BATTLE ROYALE

WHAT’S NEW?

Air Strike
Throw this down to get help from above!

LIMITED TIME MODE ROTATION:

• High Explosives Squads
  • Battle Royale with Explosive weapons only! ‘Splode all of the enemies back to the lobby to earn the Victory Royale!
• Sneaky Silencers Solo
  • Nighttime fighting with silenced weapons.
• Classic Squads
  • Classic Battle Royale with only weapons and items from Seasons one and two.
• Solid Gold Duos
  • Fight to the finish using Legendary weapons!
• Catch Squads
  • In this mode, all guns have been removed. The only weapons are grenades and other items that can be thrown or tossed.
• Blitz Squads
  • Drop into this fast-paced Limited Time Mode! You’d better keep moving because the Storm never does.

WEAPONS + ITEMS

• Air Strike
  • A thrown canister of colored smoke that calls in a flurry of missiles from above.
  • Once the canister comes to rest, missiles will spawn after a short delay.
  • Missiles spawn about 120 meters above the smoke canister.
  • Missiles aim for random points within a 9 meters radius of the thrown object.  
  • A total of 20 missiles are spawned.
  • Each missile has an explosion radius of 3.5 meters.
  • Each missile deals 75 damage to players and 200 damage to structures.
  • Can be found from Floor Loot, Chests, Supply Drops, Vending Machines, and Llamas.
  • Drops in stacks of 1.
  • Max stack size of 2.
  • Legendary variant.

MOBILE

• The amount of eliminations required for a Victory Royale in the Team Rumble Limited Time Mode has been lowered to 50 from 150 on Switch, Android, and iOS devices.

CREATIVE

WHAT’S NEW?

New Gallery
Sport a new paint job and create off-road courses using Car Gallery B!

PREFABS & GALLERIES

• Added 4 New Galleries:
  • Car Gallery B – which has more car color variants
  • Snow & Mud Floor Gallery
  • Grass & Sand Floor Gallery
  • Lava Floor Gallery

V9.30 CONTENT UPDATE #2 PATCH NOTES

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BATTLE ROYALE

WHAT’S NEW?

Drum Shotgun
Pick up the beat with this brand new Shotgun!

14 Days of Summer
The fun continues with the second week of 14 Days of Summer! Log in each day for free Challenges, rewards, LTMs, and more!. Find all the details here!

WEAPONS + ITEMS

• Drum Shotgun
  • Available in Common, Uncommon, and Rare variants.
  • Clip size of 12
  • 45 / 47 / 50 damage per shot.
  • Available from Floor Loot, Vending Machines, and Loot Carriers

CREATIVE

WHAT’S NEW?

Prefabs and Galleries
Create your own paradise with these new prefabs and galleries!

PREFABS & GALLERIES

• Added 7 New Prefabs:
  • Paradise Palms Hotel
  • Paradise Palms Hotel Pool
  • Paradise Palms Computer Cafe
  • Paradise Palms House
  • Paradise Palms Car Dealership
  • Truck ‘N’ Oasis
  • Roadside Diner
• Added 5 New Galleries:
  • Paradise Palms Gallery
  • Paradise Palms Prop Gallery
  • Truck ‘N’ Oasis Gallery
  • Roadside Diner Gallery
  • Sand & Grass Floor Gallery

V9.30 CONTENT UPDATE #1 PATCH NOTES

BATTLE ROYALE

WHAT’S NEW?

Revolver
Simple, reliable, powerful. Try out this new take on a classic.

14 Days of Summer
Celebrate a fortnight of summer fun with Fortnite. Find more details on which Limited Time Modes you can expect and more details here!

WEAPONS + ITEMS

• Revolver
  • Available in Epic and Legendary variants.
  • Fires Medium Ammo.
  • Holds 6 rounds.
  • 63 / 66 damage per shot.
  • Headshot multiplier of 2.
  • Available from Floor loot, Chests, Vending Machines, Supply Drops, and Loot Carriers.
• Vaulted
  • Rare Tactical Assault Rifle
    • With the unvaulting of the Suppressed Submachine Gun, we wanted to make sure loot distribution in this class of item was well distributed.
  • Impulse Grenades
  • Rift-To-Go
  • Pirate Cannon
• Unvaulted
  • Uncommon and Rare Pump Shotgun
    • Available in floor loot and Vending Machines
    • There’s been a lot of feedback around the Tactical Shotgun and Combat Shotgun effectiveness, and so we’re experimenting with a world where the Pump Shotgun joins the current shotgun lineup.
  • Shockwave Grenade
  • Suppressed SMG
    • We feel the Suppressed Submachine Gun can fill a complementary role to the Burst Submachine Gun as a viable alternative.
  • Common, Uncommon, and Rare Revolver
• Tactical Shotgun
  • Availability from floor loot reduced from 8.19% to 5.4%
  • Headshot Multiplier increased from 2 to 2.25
• Burst SMG
  • Availability adjustments
    • Availability from floor loot reduced from 5.03% to 3.1%
    • Availability from chests reduced from 18.66% to 10.32%
  • Balance adjustments
    • Base accuracy increased by 13.6%
    • Jumping accuracy penalty reduced from 15% to 5%
    • Sprinting accuracy penalty reduced from 30% to 20%
    • Base damage increased from 23/24/25 to 24/25/26
  • The Burst SMG was dropping a bit too frequently for the role it was intended to fill. Additionally, it was underperforming when compared to similar items.
• SemiAuto Sniper Rifle
  • Availability from floor loot reduced from 0.65% to 0.44%
  • Availability from chests reduced from 5.1% to 3.4%
• FlintKnock Pistol
  • Availability from floor loot reduced from 1.97% to 1.32%
• Infantry Rifle
  • Increased the Epic and Legendary Infantry Rifle clip size from 8 to 10
• Minigun
  • Increased player damage from 18/19 to 20/21
• DrumGun
  • Reduced clip size from 50 to 40
  • Reduced fire rate from 9 to 8
  • Since the unvaulting, the Drum Gun has outperformed in unintended areas. This adjustment should help create more counterplay in combat.
• Heavy Assault Rifle
  • Increased damage from 36/38/40 to 38/40/42
  • The Heavy Assault Rifle usage rates aren’t quite where we’d like. This adjustment to Damage is intended to offset some of the downsides of the weapon.

GAMEPLAY

• Supply Llama
  • Increased the material count from 200 of each to 350 of each
  • Increased the total number of Llamas per match from 3 to 5

CREATIVE

WHAT’S NEW?

Kevin Prefabs + Galleries
Featuring a cube so cool, it even has a name!

PREFABS & GALLERIES

• Added 4 New Prefabs:
  • Kevin Lake House Island
  • Kevin Destroyed Cube Island
  • Kevin Destroyed Dino Island
  • Kevin Destroyed House Island
• Added 11 New Galleries:
  • Kevin Cube Gallery
  • Kevin Cube Shards Prop Gallery
  • Kevin Island
  • Kevin Destroyed Island
  • Kevin Particle Gallery
  • Lake House Roof & Wall Gallery
  • Lake House Floor & Stair Gallery
  • Lake House Island Prop Gallery
  • Rock & Root Nature Gallery
  • Note: We’re aware of an issue where some of these assets will delete themselves if placed in certain ways with the Phone.

Patch Notes V9.30

BATTLE ROYALE

WHAT’S NEW?

Chug Splash
Refresh yourself and allies with this tasty new beverage.

LIMITED TIME MODE ROTATION:

• Sniper Shootout Duos
  • Sniper rifles only. May the best aim win!
• Trios
  • Classic Battle Royale with Three-Person squads.
• Solid Gold Squads
  • Fight to the finish using Legendary weapons.

WEAPONS + ITEMS

• Chug Splash
  • On impact, this thrown item splashes liquid in a small area. All players within the splash radius will be instantly granted 20 Health/Shield.
    • Grants health unless you are full health, in which case it will grant Shield.
    • Chug Splash can heal allies, enemies, and can extend the duration of the ‘knocked’ state for knocked players.
  • Rare variant.
  • Drops in stacks of 2.
  • Max stack size: 6.
  • Can be found from Floor Loot, Chests, Vending Machines, Supply Drops, and Llamas.
• Shotgun Swap Delay Removed
  • Shotgun cooldowns now only apply when the player is carrying multiple shotguns, regardless of Shotgun type.
    • This is a Quality of Life change to prevent the swap delay system from interfering with players who do not have multiple shotguns in their inventory. As with all changes, we’ll be keeping a close eye on this and make adjustments if necessary.
• Reduced the Combat Shotgun’s long-range effectiveness
  • Reduced damage at medium distances by 10%
    • 2.44 tiles to 4.88 tiles
  • Reduced damage at long distances by 20%
    • 4.88 tiles to 9.76 tiles
  • The Combat Shotgun’s accuracy uniquely enables players to hit shots from longer distances compared to other shotguns. However, the damage at those longer ranges was a little higher than desired..
• Vaulted
  • Boom Bow
  • Dual Pistols
  • Dynamite
  • These Vaults are primarily targeted at adjusting the availability of explosives, putting them more in line with where we think they should be.
• Removed the ability to ride Proximity Grenade Launcher projectiles
  • Due to the faster speed of this projectile, it was causing problems with level streaming. You can still ride rockets launched from Rocket Launchers.
• Added short delay to start damaging players from Storm Flip on entry, to mimic normal Storm gameplay
• Added Storm Flip to Audio Visualizer when it is activated
• Toys no longer will show up in the elimination feed on Starter Island

Bug Fixes and Adjustments

• Players could shoot immediately after using a Rift to Go.
• Supply Drones would sometimes spawn underground in areas with water.
• Adjusted the area of around the Reboot Van that players cannot build to prevent the placement of floors and traps under the Van.
• The Proximity Grenade Launcher was auto reloading while aiming down sights.
  • This fix makes it consistent with Snipers and will reload once unscoping or after next attempt to fire.
• Adjusted the timing for the effects of consumables to help situations where players would switch away from the consumable before it finished activating.
• Reboot Cards will no longer fall to the ground. They will remain where they spawn.
• Reboot Cards were remaining available on the map even after the timer had expired.
• Campfires could block explosion damage at specific angles.
• The Shadow Bomb double jump ability could be activated while under the effect of a Boogie Bomb.
• Boogie Bomb effects would continue playing on players while they were skydiving.
• Empty Shadow Bombs could not be discarded correctly if eliminated while the effect was active while in respawn game modes.
• Players that had a Rift to Go used on them at the same time they were being rebooted would sometimes not be put into the skydiving state.
• Storm Flip would deal incorrect damage if two were overlapped on each other.
• Storm Flip was able to stop a Supply Drop from falling
• Weapons were showing while using emotes while on a Driftboard

GAMEPLAY

• Made the “Hold to Swap” feature an option. This defaults as OFF.
  • With the option OFF, pickup is now back on the initial button press instead of button release. This should result in more responsive pickup behavior.
• Made the Fortbyte Pressure Plate Puzzle NW of The Block easier to complete.
  • Once unlocked the Fortbyte will be available for up to 15 seconds.
  • Parking all vehicles on the pedestals will trigger them, except the Hoverboard.
• Slipstreams now fade out the visual effects and play audio cues to warn that they are shutting off before the collision and forces are disabled, to give players more advance warning.
• Added Storm Flip color switch effects, depending on Storm intersection points.

Bug Fixes and Adjustments

• Skydiving from the bus toward a slipstream was not auto-deploying gliders at the correct height.
• Storm Surge was not activating in Phase 8
• Player health could be improperly rounded when receiving damage.
• The health bar for structures could disappear when hitting a wall and swapping to build mode.
• Lava was dealing damage to players too quickly.

PERFORMANCE

• Rendering optimizations on player built walls to help end-game situations with thousands of building pieces.
• Added general optimizations for audio visual indicators.

Bug Fixes and Adjustments

• Resolved an issue causing poor performance in the lobby on Mac when in a large party.

