Fortnite update hub: V7.20 adds the One Shot mode and more

January 16, 2019

Fortnite update hub: V7.20 adds the One Shot mode and more

Welcome to our Fortnite update tracker! We’ll be collating all of the official Fortnite Battle Royale update/patch notes and breaking down all the new features added to Epic Games’ phenomenon for Android and iOS phones and tablets, as well as PC, PS4, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch platforms.

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Fortnite Battle Royale version 7.20 update overview

Verizon 7.20 of Fortnite includes a new limited time mode called One Shot. Not only do players have lower health in One Shot than in normal matches, but gravity is lower as well. Only Hunting Rifles and Sniper Rifles are available as weapons.

Speaking of which, there’s a new weapon, the Scoped Revolver, to try out, and the Glider Redeploy item is back. Version 7.20 also includes lots of other changes, improvements and bug fixes in the game, including its recently added Creative mode. You can read much more about version 7.20 in the patch notes below.

Fortnite Battle Royale version 7.20 patch notes

Limited Time Mode: One Shot

Summary
There’s low gravity and every player has 50 health. Snipers are the only weapon and Bandages the only healing item. Jump high and aim well!

Mode Details

Gravity is set lower than normal.
The Storm wait time has been greatly reduced in all phases of the game.
The only weapons in this mode are Hunting Rifles and Sniper Rifles.
Semi-auto Snipers and Bounce Pads have been removed from the Vault in this mode.
Players will spawn with 50 health and can only heal if they find Bandages.

Weapons and Items

Scoped Revolver
- Available in Epic and Legendary variants.
- Fires Medium Ammo.
- 42 / 44 damage per shot.
- Available from floor loot, chests, Supply Drops, and Vending Machines.
Added Gliders, an item that grants Glider redeploy.
- This item takes up an inventory slot and can be found from normal loot sources.
- Gliders do not need to be selected to deploy. Activate them by pressing your jump button while in mid-air.
  - Rarity is Rare.
  - Gliders come with 10 charges.
  - Each deploy uses a charge. When all charges are used the item disappears.
  - Glider redeploy does not consume a charge when using a Launch Pad, Rifts-to-Go, or respawning in a Limited Time Mode.
  - Found from floor loot, chests, Vending Machines, and Supply Llamas.
Minigun adjustments
- Added an overheating mechanic. Overheat occurs after approximately 6 seconds of continuous fire.
- Reduced the wind-up time by 37%.
- Updated the audio for the Minigun.
Rarity color adjustments
- Balloons changed from Epic to Rare.
- Stink Bomb changed from Epic to Rare.
- Scoped AR decreased from Rare/Epic to Uncommon/Rare.
The following projectile-based weapons now have the same projectile trajectory as the Heavy Sniper Rifle:
- Bolt Action Sniper Rifle
- Suppressed Sniper Rifle
- Semi-Auto Sniper Rifle
- Hunting Rifle
Weapon first-shot accuracy now works with icy feet and while on ziplines.
The reticle center dot on Scoped Rifles has been reduced in size. This will mitigate situations where it appears you’re on your target but still miss the shot.
Trap drop chance adjustments
- Total drop chance of Traps from floor loot increased from 3.98% to 4.73%.
- Cozy Campfire
  - Drop chance from floor loot increased from 0.26% to 0.73%.
  - Drop chance from Loot Llamas increased from 6.63% to 15.47%.
- Launch Pad
  - Drop chance from floor loot increased from 0.53% to 0.98%.
  - Drop chance from Loot Llamas increased from 13.25% to 20.77%.
- Mounted Turret
  - Drop chance from floor loot decreased from 0.8% to 0.73%.
  - Drop chance from Loot Llamas decreased from 20.42% to 15.47%.
Small shields max stack size has been decreased from 10 to 6.

