Bumper Fortnite v8.30 patch brings Reboot Vans together with Buccaneer’s Bounty Event and “technical improvements”

10.04.2019

Fortnite Reboot Vans

The headline addition is unquestionably the much-anticipated Reboot Vans, which permit gamers to revive downed allies from designated respawn factors across the map.

The mechanic can be acquainted to gamers of Apex Legends, and appears set to revamp the aggressive meta of squads Fortnite. No extra sitting round ready for the following match if your pals are nonetheless alive and kicking.

Heading to the Reboot Van may also go away you uncovered although, so it’s not fully simple.

Buccaneer’s Bounty Event

Also dropping with this patch is the Buccaneer’s Bounty Event. It’s a set of free challenges which allow you to earn in-game rewards by taking part in a brand new LTM every single day.

Everyone loves new in-game gadgets, particularly when you possibly can earn them by play and so they’re free!

The frequency of Treasure Maps and Chests have been upped throughout these LTMs, so that you’ll remember to discover some cool loot as nicely.

Fortnite v8.30 obtain measurement

You might need seen that this Fortnite replace is kind of a giant one. Epic Games talked about the rise in file measurement yesterday on Twitter, explaining that the additional information is because of obligatory “technical improvements” it’s making to the game.

We’re making technical enhancements in v8.30, rising the scale of this replace. Find the obtain sizes beneath:

PC:6.93GB
Mac:7.7GB
PS4:3.9GB
Xbox:4.06GB
Switch:3.93GB
iOS:1.14 – 1.76GB
Android:1.56 – 2.98GB
Mobile gadgets with <6gb of area might want to re-download Fortnite

— Fortnite (@FortniteGame) April 9, 2019

Mac gamers will want the very best quantity of storage – their replace clocks in at 7.7GB – whereas cellular gamers whose gadgets have lower than 6GB of free area should fully redownload Fortnite.

In different information, Creative gamers now have entry to the brand new MultiSelect device, the Military Base Theme, and a Capture Area.

Of these, the Capture Area might be probably the most attention-grabbing, since it would permit complete new “capture-the-flag”-style game varieties.

The weekly challenges will drop as ordinary on Thursday, and all of the earlier ones from this season are nonetheless reside. Check out our guides when you want a hand with ticking any off:

Week 6 Challenges

Week 5 Challenges

Week 4 Challenges

Week 3 Challenges

Week 2 Challenges

Visit the furthest north, south, east, and west points of the island.

Week 1 Challenges

You may also take a look at the place to seek out the Fortnite Season 8 hidden Battle Stars and Banners here.

The full patch notes for Fortnite v8.30 are beneath:

WEAPONS + ITEMS

Reboot Van / Cards

Reboot Vans have now been added to the map in any respect main POIs.
When squad members are eradicated they now drop their Reboot Card, which could be collected by different squad members.
Reboot Vans / Cards are disabled in Solos, Big Team Limited Time Modes, and any modes with respawns enabled.
Reboot Cards stay on this planet for 90s after they’ve been dropped.
Pickup Interaction time: 0.5 seconds.
Bringing Reboot Cards to Reboot Vans will deliver every squad member whose card has been collected again into battle.
Collected Reboot Cards could be turned in by any squad member no matter which member picked up the Card.
Interaction time: 10 seconds.
A Reboot Van goes on cooldown and can’t be activated once more for 120 seconds after it’s used.

Rebooted squad members return with:

100 Health
1 Common Pistol
36 Light Ammo
100 Wood

Infantry Rifle

Damage decreased from 40/42 to 38/40.
Fall-off injury at most vary elevated from 26/28 to 32/34.
Poison Dart Trap injury ticks will not trigger the digicam to shake repeatedly.

