Fortnite Update Brings New Weapons, New Cosmetics, and Tons of Fixes

General

Below are just the general notes of what's new, and an important announcement about Twitch account linking:

Clinger

• Stick it to your enemies and score the Victory Royale. Find this new grenade in Floor Loot, Supply Drops, Supply Llamas, and Treasure Chests.

Noble Launcher

• Charge-up this launcher and leave monsters in shock! Increase the charge for a more intense attack.

General

Twitch account linking has been removed from the game client due to scalability issues.

• Twitch Prime account linking can still be done through the Epic Games website.

• Fixed an issue with metal doors not making a sound when closed.

Battle Royale

Weapons + Items

• Clinger added.
  • Stats:
    • Rarity: Uncommon
    • Location: Floor Loot, Supply Drops, Supply Llamas, Treasure Chests
    • Explosion Delay (once attached to target): 2.5 seconds
    • Player Damage: 100
    • Structure Damage: 200
    • Radius: 1 Tile
    • Max Stack Size: 10
    • Pickup Stack Size: 3
  • Stick this grenade to an enemy and wait for it to explode after a short duration!
    • Cannot explode in the air.
  • Will cling to any surface or player hit.
  • Will detonate early if a structure it is attached to is destroyed.
• Reduced chances of finding Remote Explosives in Treasure Chests by ~40%.
• Minigun adjustments:
  • Increased accuracy by 10%.
  • Decreased recoil by 10%.
  • Increased damage from 16/17 (Epic/Legendary) to 18/19.
• Greatly improved hit registration of long range Sniper Rifle and Crossbow projectiles.
• Port-a-Fort improvements:
  • Port-a-Fort tires no longer grant falling damage immunity after players bounce off them.
  • Port-a-Fort trajectory preview now indicates if it will build with stilts and a ramp.
  • Port-a-Fort trajectory now turns red if aimed too high.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a collision issue with the Port-a-Fort tires that allowed downed players to hide in them.
• Fixed an issue where Submachine Guns intermittently failed to reload.
• Fixed an issue where Cozy Campfire healed for one more second than intended.
• Fixed an issue where red hitmarkers wouldn't show when the Rocket Launcher dealt damage.
• The red light on Remote Explosives can no longer be seen through doors.
• Fixed an issue causing consumables from Loot Llamas and Supply Drops to exceed the maximum stack size in a player's inventory.

Gameplay

• Short fences will no longer block you from building structures.
• The Duo playlist can be set to "No Fill".
• First shot accuracy is now reset when you crouch, uncrouch, or switch weapons.
• Players now spawn closer to their squadmates on the starting island.
• Moved the groups of spawn points on the starting island to be closer to one another.
• Supply Drop balloon health has been adjusted based on playlist:
  • Solo: 500
  • Duo: 750
  • Squad: 1250
• Supply Drops now spawn twice as high and fall twice as fast.

Bug Fixes

• Builder Pro
  • Fixed an issue where primary fire could be interrupted when releasing aim down sights.
  • Fixed an issue where sprinting could stop if you switched to build mode and attempted to quickly build a ramp.
  • Fixed an issue causing player's weapons to automatically fire after placing a structure and switching to the weapon.
• Fixed multiple issues with Supply Drops:
  • Balloon collision no longer remains after the crate is opened.
  • Supply Drops no longer get stuck on structures, trees, or in the air.
  • Fixed Port-a-Fort tires floating in the air when Port-a-Fort is thrown at a Supply Drop.
• Players no longer take falling damage when landing on top of tires.
• Fixed an issue that caused doors to recoil after quickly spamming the interact input when approaching the door.
• Fixed an issue that switched the wrong building piece to edit mode when attempting to edit a different piece.

