Structure Damage 35
Assault Rifle
Assault Rifle (SCAR) (NEW)
Details
Bullet Type Medium bullets icon
DPS 198
Damage 36
Fire Rate 5.5
Magazine Size 30
Reload Time 2.1
Structure Damage 36
Wood icon20x

Stone icon20x

Metal icon20x

Heavy Assault Rifle
Heavy assault rifle icon
Details
Bullet Type Medium bullets icon
DPS 140.25
Damage 33
Fire Rate 4.25
Magazine Size 25
Reload Time 3.1
Structure Damage 40
Heavy Assault Rifle
Heavy assault rifle icon
Details
Bullet Type Medium bullets icon
DPS 148.75
Damage 35
Fire Rate 4.25
Magazine Size 25
Reload Time 2.9
Structure Damage 42
Heavy Assault Rifle
Heavy assault rifle icon
Details
Bullet Type Medium bullets icon
DPS 157.25
Damage 37
Fire Rate 4.25
Magazine Size 25
Reload Time 2.8
Structure Damage 44
Heavy Assault Rifle
Legendary Heavy AR
Details
Bullet Type Medium bullets icon
DPS 165.75
Damage 39
Fire Rate 4.25
Magazine Size 25
Reload Time 2.7
Structure Damage 46
Heavy Assault Rifle
Legendary Heavy AR
Details
Bullet Type Medium bullets icon
DPS 174.25
Damage 41
Fire Rate 4.25
Magazine Size 25
Reload Time 2.5
Structure Damage 48

Submachine GunRapid Fire SMG (C2 S3)[]

Sidegrade Conversion Material Cost
Submachine Gun
Submachine Gun (Chapter 2)
Details
Bullet Type Light bullets icon
DPS 170
Damage 17
Fire Rate 10
Magazine Size 30
Reload Time 2.4
Structure Damage 17
Submachine Gun
Submachine Gun (Chapter 2)
Details
Bullet Type Light bullets icon
DPS 180
Damage 18
Fire Rate 10
Magazine Size 30
Reload Time 2.3
Structure Damage 18
submachine gun
P90 new
Details
Bullet Type Light bullets icon
DPS 190
Damage 19
Fire Rate 10
Magazine Size 35
Reload Time 2.2
Structure Damage 19
submachine gun
P90 new
Details
Bullet Type Light bullets icon
DPS 200
Damage 20
Fire Rate 10
Magazine Size 35
Reload Time 2.1
Structure Damage 20
Wood icon20x

Stone icon20x

Metal icon20x

Rapid Fire SMG
Rapid Fire SMG
Details
Bullet Type Light bullets icon
DPS 195
Damage 13
Fire Rate 15.0
Magazine Size 20
Reload Time 1.6
Structure Damage 13
Rapid Fire SMG
Rapid Fire SMG
Details
Bullet Type Light bullets icon
DPS 210
Damage 14
Fire Rate 15.0
Magazine Size 20
Reload Time 1.6
Structure Damage 14
Rapid Fire SMG
Rapid Fire SMG
Details
Bullet Type Light bullets icon
DPS 225
Damage 15
Fire Rate 15.0
Magazine Size 20
Reload Time 1.5
Structure Damage 15
Rapid Fire SMG
Rapid Fire SMG
Details
Bullet Type Light bullets icon
DPS 240
Damage 16
Fire Rate 15.0
Magazine Size 26
Reload Time 1.4
Structure Damage 16
Rapid Fire SMG
Rapid Fire SMG
Details
Bullet Type Light bullets icon
DPS 255
Damage 17
Fire Rate 15.0
Magazine Size 26
Reload Time 1.3
Structure Damage 16

Bolt Action Sniper RifleHunting Rifle (C2 S3)[]

Sidegrade Conversion Material Cost
Bolt-Action Sniper Rifle
Bolt action sniper gray to blue
Details
Bullet Type Heavy bullets icon
DPS 34.65
Damage 105
Fire Rate 0.33
Magazine Size 1
Reload Time 3.0
Structure Damage 105
Bolt-Action Sniper Rifle
Bolt action sniper new
Details
Bullet Type Heavy bullets icon
DPS 36.3
Damage 110
Fire Rate 0.33
Magazine Size 1
Reload Time 2.5
Structure Damage 110
Bolt-Action Sniper Rifle
Bolt action sniper new
Details
Bullet Type Heavy bullets icon
DPS 38.28
Damage 116
Fire Rate 0.33
Magazine Size 1
Reload Time 2.3
Structure Damage 116
Wood icon20x

