Fortnite 4.2 patch provides Burst Assault Rifles, health-restoring apples, Quad Launcher

16.05.2018

Games

Fortnite replace 4.2 common modifications

General

Standard gamepad configuration has been renamed from ‘Standard’ to ‘Old School’.
Slightly elevated the feel streaming pool on Xbox One to assist stop blurry textures from occurring.
Changed the button mapping for PS4 controllers on Mac to make use of the Touchpad as an alternative of the Share button to open chat.

Bug fixes

Fixed a difficulty the place the mouse cursor could be hidden on the loading display screen for Windows + Mac gamers.
Fixed a number of causes of rubberbanding when toggling dash and weapon focusing on, which have been attributable to bugs inside these talents.
Fixed textual content labels being inconsistent on all controller format screens.
Fixed the time spent in match textual content not updating correctly for occasion members.

Fortnite replace 4.2 Battle Royale patch notes

Weapons and gadgets
-Added Epic and Legendary Burst Assault Rifles

Can be present in Floor Loot, Treasure Chests, Supply Drops, and Vending Machines.
Does 32 / 33 harm (Epic / Legendary).
Uses Medium Ammo.
Uses the identical harm fall-off ranges as different Assault Rifles.

-Added a brand new foraged merchandise: Apples

Consuming an Apple will grant 5 well being (as much as 100).
Can uncommonly be discovered round sure bushes all through the map.

-Suppressed Submachine Gun

Damage elevated by 3.
Common is now 20 (was 17).
Uncommon is now 21 (was 18).
Rare is now 22 (was 19).
Increased Accuracy reset velocity by 25%.
This will lower the penalty throughout steady fireplace.
Increased Damage fall-off vary.
Fall-off begins at 28 meters (was 24 meters).
Damage decreased to 85% at 47.5 meters (was 80% at 35 meters).
Damage decreased to 75% at 70 meters (was 65% at 50 meters).
Damage decreased to 65% at 250 meters.

-Damage Trap

Decreased Damage from 125 to 75.
Reset Time decreased from 6 seconds to five seconds.

-Remote Explosives

They will now harm all constructions inside vary, whether or not or not they’re seen from the explosion heart.
Damage radius and throw distance have been elevated.
Delay between sequential explosions has been decreased from 0.25 seconds to 0.175 seconds.
Delay earlier than detonating a cost or throwing one other one has been decreased from 0.75 seconds to 0.15 seconds.

Impulse Grenade drop fee has been elevated by 5%.
Removed the delay between swapping to a grenade and the power to intention it.

Gameplay

Added ‘Auto-Pickup’ choice for pickups on PC and consoles.
This will mechanically decide up Weapons and Consumables when strolling over them (so long as stock slots are nonetheless empty). They shall be positioned within the subsequent out there stock slot.
This choice might be enabled within the Settings menu.

Performance

Improved general server efficiency.
The server tick fee has been elevated from 20 to 30 updates per second.
This permits for extra responsive motion and capturing, and reduces efficient ping occasions for all gamers.
Network bandwidth has elevated barely.
Improved materials loading by 2x, which ought to assist buildings and characters stream in sooner and scale back hitching.
Fixed massive hitches that occurred when sure beauty gadgets have been encountered for the primary time in a match.
Improved framerate when utilizing Hop Rocks by optimizing its particle impact.
Fixed distant gamers showing to leap far too excessive when their connection went unhealthy or there was a server hitch.

Audio

To assist differentiate between above/under footstep sounds, we’ve added a further layer to steps which might be above you based mostly on the floor kind.
Wood has creaks, Stone has crunches + gravel noises, and Metal has rattles.
Lowered the amount of the weak factors that seem when harvesting
Boosted the amount of Grenade Launcher explosions to extra intently match quantity of different explosions.
Improved how wind fades out previous to touchdown when utilizing a glider.

Emoting within the foyer can now be triggered by clicking the fitting analog stick.
Added an emote button to the underside of the display screen whereas within the foyer.
Nvidia Shadowplay Highlights now defaults to off (PC solely).

Mobile

HUD customization added.
This is model 1.0, we’ll proceed to construct this out.
Added an optimisation that limits the variety of Sprays rendered without delay.