Bug Fixes

Fixed a difficulty that sometimes prevented weapon fireplace from queuing for shotguns after switching weapons with out re-pressing the fireplace key.
Fixed a difficulty the place if a Clinger is connected to a participant and so they entered a Baller that it wouldn’t deal injury.
Fixed sniper rifles taking part in fireplace animations twice per shot from the perspective of different gamers.
Fixed grenade projectile trajectories lagging behind barely when transferring and rotating.
Fixed Traps not activating if a participant blocks line of sight with a construction however then the construction is destroyed.
Fixed Balloon sound results sometimes taking part in when coming into a car with out Balloons energetic.
Fixed a difficulty with single shot weapons not reloading correctly whereas in concentrating on mode.
Fixed Peppers not granting motion velocity whereas strolling.
Fixed Minigun Rev Up/Down sound results persisting after boosting on a Driftboard.
Fixed a difficulty with Ziplines after utilizing a Launch Pad that would trigger the participant to leap larger.
Fixed a difficulty with gamers getting knocked backward when firing the Pirate Cannon upwards.
Fixed Pirate Cannons getting caught in an indefinite horizontal rotation.
Fixed a difficulty with Boom Bow not displaying up with the Visualize Sound Effects choice.
Fixed a difficulty with automobiles shot by Boom Bow not taking part in hit notification sound results.
Fixed a difficulty with the Boom Bow having longer than anticipated projectile path results.
Fixed a difficulty with Boom Bow projectile results sometimes flying by enemies.
Fixed a spelling error within the elimination feed with Boom Bow.

GAMEPLAY

Buccaneer’s Bounty Event

A special Limited Time Mode rotates in every single day from April 10 – April 15.
Drop in and Complete free Challenges to earn in-game rewards.
Increased the spawn price of Treasure Maps in the course of this occasion:
Floor Loot: Increased availability from .25% to .5%
Chests: Increased availability from 1.55% to three.05%

All side ratios could have the identical vertical FOV on Mac and PC.
In the close to future, ultrawide screens can be restricted to 16:9 in aggressive game modes.
Added separate controller sensitivities for constructing and modifying buildings.
The Glider Redeploy merchandise is now sorted to the appropriate together with different consumables when “Auto sort consumables to the right” is enabled.
Added skill to cycle hotbar gadgets whereas gliding.
Hit markers at the moment are server authoritative.
We’ve heard the suggestions that hit markers are generally seen for photographs however don’t apply injury, so we’re going to delay displaying them till the server has confirmed the hit.
Fixed sniper injury not inflicting broken gamers to play a response animation.
Adjusted how Storm injury is utilized in order that gamers coming into the Storm could have a set period of time earlier than injury is utilized.
The preliminary occasion of injury will begin 1 second after coming into the Storm.

Bug Fixes

Fixed a difficulty the place gamers would incorrectly edit construction behind them when backed up near a participant constructed wall.
Players dropping in warm-up is not going to award eliminations if one other participant prompted them to obtain fall injury.
Fixed Traps being hidden beneath sure flooring items that don’t fully align with the grid.

COMPETITIVE

New Tournament – April 13 & 14: Fortnite World Cup Online Open Week 1 ($1,000,000 whole prize pool!)
Top performers in every server area will qualify to the Fortnite World Cup Finals in New York City. Full Fortnite World Cup particulars and official guidelines could be discovered right here: https://www.epicgames.com/fortnite/competitive/events/world-cup
Solo Game Mode
Participation on this occasion requires gamers to have reached Champion League in Arena.
Region Lock is in impact – gamers might solely take part within the qualifier for a single server area every week of the Online Opens. The server area of the primary match entered for that weekend’s match would be the one the participant can be locked into for that whole weekend.
Format:
April 13 – Round One: All Eligible Players.
April 14 – Round Two: Top 3000 Players from Round One.
Tournament rewards can now be considered instantly in every match session.
Server Replays at the moment are obtainable in leaderboards for PC Players – Players can now view the energetic server replays of prime leaderboard performers. This can be expanded to all platforms within the close to future!

Bug Fixes

Improved readability of which areas match is at present being considered.

PERFORMANCE

Various degree streaming efficiency optimizations for Switch and Xbox One to scale back instances the place gamers see blurry buildings.
Improved texture streaming efficiency and reminiscence overhead on Switch.
Improved efficiency for Traps.
Improved efficiency of the Challenges UI.

Bug Fixes

Fixed a supply of hitches as a consequence of spawning weapon drops.
Fixed a supply of hitches as a consequence of replay recording.
Implemented a repair that ought to resolve instances of invisible characters after skydiving.

AUDIO

New separate in-air audio inform for enemies.
More of an “incoming” audio inform that ought to give extra consciousness when an enemy drops in on you from above.
Reduced quantity of constructing audio loops whereas being buildings are being constructed.
This sound is now ducked by enemy footsteps and gunfire.
Prevents pointless noise when a number of buildings are positioned in fast succession.
Slightly elevated the quantity of footsteps beneath the participant.
Increased quantity of the touchdown sounds of enemy footsteps.

