Fortnite – v9.01 Patch Notes

Battle Royale

What’s New?

Tactical Assault Rifle
Tactics take the day! This sturdy and exact assault rifle is the perfect choice for tight quarters.

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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 harm
      • Headshot Multiplier of 1.75x
      • This weapon has a good unfold in shut quarters however is much less efficient at lengthy vary when in comparison with different Assault Rifles.
  • Reduced Baller well being from 200 to 150
    • The major aim of the Baller is to supply enjoyable and thrilling mobility. We really feel that it nonetheless has somewhat an excessive amount of defensive company – this alteration ought to scale back the effectiveness there whereas not impacting its strengths.
  • Drum Gun changes
    • Reduced base harm from 26/27 to 22/23
      • Since its unvaulting, the Drum Gun effectiveness has been barely increased than we needed. This change ought to scale back its fight effectiveness whereas nonetheless retaining its taste.
  • Vaulted Compact SMG
    • Due to the latest addition of the Drum Gun and the model new Tactical Assault Rifle, we needed to cut back the supply of excessive rate-of-fire weapons.

Gameplay

  • Slipstream changes
    • Slipstreams now not block constructing.
      • Trying to construct as much as get right into a Slipstream needs to be a straightforward & intuitive expertise. We observed some instances the place gamers would construct as much as the Slipstream, however as a result of construct restrictions would take a ‘leap of faith’ and never make the leap. This ought to make getting right into a Slipstream simpler.
    • Players flying in a Slipstream will destroy participant constructed objects once they collide.
    • Slipstreams at the moment are disabled after storm section 5.
      • We’ve seen various instances the place Slipstreams brought on points throughout late game circles – primarily round getting pulled into the storm unexpectedly. Since the worth of Slipstream mobility is proscribed in these eventualities, we felt it’s higher to easily disable them.

Performance

  • Improvements made to degree streaming efficiency on all platforms.
    • This will scale back instances of buildings not loading in.
  • Physics optimizations to enhance efficiency in conduits

Creative

What’s New?

Ruined Tilted
Create apocalyptic worlds utilizing the brand new Ruined Tilted Themes!
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Weapons + Items

  • Tactical Assault Rifle
    • Available in Rare, Epic, and Legendary variants.
      • Fully Automatic
      • 30 Round Magazine
      • Deals 22/23/24 harm
      • Headshot Multiplier of 1.75x
      • This weapon has a good unfold in shut quarters however is much less efficient at lengthy vary when in comparison with different 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

Save The World

What’s New?

Mist Pods
Peas in a pod? More like Mini-bosses! Focus down the Mist Pods or danger being overrun with harder enemies.

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Prehistoric Izza
Jurassic instances name for Jurassic measures! Depleted shields imply extra armor with this new Dinosaur Constructor.

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Missions + Systems

  • New Wargames simulation: Mist Pods
    • Weed that backyard, and by backyard we imply your Storm Shield. Find and destroy these Mist Pods earlier than they spawn Mini-bosses.
    • A brand new Wargames simulation means extra probabilities for Event Tickets, a brand new participant banner, and extra selection to the Daily Quests.

Heroes

  • We’ve added a brand new Hero to the Event retailer!
    • Prehistoric Izza, A brand new Dinosaur Constructor!
      • Standard Perk: Saurian Hide
        • While Shield is depleted, will increase Armor by 33.
      • Commander Perk: Saurian Hide +
        • While Shield is depleted, will increase Armor by 100.
      • Available within the Event Store on May 15 at eight PM Eastern Time.

Gameplay

Bug Fixes & Improvements

  • Crashes now not happen when depositing BlueGlo on the prime of a radar tower.
 
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