AUDIO

• Improvements to Grenade Launcher and Grenade fuse sounds
  • Added a close-range fuse loop that is attenuated based on damage radius.
  • Sound ramps up as the projectile get close to exploding. If you hear this you’re going to take damage unless you block the explosion.
• Lowered the volume of vehicles in a Slipstream that doesn’t have a driver/passenger.
• Increase the range for the enemy 1×1 pickaxe impact sound from 1 tile to 1.5 tiles

Bug Fixes and Adjustments

• Fixed an issue with audio device hot-swapping when switching between outputs.
• One-shot sounds could re-trigger when walking into audio range.
  • This was most noticeable with harvesting, explosion, and gunshot sounds.
• The Victory Royale sound no longer gets affected by the slow motion effect when a match is won.
• The Combat Shotgun had the wrong fire sounds on Mobile/Switch.
• The Baller suction sounds were playing 2d if someone piloted a baller that you’d previously dismounted.
• Sounds for consumables would not play if approaching a player while they were already using them
• Footstep audio for the “Take the Elf” emote wasn’t playing.

UI

• Hiding the vehicle health bar that appears above a vehicle if you are the player operating it to avoid two vehicle health bars from being displayed.
  • The vehicle health bar that appears above a players health and shield will remain in the HUD.

Bug Fixes and Adjustments

• The direction-to-safety vector lines were not appearing properly on the map when in game modes where respawn was enabled.

REPLAY

Bug Fixes and Adjustments

• Scrubbing a replay could cause the unique font color on Golden points of interest to disappear.

MOBILE

• Increased the size of the auto-pickup radius for items

Bug Fixes and Adjustments

• Graphical Improvements:
  • Lava textures were not appearing properly in the Floor of Lava Limited Time Mode on Android.
  • Resolved HLOD issues that were occurring at Loot Lake on Mobile.
  • Fixed the Quinjet Glider deploy animation on the Google Pixel 2.
  • The collar of the Instinct Outfit was clipping into the hood.
  • The Fiend Wrap and Turbulent Wraps were not displaying properly on certain Mobile devices.
  • The icon for the Wonder Outfit was displaying as pixels.
• The FPS counter was not being properly displayed in-game when enabled.
• While the map was opened, pressing anywhere outside of it was making that press count as if it was the joystick.
• The Cycle Weapons HUD Layouts weren’t visible after jumping from the Battle Bus
• Fixed an issue where the “Require Access to Contacts” prompts was appearing for Mobile players.
• Sound effects and music were not playing properly on the Moto Z2Force and HTC U11 devices.
• Reloading a Shotgun was being impeded when Tap Anywhere was active.
• Player character models weren’t appearing after returning to the Lobby from the Item Shop.
• The Controller UI was appearing on screens even when a controller wasn’t connected.

CREATIVE

WHAT’S NEW?

Prop-O-Matic
Hide in plain sight… Transform into a prop and conceal yourself from opponents. Use this tool and new game settings to create your own Prop Hunt game!

New Islands
Build on two all-new islands! The Wasteland and Caldera Island are available now.

Lighting + Fog
Shadow your world in fog or bring brightness to it with new settings.

ISLANDS

• Added the Wasteland Island.
• Added the Caldera Island.
• Added new Game Settings for configuring outdoor Lighting and Fog.
  • Light Brightness: Controls the intensity of outdoor lighting from the sun or moon.
    • Default: Uses the light brightness from the current time of day.
    • 0% – 100%: Sets a specific fixed light brightness. 0% is very dark, and 100% is very bright.
  • Light Color: Controls the color of light from the sun or moon.
    • Default: Uses the light color from the current time of day.
    • White, Red, Green, Blue, Yellow, Magenta, Cyan: Sets a specific color for the lighting.
  • Fog Thickness: Controls the density of fog on the island.
    • Default: Uses the fog settings from the current time of day.
    • 0% – 100%: Sets a specific fog thickness. 0% turns off the fog, and 100% will pull the fog in very close to the camera!
  • Fog Color: Controls the color of the island’s overall fog.
    • Default: Uses the fog color from the current time of day.
    • Black, White, Red, Green, Blue, Yellow, Magenta, Cyan: Sets a specific color for the fog.
  • Note that lighting and fog graphics can look different depending on the platform.

GAMEPLAY

• Added a new setting “Building Can Destroy Environment” in the Game Settings.
  • Yes: When players build during gameplay, certain props may be destroyed when built upon. This is the default setting.
  • No: Props are never destroyed when players build on top over them during gameplay.
• Added a new “Delete” option for “Keep Items When Eliminated” in the Game Settings.
  • By default, players will drop their inventory items when eliminated.
  • When Delete is selected, inventory items will be removed from the game when the player is eliminated, and the player will respawn with default items.
• Added new settings to apply damage to players when they hit something.
  • Damage Self On Hit Amount: How much damage to apply to the attacking player when they hit a target.
    • 0 – 999 (Default: 0)
  • Damage Self Requires Non-Zero Damage: Sets whether at least one point of damage is required before the attacking player will also be damaged.
    • Yes, No (Default: Yes)
  • Damage Self Target Filter: Optionally restricts self-damage to only apply to certain types of characters.
    • Non-Players, Players, All (Default: All)
  • Damage Self Weapon Filter: Optionally restricts self-damage to only apply when specific classes of weapons are used.
    • Pickaxe Only, Ranged Only, Melee Only, All (Default: All)
  • These settings can also be overridden for specific teams using the “Team Settings & Inventory” device.
• Added effects when respawning, as well as a golden flash effect to indicate how when a player is invincible after respawn.
• Added a new option in the Game Settings to “Allow Manual Respawning”
  • Yes, No (Default: Yes)

Bug Fixes and Adjustments

• The Max Initial Team Size setting was not being enforced in some cases.
• Players were spawning without their starting inventory.
• A networking issue would occur with physics collision that was causing “jump fatigue” issues with certain props.
• Explosive Device sound effects could be muted while the match start cue was playing.
• Sound cues at the end and beginning of Rounds was not properly triggering.
• The Capture Item Spawner was not displaying the related item name during interactions in the Activity Feed.

WEAPONS + ITEMS

• Added the Prop-o-Matic
  • Transform into a prop to hide from your opponents! You can aim at nearby props and trigger the Prop-o-Matic to possess the appearance of the desired object.
    • For best results, use with props found in the following galleries:
      • Outdoor Residential Prop Gallery
      • Indoor Residential Prop Gallery
      • Container Prop Gallery
    • When transformed, you can taunt other players by whistling.
    • Lock your location to stand completely still and blend in.
      • You can rotate the camera without rotating your prop when locked.
    • Note, you cannot transform into walls, structural elements, devices, or traps.
  • Added UI that displays during games to indicate the number of players hiding.
    • The UI element tracks the number of people with a Prop-o-Matic in their inventory.
    • The UI element is displayed automatically if someone starts a game with a Prop-o-Matic in their inventory.
  • Added UI to indicate the duration of time between the “ping” sound effect when hiding as a prop.
    • This UI element and the audio cue is only active while players with Prop-o-Matics are actively hiding as a prop.
• Flag item locations, when dropped or being carried, are now indicated on the minimap.

Bug Fixes and Adjustments

• A player’s health would drop to 50/100 after respawning in a game if the Infinity Blade was equipped.
• The angle of the Stormwing camera would not change when switching between seats.
• The time to equip a Sneaky Snowman was not matching the time displayed on the HUD, which is 3.5 seconds.

CREATIVE TOOLS + PHONE

Bug Fixes and Adjustments

• The hover-over highlight was not appearing on certain props and building tiles.
• Objects that were being held with the Phone were being saved outside the Island’s boundary.
• The Phone would not delete objects that were touching the boundary of the Island.
• Objects highlighted in red would paste when using multi-select.

PREFABS & GALLERIES

• Added the Mega Mall Prefab
• Added 2 new Galleries:
  • Mega Mall Gallery
  • Mega Mall Prop Gallery
• Added the Clocktower Trim and Ship It Trim to Neo Tilted Gallery A.
• Added the Peely Walls to Neo Tilted Gallery B.
• Added the tree in Mega Mall to the Nature Tree Gallery.
• Added the bush in Mega Mall to the Nature Shrub Gallery.
• Added the Volcano Throne and Red Dragon Egg to the Castle Prop Gallery.
• Added Lava Bubbles Particle to the Particles Gallery.
• Added Geyser Rocks to the Volcanic Rock Gallery.
• Added Tent Color Variations to the Military Props Gallery.
• Renamed the Challenge Gallery to the Collectible Gallery

Bug Fixes and Adjustments

• Placing the Lab Tunnel would destroy other props near it.
• The size of the preview volume for the Block Party Prop Gallery was not properly fitting in the gallery.
• The rug and sports poster from the No Collision Gallery was not showing up on Mobile platforms.
• The Arctic Base Hangar Door would delete itself when copied and pasted.
• The Basic Storm Controller would not glow green when marked for multi-select.

