Fortnite Update Brings New Modes, New Map UI, a New Hero, and More

Battle Royale

Weapons + Items

• Added new foraged item: Mushrooms
  • Mushrooms will grant 5 shield (up to 100).
  • Can be found around shady wooded or swampy areas.

Bug Fixes

• Jetpack fuel meter now displays correctly when swapping to a different Jetpack.
• Traps no longer wait for the player built structure to finish building before triggering.
• Vending Machines can no longer be destroyed by Remote Explosives.

Gameplay

Added rideable Shopping Carts.

• Room for two - push it around or ride as a passenger!
• Can shoot from passenger seat.
• Found scattered around the world in various locations.
• Fall damage enabled.

Limited Time Mode: Blitz V2

• Summary
  • Faster storms, more loot, exciting finishes!
• What's New?
  • Updated with all of the new weapons & items that have come out since Blitz was last released: Port-a-fort, Clinger, LMG & more.
  • Bus flight height has been lowered to allow players to get into the fight more quickly.
• Mode Details
  • The storm is already closing in at the beginning of the match, choose your landing spot carefully!
  • Wait time between storms is significantly shorter than usual; maximum match length is 15 minutes.
  • Increased chances of treasure chests spawning from 50-70% to 80-90%.
  • Increased chances of ammo boxes spawning from 65-80% to 85-95%.
  • Resource harvesting amounts increased by 50%.
  • Increased materials found on ground from 30 to 75 per instance.
  • Increased the number, spawn rate & descent speed of Supply Drops.

Limited Time Mode: Teams of 20

• Summary
  • Five teams of twenty players fight to the finish!
• What's New?
  • Each team now has their own bus, to make it easier to drop together.
  • Chests & Supply Drops now spawn extra ammo and consumables.
• Mode Details
  • Each team is composed of five squads of four players.
  • Increased chances of treasure chests spawning from 50-70% to 60-80%.
  • Increased chances of ammo boxes spawning from 65-80% to 75-90%.
  • Supply Drops always come in batches of 5 instead of random amounts per Storm Circle. Supply Drop rate increased from 180 (+/- 30s) to 210 (+/- 30s).
  • Teams of 20 has six Storm Circles instead of nine. Most matches will end within 20 minutes.
  • All stats except for wins are counted in this mode.

Bug Fixes

• Shotgun fire adjusted to help alleviate situations where it would hit world objects instead of players.
• Opened treasure chests won't appear unopened when viewed from a long distance.
• Players now face the correct direction when jumping from the Battle Bus.
• You can no longer headshot downed players through their bodies.
• Shots to the upper chest and neck won't count as a headshot.
• Items that fall off the map won't teleport to the nearest player anymore.
• Supply Drops no longer collide with items on the ground while landing.
• Visual effects no longer appear delayed after opening Supply Drops.

Performance

• Major optimization pass to the end of match UI in order to reduce hitching on elimination.
• Fixed a case where traps and weapons were being improperly removed from memory between matches and causing in-game hitches.
• Major optimization for distance field ambient occlusion on PC, PS4 Pro and Xbox One X (GPU optimization).
• Optimized translucency rendering on consoles in all scenes (GPU optimization).
• Made additional improvements to material loading. This will help buildings and characters stream in even faster and reduce hitching.
• Lowered CPU cost of moving simulated networked characters, especially those invisible or furthest away from the player.

Audio/UI/Art+Animation

• Improved rhythm of footsteps on dirt and grass to be more consistent.

Bug Fixes

• Bouncing grenade audio will no longer be heard after the grenade explodes.

• Streamer mode now anonymizes your name for other players.
• The Self-Service Cosmetic Returns feature has been re-enabled.
• Large team modes like 20v20 will be selected by default for new players when one is available.

Bug Fixes

• Locker and Store item rotation speed is no longer based on your controller or mouse sensitivity setting.
• You can now zoom in on the map screen with the gamepad.
• You can now customize the button used to open the full screen map while spectating.
• Binding locker emotes is now working as intended.
• Player's level and experience values will no longer appear as 0 in the match stats screen when eliminated.
• Player's score and XP gains will no longer off the bottom of the match stats screen after completing a match.
• Consumable timers will now display in all cases.

• Added custom Hunting Rifle firing animations for player and weapon.
• A visual effect is now played whenever a player joins or leaves the party or changes their outfit on the pre-game lobby screen.
• Slightly updated the animation while in DBNO.