Bug Fixes

Fixed a bug the place all offscreen enemy footsteps and weapon switches/reloads can be silent when greater than 5 gamers had been close by.
Fixed a bug the place the Boom Bow wasn’t taking part in the right car injury notification sound.
UI
Vehicle controls can now be hidden within the HUD Options.
Added minimal and most values to the in-game FPS overlay and added the choice to “Show FPS” on all supported platforms.
Push To Talk
Enabling the menu choice for consoles
Defaulting the choice to Off for consoles.
Wraps can now be utilized to most varieties of weapons, all the pieces that doesn’t match elsewhere is now lined by a catch-all “Misc.” slot within the locker.
The well being bar for automobiles has been adjusted to now show well being values of automobiles.

Bug Fixes

Fixed a difficulty with the pal listing was all the time displaying a notification image within the frontend.

REPLAY
Bug Fixes
Fixed a uncommon crash that was occurring when loading results when viewing a replay.

SPECTATING
Bug Fixes
Fixed sure gadgets comparable to gliders not displaying their depend correctly for spectators.

MOBILE
HUD components such because the menu button will not be dragged off all the display screen within the HUD Layout Tool.

Bug Fixes

Improved stability by fixing GPU crashes.
Fixed a difficulty that was permitting contact inputs whereas utilizing a controller.
Fixed a difficulty that was stopping gamers from utilizing emotes whereas in construct/edit mode.
Fixed a difficulty inflicting gadgets on the quickbar to be tough to pull and drop.
Fixing a difficulty inflicting gamers to get caught in edit mode when coming into and confirming edits rapidly.
Also mounted a difficulty the place gamers might get caught in edit mode when alternating between construct/edit mode rapidly.
Fixed trajectory line for throwable gadgets all the time being seen when utilizing a glider on cellular.

CREATIVE
WHAT’S NEW?

MultiSelect
Grab the nook home or the entire block! The MultiSelect device is right here to make strikes a bit of cake.

Military Base Theme
Reinforce your fort with modern, new navy model buildings. This is the primary set of buildings that can premiere in Creative earlier than Battle Royale!

Capture Area
Deposit an object into the realm to attain some extent. Use this machine to arrange all types of seize the flag model games!

ISLANDS

Added new Tropical Island
Island is symmetrical in design for Team vs Team game modes.
Added new Rivers Edge Island
Redesigned model of the Tropical Island utilizing the brand new Military set.

Bug Fixes

Fixed a bug the place gamers leaving islands whereas spectating would nonetheless be thought of to be on the island.
Fixed a difficulty the place Buried Treasure could be spawned on Creative Islands.
Fixed a difficulty the place the storm doesn’t injury the gamers as soon as it’s fully closed, on the finish of session.

GAMEPLAY

Players can not be eradicated within the Creative and Playground hubs.
Players can not respawn or change groups whereas a game is ongoing.
Infinite Resources setting is now solely used throughout game.
During creation, sources at the moment are all the time infinite if the participant has permission to edit.
Added an choice to the blocks to allow Lava Surface On/Off.
Known Issue: Scaling them too giant causes the lava floor to cease working.
Added an choice to change the car trick rating throughout a game.
Allows games to make use of blended rating game modes.
Added an choice to the game timer to decide on whether or not it counts up or down.
Added new Type of Scoreboard choices.
Score & Time: Score, Time
Score & Elimination: Score, Eliminations, Knocked Down, Assists