DEVICES

• Added new settings to Beacons.
  • Enabled: Controls when the Beacon will be shown.
    • Enabled (default) – On
    • Disabled – Off
    • Warm-Up Only – Appears during the warm-up phase
    • Gameplay Only – Appears when the game is active
  • Beacon Style: Selects the visual style of the beacon.
    • Beacon (default)
    • Badge Style
    • Both
  • Hide HUD Icon At: Sets how far away the beacon’s icon will appear on the players Heads Up Display. (Badge Style only)
    • 2M, 5M, 10M, 15M, 20M, 30M, 50M, 100M, 150M, 200M, 250M, 500M (Default: 20M)
  • HUD Icon Identifier: Allows a specific alphabet letter to be displayed on the HUD Icon (Badge Style only)
    • None, A, B, C, D, W, X, Y, Z (Default: None)
  • Requires Line of Sight: Controls whether the HUD Icon is only visible when in plain sight. If disabled, the badge will be visible on the HUD even when visibility is obstructed.
    • Yes, No (Default: Yes)
  • Friendly Team: Controls whether this beacon appears as Friendly or Hostile for a given team.
    • All Hostile, All Neutral, All Friendly, Any, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 (Default: All Neutral)
  • Team Visibility: Limits visibility of this beacon to only certain teams (both Beacon and Badge).
    • All Hostile, All Neutral, All Friendly, Any, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 (Default: Any)
  • Enable When Receiving From: Shows the beacon when the specified channel is triggered, using the Trigger device.
  • Disable When Receiving From: Hides the beacon when the specified channel is triggered, using the Trigger device.
• Added new settings to Particle props:
  • Enabled: Controls when the particles will be visible.
    • Enabled, Warm-Up Only, Gameplay Only, Disabled (Default: Enabled)
  • Enable When Receiving From: Shows the particle when the specified channel is triggered.
  • Disable When Receiving From: Hides the particle when the specified channel is triggered.
• Added new settings to the Objective Device:
  • Added an additional health option, “Invulnerable”. When this is set, only triggers or an Explosive Device with the ‘Damage Indestructible Buildings’ option enabled can harm the device.
  • Added “Warning Notification Threshold” setting, controlling the remaining health percentage at which a damage warning notification will be shown.
    • None, 35%, 50%, 75% (Default: None)
  • Added “Critical Notification Threshold” setting, controlling the remaining health percentage at which a critical damage notification will be shown.
    • None, 5%, 10%, 25% (Default: None)
  • Added “Show Destroy Messages” setting. If enabled, show elimination feed messages when the objective is destroyed.
    • On, Off (Default: Off)
• Added a new setting to Capture Item Spawner device.
  • Added “Show Capture Messages” setting. If enabled, show elimination feed messages whenever the capture item changes states (Captured, Taken, Dropped, etc).
    • On, Off (Default: On)
• Added new settings to Player Spawn device:
  • Adding “Enabled during Phase” option. (Disabled, Enabled, Warm-Up Only, Gameplay Only. Default: Enabled).
    • Allows you to designate if a Player Spawn pad is active between gameplay and pre-game phases.
  • Color of Pad now changes to red when the Spawn is disabled (either manually disabled or no valid team).
  • Enable When Receiving From: Allows the use of this spawn device when the specified channel is triggered.
  • Disable When Receiving From: Disallows use of this spawn device when the specified channel is triggered.
• Renamed the Air Vent Device to Air Vent Gallery, because it now contains multiple props.
• Added the Geyser to the Air Vent Gallery.
  • The Geyser is a natural spring that launches players high up into the air and allows gliders to be activated.
• Added new settings to Air Vent device:
  • Enabled: (Disabled, Enabled, Warm-up Only, Gameplay Only. Default: Gameplay Only)
  • Knockup Force: None, Low, Medium, High, Very High, Super High, Mega High (Default: Medium)
  • Added Gust Range: How far from the device the gust reaches (3m-15m in 1m increment adjustments. Default: 3m).
  • Min Knockup Percentage: 30%, 40%, 50%, 60%, 70%, 80%, 90%, and 100% (Default, 100%). How much knock up is applied if you step into the gust at maximum range.
  • Enable When Receiving From: Enables the vent force when the specified channel is triggered.
  • Disable When Receiving From: Disables the vent force when the specified channel is triggered.
  • Activate when Receiving From a Channel: Provides a 1-second gust before switching off. Useful to use as a trap.
• Added new settings to the Explosive Device:
  • Adding New Health Option: Indestructible.
  • Adding additional values to Proximity Range (1/8th Tile, 1/4 Tile).
  • Health Bar Style. Switches between the default health bar, an objective style health bar, and an objective style health bar that only shows up when the barrel is damaged. (Default, Badge Style, Badge Style Damaged. Default: Default).
  • Hide HUD Icon At: Distance at which the icon is displayed, in meters (Badge Style Only)
    • 2m, 5m, 10m, 15m, 20m, 30m, 50m, 100m, 150m, 200m, 250m, 500m. (Default: 20).
  • HUD Icon Identifier:  Displays a letter to show on the HUD Icon (Badge Style Only)
    • None, A, B, C, D, W, X, Y, Z. Default: None
  • Requires Line of Sight: Whether the HUD Icon only shows when you are within line of sight. (Badge Style Only).
    • Yes, No. Default: Yes.
• Added new setting to Team Settings & Inventory device.
  • Initial Team Size Ratio: This allows you to set team size ratios. For example, if Team 1 has a Team Size Ratio of 3 and Team 2 has a Team Size Ratio of 1, then Team 1 will have three times as many players as Team 2.
    • Don’t Override, 1 – 10 (Default: Don’t Override)
• Added new settings to Player Checkpoint Device:
  • Added Enabled on Game Start: Whether or not the checkpoint will mark your save when you run over it
    • Enabled, Disabled (Default: Enabled)
  • Added Enable When Receiving From: Enable the checkpoint when receiving on this channel
  • Added Disable When Receiving From: Disable the checkpoint when receiving on this channel
  • Added When Activated for First Time Transmit On: The first time this checkpoint is activated we will transmit on this channel
  • Added When Activated for First Time Per Player Transmit On: The first time this checkpoint is activated for each player we will transmit on this channel
• Added new settings to Item Spawner device:
  • Added new option to Time before first spawn: Instant, spawns the item at the start of the game
  • Added Enabled on game Start: Whether or not the item spawner will begin spawning items at the beginning of the  game
    • Enabled, Disabled (Default: Enabled)
  • Added Enable When Receiving From: Begins spawning items from the item spawner when receiving on this channel
  • Added Disable When Receiving From: Destroys the item on the spawner and stops the spawner from spawning items when receiving on this channel
  • Added Spawn Item When Receiving From: Spawns the next item in the item spawner if there is not already an item on the item spawner when receiving on this channel
  • Added Cycle To Next Item When Receiving From: Destroys the current item on the item spawner and then spawns the next item on the item spawner when receiving on this channel
• Added new settings to Creature Spawner device:
  • Enabled On Game Start: Whether the spawner will actively spawn at the start of a  game or not.
    • Enabled, Warm-Up Only, Gameplay Only, Disabled (Default: Enabled)
  • Enable When Receiving From: Enable the spawner when receiving on this channel
  • Disable When Receiving From: Disable the spawner when receiving on this channel
• Added new settings to Billboard device:
  • Enabled: Whether text will show during the specified game state or not.
  • Set Text Visible When Receiving From: Show billboard text when receiving on this channel
  • Set Text Hidden When Receiving From: Hide billboard text when receiving on this channel
• Renamed the Collectible Gallery option, Only Visible to Collecting Team, to Visible to Opposing Team.
  • Never, Always, or Until Fully Collected (Default: Never)

Bug Fixes and Adjustments

• The Hover Platform was preventing players from building through it in some cases.
• Fixed various issues with the Billboard and how text wrapped between lines.
  • Reverted to the original font.
• The Item Spawner where Respawn Time of 3s would not be saved correctly.
• Fixed an issue where the Barrier device would not scale visually based on changes made in the customization options.
• The Flag was not appearing on the map or minimap.
• The Storm was not appearing on the map or minimap.
• Creative servers were ending when a game was completed after a Storm has finished closing.
• The Flag despawn, pickup, and throw sound effects were projected from the Capture Area rather than where the actions took place.
• Players were immune to Storm damage when the “Starting Circle” was set to 10 on the Basic Storm Controller device.
• The Storm from the Basic Storm Controller was missing a timer when active during a game.
• The Flag ambient flapping audio was too loud.
• The ambient audio for the Basic Storm Controller would stop playing after a game.
• The texture on the Color Changing Tile was stretching when placed vertically.

UI + SOCIAL

• End of round and end of game flow has changed.
  • Added time dilation when the round and/or game finishes to break up gameplay before showing winners.
  • Winner screens now show before all scoreboards.
    • Round Winners are shown if the game has multiple rounds
      • Displaying Round numbers instead of team names
    • Game Winners are shown at the end of the game
      • Made it clearer if the player is on the winning team
  • Scoreboards are shown afterward.
    • Round scores are shown if the game has multiple rounds
      • Timer shows time till next round or time till game scores are displayed
    • Game scores are shown at the end of the game
• “Eliminations to Win” was changed to “Eliminations to End”
• “Creature Eliminations to Win” was changed to “Creature Eliminations to End”
• “Objectives to Win” was changed to “Objectives to End”
• “Collect Items to Win” was changed to “Collect Items to End”
• “Score to Win” was changed to “Score to End”
• “Scoreboard Stat” 1-4 has been renamed to “Scoreboard Tiebreaker” 1-4.
• “Scoreboard Stat 5” has been removed from the UI Settings in My Island.

Bug Fixes and Adjustments

• Changed the help text for the Allow Manual Respawning game setting to be easier to understand.
• Changed the Scoreboard settings help text to explain how the win condition for the round works.
• Fixed settings for the Creature Spawner being called “True” or “False” instead of “Enabled” and “Disabled”.
• Players could potentially get duplicate widgets during games.
• Island description text could overlap the rift waypoint if the description was too long.
• The Chest tab in the Creative Inventory was not displaying the number of stored items.

V9.20 PATCH NOTES

BATTLE ROYALE

WHAT’S NEW?

Storm Flip
Power of the storm in the palm of your hands!

WEAPONS + ITEMS

• Storm Flip
  • Thrown item that explodes on impact and creates a sphere-shaped zone.
  • Where the sphere overlaps the storm, it will create a safe zone.
  • Where the sphere overlaps a safe zone, it will create a storm zone.
  • The Storm Flip deals the same damage as the current storm.
  • The zone lasts for 20 seconds before dissipating.
  • Available in Epic Rarity.
  • Can be found from Floor Loot, Chests, and Vending Machines.
  • Drops in stacks of 1.
  • Max stack of 1.
• Vaulted
  • Hunting Rifle all variants
  • While we value the variety of longer range sniping options, the Hunting Rifle has become somewhat outclassed by the Infantry Rifle after it was changed to hitscan. In addition, there are a few Sniper Rifle options available and we feel it doesn’t currently fill a necessary role in the item lineup.
• Loot Carrier
  • Reduced sniper package availability from 12.5% to 8.45%
  • Reduced explosive package availability from 12.5% to 7.04%
  • The chances of getting high-powered, rare items from Supply Drones was higher than felt appropriate, so we’ve reduced their availability slightly
• Mounted turret
  • Overheat now takes 20% longer. 
  • The Mounted Turret’s usage has decreased over time. By slightly increasing time before Overheat, the goal is to help increase its risk/reward.
• Increased max charge time on Boom Bow from 1s to 1.25s
  • The Boom Bow is a bit stronger than we’d like. This adjustment should reduce frequency between shots, making misses riskier. We’d like to evaluate the impact of this change before making any additional adjustments, and it’s possible that more tweaks will be necessary if this doesn’t have the desired effect.
• The Slipstream’s audio, pink ring, and spinning blades turn off when disabled during the fifth phase of the Storm.
• Players revived from a Reboot Van will lose invulnerability upon shooting or building.
• Air Vents are now more forgiving in order to prevent fall damage when players jump on them from high places.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue in which weapons that previously had no ammo would be unable to be automatically reloaded.
• Fixed an issue where players would take fall damage after exiting a Baller quickly rolling downhill.
• Aim assist can no longer be used to fire at players using a Shadow Bomb.
• Fixed an issue where players could damage teammates who were disconnected from the match.
• Fixed an issue where the Flying Disc Toy would get caught on Ballers in mid-air.
• Fixed an issue where Slipstream audio and visual FX would continue to occur after the player exits.
• Fixed an issue where Air Vents’ sound and visual effects occurred more than once.
• Fixed an issue in which Driftboards were unable to exit Slipstreams.
• Exiting a vehicle that had entered a Slipstream no longer causes players to skydive.
• Vending Machines no longer become unusable when a player using one gets eliminated.
• The Flint-Knock Pistol is now consistently able to knock targets and the shooter the correct distance.
• Dynamite audio no longer gets stuck on a loop during replays.
• The lava bounce visual effect no longer persists if a Baller bounces from lava to water.

LIMITED TIME MODE ROTATION:

SWORD FIGHT

Treasure chest contain Epic or better weapons as well as the occasional Infinity Blade! Fight your opponents to find out who is worthy of the Blade… and who is not.

GAMEPLAY

• Auto Swap Material option was removed and is always on.
  • Removing the option allowed us to optimize Auto-Swap behavior, primarily reducing rare cases in which materials did not swap properly.
• Increased duration for how long elimination credit can be granted to the last damager.
  • Fall damage from 15s to 60s
  • Self-elimination from 15s to 60s
  • Storm elimination from 5s to 60s
• Added support for foot controller devices to the Accessibility options.
• Adjusted Invert Aircraft Controls setting info to better describe the option.

Bug Fixes

• Gamepad custom build controls now consistently allow players to turbo build when using the ‘Place’ action while simultaneously having the ‘Stair,’ ‘Wall,’ ‘Roof,’ or ‘Floor’ action bound.
• Players outside closed enemy structures can no longer build inside them.
• Fixed an issue in which the destruction of a building could be interrupted by reconnecting it to its base.
• Fixed an issue in which players would hang in the air if they disconnected during the bus drop phase.
• Certain Fortbytes requiring a specific cosmetic item now correctly unlock for players who have it equipped.

AUDIO

• Updated reload sounds for weapons to be mono instead of stereo.  This will help with spatialization improvements for weapon swap sounds.

Bug Fixes

• The storm damage sound effect no longer ends prematurely.