UI

• Short fences will no longer block you from building structures.
• The Duo playlist can be set to "No Fill".
• First shot accuracy is now reset when you crouch, uncrouch, or switch weapons.
• Players now spawn closer to their squadmates on the starting island.
• Moved the groups of spawn points on the starting island to be closer to one another.
• Supply Drop balloon health has been adjusted based on playlist:
  • Solo: 500
  • Duo: 750
  • Squad: 1250
• Supply Drops now spawn twice as high and fall twice as fast.

Bug Fixes

• Builder Pro
  • Fixed an issue where primary fire could be interrupted when releasing aim down sights.
  • Fixed an issue where sprinting could stop if you switched to build mode and attempted to quickly build a ramp.
  • Fixed an issue causing player's weapons to automatically fire after placing a structure and switching to the weapon.
• Fixed multiple issues with Supply Drops:
  • Balloon collision no longer remains after the crate is opened.
  • Supply Drops no longer get stuck on structures, trees, or in the air.
  • Fixed Port-a-Fort tires floating in the air when Port-a-Fort is thrown at a Supply Drop.
• Players no longer take falling damage when landing on top of tires.
• Fixed an issue that caused doors to recoil after quickly spamming the interact input when approaching the door.
• Fixed an issue that switched the wrong building piece to edit mode when attempting to edit a different piece.

UI

• Self-Service Cosmetic Returns featured has been added.
  • Will allow you to return up to 3 cosmetic purchases for V-Bucks (lifetime).
    • Only eligible purchases made within the past 30 days are able to be returned.
  • What can be returned?
    • Emotes
    • Gliders
    • Harvesting Tools
    • Back Bling
    • Outfits
  • What cannot be returned?
    • Battle Pass
    • Battle Pass Tiers
    • Starter Pack
    • Founder's Pack
    • Founder's Pack Upgrades
    • Loot Llamas (Save the World)
    • Event and Weekly Items (Save the World)

Bug Fixes

• The Shadowplay Highlights button is visible on the victory screen again.
• Fixed an issue that prevented the Shadowplay Highlights button to function on the Lobby tab after switching to another tab.
• Fixed an issue that removed the "Remove Marker" icon from the map.
• Fixed an issue causing teammates map icons to render under the Battle Bus on the map.
• Fixed an issue preventing certain inputs from closing the Squad Comms wheel.

• Self-Service Cosmetic Returns featured has been added.
  • Will allow you to return up to 3 cosmetic purchases for V-Bucks (lifetime).
    • Only eligible purchases made within the past 30 days are able to be returned.
  • What can be returned?
    • Emotes
    • Gliders
    • Harvesting Tools
    • Back Bling
    • Outfits
  • What cannot be returned?
    • Battle Pass
    • Battle Pass Tiers
    • Starter Pack
    • Founder's Pack
    • Founder's Pack Upgrades
    • Loot Llamas (Save the World)
    • Event and Weekly Items (Save the World)

Bug Fixes

• The Shadowplay Highlights button is visible on the victory screen again.
• Fixed an issue that prevented the Shadowplay Highlights button to function on the Lobby tab after switching to another tab.
• Fixed an issue that removed the "Remove Marker" icon from the map.
• Fixed an issue causing teammates map icons to render under the Battle Bus on the map.
• Fixed an issue preventing certain inputs from closing the Squad Comms wheel.

Audio/Art/Performance

• Improved the sound for multiple Supply Drops spawning together, indicating how many spawned and where they spawned from.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed the Supply Drop opening sound not being audible from a distance.
• Fixed an issue causing chest audio to not play in some cases.
• Sound effects for metal doors now play when closing the doors.
• Fixed an issue causing parts of Raven's clothing to stretch across the screen in the Locker.
• Fixed an issue with the Bitemark pickaxe that prevented the biting physics from working properly.
• Improved hitching that occurs on player elimination (more improvements coming in v4.0).
• Resolved hitching that occurred when rendering foliage.
• Reduced hitches on Mac by including precompiled shaders so they no longer need to compile in-game.
• Added an option to enable a Fire button (right side of screen), which can be enabled via the setting 'Use Tap to Fire'.
• Bug Fixes
  • Fixed interactions where players failed to revive teammates and open chests.
  • Fixed an issue where resources being gathered were displayed in the wrong location.
  • Fixed an issue in which characters would occasionally move when the map was opened.
  • Fixed an issue that prevented friendly structures from being edited.