Bug Fixes

Fixed a bug that could cause you to lose the ability to switch weapons if firing a Grappler while crashing a vehicle or interacting with an object during travel.
Fixed a bug where your ability to fire would be delayed after discarding a Grappler.
Removed the ability to ride or be pushed by a Grappler due to the ability for players to move fast enough to cause network issues.
Fixed Balloons not being popped by explosions.
Fixed issue causing odd dynamite size/scaling when picking it up and re-throwing.
When a player is eliminated by Down-But-Not-Out bleed-out damage, the elimination distance is calculated from the original down location rather than the distance when they are fully eliminated.
Fixed an issue that could cause Scoped Rifles to have full accuracy earlier than intended.
Fixed an issue where the center dot of the reticle while scoped did not line up with the center dot while unscoped.
Fixed dynamite re-throw ability from being canceled by changing weapons or being a vehicle passenger.
Players will no longer receive credit for a “No Scope” in the elimination feed if they use a scope to eliminate a player.

Gameplay

Zipline improvements
- Added the ability to change direction via player movement input button. Just move in the direction you’d like to go while riding a zipline, no jumping required.
- Rather than moving at max speed as soon as entering the zipline, players will now accelerate over time to reach that max speed.
- Destruction effects have been turned back on while riding a zipline.
  - Players will destroy the nearby player buildings before attaching to the zipline so their path becomes clear
Added a third decimal place for mouse/controller sensitivity to allow for more granular values.
To help with situations where walls are built mostly underground, we’ve added functionality where an extra piece will be built for free on top of that piece.
- This occurs when the wall piece is showing less than 30% above ground.
Gamepad Sensitivity
- Building sensitivity change also applies to edit mode.
Editing will no longer interrupt gun fire and pickaxe swings.
Corn stalks will no longer block gunfire.
Editing a structure will now begin without waiting for a response from the server. This should cut down on ghost shots before editing and make it a smoother experience.
- Confirming the edit will still require sending data to the server and be impacted by high ping or poor server performance.
Vehicle impact damage to a player will now respect shields instead of directly applying to player health.
When a plane explodes due to any reason, it will now deal damage to both passengers and pilots. This damage no longer ignores shields.
Infinite dab is even more infinite…Dab for 11 hours instead of 10 hours in the lobby.
Adjusted map art to more accurately represent player & marker positions.
Textures of props used in emotes are now pre-streamed so scorecard and other emotes that use props will have less chance of using a low-resolution texture.
X-4 Stormwing passengers now have the same Hold to Exit functionality as pilots.

Bug Fixes

Fixed instances of glider redeploy not deploying when exiting a Stormwing.
Fixed grenade throw animations not playing the follow-through when watching other players throw a grenade.
Fixed the preview length on many emotes in the lobby to hear the full music track.
Completing the “Play a match with a friend” Daily Challenge now correctly counts towards other quests that require completing daily challenges.
Fixed players not being able to destroy the Boombox from certain distances.
Fixed some issues with ziplines
- Players will no longer be flung across the map or get in broken animation states.
- A cooldown has been added to ensure jump spamming will not allow players with mild network issues to fall through the zipline collision.
- The zipline magnet will no longer remain over players heads.
- Players no longer fall when colliding with enemy structures.
- Players no longer dismount ziplines at steep angles when under bad network conditions.
Fixed an issue where players would sometimes take 2 instances of impact damage from getting hit by the X-4 Stormwing.
Damage numbers when shooting Mounted Turrets now properly displays as vehicle damage instead of player damage.
Players who are emoting on the starter island will no longer continue emoting after jumping from the Battle Bus.
Gliders and Umbrellas will no longer appear sideways or misaligned when dropping from the Battle Bus.

Events

Tournament systems have been significantly updated to support upcoming features. We’ll be operating a series of small scale test events as we test these updates with more players.
- We will be testing in waves until we are confident in the new functionality. At that point, we will again begin running tournaments regularly for all players.
Older tournaments will be removed from the Events tab on Switch & mobile devices for the time being.
- Data for those tournaments has been saved and will return to those platforms in a future release.
Players will automatically be removed from the match after 60 seconds of spectating after being eliminated.