MOBILE

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• Introducing Quick Heal
  • Allows for Shield and Health consumables to be used more easily.
    • When health or shields are below 100 (max) – the quick heal button will display on screen.
  • Separate button that needs to be added manually from the HUD Layout Tool.
  • Button Icon displays the current priority items from the player’s inventory
    • Priority 1 – Chug Jug over all other healing items
    • Priority 2 – Health over Shield items
    • Priority 3 – MedKit over Bandages.
    • Priority 4 – If shields are below 50, Small Shields
    • Priority 5 – If shields are greater or equal to 50, Shield Potions
• Added an “X” (Exit) button to close several screens where the “Close” button was too small.
• Players will now get an error message if they try to update the game but have insufficient storage space.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue where outfits wouldn’t be displayed properly after logging out and back in.
• Aim assist and Auto fire can no longer be used to fire at players using a Shadow Bomb
• Fixed an issue for Android players encountering an error when trying to watch live matches.
• Fixed an issue with doors and ziplines being interactable from long distances.
• Centered Events and Challenges screens on devices with a 4:3 display.
• Fixed an issue with the Combat/Build Mode button bringing players back into combat mode mid-animation.
• Fixed an issue where the names of an eliminated team remained under the spectated player.
• Controller blueprint appears correctly when viewed with devices with a wider screen.

Creative Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue with the selection arrows being difficult to select.
• Global Control UI now displays consistently.
• Fixed an issue with sound effects playing in a loop while players hold a grenade.
• Players can now consistently use a controller to access the Show Details menu.
• Fixed an issue where scores would not properly display at the beginning of the match.

GENERAL

• Banner Icons- Updated from 256×256 to 512×512
  • Standard Type – 31 large graphic types updated
  • Battle Royale – 17 large graphic types updated
• Console players can now access language options through the Settings menu.
• Players can now choose a setting on the “Account” tab to opt out of player surveys.
• Updated main menu lobby to be the same as the Battle Royale lobby.
  • We made some initial polish adjustments to the new lobby with a plan to iterate over time and update the theme across the front-end.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed videos not looping on PS4.
• The question mark icon in the Settings menu now fully fills in the box.

UI

• We’ve added the ability to Undo a new purchase to the Fortnite Store!
  • Immediately after you make a new purchase you will be able to Undo this item purchase for a limited time as long as you stay on the purchase screen.
  • After you Undo a purchase, there will be a cooldown on using Undo on that same item, but you will be able to Undo any other new purchases!
  • If you choose to Undo a purchase, the ownership of that item will be revoked and you will be granted back the appropriate V-Bucks.
  • Undo will follow the same eligibility requirements as Return Requests.
    • What can Undo be used on?
      • Items available for purchase with V-Bucks in the Item Shop
        • Emotes
        • Gliders
        • Harvesting Tools
        • Back Bling
        • Outfits
        • Wraps
        • Music
    • What can Undo not be used on?
      • Limited Time Offers in the Store such as Lava Legends Pack, Frozen Legends Pack, and The Laguna Pack
      • V-Bucks
      • Gifting
      • Battle Pass
      • Battle Pass Tiers
      • Founder’s Pack
      • Founder’s Pack Upgrades
      • Loot Llamas (Save the World)
      • Event and Weekly Items (Save the World)
• Players in your squad now have a stronger visual highlight when actively speaking.
  • We no longer display Active Voice Indicators in-game for players that are in your squad.
  • We adjusted this to retain the improved visibility of speaking players that Active Voice Indicators provide while making it easier for you to immediately get contextual information (e.g. health and shield status) for the person speaking.

CREATIVE

WHAT’S NEW?

Transmitters and Receivers
Trigger an explosion off of a coin, drop a barrier when a player strikes a target and so much more! This is just the beginning as many more options and devices will be enabled over the next few updates.

Storm Device
Now you can release the power of the Storm to challenge your players to their limits.  Expect more ways to channel the Storm in later releases.

Pueblo Theme
Build a desert town with the new Pueblo prefabs and galleries. Pairs great with the new Canyon Island.

ISLANDS

• New Canyon Island: A desert themed canyon with a river cutting through.

Bug Fixes

• Sprays will now only be saved if the player has been granted edit permission on the island.

GAMEPLAY

• Updated My Island settings:
  • Added “Building Resource Style” option: Specifies which mode to use when calculating how many resources are gained from destroying the environment.
    • Creative, Battle Royale, and Save the World (Default: Creative)
  • Added “Harvest Rate” option: Specifies a multiplier to be applied to the number of resources gained from destroying the environment.
    • 0x, 0.1x, 0.5x, 1x, 2x, 3x, 4x, 5x, 10x (Default: 1x)
  • Added “Allow Item Drop” option: Specifies whether items can be dropped by players.
    • Yes, No (Default: Yes)
  • Added “Allow Item Pick Up” option:  Specifies whether items can be picked up by players.
    • Yes, No (Default: Yes)
  • Added “Destroy Props on Building Placement” option: Specifies whether player building destroys props or allows players to build through them.
    • Yes, No (Default: Yes)
  • Renamed “Block Building in Game” option to “Allow Building”: Specifies whether players are allowed to build while playing a game.
  • Renamed “Building Damage in Game” option to “Environment Damage”: Specifies whether players are allowed to destroy the environment while playing a game.
  • Renamed “Drop Items on Elimination” option to “Keep Items when Eliminated”: Specifies whether players keep their items when eliminated during the game.
  • Renamed “Infinite Resources in Game” to “Infinite Resources”: Specifies whether players have infinite building resources while playing a game.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue where players were occasionally disconnected after winning a game.
• Fixed auto-sprint not disengaging between game rounds.
• The “After Last Spawn Go To” setting now works with all teams.
• The correct team will be granted victory now in “Score to Win” games.

WEAPONS + ITEMS

• Added a Flag item to the Consumables inventory:
  • Equips on pick up.
  • While equipped, disables building and equipping of other inventory items.
  • Can be swung as a melee weapon, used to harvest materials, or tossed to teammates.
  • When spawned from a Capture Item Spawner Device, the Flag will inherit the Device’s Accent Color.

Bug Fixes

• Flint-Knock Pistol now reliably pushes players the correct amount.

CREATIVE TOOLS + PHONE

• Settings for Flight Speed, Phasing, Grid Snap, Drops, and Collision now save and persist through game sessions.
• Improved performance of Multi-Select when copying many objects at once.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed Phase mode being activated unexpectedly when the Left Stick was configured as Jump on controllers.
• Fixed an issue where the copied objects could appear offset from the camera.
• Fixed the Phone not being able to copy and paste the Arctic Base Hangar Door.
• Fixed an issue where the controls help text would disappear at certain times.
• Fixed an issue where cosmetics could occasionally block the Phone’s line of sight, preventing objects from being interacted with.
• Fixed an issue where the Phone could display a power level from Save the World.
• Fixed an issue with controls help text displaying the wrong button binding when copying an asset.
• Improved Multi-Select to allow it to work more consistently with walls, floors, stairs, and roof assets when copying and cutting.
• Fixed a crash that could occur when copying and pasting the maximum allowable number of assets when using Multi-Select.

PREFABS & GALLERIES

• Added 6 New Pueblo Prefabs.
  • Pueblo Trio
  • Pueblo Duo
  • Pueblo Residential A
  • Pueblo Residential B
  • Pueblo Front Gate
  • Pueblo Bell Tower
• Added 8 New Galleries.
  • Pueblo Gallery
  • Pueblo Prop Gallery
  • Desert Nature Gallery
  • Outdoor Residential Prop Gallery
  • Container Prop Gallery
  • Indoor Residential Prop Gallery
  • No Collision Gallery – props that allow players to walk through
  • Block Party Prop Gallery – featuring new block party signs and team flags
• Added the Rusted Car and Rusted Truck to the Car Gallery.
• Added White Brick Walls to the Factory Walls Gallery.
• Added Desert Rocks and more Ground Floors to the Indestructible Gallery.
• Added Gnomes to General Props Gallery B.
• Renamed the Grass Floor Gallery to Grass X Dirt Gallery A.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed the Tomato Temple Stone Columns to be in the correct position.