Bug Fixes

• Holding consumables while using the jetpack no longer causes animation issues.
• The animation for jumping while eating foraged items has been fixed.

Replay System

• Smoothed out Replay Drone controls.
• Added an option to preserve camera settings when switching cameras.
• Changed sorting order in Replay Browser. Out of date and corrupt replays are now at the bottom of the list.

Mobile

Mobile - iOS

• Voice chat is here!
  • Voice chat with your party can now be enabled in settings. Push-to-Talk with your party members!
• Editing different stair configurations will work more consistently.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue causing players to be unable to download Fortnite even if they had enough storage space.
• General fixes to input touch state to better support *many* fingers.
• Trajectory indicators no longer appear when entering DBNO.
• Supply drop health numbers now update correctly when damaged.
• Fixed an issue where touching the quickbar when weapon switching is unavailable could cause your inventory to be stuck on the wrong weapon.

Save the World

Missions + Systems

Where is Ray? What will become of Spitfire? Who is that mysterious hooded stranger? The answers to these questions and more in - Blockbuster 2: A Hero Is Born.

• Added 64 additional Skill Points throughout Commander Level rewards.
  • These new Skill Points will be granted to players according to their current Commander Level.
  • The last two Defender Skill Tree nodes in every Skill Tree tier are now unlockable.
  • Some players who were very near to out-leveling the 'yellow' missions on their map may see that those missions now appear 'green.'
• On the last day of each month, two free Upgrade Llamas will be available in the Loot store.
  • They're only available that day so make sure to grab them!
• Increased the amount of Gold awarded when using BluGlo to boost the difficulty of a mission.
• New Daily Quests are available:
  • Husk Extermination (Melee)
  • Husk Extermination (Assault Rifle)
  • Husk Extermination (Shotgun)
  • Husk Extermination (Sniper Rifle)
  • Husk Extermination (Pistol)
  • Husk Extermination (Trap)
  • Build the Radar Tower
• Lowered Objective Counts required for specific Destroy, Discovery, and Extermination Daily Quests.
• Added Legendary Flux to the Event Store.
  • Available Wednesday, May 30 at 8pm Eastern Time.
• Reduced the preparation timer for the "Scan the Comet" mission from 10 minutes to 5 minutes.

Bug Fixes

• The "Sometimes they come back" quest now only highlights zones in which a Chrome Husky can actually appear.
• Chrome Husky won't appear multiple times in the first Repair the Shelter tutorial mission.
• Rare enemies and Mini-Bosses now drop the correct amount of rare ingredients.
• Players now must complete the final 4 minute encounter to get credit for the "Repair the Shelter" mission.

Heroes

• NEW Mythic Soldier Carbide has been added to the Blockbuster Event questline.
  • New Sub-Class
    • Cobalt Commando
  • New perks
    • Zip and Zap: Lefty and Righty become Space Pistols that fire projectiles which deal energy damage, bounce, and pierce enemies.
    • Corrosive Clips: Lefty and Righty now causes affliction to enemies dealing damage over 3 seconds.

Bug Fixes

• I Love to Reload! will refresh duration even if it was triggered while already active.
• Lefty and Righty should now play the entire ending animation, without being interrupted when players keep trying to shoot.
• Ninja's Mantis Leap Mutant Storm damage visual effects will now appear when landing on structures.
• Frag Grenade's cost won't be consumed if the Grenade does not spawn.
• Shockwave and Frag Grenade will no longer be improperly interrupted.
• Throwing Stars character charm will no longer be visible during Shadow Stance.
• Falling off the edge of the map while Lefty and Righty is active will no longer result in players respawning and be locked out of other abilities.
• Using the Goin' Commando!!! ability while force closing the client will no longer cause abilities to be locked upon game rejoin.
  • This also applies to the Lefty and Righty ability.
• Fixed an issue that allowed the Ninja subclass Fleetfoot to Mantis Leap at no cost while Leaping Ninja Storm zone was active.