Audio

Fixed shield damage sound playing when shooting or getting hit by teammates.
Gliders that have music can now play their music in the lobby for previewing.
Reduced the volume of the X-4 Stormwing.
Reduce the volume of the Boombox.
Added unique bouncing sound to Dynamite.

Bug Fixes

Fixed music cutting out on mobile/Switch platforms.
Fixed incorrect boost audio loop for Quad Crasher on mobile/Switch.
Fixed missing medium-distant Scoped AR gunshot sounds.
Fixed loud winter biome ambient audio on mobile/Switch.

UI

Updated the ammo icons in the inventory to look more realistic.
Building resources of spectated players are now visible.

Bug Fixes

Prevent pickup HUD interaction prompts from appearing while in a vehicle, since picking up is disabled while in a vehicle.
Fixed error displays when a friend request fails.
Prevented special preview actions (Play Again, Switch Model, Full Screen, etc…, shown when viewing a cosmetic item) from disappearing after opening and closing the chat window.
Fixed a red background showing up when the chat window is opened while doing a ‘Full Screen’ preview of a Loading Screen cosmetic.
Prevented unrelated loading screens from sometimes showing up instead of the selected Loading Screen while doing a ‘Full Screen’ preview.

Social

Battle Royale players can now accept party invites from players in Save The World and join games in progress.

Art & Animation

Both Lynx and Zenith now have custom idle poses in the lobby.

Bug Fixes

The size of the Red Knight shield and Raven Back Bling from the Frozen Bundle now matches their original versions.
Fixed a bug that was preventing the Deadfire Outfit from being reactive in game.
Improved quality of the Golf Clap emote on mobile and Switch.

Replay

Fixed a few replay loading issues that could cause a loading screen to appear when it was not necessary for one to be displayed.

Mobile

Fixed a bug causing users to aim-down-sights when exiting vehicles.
Fixed turbo building while holding extra build buttons.
Fixed an issue where the Add Friend button for other party members in the Main Menu was not able to be clicked on mobile devices.
Added HUD button
- This HUD button shows when you enter the in-game settings as a separate section to turn on/off certain HUD aspects.

Creative

What’s New

Frosty Fortress
A brand new arctic island debuts in Creative! Bundle up, drop in, and bring your vision to life.

Farmstead Theme
Roll up your sleeves and build your dream home in the country with the new Farmstead themed Prefabs.

Islands

Frosty Fortress
- A new selectable arctic island with structures already placed on it.
- This island is ready for games to be played right away!
Preview images of islands are now displayed on top of Featured Islands in the Creative Hub.

Bug Fixes

Fixed an issue which caused island portals to not appear when those islands contained many copies of certain types of building tiles or props.
Fixed an issue where players were able to exit their Island with the Phone tool by being inside Prefab structures.
Fixed an issue where players could take items out of an island to the Creative Hub.
Fixed an issue where Traps would remain floating in the air after the supporting wall was removed.

Gameplay

Added a new “Last Standing” option to allow creators to specify whether they want the game to end when there is only one player or team remaining.
Added a new “Spawns” option to allow players to specify how many times a player can spawn.
Added a new “Player Flight” option to allow flight during games or when the Phone is unavailable.
Added a new “Jump Fatigue” option for enabling/disabling jump height penalties that would normally get applied on rapid successive jumps.
Added new Gravity Options.
- High and Very High
When Traps are equipped from the Creative Inventory, the new Trap will become selected on your quick bar.

Bug Fixes

Fixed players blocked from loading into Creative with a network error.
- The first timing loading may take extra time while the server fixes the load issues with the player’s island.
Fixed vehicles causing damage to structures when the world was indestructible or when players did not have permission to edit.
Fixed building animations becoming stuck when being moved with the Phone mid-animation.
Fixed an issue where player placed walls would show health bars more often than intended.
Fixed an issue where tiles would appear red during games.
Fixed an issue where multiple camera fades would occur on game start and game end.