DEVICES

• Transmitters and Receivers
  • New system to allow devices to link to each other through Channels.
  • There are currently 8 Channels per island and up to 15 devices can be chained within a Channel.
  • An island can have a total of 100 Transmitters and 100 Receivers
  • Added Trigger Device.
    • Triggered by Player: Specifies whether or not this trigger will transmit a signal when a player steps on it.
      • On, Off (Default: On)
    • Triggered by Damage: Specifies whether or not this trigger will transmit a signal when it receives damage.
      • On, Off (Default: Off)
    • Times Can Trigger: Specifies the total number of times this trigger will transmit a signal.
      • Infinite, 1-10 (Default: Infinite)
    • Trigger Delay: Specifies the delay between receiving a stimulus and transmitting a signal.
      • None, 1 second, 2 seconds, 3 seconds, 5 seconds, 10 seconds, 20 seconds, 30 seconds, 1 minute, 2 minutes, 3 minutes, 5 minutes, 10 minutes, 20 minutes (Default: None)
    • Trigger Reset Delay: Specifies how long it must wait after the trigger has transmitted a signal before it can be triggered again.
      • None, 1 second, 2 seconds, 3 seconds, 5 seconds, 10 seconds, 20 seconds, 30 seconds, 1 minute, 2 minutes, 3 minutes, 5 minutes, 10 minutes, 20 minutes (Default: None)
    • Trigger Sound: Specifies whether the trigger should emit a sound when it transmits a signal.
      • Enabled, Disabled (Default: Enabled)
    • Visibility in Game: Specifies whether or not the Device has collision and is visible in a game.  (This does not affect its ability to receive a stimulus).
      • On, Off (Default: On)
    • Enabled on Minigame Start: Specifies whether the Device will respond to stimuli from the start of a game, or if it must be enabled by another Device.
      • Enabled, Disabled (Default: Enabled)
    • Enable When Receiving From: Receiving a signal from the specified channel will enable this Device.
    • Disable When Receiving From: Receiving a signal from the specified channel will disable this Device.
    • When Triggered Transmit On: Specifies the channel on which this Device will transmit a signal when it receives a stimulus.
• Added Receivers and Transmitters to Devices.  Each of these specifies the channel to which the device will respond or transmit when the conditions are met.
  • Challenge Gallery Devices
    • Added “Turn Visibility On When Receiving From” receiver.
    • Added “Turn Visibility Off When Receiving From” receiver.
    • Added “When Collected Transmit On” transmitter.
  • Music Sequencer Device
    • Added “Start Sequence When Receiving From” receiver.
    • Added “Stop Sequence When Receiving From” receiver.
  • Objective Device
    • Added “Destroy When Receiving From” receiver.
    • Added “When Destroyed Transmit On” transmitter.
  • Pinball Flipper & Bumper Devices
    • Added “Activate When Receiving From” receiver.
    • Added “Enable When Receiving From” receiver.
    • Added “Disable When Receiver From” receiver.
    • Added “When Activated Transmit On” receiver.
  • Explosive Device
    • Added “Explode When Receiving From” receiver.
  • Sentry Device
    • Added “Spawn When Receiving From” receiver.
    • Added “When Eliminated Transmit On” transmitter.
  • Creature Spawner Device
    • Added “Eliminate Creatures When Receiving From” receiver.
    • Added “Destroy Spawner When Receiving From” receiver.
  • Damage Volume & Barrier Devices
    • Added “Enable When Receiving From” receiver.
    • Added “Disable When Receiving From” receiver.
• Added Basic Storm Controller Device.
  • This Device lets you add a simple shrinking Storm to your maps.
  • Start Radius: Specifies the initial size of the Storm at game start.
    • 5m, 10m, 20m, 30m, 40m, 50m, 75m, 100m, 200m, 300m (Default: 50m)
  • End Radius: Specifies the final size of the Storm.
    • 0m, 5m, 10m, 20m, 30m, 40m, 50m, 75m (Default: 0m)
  • Wait Time: Specifies how long the Storm will wait before shrinking.
    • 5 seconds, 10 seconds, 15 seconds, 30 seconds, 1 minute, 2 minutes, 3 minutes, 4 minutes, 5 minutes, 10 minutes, 20 minutes (Default: 2 minutes)
  • Shrink Time: Specifies how long the Storm will take to shrink from Start Radius to End Radius.
    • 30 seconds, 1 minute, 1.5 minutes, 2 minutes, 2.5 minutes, 3 minutes, 5 minutes, 10 minutes (Default: 1 minute)
  • Delay Time: Specifies the length of time which will elapse before the Storm appears.
    • None, 5 seconds, 10 seconds, 15 seconds, 30 seconds, 1 minute, 2 minutes, 3 minutes, 4 minutes, 5 minutes, 10 minutes (Default: None)
  • Damage: Specifies the percentage of max health that players in the Storm will lose each second.
    • 1%, 2%, 5%, 7%, 10%, 15%, 20%, 25%, 50%, 75%, Instant Elimination (Default: 10%)
• Updated Capture Area Device.
  • Updated the Score Value option to include 0
• Added Capture Item Spawner Device.
  • This allows the creation of more tailored Capture the Object experiences with an item spawner that adds extra functionality directly related to capture the object gameplay.  (Hint: Works great with the new Flag item)
  • Create Mode: After placing the device, drop an item from your inventory onto the Capture Item Spawner to define the item to spawn.
  • Play Mode: The Device will spawn a single instance of the specified item and won’t spawn another until the previous instance is removed from play.
  • Friendly Team: Specifies the team associated with the capture item
    • 1-16 or All (Default: All)
  • Captured By: Specifies which teams can pick up the capture item
    • Friendly Team, Hostile Teams (Default: Friendly Team)
  • Accent Color:  Visually distinguishes Capture Item Spawner Devices from one another.
    • Team Color, White, Sky Blue, Red-Orange, Golden, Apple Green, Fuschia, Orange, Aquamarine, Beige, Purple, Neon Green, Cerulean, Aqua, Pink, Green (Default: Aqua)
  • Score Value: Specifies a point value for the capture item when captured. This is additive with the Score Value option on the Capture Area device.
    • 0-100 (Default: 0)
  • Return Dropped Items: Specifies how long it takes the item to return to the spawner after it is dropped.
    • Instantly, 3 Seconds, 5 Seconds, 10 Seconds, 20 Seconds, 30 Seconds, Never (Default: Never)
  • Play Capture Sounds: If enabled, play sound alerts when capture items change states (captured, taken, dropped, etc.)
    • On, Off (Default: On)
• Updated Player Checkpoint Plate Device.
  • Checkpoints now support up to five players spawning on them at once.
• Updated Pinball Bumper Device.
  • Added Sideways Bounce Lift option: Specifies how much uplift is applied to players when impulsed.
    • Don’t Override, None, Low, Medium, High, Very High, Super High, Mega High (Default: Don’t Override)
  • Creatures no longer trigger Bumpers while being unaffected by them.
  • Bumpers can now still be triggered if Knockback is set to Off, allowing them to apply damage, score or knockup.
  • Increased the ‘Instant Reset’ option on Bumpers from 0.1 seconds to 0.25 seconds as the Device can now be triggered repeatedly if knockback is Off.
  • Renamed this value from ‘Instant’ to ‘0.25 Seconds’ to accurately represent the minimum delay.
  • Added Object Direction Importance option: Determines how much the direction of an object hitting the Bumper affects the direction it gets impulsed. (0% means the Bumper will always impulse a player directly away).
    • 0%, 10%, 20%, 30%, 40%, 50%, 60%, 70%, 80%, 90%, 100% (Default: 100%).
  • Added Team option: Restricts the Bumper to triggering only for a specific team.
    • Any, 1-16 (Default: Any)
  • Added Score Value option: Specifies a score to award a player who triggers the Bumper.
    • -20, -15, -10, -5, -3, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 3, 5, 10, 15, 20 (Default: 0)
  • Added Enabled on Game Start option:
    • Enabled, Disabled (Default: Enabled)
  • Added tooltips to all Bumper options.
  • Fixed an issue where a health bar would appear on copied versions of the Bumper.
• Added additional options to Explosive Device.
  • Play Audio / VFX: Specifies whether to trigger explosion audio and visual effects or simply apply the damage silently/invisibly.
    • On, Off (Default: On).
  • Additional values for Structure Damage:
    • 150, 200, 250, 300, 350, 400, 450, 2000, 5000.
  • Show Health Bar:
    • Yes, No. (Default: Yes).
• Updated Damage Volume Device.
  • Changed Affects Creatures, Affects Players, Affects Vehicles and Affects Unmanned Vehicles options from Yes/No to On/Off.
  • Added Enabled on Game Start option:
    • Enabled, Disabled (Default: Enabled)
  • Added Affects Unmanned Vehicles option:
    • On, Off (Default: Off)
• Updated Pinball Flipper Device.
  • Added Knockup option: Specifies how much upforce the Flipper applies to objects up when it impulses them.
    • None, Low, Medium, High, Very High, Super High, Mega High (Default: Low)
  • Added Mega High setting to Knockback option to match the Bumper Device.
  • Added new values to Flip Direction option:
    • Any (triggers from any side and swings towards that side)
    • Opposite (triggers from any side and swings the opposite way)
    • Flip Flop (switches the triggerable side each time it triggers)
    • Never (Doesn’t apply impulse but still triggers other effects such as damage and score).
  • Added Hit on Backswing option: Allows the Flipper to hit any objects behind it as it returns to its original position.
    • On, Off (Default: Off)
  • Adding Bounce Angle Percentage option: Determines how much the direction of an object hitting the Flipper affects the direction it gets impulsed. (0% means the Flipper will always impulse a player directly away).
    • 0%, 10%, 20%, 30%, 40%, 50%, 60%, 70%, 80%, 90%, 100% (Default: 100%)
  • Added Team option: Restricts the Flipper to triggering only for a specific team.
    • Any, 1-16 (Default: Any)
  • Added Enabled on Game Start option:
    • Enabled, Disabled (Default: Enabled)
  • Added Score Value option: Specifies a score to award a player who triggers the Flipper.
    • -20, -15, -10, -5, -3, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 3, 5, 10, 15, 20 (Default: 0)
  • Creatures no longer trigger the Flipper without being affected.
  • Increased the area of effect when the Flipper is activated by taking damage or remotely triggered.
  • Added tooltips to all Flipper options.
• Updated Challenge Gallery
  • Added Visible on Minigame Start option:
    • On, Off (Default: On)
• Updated Sentry Device:
  • Added Spawn on Minigame Start option:
    • Yes, No (Default: Yes)
• Updated Barrier Device:
  • Added Enabled option: Specifies when the barrier effect is active.
    • Disabled, Enabled, Warmup Only, Gameplay Only (Default: Gameplay Only)
• Added additional options to Team Settings and Starting Inventory Devices:
  • Team Name: Specifies a display name for the corresponding Team to be used throughout the UI. (scoreboard, victory screen, etc.)
  • Team Color: Assigns a specific color to the corresponding Team to be used throughout the UI and for devices that support Team Color as an Accent Color option. (Capture Area, Capture Item Spawner)
  • Do Not Override, White, Sky Blue, Red-Orange, Golden, Apple Green, Fuschia, Orange, Aquamarine, Beige, Purple, Neon Green, Cerulean, Aqua, Pink, Green (Default: Do Not Override)
  • Initial Team Size Ratio:  This allows for asymmetric team sizes that maintain a ratio of players per team for any number of players in a game.
    • Don’t Override, 1-10 (Default: Don’t Override)
    • Example: A ratio of 4 for Team 1, and 1 for Team 2, means that with 10 players, Team 1 will have 8 players and Team 2 will have 2 players.
• Added additional option to Player Spawner Device:
  • Lock to Player Name: If text is added to this field, only players whose name contains that string can spawn here.  Leave blank to allow anyone to use this spawn point.
• Added additional option to Music Sequencer Device:
  • Activate on Game Phase: Specifies when the Sequencer will automatically start.
    • Never, Warm-up, Game Start (Default: Never).
  • Added ability for music sequencer to activate the trigger device.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed issue with devices not being rotated properly when placed on existing floors.
• Fixed an issue with the Barrier Device displaying improperly if a player was near it at game start.
• Objects placed inside a Barrier Device can now be interacted with more consistently.
• Fixed an issue where Sentries were being rotated incorrectly.
• Fixed an issue where Sentries were being damaged by Explosive Devices when they exploded within their targeting range.
• Looping Music Sequencers will now correctly reset when a game or round has started.

UI + SOCIAL

• Updated Portal user experience:
• Changed Portal names to only appear when closer to the Portal.
• Updated formatting of Portal details to enhance legibility.
• Changed the distance at which the prompt to change the Portal appears and added a label to clarify that it changes the Portal destination.
• Updated the style of the server list and new feature callouts.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed the positions of squad members in the main menu of the lobby to avoid overlapping with the Featured Creations panel.
• Fixed an issue with improper column spacing on the scoreboard.
• Fixed the scoreboard time column displaying “DNF” where there is no time for a player to display. It now displays “–:–:–”.
• Fixed the “Show Details” button being unresponsive after opening and closing the in-game menu.
• Fixed the button help text for the harvesting tool becoming hidden after unequipping the harvesting tool while using a controller.
• Fixed the “Return to Hub” button being displayed in the in-game menu even while already in the Hub.
• Fixed an issue where the “Memory Used” bar could appear while in the Hub.
• Fixed an issue with controller input display on the Game Description panel when using a controller on mobile. 

v9.10 CONTENT UPDATE

BATTLE ROYALE

WHAT’S NEW?

Burst SMG
This burst-fire SMG packs a real punch in close quarters encounters.

LIMITED TIME MODE ROTATION:

SOLID GOLD DUOS

Fight to the finish using Legendary weapons!

UNVAULTED SQUADS

Battle Royale gameplay with a limited set of weapons made up entirely of items that are vaulted in the standard modes.

CLOSE ENCOUNTERS SQUADS

Close quarters combat with Shotguns & Jetpacks!

WEAPONS + ITEMS

• Burst SMG
  • Available in Common, Uncommon and Rare variants.
  • Fires a quick 4 round burst.
  • Deals 23, 24, 25 damage.
  • 1.75x headshot multiplier.
  • 24 round magazine.
  • Can be found from Floor Loot, Chests, and Vending Machines.
  • Uses Light Ammo.
• Vaulted
  • Suppressed Submachine Gun
    • Common, Uncommon, Rare
    • This week’s content update includes the Burst Submachine Gun, which shares a number of similarities with the Suppressed Submachine Gun (High DPS, Light Ammo, Rarity). Because of this overlap & not wanting to oversaturate itemization in any one area, we’ve decided to put the Suppressed back in the Vault.

TEAM RUMBLE

• Now spawning 4 hot spots each match, to ensure that there is at least one on each side more often. This is a temporary fix until we can set up functionality to force the same number on each side in big team modes.

CREATIVE

WHAT’S NEW?

New Ground Floors
Alter your creations flooring to capture the correct atmosphere!

Mine Theme
Create your own mineshaft to explore!

WEAPONS + ITEMS

• Burst SMG
  • Available in Common, Uncommon and Rare variants.
  • Fires a quick 4 round burst.
  • Deals 23, 24, 25 damage.
  • 1.75x headshot multiplier.
  • 24 round magazine.
  • Uses Light Ammo.

PREFABS & GALLERIES

• Added 4 New Ground Floor Galleries
  • Grass X Dirt Gallery B – similar design to the previous Grass Floor Gallery, but now features sprigs of grass.
  • Grass X Wavy Sand Floor Gallery
  • Wavy Sand X Sand Floor Gallery
  • Snow X Gravel Floor Gallery
• Added Ring Gallery B – which features rings the same colors as the beacon lights.
• Added the Mine Gallery.
• Added a Prop Door Gallery – doors that act as props, so they can be placed anywhere.
• Added a Variant Wall Gallery – giving more customization options for buildings.

V9.10 PATCH NOTES

BATTLE ROYALE

WHAT’S NEW?

