Battle Royale
WHAT'S NEW?
Tactical assault rifle
Make way for tactics! This robust and accurate assault rifle is ideal in tight situations.
WEAPONS + ITEMS
Tactical assault rifle
A new weapon has landed on Fortnite's Battle Royale mode with update 9.01.
Reduced Baller health from 200 to 150
- The primary goal of the Baller is to provide fun and exciting mobility. We feel that it still has a little too much defensive agency - this change should reduce the effectiveness there while not impacting its strengths.
Drum Gun adjustments
- Reduced base damage from 26/27 to 22/23
- Since its unvaulting, the Drum Gun effectiveness has been slightly higher than we wanted. This change should reduce its combat effectiveness while still retaining its flavor.
Vaulted Compact SMG
- Due to the recent addition of the Drum Gun and the brand new Tactical Assault Rifle, we wanted to reduce the availability of high rate-of-fire weapons.
GAMEPLAY
Slipstream adjustments
- Slipstreams no longer block building. Trying to build up to get into a Slipstream should be an easy & intuitive experience. We noticed some cases where players would build up to the Slipstream, but due to build restrictions would take a ‘leap of faith’ and not make the jump. This should make getting into a Slipstream easier.
- Players flying in a Slipstream will destroy player built objects when they collide.
- Slipstreams are now disabled after storm phase 5.
- We’ve seen a number of cases where Slipstreams caused issues during late game circles - primarily around getting pulled into the storm unexpectedly. Since the value of Slipstream mobility is limited in those scenarios, we felt it’s better to simply disable them.
PERFORMANCE
- Improvements made to level streaming performance on all platforms.This will reduce cases of buildings not loading in.
- Physics optimizations to improve performance in conduits
Creative
WHAT'S NEW?
Ruined Tilted
Create apocalyptic worlds using the new Ruined Tilted Themes!
WEAPONS + ITEMS
Tactical Assault Rifle
A new weapon has landed on Fortnite's Battle Royale mode with update 9.01.
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 risk being overrun with tougher enemies.
Prehistoric Izza
Jurassic times call for Jurassic measures! Depleted shields mean more armor with this new Dinosaur Constructor.
MISSIONS + SYSTEMS
New Wargames simulation: Mist Pods
- Weed that garden, and by garden we mean your Storm Shield. Find and destroy those Mist Pods before they spawn Mini-bosses.
- A new Wargames simulation means more chances for Event Tickets, a new player banner, and more variety to the Daily Quests.
HEROES
We’ve added a new Hero to the Event store!
Prehistoric Izza, A new Dinosaur Constructor!
- Standard Perk: Saurian HideWhile Shield is depleted, increases Armor by 33.
- Commander Perk: Saurian Hide +While Shield is depleted, increases Armor by 100.
- Available in the Event Store on May 15 at 8 PM Eastern Time.
GAMEPLAY
Bug Fixes & Improvements
Crashes no longer occur when depositing BlueGlo at the top of a radar tower.
Written by Antonin "Sheybz" Falomir. Translated from French by Millenium.us.org.