Creative Tools & Phone

Added Turbo Building to Creative
- You can now hold down the “Place” button to continuously add building tiles and props as you move and aim.
- This feature requires “Turbo Building” to be enabled in your Game settings.
Added Turbo Delete
- Holding down the Delete button will now continuously destroy building tiles and props.
- Added a new “Turbo Delete In Creative Mode” option to Game settings. This is enabled by default.
Added a new effect when utilizing Grid Snap to help visualize placement.

Bug Fixes

Fixed the Phone being able to edit or delete objects even when island edit permissions were not granted.
Fixed an issue where other walls could vanish when copying a wall using the Phone.
Fixed an issue with the Phone remaining available after a player leaves the island while inside a recently-placed prefab.
Fixed an issue where the “Drops” UI was not displaying the proper value,
Fixed an issue where the Phone hologram could get stuck at a spot in the world after pasting a prop, with drops enabled.
Fixed an issue where after rotating certain walls while moving on Grid, those walls would not trigger as being allowed to have traps placed on them.

Prefabs

Added 6 Farmstead prefabs and Farmstead Galleries
Added 3 Ice Cliff Galleries
Added Large Cube Gallery

Devices

Added Random Spawn options on the Item Spawner:
- “Random” allows items to spawn in a random order from the spawn list.
- “No Repeats” spawns items in a random order and will not repeat an item until everything in the list has spawned once. This only differs from “Random” if “Items Respawn” option is set to “On”.
Renamed the “Gunner” Device to “Sentry”.
Added new Options to the Sentry.
- Added health and shield options.
- Added respawn options.
- Added accuracy and attack range options.
- Added target style, line of sight, and proximity options.
- Added adaptive aim option to determine whether or not the Sentry’s aim improves over time.
- Added attack range visualization when players stand on the Sentry plate.
New Elimination Zone Device.
- Allows the player to place an adjustable zone that will eliminate players if they come in contact with it during a game.
Item Spawner now includes additional ammunition to weapons spawned.

Bug Fixes

Fixed an issue where Traps wouldn’t be destroyed properly or trigger correctly.
Fixed an issue where parts of metal and wood floors would clip through the Item Spawner.
Item Spawner Fixes.
- Fixed an issue where some items in the Item Spawner wouldn’t display all of their materials in the preview cycle.
- Fixed items not getting added to Item Spawner if they are added in rapid succession.
- Fixed incorrect visual effects appearing on Item Spawners in-game.
- Fixed an issue with the Item Spawner that resulted in all items in the spawner being the same rarity color after a game finished or the island is loaded.
- Fixed an issue where some Item Spawner item holograms had jittery movement when near them.
Fixed an issue causing Player Start devices to float after a mini-game finishes.
Player Spawner Fixes.
- Fixed graphical problems with the Player Spawner team assignment display on Android platforms.
- Fixed players respawning in the Creative Hub when Player Spawner location is blocked.
- Fixed players occasionally getting stuck in skydive when respawning on Player Spawner.

Weapons & Items

Added Dual Pistols
- Available in Rare and Epic variants.
- 41-43 base damage.
- Uses Medium Ammo.
- Shoots both pistols with one pull of the trigger.
- Does not use first shot accuracy.
Added Gliders, an item that grants Glider redeploy.

Teams

Bug Fixes

Fixed not being able to build on opposing team’s structures while editing a creative island. However, this is still not allowed while a game in progress.

UI

Added a message to the HUD that displays how to start the match on an island when on a shared or featured island.

Bug Fixes

Fixed “Memory Used” label not being centered over the memory budget indicator.
Fixed the Creative Inventory displaying Prefabs in some cases, even when edit permission was not available.

Performance

Reduced the time it takes to load into Creative and to switch between islands. Further improvements will be coming in future updates.
Improved performance for minigame spawners.
Improved performance and memory usage by culling more objects that are very far away from the player

Bug Fixes

Fixed hitches when displaying tooltip text.

Mobile

Fixed creative button visibility while in vehicles.

General

Sensitivity settings allow for more granular adjustments.

Bug Fixes

Fixed weapon firing not starting automatically when switching over from building while holding the fire button.
Fixed water bullet impacts not playing properly when viewing another player shooting the surface of the water.