Bug fixes

Fixed a difficulty the place Remote Explosives may destroy the meteor in Dusty Divot.
Assault Rifles now not seem to eject a number of bullet casings per shot.
Fixed a difficulty stopping gamers from utilizing the Launch Pad when a number of gamers activated it on the identical time.
Fixed a difficulty the place Turbo Building would cease when you pressed one other button earlier than releasing the opposite.
Fixed a difficulty permitting gamers to bypass weapon equip occasions after canceling a consumable use animation.
Players can now not crouch by the vents of the analysis facility in Dusty Divot.
Fixed a difficulty inflicting door prediction to get caught and make it so a participant may by no means open doorways.
Fixed a difficulty that precipitated an incorrect displaying of chosen beauty gadgets within the foyer.
Patched up a gap within the terrain close to Lucky Landing.
Fixed a difficulty that made chests look like unopened once they have already been looted.
Fixed a difficulty permitting participant to dash at full velocity in a piece of the Loot Lake water.
Fixed a difficulty that might trigger audio to chop out on elimination.
Fixed a difficulty that might trigger a spectated participant’s footsteps/jumps/lands to sound like they have been to the left/proper in the event that they have been shifting, particularly when wanting by a scope.
Fixed a difficulty that prevented map enter from working whereas spectating.
Fixed a difficulty the place teammate map indicators wouldn’t show throughout a match.
Fixed a difficulty that prevented the devour timer from displaying whereas consuming a Hop Rock.
Fixed a difficulty that precipitated the lure placement UI to show whereas taking a look at surfaces that don’t enable lure placement.
Fixed a difficulty the place the minimap arrow wouldn’t show correctly whereas spectating a participant.

Fortnite replace 4.2 Save the World patch notes

Missions and methods

-The Perk Recombobulator

To entry the Perk Recombobulator, go to the merchandise improve display screen and navigate to the Upgrade > Modify Perks choice.
This system is obtainable after finishing Plankerton Storm Shield Defense 2.
Upon completion, gamers unlock a sequence of educational quests for the Perk Recombobulator together with sufficient assets to finish them.
Players who’ve already accomplished Plankerton Storm Shield Defense 2 will have already got the quests unlocked, together with the preliminary assets.
Using the Perk Recombobulator, gamers can select their schematic perks, in addition to improve their energy.
You can choose the perk you need within the slot from a listing of perks that slot in that slot, with no random rolls required!
With two new tiers of energy for perks, schematics can finally turn into extra highly effective than ever earlier than!
Schematics earned earlier than v4.2 (legacy schematics) are required to endure a conversion course of earlier than their perks might be modified.

-The Perk Recombobulator makes use of model new assets

RE-PERK (used to each change and improve perks)
PERK-UP (used to improve perks)
FIRE-UP (used to change aspect to fireside)
AMP-UP (used to change aspect to nature)
FROST-UP (used to change aspect to water)
Perk assets shall be within the Event Store

-Added the power to improve Weapon and Trap Schematic Rarity

Uses the identical recipe as Hero Rarity Upgrade.
Legacy schematics have to be transformed by the Perk Recombobulator earlier than their rarity might be upgraded.
Unlocked by the 2-Star Evolution Skill Tree Nodes for weapons and traps.

-Updated Mission Rewards and Mini-Boss Mission Alerts to generally award RE-PERK and PERK-UP as secondary loot rewards, starting in early Plankerton. As a outcome:

Crafting Materials (Ore, Gizmos, and so on.) will seem considerably much less usually in later zones.
XP and Evolution Materials (Drops of Rain, Lightning in a Bottle, and so on.) will seem barely much less usually.

-Elemental Storm Mission Alerts at the moment are out there.

All elemental Husks in these zones shall be locked to the zone’s aspect.
Each zone awards Elemental Perk currencies for his or her respective components: FIRE-UP, AMP-UP, and FROST-UP.
These currencies can be utilized together with RE-PERK to alter the basic perks on weapon schematics.
Quota: 2 every

-Repeatable Quests at the moment are out there that award Perk currencies.

Open Caches quest awards RE-PERK forex.
Kill Mist Monsters quest awards RE-PERK forex.
Kill Fire, Nature, and Water Husk quests award the suitable Elemental Perk currencies.
Kill a Chrome Husky quest awards RE-PERK forex.