Bug Fixes

Adjusted the lighting in Creative and Playgrounds to look extra Battle Royale.
Fixed a difficulty the place gamers can be invulnerable for the primary 5 seconds after respawning.
Fixed the infinity image not showing correctly over weapon icons when Infinite Ammo was enabled.
Fixed a difficulty the place the participant character may very well be going through the unsuitable course when beginning a game.
Fixed a bug the place gamers may very well be teleported to an invalid location when respawning as a game is restarting.
Fixed Storm Damage not affecting gamers.
Fix for points had been gameplay results might persist when coming into a brand new island, or throughout game restarts.
Reimplemented the resetting of gameplay results in game reset.
Fixed a bug the place gamers may very well be teleported to the unsuitable location on the finish of a game.
Fixed a difficulty the place well being bars didn’t observe the actor correctly.
Fixed a bug the place a participant who was eradicated when a game began would possibly trigger gamers to spawn on the unsuitable places.
Fixed a bug the place gamers might take falling injury throughout game startup.
Fixed Lava Tiles from being destroyed with participant constructed buildings.
Fixed Lava Tiles from being destroyed with the Infinity Blade.
Fixed a difficulty the place the Sky Chest had a slower search velocity than meant.
Fixed a difficulty the place the participant is ready to do injury after respawning in games the place gamers are set to be Invincible.
Fixed a difficulty the place the gamers spawn within the sky upon coming into pre-game when all participant spawners are destroyed from the earlier match.
Fixed a difficulty the place the game stats display screen fails to seem after ending the game in Creative game mode.
Fixed a difficulty the place the participant turns into resistant to storm injury if coming into the storm for the primary time whereas in a car.
Fixed a difficulty the place the digicam orientation is abruptly modified when skydiving into Creative Islands.
Fixed a difficulty the place the participant will spawn within the sky when beginning a game in fly mode.

WEAPONS + ITEMS

Jetpack added
Legendary Rarity.
The Jetpack is engaged by leaping whereas in mid-air, offering extra mobility.
While flying, there’s a restricted period it may be used earlier than it should cost once more.
Recharge begins when the Jetpack is just not in use.
You can’t enter Targeting Mode whereas within the air.
On controller, utilizing the Targeting Mode enter will set off the Jetpack.
Known Issue: Infinite ammo doesn’t apply to Jetpack gas.

Bug Fixes

Fixed a server crash that would happen when automobiles had been spawned and destroyed time and again.
Fixed a difficulty the place the Infinity Blade would destroy props whereas taking part in Elimination games.

CREATIVE TOOLS + PHONE

Added new characteristic: Multi-Select!
This lets you choose a number of props and constructing tiles to maneuver them unexpectedly!
To toggle choice, press R on keyboard or D-Pad Right on controller. On cellular, a brand new button has been added to the HUD Layout web page for Multi-Select.
Selected props and constructing tiles can be highlighted inexperienced.
You may also maintain down the button to “paint” choice over a number of objects.
20 props or constructing tiles could be chosen without delay.
After deciding on a number of objects, you possibly can goal at them and press Cut or Copy to start out transferring them.
Please be aware that every one objects will all the time transfer collectively, so if constructing tiles are chosen together with props, the props will snap to the constructing grid too.

Bug Fixes

Fixed a difficulty the place the glow impact would grow to be too vivid whereas modifying with the cellphone.
Fixed a difficulty the place props would desync between gamers if the modifying participant cancels reducing a prop.
Fixed a difficulty the place gamers might return to the Hub with the Phone.
Fixed a difficulty the place the participant would sometimes lose the Phone’s assist UI.
Fixed a difficulty the place the Phone’s assist UI disappears after being eradicated with a Bush outfitted.
Fixed a difficulty with the Phone’s holographic preview results on cellular platforms.
Fixed a difficulty the Phone’s assist UI disappears when the gamers equip gadgets from the Creative stock.

PREFABS

Added 6 Military Prefabs.
Added 8 Military Galleries that include Team Color variations.
Added the Military Numbers Gallery.
Added a normal Military Props Gallery.
Added a brand new Military Lights Gallery that permits the participant to vary gentle colours.
Known Issue: Military Lights will lose group coloration when the lights are turned off.

Bug Fixes

Fixed a difficulty with the Cabins Gallery the place a number of roof property would break if just one was destroyed.
Fixed a difficulty with the Village Shop Prefab the place some furnishings props had been floating within the air.
Fixed a difficulty the place participant constructed buildings will destroy all Lava Tile Gallery property.
Fixed a difficulty the place property from the “Castle Gallery” and “Nature Ice Cliff Gallery” spawn below and over the character when copied with the “Grid Snap” choice.
Fixed a difficulty the place the Block Chest from the “Chests and Ammo Gallery” is considerably slower than opening the traditional chest.
Fixed a difficulty the place the ‘Ring Gallery’ has invisible collision beneath it that isn’t destroyed with it.
Fixed a difficulty the place the ‘Castle Gallery’ had an invisible collision when deployed above floor.
Fixed a difficulty the place the ‘Village Clock’ Prefab comprises an ammo field and gadgets.
Fixed a difficulty the place the “Stage_DJ_TurnTables_C” grants wooden materials as an alternative of metallic.
Fixed a difficulty the place a number of objects could be seen clipping by the ground within the Village Shops prefab.
Fixed a difficulty the place some property are floating contained in the “Village Shops” prefab.
Fixed a difficulty the place a number of roof property within the Cabins Gallery break when just one is destroyed.
Fixed a difficulty the place Castle Prop Gallery known as “Castle Gallery” in Creative Inventory.