Social

You can now block players directly from their party invite.

Bug Fixes

The chat scroll bar will no longer appear before chat is opened for the first time.
Fixed an issue where chat could get stuck open, requiring a restart.
Launching Fortnite by accepting an invite from the Epic Games Launcher on PC / Mac will once again properly attempt to join the party after the game starts.

Performance

Memory-optimized for mobile in Battle Royale and Creative to reduce out-of-memory crashes.
Performance improvements made for vehicles and some cosmetic items.
Improved disk read times on the Xbox and Android in Battle Royale and Creative to reduce the occurrence of late HLODs.
Improved performance on Vulkan capable Android devices in Battle Royale and Creative.

Fortnite update history

Fortnite Battle Royale version 7.10 update overview

The highlight of version 7.10 is the inclusion of the “14 Days of Fortnite” season event. The event features new and returning LTMs. Large team modes switch every two days, while small team modes switch every 24 hours.

Version 7.10 also includes some tweaks to weapons, improved GPU performance for draw distances, and more. You can read much more about version 7.10 in the patch notes below.

Fortnite Battle Royale version 7.10 patch notes

Limited Time Modes: 14 Days of Fortnite

Summary

The 14 Days of Fortnite event will feature both new and returning LTMs. Large team modes switch every two days and small team modes rotate every 24 hours.

Starting December 19, log in each day at 9 AM ET(1400 UTC) to find out which modes are available to explore. Let us know which LTM is your favorite on our social channels!

Weapons and Items

Heavy Assault Rifle Changes:
- Reduced the effectiveness of the Heavy Assault Rifle while not aiming down sights; aiming down sight gameplay remains roughly the same
  - Increased ADS accuracy bonus by 10%
  - Increased accuracy while standing still by 10%
  - Reduced vertical recoil by 6%
  - Base accuracy reduced by 30%
  - Reduced accuracy while jumping and falling by 60%
Improved Balloon controls
- While in the air, Balloons can be released by pressing the ‘Crouch’ keybind(formerly the ‘Jump’ keybind).
- Players can again use Alt-Fire to release a Balloon when the Balloon item is selected.
For modes it’s available in, the height at which glider redeploy is available has been decreased from 1000 units to 576 units.

Bug Fixes

Fixed an issue where players were able to pick up live Dynamite through structures.

Gameplay

Ground vehicles now slide on icy surfaces.
Eliminations from “no-scoping” enemies with Sniper Rifles now shows up in the elimination feed.
Sticking a landing on all 4 wheels with a vehicle will no longer damage the player inside.
It’s now easier to pick up items dropped near a Mounted Turret.
Stormwings now take 50% more damage from hitting objects.
- Boosting now reduces the damage taken from impacts by 50%, previously boosting prevented all impact damage.
Damage done to players that are in a Stormwing when it’s shot down has been increased from 25 to 50
- Damage is dealt directly to health.
Stormwings will now take more damage from destroying structures by running through them.

Bug Fixes

Holding a movement key while confirming an edit will no longer force the player to continue moving in the direction of the key they were holding.
Mounted Turrets will no longer be briefly teleported under the map and then returned to their original location.
Various Zipline fixes
- Zipline animations no longer briefly play every time a player jumps after building underneath a Zipline.
- Players should retain proper momentum when latching onto a Zipline. This will fix the issue where it appears a player is “jittery/rubberbanding” or receives a perceived speed boost immediately after latching onto the Zipline.
- Players will no longer lose the ability to sprint if they emote while on a Zipline.
- Fixed an issue that caused players to become detached from the Zipline right after seeing the animation above their head.
- The Zipline pulley will no longer remain in the world after eliminating a player while they were riding on it.
- Fixed an issue where players would get flung across the map.
- Added sounds and effects when a ziplining player smashes through structures.
- Improved attach collision around Ziplines.
Fixed regressions with the “Auto Pick Up Weapons” option

Events

Added additional dates for Explorer Pop-Up Cups and Friday Night Fortnite
Explorer Pop-Up Cups
- Resource caps adjusted from 700/500/300 to 500/500/500 for wood/stone/metal.
- Resource gains on eliminations adjusted from 100/50/50 to 50/50/50 for wood/stone/metal.
- We’re continuing to make adjustments on these values in an attempt to find a healthy balance, please let us know your feedback!