-Repair the Shelter raid

In order to cut back the size of the raid fights, they’re now not timed fights.
Players at the moment are required to get rid of a set variety of enemies for every raid.
The ultimate encounter continues to be time-based.
The variety of enemies will enhance by 10 enemies every of the primary Three raids after which stay at third raid values

-Mini Llama rewards now scale for Storm Shield Defences

Before, gamers may earn a set quantity of Mini Llamas (1-4) based mostly on mission efficiency, because it didn’t take issue into consideration.
The new reward breakdown for Mini Llamas is as follows:
Stonewood: 1 to 4
Plankerton: 2 to five
Canny Valley: Three to six
Twine Peaks: Four to 7

-Mission Scoring Update

Following Build Recommendations for a mission is now not required to maximise rating or rewards.
Shifted Build Recommendation rating & rewards to Mission Victory Badge.

-Critical Rating

Critical Rating is the brand new method we shall be evaluating Critical Chance in sport.
All perks that might beforehand grant Critical Chance now grant Critical Rating.
The new system provides up your entire Critical Rating.
Critical Rating is then transformed into Critical Chance.
This Critical Chance is then added to your weapon’s base Critical Chance worth.
Critical Rating modifications solely have an effect on newly-acquired Schematics, or Schematics which might be transformed utilizing the Recombobulator.
All Heros and Defenders have been modified to make use of Critical Rating.
As part of these modifications base Critical Chance on all ranged weapons has been elevated by 5%.

Heroes

-Changed the next Hero Perks to the brand new Critical Rating system (these new values are roughly the identical because the previous Critical Chance perks):

Eagle Eye – Increases Critical Rating with Pistols by 18.
Hammer Critical Chance – Increases Critical Rating with Blunt Melee by 18.
Hammer Critical Chance help perks – Increases Critical Rating with Blunt Melee by 8 / 13 / 18 (Star Level 1 / 2 / 3).
Anatomy Lessons – Increases Critical Rating with Edged Melee by 18.
Anatomy Lessons help perks – Increases Critical Rating with Swords, Axes, and Scythes by 8 / 13 / 18 (Star Level 1 / 2 / 3).
Adjustable Choke – Increases Critical Rating with Shotguns by 8 / 13 / 18 (Star Level 1 / 2 / 3).
Pain Mastery – Assassination stacks now grant 3 Critical Rating (per stack) for Edged Melee weapons.

-Defenders

Ranged Critical Chance Perk – Increases Critical Rating with ranged weapons by 13.
Melee Critical Chance Perk – Increases Critical Rating with melee weapons by 13.

-Ninja

‘Fan of Stars’ now impacts a wider space at nearer ranges.

Weapons and gadgets

-Quad Launcher out there in Weekly Event Store

Holds Four incendiary rockets that go away balls of fireplace behind after they explode.

-Added a number of new perks. These can’t seem on legacy Schematics

Building Heal (Trap solely) – Heals the connected constructing by x% of its max well being each 10 seconds.
Effect Duration (Trap solely) – Increases the period of any results utilized by the lure.
This additionally replaces “+x stun duration” on new schematics.
Increased Building Health (Trap solely) * Increases the max well being of the connected constructing by x%.
Attack Speed (Melee solely) – Increases assault velocity of melee assaults by x%.
Damage Resistance (Melee solely) – Grants x% harm resistance whereas weapon is provided.
Life Leech (Melee solely) – Heals participant for x% of harm dealt.
Movement Speed (Melee solely) * Increases motion velocity by x% whereas weapon is provided.
Damage vs Mist Monsters and Bosses – Increases harm by x% towards Mist Monsters and Bosses.
New aspect kind: Physical – Deals non-elemental harm, however has considerably larger base harm.

-Added new distinctive perk for Founder’s Revolt

Only out there after changing legacy Schematic through Perk Recombobulator.
Not out there on another Schematics.
Bullets ricochet to at least one close by goal, dealing 100% of the harm dealt to unique goal.

-Added new distinctive perk for Founder’s Blazing Masamune

Only out there after changing legacy Schematic through Perk Recombobulator.
Not out there on another Schematics.
Every sixth profitable assault triggers an explosion, dealing harm in a small radius.

-Weapon Affliction mechanics have modified:

Afflictions now stack based mostly on their Element (Physical / Energy / Nature / Fire / Water).
Afflictions now not stack per weapon kind (Melee vs Ranged).
(Example) Enemies might have a most of 1 weapon-based affliction energetic on them per aspect per participant.
Affliction now refreshes on reapplication even when the period of the unique affliction has not but run out.