Save the World

Weapons + Items

• Clinger added.
  • This grenade sticks to targets and explodes a short time later.
  • Grenade does not damage player built structures.
  • Can be found in drops in the world, and expires at the end of the mission.
• Noble Launcher added.
  NOTE: This will be available on April 25 at 8pm ET.
  • Heavy weapon that fires a wave of piercing energy.
  • Has three charge states:
    • Uncharged (0.5 tile wide)
    • Moderate Charge (1 tile wide)
    • Max Charge (1.5 tiles wide)
  • Deals energy damage, which is fairly effective against all types of elemental enemies.
• Bacon may now be found in greater quantity…. wherever bacon may be found ??
• Adjusted Energy Ammo Costs:
  • Amount of Energy Ammo per craft increased from 80 to 100.
  • Drops of Energy Ammo in the world increased by 20%.

Missions + Systems

• Salvage the Drone mission adjustments:
  • The Drone will now crash less frequently.
  • The Drone should no longer crash next to a primary mission defense location.
  • Completion rewards have been improved to drop a wider variety of items.
  • Salvage resources have been tripled.
• In Thunder Route 99, destroying mine support structures now grants the correct wood resource.
• Difficulty pylon cost has been returned to a flat cost of 2 BluGlo per difficulty increase.
• [Rework] Anomaly
  • The anomaly can be destroyed by anything doing world damage, including abilities and shooting.
  • Once the anomaly has been destroyed, you must now retrieve the shards by interacting with them.

Bug Fixes

• Concrete corner walls in cities and industrial zones no longer block player built structures.

Gameplay

• Salvage the Drone mission adjustments:
  • The Drone will now crash less frequently.
  • The Drone should no longer crash next to a primary mission defense location.
  • Completion rewards have been improved to drop a wider variety of items.
  • Salvage resources have been tripled.
• In Thunder Route 99, destroying mine support structures now grants the correct wood resource.
• Difficulty pylon cost has been returned to a flat cost of 2 BluGlo per difficulty increase.
• [Rework] Anomaly
  • The anomaly can be destroyed by anything doing world damage, including abilities and shooting.
  • Once the anomaly has been destroyed, you must now retrieve the shards by interacting with them.

Bug Fixes

• Concrete corner walls in cities and industrial zones no longer block player built structures.

Gameplay

• Reduced the resurrect time on Defenders from 5 seconds to 2 seconds.

Bug Fixes

• Rifts and Encampments should no longer block projectiles.
• Traps no longer 'float' when the wall they are on has been destroyed.
• Corrected an issue where Remote Explosives could not be thrown while sprinting.
• Removed predictive stair rotation that would frequently guess wrong
  • Controllers can now zoom on the Mission Select screen by holding the triggers.
  • Missions can now be selected by double clicking them on the map screen.
  • Removed ammo visualization from the HUD due to instances causing it to not reliably fit on screen.
  Bug Fixes
  • Fixed an issue that prevented scrolling through the quest description for the quest, 'Reunion Tour'.
  • Fixed an issue where quest updates would pop up behind the build option HUD.
  • Fixed an issue where rewards appeared offscreen on the Mission Select screen.
  • Fixed a delay that occurred when leaving a mission after pressing the 'Return to Homebase' button.
  • Significantly reduced hitching in the Transform menu.
  • Fixed an issue where high level players could only hit Power Level 124. They can now get up to Power Level 125.

Heroes/Enemies

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue that caused Bullet Storm Jonsey's 'Start Up' and 'Start Faster' perk to not grant the correct amount of bonus rate of fire.
• Fixed an issue where players could shoot during Constructor's Bull Rush animation.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue where certain enemies were showing up too often within the world.