Bug Fixes

Fixed an issue where Traps were not granting elimination rewards in Explorer Pop-Up Cup.

Playground

Bug Fixes

Fixed an issue that would prevent time trial Challenges from recording player completion times.
Players should no longer see an occasional “Please Wait” message that blocks them from starting Challenge games in Playgrounds.

Performance

GPU performance improvements when view distances are far. This should improve resolution on consoles and in some cases, frame rate.
Minor improvements were made to performance for emote music playback.
Addressed movement corrections sometimes are seen when players jump
Improved the performance of some gliders

Audio

Improved winter biome ambient audio.
Reduced the volume of Quad Crasher boost sounds.

Bug Fixes

Fixed Victory Royale sound effects being different on mobile/Switch.

Players can now preview loading screen cosmetics in the front end by pushing the key bound to the “preview” action “Full Screen”
Added a vehicle health bar above the player shield bar.

Bug Fixes

Fixed an issue where a short snippet of the currently equipped Music item could be heard when previewing a different Music item
Fixed an occasional crash when viewing event tiles on the consoles.

Art and Animation

Zenith has his own idle animation in the lobby.
Lynx has her own idle animation in the lobby.
Phone It In now plays for 15 seconds in the lobby
Dab for days with the new emoting power of the Infinite Dab in the lobby!
- Lasts 10 hours.

Mobile

UI buttons updated.
- Made the HUD settings tab visible for mobile players.
- Updated icons to be more visible in snow.
- Moved the Exit Vehicle button to a new location
60 FPS option enabled for iPad Pro – second generation (10.5” & 12.9”) (select inside Settings).
Enabled support for Snapdragon 710 chipsets (such as; Samsung A8S, Xiaomi Mi 8SE, Nokia 8.1, Oppo R17 Pro).
Enabled support for Snapdragon 670 chipsets (such as Oppo R17, Vivo Z3).
Enabled support for Samsung A9.

Bug Fixes

Added a warning when Accessibility settings for Zoom are enabled, which interfere with tapping the screen and cause missing actions.
- This caused players to experience unresponsive interactions.

Fortnite Battle Royale version 7.01 update overview

With Season 7 in full swing, version 7.01 might not seem that exciting by comparison. That said, the new version of Fortnite includes the Infinity Blade weapon from Epic Games’ Infinity Blade series, the new Close Encounters limited-time mode, and more.

After the new version rolled out to players, however, they complained that the Infinity Blade was overpowered. It also didn’t help that there were no good counters against it.

As a result, the Infinity Blade is now a Vaulted weapon. It’s no longer available in Fortnite, though it could come back as a retooled weapon.

Fortnite Battle Royale version 7.01 patch notes

General

UI

Players are no longer brought to the Battle Royale lobby when clicking “Creative” in the game mode select screen.

Limited Time Mode: Close Encounters

Summary

Close quarters combat with Shotguns & Jetpacks!

Mode Details

The only weapons in this mode are Shotgun variants.
- Jetpacks & Heavy Shotguns can be found in chests & Supply Drops.
- Other Shotgun variants are spawned as floor loot.
The Storm moves in more quickly than normal at mid to late game.
- Typical match length is about 15 minutes.
Stats are enabled for this mode.