Hot Spots
Randomly selected locations on the map that have a high loot rate with an increase of Supply Drops!

LIMITED TIME MODE ROTATION:

SNIPER SHOOTOUT DUOS

Sniper Rifles only. Downed players are eliminated instantly. May the best aim win!

UNVAULTED SQUADS

Battle Royale gameplay with a limited set of weapons made up entirely of items that are vaulted in the standard modes.

CLOSE ENCOUNTERS SQUADS

Close quarters combat with Shotguns & Jetpacks!

WEAPONS + ITEMS

• Shadow Bombs
  • Reduced availability from floor loot from .835% to .677%
  • Reduced availability from chests from 4.65% to 3.98%
  • Reduced drop count from 3 to 2.
    • Shadow Bombs have seen a lot of late-game use, and we wanted to encourage risk vs. reward when picking the item up. By leaving maximum stack size the same & reducing availability, the item’s potential remains the same but swapping a spot for it early on is riskier.
• Unvaulted Semi-Auto Sniper Rifle
  • Available in Vending Machines, Chests, and Floor Loot
  • Available in Uncommon and Rare variants
    • Since the Thermal Rifle and Scoped Revolver have both recently been vaulted, this week we wanted to bring back an oldie but goodie to round out the medium/long-range item line-up.
• Combat Shotgun
  • Reduced the availability from floor loot from 2.015% to 1.409%
  • Reduced the availability from chest loot from 2.183% to 1.846%
    • When compared to other items of similar rarity, the Combat Shotgun was dropping a bit too frequently. This change will put it closer in line with other items.

Bug Fixes

• Dropping part of a consumable item stack no longer interrupts using the consumable.
• Shadow Bombs correctly leave the players inventory when no charges are left.
• Shadow Bombs are consumed properly when quickly picking up a replacement item during activation.
• Combat Shotgun now applies appropriate environmental damage falloff.
• Ability to move is no longer lost if Rift-to-go was used with Balloons.
• The Bush now correctly attaches to players in specific animations, such as skydiving.
• Resolved inconsistent behavior while using Flint-Knock pistol during crouch.
• Air vent audio is now correctly removed upon on destruction.
• Boogie Bombs now properly prevent affected players from skydiving.
• Camera issues when exiting a Mounted Turret have been resolved.
• Remote Explosives will now open and close with doors they are stuck to.

GAMEPLAY

• Introducing Hot Spots!
  • Every match, select named locations will be marked in gold text on the map.
    • These Hot Spots represent the presence of Loot Carriers. Shoot down the carriers for additional high-quality weapons.
      • Minimum of one Hot Spot
      • 25% chance for 2 Hot Spots
      • 5% chance for 3 Hot Spots
    • Loot Carriers
      • Loot Carriers drop a weapon of Rare or higher quality along with two stacks of ammo.
      • Hot Spots will have between 12 and 16 Loot Carriers depending on the size of the location.
• Equipping the blueprint to start building has improved in high latency situations.
• Added crosshair dot while skydiving to allow for more precise map marking.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue with auto material swap canceling turbo build if the client can’t predict the material amount quick enough.
• Updated Environmental and Cozy Campfire Trap collision to better allow players to walk over campfires.
• Players can no longer fire/reload weapons while reviving a DBNO teammate.
• Contrails are no longer stuck on the player if they dropped from the bus directly into a Slipstream.

PERFORMANCE

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a regression in level streaming performance introduced in v9.0. This should significantly improve loading times for buildings, and reduce instances of players landing on low-LOD meshes.
• Reduced hitches shortly after landing, especially on lower-end hardware (e.g Switch)

AUDIO

• Improved enemy jump sounds.
• Reduced the time that it takes the enemy in-air audio loop to kick on, for better awareness of an enemy dropping in on you from above.
• Boosted the volume of nearby footsteps and landing sounds of enemies not in line of sight.
• Tighter spatialization of close-range pickaxe sounds from other players.
• Added clearer sound when an enemy confirms an edit on a building piece within ~2 tiles of your position.
• Removed glider audio tell for players traveling through a Slipstream.
• Your emote music is now prioritized over other players emotes in the front-end.
• Emote music is now full stereo when in the front-end.
• Added a new Headshot + Shield Break sound, for when the two events occur at the same time.
• Lowered the minimum velocity required to trigger a landing sound

Bug Fixes

• Walking up on the edge of a building piece plays correct material specific footstep audio.
• Enemy pickaxe sound now plays correctly from impact point and not from player using the pickaxe.
• The Boom Bow’s fire sound has been fixed to not cut off when switching weapons immediately after shooting.
• Firing weapons no longer lowers building sounds.  

UI

• Changed “Return To Lobby” to “Leave Match”.
• Adjusted the “damage” color when taking shield damage back to an increased-contrast version of the original.  
  • The intent is increased readability of current shield value immediately after taking damage, but red was causing players to believe they were taking more damage than they were.

Bug Fixes

• Party Leaders who left their party’s current match could start a new match and take the entire party with them.

SPECTATING

Bug Fixes

• Focus no longer changes when watching a server replay during the bus phase.
• Watching live games will no longer change players when joining the Battle Bus.

MOBILE

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• Removed the HUD when respawning.
• We’ve made improvements to the UI by adding an exit button to the following:
• Squad Formation in the lobby
• Playground Match Options
• Events screen
• Removed vibration toggle settings for devices that do not support vibration.

Bug Fixes

• Players ammo count now correctly displays in all languages.
• The Mini Map has been adjusted to fit correctly in large team LTM’s.
• Bluetooth headset sound quality has been improved.
• The interaction loading bar no longer progresses counter-clockwise.
• Start Game widget in Creative no longer overlaps with the inventory hot bar.
• Phase Mode Button now correctly displays in Creative.
• FPS counter not being fully displayed on curved screens.
• Emote audio now plays for the full duration on the Nintendo Switch.
• Scoped weapon fixes:
  • ADS perspective could remain on-screen when switching weapons.
  • Player’s view could be inverted when aiming.

CREATIVE

WHAT’S NEW?

Fortnite x Jordan 

Show off your moves in the New York City inspired, Downtown Drop LTM by Jordan featuring Creative artists NotNellaf & Tollmolia. Launch off massive jumps, grind down city streets and collect coins to win!

Score big when you cop the Hang Time Bundle. Get the Grind Outfit, Clutch Outfit, and a challenge pack unique to the set.

Haunted Hills Theme

Create your own eerie islands using the new Haunted Hills theme! Includes several prefab and gallery sets for all your creepy creations.

ISLANDS

• Creative islands are now displayed in the minimap as well as the fullscreen map.

Bug Fixes

• Players are now able to change the island slot in their personal rift even after visiting an island with a high memory cost.

GAMEPLAY

• New “Fastest Time to Win” setting
  • Each round a winning time sets the new time limit for the following round.
  • After all rounds the winner is the team with the lowest time to win a round.
• Added Time limit options of 6, 7, 8, 9, and 12 minutes.

Bug Fixes

• Wrong team can no longer be declared the winner of a round.
• Players will now correctly spawn to spawn pads or checkpoints rather than in the air.
• Lobby music will no longer play on a continuous loop after winning a game.
• Players no longer need to press the same button twice in order to perform certain actions with a controller.
• Weapons will now be granted by the Team Settings & Inventory Device even after Team Rotation.
• Floor traps are now deleted along with their supporting floor even when a ramp is built over it.
• The pickaxe no longer swings involuntarily when swapping to the Phone while swinging.
• Jitter no longer appears on multiple assets on featured islands.
• Creatures are able to move through  archways from the Jungle Temple set.
• The island owner is no longer automatically declared the winner of a game as long as they have more health than the opponents.
• The winner of a game is now determined by Scoreboard Stat 1 rather than the total highest score.

CREATIVE TOOLS + PHONE

Bug Fixes

• The Phone will now target Barrier Devices for deletion.
• Old school and quick builder controls now function correctly with the Phone.
• The axis is no longer missing when rotating an object with the Phone.
• Players can select the Phone now when using a custom control scheme on Switch.
• Players can no longer destroy Holoscreens without permission while on another player’s island.

PREFABS & GALLERIES

• Added 6 New Prefabs
  • Haunted Hills Haunted Tomb
  • Haunted Hills Grim Ruins
  • Haunted Hills Abandoned Dwelling
  • Haunted Hills Hillshade House
  • Pirate Fort
  • Tomato Temple
• Added 5 New Galleries
  • Haunted Hills Gallery
  • Haunted Hills Prop Gallery
  • Haunted Hills Nature Gallery
  • Tomato Temple Prop Gallery
  • Catacombs Floor Gallery, which features catacomb floors mixed with dirt and mud.
• Added pieces to the Indestructible Gallery
  • More indestructible wall variants
  • Indestructible Ground Tiles
  • Indestructible Volcanic Rocks
  • Indestructible Hover Platform
  • Indestructible Neo Tilted Basketball Hoop

Bug Fixes

• The Basketball Hoop, from the Neo Tilted Prop Gallery, was replaced with a destructible version and the non-destructible version was added to the Indestructible Gallery.
• The Ruined Shops prefab name was changed to No Sweat Insurance Building.
• Grass no longer clips through the Rubble Piles from the Scorched Gallery.
• The following pieces no longer disappear when trying to copy/paste: Lucky Landing Roof Corner, Arctic Base Hangar Roof, and Hangar Roof Trim.
• Added player collision to the Mansion Rug, giving it the same properties as other props.
• Increased the preview volume size for the Neo Tilted Prop Gallery.
• Corner Diner Counter in the No Sweat Insurance building (formerly known as Ruined Shops) can be copied and pasted now.
• The Factory Walls Gallery and the Parkour Gallery blue preview volumes fit within their respective gallery sizes now.
• Objects from the Military Lights Gallery no longer display a black bar when viewed from behind on mobile.

DEVICES

• Added Grind Power Up Device:
  • Allows players to slide on any surface and applies spark effects to the player’s feet.  
    • Effect Duration: 3 seconds, 5 seconds, 10 seconds, 20 seconds, 30 seconds, 1 minute, 2 minutes, 5 minutes, Infinite (Default: 3 seconds)
    • Disables Effect on Pickup: On, Off (Default: Off).  If On, if the player has the Grind effect active on them, collecting this power up will cancel it immediately.
    • Pickup Radius: On touch, .25, .5, .75, 1, 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3, 3.5, 4, 4.5, 5 (Default: On touch)
    • Time to Respawn: Never, 5 seconds, 10 seconds, 15 seconds, 20 seconds, 25 seconds, 30 seconds, 45 seconds, 1 minute, 1.5 minutes, 2 minutes, 3 minutes, 4 minutes, 5 minutes (Default: 15 seconds)
• Added Color Changing Tiles Device
  • Prop floor tile that will change to the team color of the player who touches it.
  • Starting Team: Neutral, 1-16 (Default: Neutral)
  • Time Until Reverting: Determines how long the tile will wait before beginning to revert to its original color.
    • Never, 1 second, 2 seconds, 3 seconds, 5 seconds, 10 seconds, 20 seconds, 30 seconds, 40 seconds, 50 seconds, 1 minute, 2 minutes, 3 minutes, 4 minutes, 5 minutes, 6 minutes, 10 minutes, 15 minutes, 20 minutes, 30 minutes, 1 hour (Default 1 second).
  • Score: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 40, 50, 60, 100, 500, 1000, 2000, 5000
  • Steal Score: Yes, No
• Added additional options to the Explosive Device.
  • Time to Detonation from Game Off, Start: 3 minutes, 4 minutes, 6 minutes, 7 minutes, 8 minutes, 9 minutes, 12 minutes, 15 minutes, 20 minutes (Default: Off)
  • Proximity Delay: When proximity detonation is triggered, wait a set amount of seconds before exploding.
    • Options: Off, 1 second, 2 seconds, 3 seconds, 4 seconds, 5 seconds, 10 seconds, 20 seconds, 30 seconds, 1 minute (Default: Off)
• Added additional options to the Capture Device
  • Player Capture: Allows players to score points by remaining inside the capture area.
    • On, Off (Default: Off)
    • Each Player – Each player in the capture area earns points toward their team’s score.
    • One Player Per Team – Only one player from a team inside the capture area earns points toward their team’s score, regardless of how many other players from that team are in the area with them.
  • Player Capture Time: A player will earn points for their team each time they remain in the capture area for this length of time.
    • 1 second, 5 seconds, 10 seconds, 30 seconds, 1 minute, 5 minutes, 10 minutes (Default: 1 second)
• Added additional options to the Pinball Bumper
  • Knockback: Mega High
• Added additional options to the Collectables Gallery
• Added new object options: Amber Pyramid, Blue Pyramid, Cylinder, Shoe, Basketball.
  • Coin Object: Allows you to change the type of object to be collected without having to delete and replace the object.
  • Ambient Audio: On, Off. (Default: On)
  • Consumption Rule:
    • Self – when the coin is collected, it disappears for the collecting player, but remains for everyone else. (Default)
    • Team – when the coin is collected, it disappears for everyone in the collecting player’s team but remains for players from other teams.
    • Everyone – when the coin is collected, it disappears for all other players.
• Added additional options to the Objectives Gallery
  • Added 3 additional Objective objects:  Cylinder, Box, Sphere
  • Visible During Games: On, Off (Default: On)
• Added additional options to the Item Spawner
  • Run Over Pickup: Determines whether the item can be picked up by running or driving over it rather than using the interaction key.
    • On, Off (Default Off)
  • Item Visibility: Adjusts the size and height of the item’s projected image to make it more easily visible, especially from a distance.
    • 1x, 2x, 3x, 4x, 5x (Default: 1x)
• Added additional options to the Creature Manager:
  • Damage to Environment: None
  • Score: None