Weapons + Items

• Port-a-Fort is now available as a world drop.
  • The Port-a-Fort is made of metal and is three stories high.
  • Does not stay in your inventory after the end of a mission.
• Tiger Assault Rifle has been added to Weekly Store.
  • The Tiger Assault Rifle has a unique perk loadout. Unlike previous event weapons, most of it's perks can be changed and will be randomly rolled when you first acquire the schematic.
  • Available on Wednesday, May 30 at 8pm Eastern Time.
• Changed M80's and Bottle Rockets to be non-persistent items. They no longer take up inventory space and have their descriptions updated to reflect the change.
• Crossbows now properly have a base Critical Hit Chance of 10%, rather than 0%.

Bug Fixes

• Legacy Impact perks now grant the correct amount of impact.
• Blazing Masumune's Energy Nova perk no longer deals damage to friendly and neutral structures.
• Golf Clubs and Baseball Bats now benefit from Heavy Attack Stamina Efficiency perks.
• Legacy Energy Damage perks now display the correct rarity on ranged weapons.
• Increased Building Max Health perk no longer stacks.
• Building Max Health perk now applies the correct bonus values.
• Trap perks will now trigger the proper amount of times.
• The Heals Building perk no longer resets its timer if another trap with the same effect is applied to the same wall.
• The legacy trap durability perks now converts correctly to new perk system.
• Non-damaging traps no longer display critical chance in their stat list. This includes Freeze Traps, Launcher Traps, Healing Pads, and Wall Lights.
• Roman Candle perk damage scales properly. (now scales with Tech).
• Zapper and Zap Zapp will no longer roll headshot perks.
• Neon Sniper Rifle now has the correct chance to headshot Smasher enemies.
• The Military Crossbow now displays the correct mini-map icon.
• Moved the trace location on Wall Dart Traps so it can correctly target any enemy within the less than one tile range.
• Fixed an issue where tier pips displayed on the Blazing Masamune's unique perk, even though it can't be upgraded.
• Neon Sniper Rifle now correctly pierces through enemies.

Gameplay

• PC (and cross platform) Voice Chat support added to Save the World.

Bug Fixes

• UI now properly appears after being revived from the DBNO state if you were downed while falling or building.
• The particle system for DBNO is now attached to the player, so if the player falls the particles will follow.
• The Directional Jump Pad no longer activates repeatedly when a DBNO player is on top of it.
• Lowered the height of the damage volume for wooden floor spike traps. It will now match the shape of the trap and keep Shielders attached to enemies from being damaged.
• Visual effects for the Hover Turret no longer remain active after the Turret was destroyed.
• The Hover Turret now aims and fires correctly if it eliminates an enemy in one hit.
• Corrected the Hover Turret animation.

UI

• Global chat can now be disabled.
  • Options > Game Options > Global Chat Enabled.
• Added the microphone indicator next to the local players' name in the HUD.
• FIRE-UP, AMP-UP, and FROST-UP better explain where to acquire them in their item descriptions.
• Enabled voice chat settings in Save the World.
• Added a help screen that can be accessed from the main menu.

Bug Fixes

• Lootable items (Mushrooms, Shrubs, etc.) will correctly display health bars.
• Fixed an issue preventing players from progressing through the frontend rewards screen.
• Submitting items to the Collection Book no longer attempts to apply the item twice.
• Chat now works after rejoining a party that you left.
• Navigation between schematic and item list in Backpack has been fixed.
• The weapon ammo UI now shows the correct number of bullets in the magazine when a player equips a freshly created weapon.
• Modify Perks option is no longer presented on items in the Collection Book.
• Players will no longer get stuck on the Perk Recombobulator screen when they don't have enough resources.
• Traps perks which are being updated in the Recombobulator now correctly update Impact and Knockback as the perks are upgraded.
• Fixed double bottom bar in the frontend after inspecting reward chest rewards.
• Fixed quest tab not selecting an active quest and showing the Twitch quest details.

Enemies

Bug Fixes

• Smasher charge no longer knocks back players who are using certain abilities like Dragon Slash if they have already been attacked by the Smasher's charge.

Art+Animation/Audio

Bug Fixes

• Visual effects with inconsistent flashes will no longer appear with Blasters and Mini-bosses.
• In a Pinch visual effects no longer persist if lag occurs during removal.
• Storm Shields are now correctly visible when viewed from the top and bottom.

• New mixes for exploration, ambient and combat music added.
• Added Localized dialogue in French, German, Russian, and Polish for the following characters:
  • Soldier Hawk
  • Constructor Bull
  • Outlander Southie
  • Soldier Spitfire
  • Soldier Raven

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue where encountering a single enemy triggered medium threat combat music.