Weapons and items

Infinity Blade
- This Mythic melee weapon can be found on Polar Peak.
- Primary Fire delivers a powerful sword slash. It deals big damage to enemies and destroys structures in one blow (75 damage to players).
- Alternate Fire allows the player to leap great distances, destroying objects in its path. Upon landing, it delivers damage and a knock-up to nearby players (25 damage).
- The wielder of the sword is also granted additional abilities:
  - An increased pool of max Health and Shields (200 Health/200 Shields).
  - Regeneration of effective Health over time up to max Health and Shields (1 HP per second).
  - An instant burst of effective Health upon elimination of an enemy (50 HP).
  - Increased movement speed (130%).
- The first player to pull the Infinity Blade from its pedestal will be instantly healed to full Health and Shields.
- If a player picks up the Infinity Blade, all other inventory items aside from building materials will be dropped.
- When the wielder of the Infinity Blade picks up an item (aside from building materials), the Infinity Blade will be dropped.
- The Infinity Blade will be dropped when the wielder is knocked out or eliminated.
- Only one Infinity Blade will appear per match.

Gameplay

X-4 Stormwing
- When a plane is shot down, the driver and all passengers of that plane will now take 25 damage from the explosion.

Bug Fixes

Speculative fix for players moving after being eliminated.
Fixed players being ejected from vehicles if they lost the icy feet effect.

This is an early release so you may experience client crashes, loss of progress, or other unexpected errors.

Islands

The Block
- New 5th Island to build on. Provides the exact block that appears in Battle Royale where your creation could appear.
Featured Islands
- Added 4 featured island Rifts. Featured islands will be changed over time as we feature the communities creations. Featured maps can be played the rules are set by the creator. Also, use the featured rifts to enter codes from other creators.
Island Codes system
- Use codes to load creations that have been shared with the Island Code system.
- Initially, only a limited number of players in the Support a Creator program will have access to this feature.
- Over time we will expand the number of players that can publish islands as we polish this feature.
- To use a code, go to a Feature Rift and select “Enter Code” and follow the instructions.
- Post your creations to Reddit, Youtube, Twitch, or any of our other social channels! We may reach out and provide you the ability to publish your creation.

Bug Fixes

Fixed an issue where respawning on Creative Hub could cause your player to leave the Island.
Fixed various problems with Island Rifts not functioning correctly.
Fixed Island Rifts not showing the correct Island name and player count in some cases.
Fixed an issue that prevented player inventory from being reset when returning to Creative Hub.
Fixed players appearing to fall through the ground in Replays when teleporting between islands.
Fixed bug where the same friend’s server could appear multiple times in Creative server select.
Fixed an issue that prevented players from placing building tiles on certain islands.
Fixed an issue where players would not be able to spawn on your island when building tiles or props were in the way.

Prefabs

6 New Lucky Landing Prefabs
Obstacle Course
- The Obstacle Course gallery was split into four separate gallery Prefabs: Floors, Walls, Roofs & Stairs and Parts.
- New props were added to the Parts gallery. Go check it out!
Indestructible Gallery
- This gallery contains props that cannot be destroyed by weapons.
- New indestructible props and building tiles were added to this gallery Prefab.
A few other Prefabs were updated with new building tiles and props.

Devices

Gameplay

New: Item Spawner – Drop any item on this device to have it spawn one item at a time during games.

New: Player Checkpoint Plate – Run across the checkpoint during a game and the next time you die you’ll respawn there.
Player Spawn device can now be customized to spawn only players on a specific team number. The team number is displayed on the plate (except when in the game is in progress.)
Player Spawn device can now be set to be an Island Start instead of a game start. This can be used to set where players arrive when they visit your island when not in Play mode.

Bug Fixes

Fixed issues with multiple devices able to be placed on top of one another.
Fixed Damage Rails being able to be placed on top of themselves.
Fixed vehicles not being removed when their Vehicle Spawner is deleted.
Fixed a problem that could cause devices to malfunction after being saved and loaded.
Fixed certain devices becoming indestructible after loading your Island on a new server.

Gameplay

New settings in “My Island” menu:
- “Starting Health” can now be set to “Invincible”.
  - This prevents players from taking any damage on your island.
- “Building Damage in Game”
  - This can be disabled to prevent island structures from being damaged in game.
  - Has no effect on structures built by players during the game.
When stopping a game, players are now returned to where they were before the game started.