Bug Fixes

• Barrier Devices display correctly if a player is standing by them before a game starts.
• Pinball Flipper knockback effect now activates after the first bump.
• Resources can now be capped in the Team Settings & Inventory Device. The setting is called “Maximum Building Resources”.
• The “Very Low” gravity setting in the Team Settings & Inventory Device no longer requires a player to die before it is applied.

UI + SOCIAL

• Added options to the UI Settings menu for showing round winner screen and scoreboard screen during rounds based games.
• Added new screen to show the winner of a game.

Bug Fixes

• The main Battle Royale island’s map is now visible in Creative.
• Friend list panel will now display on iOS.
• Players will no longer be unable to open the main menu after opening social panel and scoreboard UI simultaneously.
• The button for Phase Mode will now appear on mobile.
• Server time is no longer displayed while playing a game.
• The “Start Game” widget no longer overlaps with the inventory bar on mobile.
• The score displayed at the end of a round now displays the summary of all rounds.

V9.01 PATCH NOTES

BATTLE ROYALE

WHAT’S NEW?

Tactical Assault Rifle
Tactics take the day! This robust and precise assault rifle is the ideal option for tight quarters.

LIMITED TIME MODE: WICK’S BOUNTY

Summary
Every player begins with several gold tokens. Eliminating an enemy player pays out all of the tokens the target was carrying. The first squad to reach the specified gold token count wins the match.

Mode Details

• Limited respawning: Each player has three lives.
• The more tokens a player is carrying, the more visible on the map they will be when moving or shooting.
• The top 3 token leaders will have their location shown on the map & compass at all times.

WEAPONS + ITEMS

• Tactical Assault Rifle
  • Available in Rare, Epic, and Legendary variants.
  • Available from Floor Loot, Chests, Supply Drops, and Vending Machines
    • Fully Automatic
    • 30 Round Magazine
    • Deals 22/23/24 damage
    • Headshot Multiplier of 1.75x
    • This weapon has a tight spread in close quarters but is less effective at long range when compared to other Assault Rifles.
• Reduced Baller health from 200 to 150
  • The primary goal of the Baller is to provide fun and exciting mobility. We feel that it still has a little too much defensive agency – this change should reduce the effectiveness there while not impacting its strengths.
• Drum Gun adjustments
  • Reduced base damage from 26/27 to 22/23
    • Since its unvaulting, the Drum Gun effectiveness has been slightly higher than we wanted. This change should reduce its combat effectiveness while still retaining its flavor.
• Vaulted Compact SMG
  • Due to the recent addition of the Drum Gun and the brand new Tactical Assault Rifle, we wanted to reduce the availability of high rate-of-fire weapons.

GAMEPLAY

• Slipstream adjustments
  • Slipstreams no longer block building.
    • Trying to build up to get into a Slipstream should be an easy & intuitive experience. We noticed some cases where players would build up to the Slipstream, but due to build restrictions would take a ‘leap of faith’ and not make the jump. This should make getting into a Slipstream easier.
  • Players flying in a Slipstream will destroy player built objects when they collide.
  • Slipstreams are now disabled after storm phase 5.
    • We’ve seen a number of cases where Slipstreams caused issues during late game circles – primarily around getting pulled into the storm unexpectedly. Since the value of Slipstream mobility is limited in those scenarios, we felt it’s better to simply disable them.

PERFORMANCE

• Improvements made to level streaming performance on all platforms.
  • This will reduce cases of buildings not loading in.
• Physics optimizations to improve performance in conduits

CREATIVE

WHAT’S NEW?

Ruined Tilted
Create apocalyptic worlds using the new Ruined Tilted Themes!

WEAPONS + ITEMS

• Tactical Assault Rifle
  • Available in Rare, Epic, and Legendary variants.
    • Fully Automatic
    • 30 Round Magazine
    • Deals 22/23/24 damage
    • Headshot Multiplier of 1.75x
    • This weapon has a tight spread in close quarters but is less effective at long range when compared to other Assault Rifles.

PREFABS

• 7 New Themes
  • Ruined Shops
  • Ruined Twin Apartments
  • Ruined L Apartments
  • Ruined Red Apartments
  • Ruined Fish Apartments
  • Ruined Basketball Court
  • Ruined Clock Tower
• 3 New Galleries
  • Ruined Floor Gallery
  • Ruined Wall Gallery
  • Scorched Gallery

V9.00 PATCH NOTES

BATTLE ROYALE

WHAT’S NEW?

Season 9 – Battle Pass
New Season, new Battle Pass. 100 levels, over 100 new rewards. Available in-game right now for 950 V-Bucks. Find out more information on this Season’s Battle Pass here.
Slipstreams
Get around locations quickly with the new Slipstream wind transportation system.

New Locations
Explore new points of interest that emerged from the destruction of the Volcano like Neo Tilted and Mega Mall.

WEAPONS + ITEMS

• Added Combat Shotgun
  • Semi-Automatic
    • Holds 10 Shells.
    • Fires 9 pellets per shot for 73 / 77 / 81 base damage.
    • Tight spread and fast fire rate.
    • Headshot multiplier of 1.70x.
    • Reloads 2 shells at a time.
  • Available in Rare, Epic, and Legendary variants.
  • Available from Floor, Chests, Supply Drops, and Vending Machines
• Adjusted Tactical Shotgun damage
  • Base damage increased from 66/70/74 to 71/75/79
• Reduced Drum Gun availability from 16.732% to 7.155%
• Reduced Boom Bow availability from 1.292% to .755%
• Unvaulted Grenades
• Vaulted Clingers
• Vaulted Buried Treasure
• Vaulted Pump Shotgun
• Vaulted Poison Dart Trap
• Vaulted Scoped Revolver
• Vaulted Suppressed Assault Rifle
• Vaulted Thermal Assault Rifle
• Vaulted Balloons

Bug Fixes & Improvements

• Turbo building after gliding now works correctly.
• The stink bomb damage audio and effects were not playing if you damaged yourself.
• Fixed the Shadow bomb occasionally not making the player invisible on the Xbox One the first time it’s used.
• Misplacement of Launch Pads in mid-air has been resolved.
• Pirate Cannon camera issues due to network latency have been resolved.
• The Reboot Card deposit sound effects no longer play in replay mode while the Van is on Cooldown.
• The Reboot Van card sound effects will no longer be heard when a squadmate disconnects.

GAMEPLAY

• Slipstreams
  • These tunnels of wind passively carry players down the stream.
    • Players can move faster and change direction when actively trying to move down the Stream.
    • Use directional input to gain extra velocity. Experiment with bobbing up and down for higher speeds.
  • Players are launched when exiting the tube based on their movement speed and exit angle.
  • Projectiles and Vehicles can also enter the Slipstream.
• Air Vents
  • The powerful gusts of air from these environmental items can launch players short distances and grant immunity to fall damage.
• Fortbytes
  • Fortbytes are a series of 100 collectible computer chips available to Battle Pass owners. As you collect Fortbytes, you’ll decrypt a mysterious image. Collect them all to unlock rewards and uncover the secrets of Season 9.
  • On the first day of Season 9, there are 18 Fortbytes available to find. At least 1 new Fortbyte will be unlocked each day. Check the Challenges Tab for detailed information on which Fortbytes are currently available and when the others unlock.
  • Fortbytes cannot be collected after Season 9 ends.
• Disconnected players will stay in the world for 60 seconds. They still take damage and count for elimination points.

Bug Fixes & Improvements

• Resolved an issue with the UI showing health gains incorrectly if the player canceled the consumable close to completion time.
• PS4 controller lighting not always matching your pin color when in Squads.
• Players not able to use Hold to Swap if they previously picked an item up normally
• Adjusted turbo building to be more forgiving under poor network conditions
• Fixed cases of jittery movement under certain conditions.

LIMITED TIME MODE ROTATION:

TRIOS

Classic Battle Royale with Three-Person Squads.

SOLID GOLD

Fight to the finish using Legendary weapons!

ONE SHOT

Low Gravity. Every player has 50 health. Sniper weapons are the only weapon, Bandages are the only healing item. Jump high and aim well!

EVENTS

• Players who have already qualified to be in the World Cup will be marked with a World Cup badge on the event leaderboards
• Leaderboards now have a button to sort games by the number of top leaderboard players in them. This will help identify the most critical active games from a leaderboard standing view.
• The in-game HUD now has different icons for points for Arena matches and weekend tournament matches.

PERFORMANCE

• Improved frame rate on Nintendo Switch, particularly when large numbers of characters are onscreen.
• Addressed some cases of invisible characters after skydiving.

AUDIO

• Better tactical audio when inside player-built structures:
  • Enemy Pickaxe impact within ~one building tile radius has new, louder sound.
  • Wallbreak by enemy close/behind player much clearer/louder.
• Explosion audio improvements- shorter, higher dynamic range sounds that will make explosion audio clearer and punchier.

UI

Bug Fixes & Improvements

• “Swap” text appearing in the pickup UI will no longer appear when picking up more resources than the player can carry.
• The initial storm warning timer was incorrectly showing as 0.
• Spectators and replay watchers can now report users.
• Fixed party invites not showing up in the UI if the user logged out and back in again.

SPECTATING

• Spectating a player’s match will now automatically follow that player. 

MOBILE

• Auto fire will now trigger on vehicles.
• Added option for increasing elimination feed line count in the HUD Layout Tool.
• Dragging/Dropping from the quickbar is now allowed while jumping.
• The location of the boost button on Android for the X-Stormwing has been moved to avoid triggering the Home button.
• Squad formation is now accessible.