Stone icon20x

Metal icon20x

Hunting Rifle
Hunting Rifle BR
Details
Bullet Type Heavy bullets icon
DPS 72.8
Damage 91
Fire Rate 0.8
Magazine Size 1
Reload Time 1.8
Structure Damage 91
Hunting Rifle
LegendaryHuntingRifle
Details
Bullet Type Heavy bullets icon
DPS 76.8
Damage 96
Fire Rate 0.8
Magazine Size 1
Reload Time 1.6
Structure Damage 96
Hunting Rifle
LegendaryHuntingRifle
Details
Bullet Type Heavy bullets icon
DPS 80
Damage 100
Fire Rate 0.8
Magazine Size 1
Reload Time 1.5
Structure Damage 100

Charge ShotgunPump Shotgun (C2 S4)[]

Sidegrade Conversion Material Cost
Charge Shotgun
Gray to blue charge shotgun
Details
Bullet Type Shells 'n' slugs icon
DPS 74.8
Damage 88
Fire Rate 0.85
Magazine Size 4
Reload Time 4.5
Structure Damage 52
Charge Shotgun
Gray to blue charge shotgun
Details
Bullet Type Shells 'n' slugs icon
DPS 79.05
Damage 93
Fire Rate 0.85
Magazine Size 4
Reload Time 4.3
Structure Damage 55
Charge Shotgun
LegendaryChargeShotgun
Details
Bullet Type Shells 'n' slugs icon
DPS 83.3
Damage 98
Fire Rate 0.85
Magazine Size 5
Reload Time 4.1
Structure Damage 57
Charge Shotgun
LegendaryChargeShotgun
Details
Bullet Type Shells 'n' slugs icon
DPS 86.7
Damage 102
Fire Rate 0.85
Magazine Size 5
Reload Time 3.9
Structure Damage 60
Wood icon20x

Stone icon20x

Metal icon20x

Pump Shotgun
Pump shotgun
Details
Bullet Type Shells 'n' slugs icon
DPS 49
Damage 70
Fire Rate 0.7
Magazine Size 5
Reload Time 5.7
Structure Damage 45
Pump Shotgun
Pump shotgun
Details
Bullet Type Shells 'n' slugs icon
DPS 56
Damage 80
Fire Rate 0.7
Magazine Size 5
Reload Time 5.3
Structure Damage 48
Pump Shotgun
Pump shotgun
Details
Bullet Type Shells 'n' slugs icon
DPS 63
Damage 90
Fire Rate 0.7
Magazine Size 5
Reload Time 4.8
Structure Damage 50
Pump shotgun
Purple gold pump
Details
Bullet Type Shells 'n' slugs icon
DPS 70
Damage 100
Fire Rate 0.7
Magazine Size 5
Reload Time 4.4
Structure Damage 54
Pump shotgun
Purple gold pump
Details
Bullet Type Shells 'n' slugs icon
DPS 77
Damage 110
Fire Rate 0.7
Magazine Size 5
Reload Time 4.2
Structure Damage 60

Upgrade Times & Costs[]

CommonUncommon: 10 Wood, Stone, Metal.

  • 2.0 Seconds

UncommonRare: 100 Wood, Stone, Metal.

  • 4.0 Seconds

RareEpic: 150 Wood, Stone, Metal.

  • 8.0 Seconds

EpicLegendary: 200 Wood, Stone, Metal.

  • 12.0 Seconds

Locations[]

  • All named POIs
  • Chests, Supply Drops, Loot Llamas

Changes[]

Patch 13.20 (June 30th, 2020)
  • The Upgrade Bench can now be used as an item found in chests, loot llamas, and supply drops. The normal benches that spawn are now breakable and can be used as an item the same way.

Patch 12.10 (March 3rd, 2020)

  • Time to upgrade and sidegrade has been decreased and now is different depending on rarity.

Patch 12.00 (February 20th, 2020)

  • Time to upgrade and sidegrade was increased to 10 seconds.

Patch 11.40 (January 15th, 2020)

Patch 11.00 (October 15th, 2019)

  • Upgrade Benches added
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