Founder’s Blazing Masamune now not offers power harm (solely fireplace harm).
Remote Explosives, Impulse Grenades, and Clingers now not take up stock area. Updated their description to replicate that they don’t persist outdoors of the mission.
Critical Chance Schematic perks grant 10 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 30 Critical Rating.
Legacy Schematics nonetheless use previous Critical Chance values
Headshot harm perks at the moment are multiplicative as an alternative of additive.

Gameplay

-Changes to instanced pickups:

All instanced pickups are solely seen for the participant that may decide them up. This consists of presents awarded from secondary missions.
Removed the nameplate from instanced pickups.
More gadgets from enemy Loot Drops shall be instanced. These embrace tiered crafting elements, uncommon crafting elements, and Ore.
Utility Traps (Jump Pads, Boost Pads, Healing Pads) now arm instantly when positioned, no matter whether or not the construction they’re positioned on is absolutely constructed.

Art and animation

The Shielder has a brand new mannequin, animations, and results.
Hover Turret’s visible FX have been up to date.

Audio

The Shielder vocalizations and SFX have obtained updates.
Automatic weapons firing sounds now alter when fireplace fee has been modified.
Ride the Lightning mission audio enhancements.

Bug fixes

Fixed a difficulty the place sure missions didn’t grant rewards.
Fixed a difficulty the place gamers that beforehand didn’t obtain rewards will now obtain these rewards.
Fixed an error with the tooltip for ‘Sureshot’ the place it learn as “Critical Chance” as an alternative of “Critical Damage”.
‘Shockwave’, ‘Throwing Stars’, ‘Crescent Kick’, and ‘Warcry’ now not value Energy if canceled shortly by switching to a weapon.
Fixed a difficulty which may trigger ‘Frag Grenade’ to not fireplace on launch.
Fixed a difficulty the place ‘Pre-Planning’ help perk wasn’t being utilized accurately on the Constructor subclass ‘Demolitionist’.
Fixed a tooltip situation which may trigger the entire Constructor ‘BASE’ perks to not show accurately.
Fixed a tooltip situation which may trigger the entire Outlander’s ‘Phase Shift’ perks to not show accurately.
Fixed a difficulty which may trigger the ‘Enduring Machine’ perk to use to all allies, and never simply the proudly owning Constructor.
Fixed a difficulty the place utilizing ‘Phase Shift’ when very near an enemy may trigger the ‘Phase Shift’ to maneuver to unintended places.
Fixed some points that might trigger quick firing shotguns to lag out ‘Shock Gunner’ Outlanders.
Fixed the tooltips of The Tactical perks ‘Feel the BASE’ and ‘Cluster Bomb’ to point that they don’t stack.
Fixed a difficulty that precipitated ‘Throwing Stars’ to collide with the weapon Monsoon when thrown.
‘Bang and Pow’ radius worth is now per different tooltips.
Fixed a difficulty the place the realm of impact part of the Dragon’s Fury launcher didn’t harm the surroundings.
Fixed a difficulty the place the Boost Trap preview could be the inaccurate dimension.
Fixed a difficulty the place the previews for the Ice Floor Trap and Flame Grill Trap would present within the incorrect location.
Whisper .45 now not blocks shut vary photographs whereas standing close to a wall.
Krypton Pistol now consumes the proper supplies when it’s crafted.
Fixed situation the place BluGlo Siphons had no collision with projectiles.
Fixed a visible situation the place the sport would show the mistaken picture for the reward (chest, current, field, and so on.) that was being opened after the mission.
Fixed a difficulty the place the Event Store couldn’t be navigated when there have been no occasion gadgets to buy.
Hid the controller enter image masking the checkbox on the Storm Shield UI menu.
Fixed an issue the place the choice to develop defend within the Storm Shield UI menu turned unusable with a controller.
Fixed a difficulty the place after evolving an merchandise gamers have been returned to the Schematics display screen.
Restored correct controller enter to Collection Book.
Fixed a case the place the Level Up button within the Inspect menu may cease working quickly on consoles.
Fixed lacking HP bar for some broken crops.
Fixed Shielder popping when repositioning himself across the enemy he’s offering a defend for.
Fixed Blockbuster Husky exhibiting up twice in some missions.
The Taker swoop assault now not damages gamers by partitions.
Fixed Building Blocker Mini-Boss modifier not truly blocking buildings.