Bug Fixes & Improvements

• The delay with interacting when using the quickbar slots has been resolved.
• Weapon icons now correctly display icons on the quickbar.
• Fixed sliders that were broken in the Dead Zone tab of the Controller Options.
• Auto fire adjustments:
  • Semi-automatic weapons now fire correctly.
  • Increased acquisition delay for shotguns.
• Dynamite trajectory indicator is now correctly displayed during use.
• Ziplines can no longer be ridden past their endpoints.
• Autorun no longer takes more than two taps to initiate after jumping from Battle Bus.
• Cooldown Timer visual for boost buttons on vehicles is now displayed correctly.
• The camera no longer shakes when entering the X-Stormwing.
• Left virtual thumbstick no longer becomes invisible when holding left or right and pressing the fire button.
• The Harvest Tool UI button in HUD layout is no longer invisible.
• The stair railing in Pleasant Park no longer clips through the door.
• Variant numbers partially hidden in the preview screen by the “X” button.
• The Dream cosmetic is now correctly displaying:
  • The butterfly
  • Eye glow effect
• Widow’s Bite pickaxe visual effect issue has been resolved.
• The Cooldown ring timer showing briefly when switching seats in Cannon.
• Interact Icon is no longer missing with certain consumables.
• Input Blocked text will no longer appear when opening the inventory.
• The Item Shop arrows now display correctly on iPhone XS Max.     

GENERAL

• Reworked default button layout to be consistent across vehicles (Enter, Exit, Switch Seat and Boost)

UI

• Sub-game select screen has been refreshed.

Bug Fixes & Improvements

• Improved visibility of squad icons on lobby player pads in large parties
• Squad icons in large parties can no longer show an empty slot as ready
• Selecting a highlighted team member in the lobby with a controller can no longer show options for a different member
• Players will now appear correctly as a hologram, when joining a player currently in match
• Reworded Squad formation messaging to be more clear
• Fixed invisible character parts of players who are still loading into the match.

SOCIAL

• Players now remain in the Party voice channel by default when entering a match. The Game channel is still available, but the switch is no longer automatic.
• Added a setting for the display of voice chat indicators.

Bug Fixes & Improvements

• Suggested friends in the social panel match the suggestions in the launcher
• The “Sit Out/Jump In” button in Squad Formation is now displayed correctly
• Sending a friend invite to a suggested friend no longer fails
• Can now still send party invites after joining and leaving a party while set to “Friend” party privacy
• Fixed potentially incorrect notification message when joining a channel
• Voice indicators are no longer stuck on screen when leaving a party while members are speaking
• Fixed duplicate voice indicators appearing for the same speaker

PERFORMANCE

• Optimized the eye adaption rendering effect
• Optimized animation performance for ControlRig (Werewolf, Krampus).

KNOWN ISSUES

• Want to track the top community issues? Head over to our Fortnite | Community Issues Trello board here.

CREATIVE

WHAT’S NEW?

Neo Tilted
Build your own imagined version of Neo Tilted using futuristic prefabs sets and gallery options!

Hover Platform
Hover platforms allow for sky-high construction and are great for platforming!

Creature Manager
Customize creatures’ health, damage and score for advanced games!

ISLANDS

• Added Meadow Island – a 105×105 tiles flat, grass island.
• Updated the look of the Creative and Playground’s hubs.

Bug Fixes & Improvements

• Grass material on islands no longer becomes darker as they get closer to the water.

GAMEPLAY

• Added Team Rotation option which causes players to rotate between teams.
  • Disabled, Every Round, Every Other Round.
  • Use in attack / defend games to give players a chance to play on each side.
• Added new Flight options to Game Settings
  • Player Flight Sprint – Sets whether players are allowed to sprint in games where flight is enabled.
  • Flight Speed – Sets the speed at which players will fly in games where flight is enabled.
• Added “Allow Out of Bounds” option to Game Settings to keep players from leaving the bounds of an island during games.
  • On, Off (Default: On)
• Added Resource Cap option.
  • None, 100, 150, 200, 300, 400, 450, 500, 750, 999, 2000 (Default: 500)

Bug Fixes & Improvements

• Fixed settings not being saved between Fortnite updates
• Game settings are no longer missing from islands
• The Poison Dart Trap’s damage volume will remain after firing.

WEAPONS + ITEMS

• Added the Jewel (Crystal Llama) item to the Consumables tab of the creative inventory.
  • Use it with the Item Spawner and Capture Area to create your own heist.
• Combat Shotgun
  • Semi Automatic
    • Holds 10 Shells.
    • Fires 9 pellets per shot for 73 / 77 / 81 base damage.
    • Tight spread and fast fire rate.
    • Headshot multiplier of 1.70x.
    • Reloads 2 shells at a time.
  • Available in Rare, Epic, and Legendary variants.

Bug Fixes & Improvements

• Players no longer remain invisible after being eliminated while in the Shadow Bomb effect. Shadow Bomb has been readded.

CREATIVE TOOLS + PHONE

• You can now “sprint” while flying to move much more quickly.
  • Simply hold down the regular sprint button to fly faster.
• Added the ability to change base Flight Speed
  • Choose between 0.5x, 1.0x, 1.5x, 2.0x, and 3.0x speeds. (Default 1.0x)
  • To change speeds while flying:
    • On keyboard, press the C button
    • On controllers, press D-Pad Down.
    • (Mobile controls will be added soon, with a totally revised control scheme for toggling options!)
• Increased the Multi-Select limit on selectable objects from 20 to 100.

Bug Fixes & Improvements

• Building tiles can no longer be pasted into the air using Multi-Select when they were not structurally supported.
• Multi-Select no longer displays the Rotate or Drops help text when moving objects that were snapped to the grid.
• Rotation is no longer reset on Bananas, Peppers and Mushrooms when pasting them.
• All selected objects are no longer cleared when attempting to Multi-Select more than the maximum limit.
• Objects are no longer offset from the building grid when placing an odd number of tile units with Multi-Select.
• Using Multi-Select on an object outside of the island no longer allows grid objects to be resized.

PREFABS & GALLERIES

• Added 6 new Neo Tilted Prefabs.
• Added 3 new Neo Tilted Building Galleries.
• Added a Neo Tilted Prop Gallery.
• Added a Neo Tilted Car Gallery.
• Added a Neo Tilted Hologram Gallery.
• Added Neo Tilted Sidewalks to Street Gallery B.
• Added the Neo Tilted Tree to the Nature Tree Gallery.
• Added the Neo Tilted Flowers to the Nature Jungle Gallery.
• Added more props to General Props Gallery B.

Bug Fixes & Improvements

• Grass no longer clips through the Pizza Pete Prop.
• Trash piles in General Props Gallery A are no longer invisible for mobile users.
• “Elec Cruisin’” and Elec Groove” tracks are no longer missing from the Radio device in the Visualizer Gallery.

DEVICES

• Added the Creature Manager device to the creative inventory. This allows you to customize the attributes of the creatures that the Creature Spawners create.
  • Use one Creature Manager per creature type that you want to customize.
  • Type: Fiend, Red Fiend, Brute, Red Brute, Ranged, Megabrute
  • Health: Default, 1, 5, 10, 25, 50, 100, 200, 500, 1000, 2000, 5000
  • Score: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 10, 15, 20, 50, 100
  • Damage to players: None, Default, 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 25, 50, 100, 150, 200, 500
  • Damage to the environment: Default, 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 25, 50, 100, 150, 200, 500
• Added the Hover Platform device.
  • This can be placed anywhere and allows building in the air.
  • Make sure you place the hover platform first; placing it on an existing building can cause the building to be destroyed.
  • Known issue: Using Multi-Select with a Hover Platform causes anything built on it to be destroyed when placed.
• Added the Air Vent device.
  • Boosts players into the air.
• Added Bacon to the Challenge Gallery.
• Added new options to the Capture Area device.
  • Added Team option to restrict item captures to a specific team.
    • 1-16 or All (Default: All)
  • Added Accent Color option to help visually distinguish Capture Area devices from one another.
    • White, Sky Blue, Red-Orange, Golden, Apple Green, Fuschia, Orange, Aquamarine, Beige, Purple, Neon Green, Cerulean, Aqua, Pink, Green (Default: Aqua)
• Added new options to the Objective device.
  • Added “Show Damage Numbers” option to show how much damage is dealt to the Objective when it is damaged.
    • On, Off (Default: Off)
  • Updated the health bar on the Objective Device; it now shows whether it’s a Friendly or Enemy target by its color (Friendly shows blue, Enemy shows red)
• Added new option to the Explosive Barrel.
  • Added “Show Damage Numbers” option to show how much damage is dealt to the Explosive Barrel when it is damaged.
• On, Off (Default: Off)
• Added new option to the Coin.
  • Added “Collecting Team” option to specify which team can collect the coin
    • All, Team 1-16(Default: All)

Bug Fixes & Improvements

• Objective Device health bars will now always display correctly based on settings.
• Creature Spawners should now abide by their Wave Timer settings more accurately at lower values.
• Creatures no longer take excessive fall damage when spawned on Sandbar Island.
• Objective Device no longer changes to the generator model when leaving and rejoining an island.

UI + SOCIAL

• Matched the color for the in-world markers of attack/defend objectives to the color variations in their respective HUD elements.
  • Friendly shows blue, Enemy shows red
• Renamed “knockdowns” to “eliminated” in the scoreboard

Bug Fixes & Improvements

• The top 2 teams are now placed correctly when there is not a tie.
• Real-time scoreboard columns are now updating after changing the tracked stats between games.
• The default HUD type no longer shows the text “Objectives Remaining” even if there were no Objective Devices.
• The final round Scoreboard of a game is now titled the round number instead of “Scoreboard”.
• The round Scoreboard now shows progress towards the total number of rounds (e.g. “Round 2” will now display as “Round 2 / 3”).
• The health bar of the Objective Device no longer disappears when respawning.
• Black bars at the start of a game now span across the entire screen on Xbox One and Switch platforms.

PERFORMANCE

• Resolved some big hitches when using the Barrier device, Music Sequencer, or Driftboard Spawner.
• Improved the performance of some Phone interactions to reduce hitching.

V8.51 PATCH NOTES

• JUMP TOBATTLE ROYALE
• JUMP TOSAVE THE WORLD
• JUMP TOCREATIVE

BATTLE ROYALE

WHAT’S NEW?

Shadow Bomb
Become one with the shadows! Engulf yourself in darkness with this new item, becoming invisible to enemies, increasing your speed, and allowing the ability to perform double jumps.

WEAPONS + ITEMS

• Shadow Bomb
  • Shrouds yourself in shadow, briefly becoming invisible to enemies.
    • 6-second duration
    • User becomes more visible to others near the end of the effect.
    • Increases your movement speed, provides the ability to double jump, and wall jump.
      • Players are unable to attack, build, or loot while under the effects of the Shadow Bomb.
  • Rarity: Uncommon
  • Can hold a maximum of 6
  • Can be found from Floor Loot, Chests, Supply Drops, and Supply Llamas.

GAMEPLAY

Bug Fixes & Improvements

• Sound effects for Jetpacks were occasionally playing much louder than they should be.

UI

Bug Fixes & Improvements

• The Victory Royale UI animation was displaying for all players in Limited Time Modes with respawning enabled.

SAVE THE WORLD

WHAT’S NEW?

Duet
Create a Duet between you… and the Husks!

WEAPONS + ITEMS

• Duet
  • A high damage assault rifle that’s good for sustained fire due to its large magazine capacity.
  • Available in the Weekly Store from May 1 at 8PM ET until May 8 at 8PM ET.

CREATIVE

WHAT’S NEW?

Diner Prefabs!
Grab a table for two, or the entire kitchen, with these delectable, new Diner prefabs.

WEAPONS + ITEMS

• Shadow Bomb
  • Shrouds yourself in shadow, briefly becoming invisible to enemies.
  • 6-second duration
  • User becomes more visible to others near the end of the effect.
  • Increases your movement speed, provides the ability to double jump, and wall jump.
    • Players are unable to attack, build, or loot while under the effects of the Shadow Bomb.

PREFABS

• New Prefabs and Galleries based on Fortnite Battle Royale’s restaurants and diners.
  • Durrr Burger Prefab
  • Uncle Pete’s Pizza Pit Prefab
  • SofDeez Ice Cream Shop Prefab
  • 4 Diner Galleries

GENERAL

SOCIAL

Bug Fixes & Improvements

• Any Suggested Friends could not be added to friends.