Bug Fixes

Player inventory is now reset when a game is started and also after it finishes.
Fixed games being called “Minigames” in the UI in some places.
Fixed eliminated players respawning on the same spawn pad in some cases.
Fixed the “Down But Not Out” game setting not functioning correctly.
Fixed players not being able to damage structures in game after editing privileges were revoked by the island owner.
Fixed a bug where disabling falling damage would not be remembered when loading your island.

Creative tools and Phone

Added Collision option
- Collision can now be turned on and off when moving props.
- Toggle collision using V (Hold) on a desktop, or D-Pad Left (Hold) on a controller.
- When collision is off, props can be freely moved through any other object (but not under terrain!)
Grid Snap
- Snap now uses better settings for each individual prop. This allows props to align better to the Fortnite world grid.
Renamed help text for certain actions to be more clear
- “Pick up” is now “Cut”
- While holding something, “Copy” is now “Paste”
Your phone’s settings are now remembered as you move between islands, respawn, or play games on islands.
Vehicles can no longer be deleted while players are using them.
Added some additional sound effects when toggling options on the phone.

Bug Fixes

Fixed props and building tiles being able to be placed outside of the island’s saveable area.
Fixed props sometimes not placing exactly where the hologram preview shows it will when the Drops option was enabled.
Fixed an issue with grid snap where props would not actually align to the grid when placing them down quickly.
Fixed various problems when interacting with mirrored building tiles.
Fixed some issues with placement of props being denied unexpectedly.
Fixed an issue where props could vanish after you pick them up.
Fixed some props that were not able to be moved using the Phone.
Fixed hologram animations not playing on certain props when you pick them up.

Fly

You can now switch to Fly while your Glider is deployed by double-tapping the Jump button.
Holding down the Jump button on will now consistently fly upwards, even on a keyboard.
Improved Fly animations, especially when using items or interacting.

Bug Fixes

Fixed Bouncers being destroyed when flying on top of them.
Fixed certain Devices not affecting respawned players who were eliminated while flying.

Teams

Players will now be on the same team (and voice channel) when entering a server.
Players who join a session in progress will now always be added to Team 1.
Players are now spread evenly between available team spawns when possible.
Players on the same team will now see team identifiers during a game.
Removed redundant Team Spawn Pads option.

Bug Fixes

Fixed players not all starting on the same team when first entering an Island.
Fixed players not being on correct teams when starting a game.
Fixed players being able to switch teams while in the middle of a game.
Fixed players not being able to switch to specific teams in some cases.

Weapons and items

Bug Fixes

Fixed not being able to stack Port-a-Fortress grenades in Creative.

UI and social

Added a new tutorial pop-up to inform users about changing island permissions when another player joins the session.
Players can no longer join your session in progress when your party is set to private.

Bug Fixes

Fixed wrong Creative server being selected in some cases when choosing a server using a controller.
Interacting with chests and Supply Llamas now takes the intended amount of time.
Fixed the Creative Inventory not being displayed while skydiving or gliding.
Fixed the wrong number of players showing next to names in the friend list.
Fixed friends’ servers showing on Creative server select after they become empty.
Fixed various issues with friend status in Creative and player counts.
Fixed being able to access Creative Inventory when in the Creative Hub in certain cases.
Fixed various problems with in-game tutorial pop-ups

Performance

Improved the load times of island content when first starting a server.
To improve server performance, the maximum number of Vehicle Spawners on an island has been limited to 32.
Reduced memory usage when switching between Islands on the same server.
Improved performance of particle systems with large numbers of placed traps.

Mobile

Added a new button that toggles Collision on the Phone.
Added new states to some creative buttons to make their actions more clear.

Bug Fixes

Fixed the “Memory Used” bar being covered up by other mobile UI.

Fortnite Battle Royale version 7.00 update overview

Fortnite Season 7 has arrived! The latest Season brings a winter theme to Fortnite which includes three new frosty areas to explore, a new vehicle, weapon and vehicle wraps, and an all-new game mode called Creative.

Check out our Fortnite Season 7 guide for all the info!