New item: B.R.U.T.E.
A giant robot operated by two players: one controls the weapons and the other controls the movements.
WEAPONS + ITEMS
Vaulted:
- Baller
- Quad Crasher
- Flint Knock Pistol
- Shadow Bomb
- Semi-Auto Sniper
- Tactical Assault Rifle
- Mounted Turret
- Air Strike
- Itemized Glider Redeploy
GAMEPLAY
Missions:
- New Battle Pass feature!
- Missions are a series of thematic objectives that grant rewards. As you complete these objectives, you'll earn Battle Stars, XP, and exclusive cosmetic items.
- More information about Missions can be found in the Battle Pass and Challenges tabs.
EVENTS
Arena Game Mode updates!
- Season kicks off with Solos and Trios Arena.
- Hype will be reset at the start of Season X, with a new scoring structure in place.
10 Divisions - point values have been increased, but progression should be roughly the same. The bolded divisions are new.
- Open I (0 - 499)
- Open II (500 - 999)
- Open III (1000 - 1499)
- Open IV (1500 - 1999)
- Contender I (2000 - 2999)
- Contender II (3000 - 4499)
- Contender III (4500 - 6499)
- Champion I (6500 - 9999)
- Champion II (10000 - 13999)
- Champion III (14000+)
Scoring model updates:
(standardized points and bus fares across all playlists)
Solo:
- Eliminations: 20pt
- Top 25: 60pt
- Top 15: 30pt
- Top 5: 30pt
- Victory Royale: 60pt
Trios:
- Eliminations: 7pt (per team member)
- Top 8: 60pt
- Top 4: 30pt
- Top 2: 30pt
- Victory Royale: 60pt
Bus fare increases at Divisions 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9 and 10.
Matchmaking in Arena is still based on players with similar Hype. Players in higher divisions may experience longer-than-normal wait times to ensure higher-quality matches.
PERFORMANCE
- Improved level streaming performance for all platforms by optimizing the way assets are preloaded. This reduces cases in which players land on buildings with a low level of detail, particularly on Switch and Xbox One.
ART + ANIMATION
- The Ride the Pony Emote is now a traversal Emote.
- Players who earned the Ride the Pony Emote from the Season 2 Battle Pass have been given a new, additional traversal Emote: Pony Up!
AUDIO
- Added new bullet impact sounds.
- Increased the volume of distant gunfire and Gliders.
- Increased Chest volume and audio range by 10%.
UI
- Pressing the Main Menu button on controllers now defaults focus to the Main Menu (right side of the screen).
REPLAY
- A new camera mode, Battle Map, has been added to server replays. This camera mode shows:A path of where the followed player has been during the match.
- The locations of the eliminations the followed player has done during the match.
MOBILE
- Auto-fire system improvements: We’ve re-tuned Auto-fire for every weapon with this update and would love specific and detailed weapon feedback so that we can continue to improve it.
If you want to try it out and don't use Auto-fire already, go into your HUD settings and enable Auto-fire. - Added a new setting: Tap to Search/Interact for Controllers.
- Added a message for devices on Android that have the Sensor Pressure settings (S8, S8+, S9, S9+, and Note 9) to inform players about the settings being active. Players would unintentionally return to the Home screen due to this setting being active.
- We’ve increased the size of buttons and icons in the following areas:The Frontend Lobby tab buttons.
The Crown for Party leader display icon.
The Map Marker. - "First team to reach the elimination goal wins!" message won’t remain throughout the whole match in Team Rumble.
CREATIVE
Advanced Storm Controller
- Now you can replicate the Battle Royale 10 wave storm, or you can create your own multi-phase storm.
Advanced Storm Beacon
- This allows you to customize specific phases or to set the number of phases of the Advanced Storm Controller.
Weapon-Free Zone
- While in a Weapon-Free Zone, a player cannot fire a weapon, swing a pickaxe, throw a grenade, or use items.
Junkyard Juke LTM
- Bring junk to the incinerator to receive points for your team. The bigger piece of junk, the more points.
Sky Station Showdown LTM
- Battle the other squads to claim the most points from the capture zones! Climb to the top of the Fast Food towers while protecting your VIP! Use impulse grenades and other power ups to blast other teams out of the capture zones!
Islands
Added the Grid Island - A flat island entirely covered with grid squares to help with building measurements. The white grid square marks the center of the island. This island is low to the ocean to give the most room for building possible.