DEVICES
Device settings now open immediately on work together button press.

Capture Area Device

During Edit Mode, drop an merchandise out of your stock into the Capture Area to outline the merchandise to be captured.
During Play Mode, stroll into the Capture Area to drop cases of the “item to be captured” out of your stock and it will likely be added to your rating.
Set Capture Radius to vary the scale of the Capture Area with values starting from 1/16 tile to five tiles.
Set Score Value to vary the variety of factors scored per merchandise captured with values starting from 1 to 100.

Consumables Gallery
Hop Rocks
Gravity-defying jumps for a restricted time period.

Mushrooms
Instantly grant 5 protect when consumed.

Apples
Instantly grant 5 well being when consumed.

Bananas
Instantly grant 5 well being when consumed.

Peppers
When consumed, peppers immediately grant 5 well being and likewise enhance the participant’s motion velocity by 20% for 10 seconds.

Reduced Music Sequencer and Damage Volume sound impact quantity by 50%.
Added an choice to Shooting Gallery targets to set the well being bar to hidden/not hidden.

Creature Spawner Updates
Spawn Radius from Center renamed to Max Spawn Distance.
Added 1 Tile and half of Tile choices for Max Spawn Distance.
Resolved crashes associated to this machine.

Bug Fixes

Fixed participant begin plates not displaying group assignments.
Fixed a difficulty the place Creature Spawners might persist outdoors a game.
Fixed a difficulty the place automobiles play a injury sound impact when sitting close to the Music Sequencer.
Fixed a difficulty the place Spawners and different gadgets aren’t hidden in the course of the game begin countdown.
Fixed a difficulty the place well being bars overlap the Shooting Targets when hopping.
Fixed a difficulty the place Music Sequencer zone and wave is seen in Game, even when ‘Zone Visible in Game’ is ready to Off.
Fixed a difficulty the place ‘Add time on knockdown’ setting doesn’t add extra time on Shooting Range Targets.
Fixed a difficulty the place Creature Spawners proceed spawning whereas in edit mode when positioned on a ramp.
Fixed a difficulty the place Creatures can go by one other participant’s island boundary.
Fixed a difficulty the place Team settings don’t operate for Player Spawn on Teams 3-16.
Fixed a difficulty the place Health and Shield Settings on Team Settings Devices don’t take impact till all gamers go away the match and return.
Fixed a difficulty the place the participant was unable to see the visible results of projectile impacts on Shooting Targets.
Fixed a difficulty the place deleting ‘Shooting Gallery’ property eliminated extra reminiscence than the property initially took up.
Fixed a difficulty the place weapons should not granted to gamers in fly mode when the game begins through the Team Settings & Inventory machine.
Fixed a difficulty the place Item Spawner will spawn weapons immediately slightly than the set spawn time.
Fixed a difficulty the place Shooting Gallery transferring targets would spawn in with a delay when positioned as a replica.
Fixed a difficulty the place Shooting Gallery transferring targets would have a further dummy briefly, after deselecting copy.

UI + SOCIAL

Added a setting for Winner Display Time, which shows who received on the finish of the game.
Added a setting for Score Display Time to set how lengthy to show the scoreboard on the finish of the game.
Score monitoring UI now contains the highest Three scores within the game!

Bug Fixes

Fixed a difficulty the place buttons overlapping the NetDebug UI wouldn’t work.
Fixed a difficulty the place cellular HUD stayed seen throughout game transitions.
Fixed a difficulty the place games ending in a draw weren’t correctly indicated within the UI.
Fixed a difficulty the place the button to Leave Creative and Leave Playground was not correctly displaying in all languages.
Fixed a difficulty the place the Leave Creative and Leave Playground buttons was known as Leave Match in different areas of the UI.
Fixed a difficulty the place the construct bar HUD usually shows whereas skydiving after respawning.
Fixed a difficulty the place HUD components remained on display screen throughout game loading screens.