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Fortnite Season 5 Shop Update: What Skins, gliders, pickaxes and emotes are in shop today?
The Fortnite shop was just updated and today the item shop has a series of skins that haven't been seen in the in-game shop for quite some time.
For those wondering, today's item shop includes the Legendary Fortnite Raptor Skin costing 2000 V-Bucks. In addition, players can also grab the Season 4 Abstrakt skin for 1500 V-Bucks.
As for today's new pickaxes, the shop has given fans the choice of the Pick Squeak and Renegade Roller for 1500 and 1200 V-Bucks respectively.
Those are the four headline items from the new shop refresh but there's plenty more on top of that from the pool of Daily Items.
This includes the Survival Specialist and Desperado skins, both costing 1200 V-Bucks.
There's also the Bottom Feeder pickaxe, costing 1500 V-Bucks and Mainframe glider for 500 V-Bucks.
Last, but by no means least, you can also grab the Electro Shuffle and Gun Show emotes for 800 and 200 V-Bucks respectively.
So, unfortunately, no Season 5 goodies today, but check back tomorrow when we could get something new from one of the many leaked skins we've seen lately.
Electro Shuffle
Fortnite Shop Update: What's new in the shop today?
Lets take a look at what's available in the Fortnite Battle Royale Shop for 17th July 2018 
This shop update follows on from today's new 5.0 Content Update which included plenty of new features for both Fortnite Battle Royale and Fortnite Save the World players but also a number of bug fixes.
"Two new weapons make their way into Save the World and Battle Royale. Try these new additions for yourself in the v5.0 Content Update." reads the new update blog post.
Here's a quick recap for the headline features:
Submachine Gun (Battle Royale)
Make enemies think twice before they push you. Run and gun with the new Submachine Gun, ideal for those intense close range battles.
Typewriter Assault Rifle (Save the World)
If the pen is mightier than the sword then what does that make the Typewriter Assault Rifle? This high capacity weapon takes the cake when it comes to Husk clearing!
Save the World 50% Off Sale (Save the World)
Level up with your friends and lead the world's remaining Heroes in the fight to save humanity and take back the world
ahead of the games next big content update, which was officially confirmed by Epic Games Fortnite Twitter account on Monday evening.
"Discover what's new in the v5.0 Content Update! Available tomorrow, July 17 at 8 AM Eastern Time (1200 GMT)," reads the new Epic Games tweet.
This means UK fans should be able to download the games new update from 1pm BST.
In a follow-up tweet, the developer also reassured fans that there would be no downtime for this content update.
Equally, full patch notes will be revealed at 1pm UK time when the update goes live.
Epic usually shares patch notes via the Fortnite Trello board, and if they're to be believed, the new Battle Royale update will include a fix for a problem in which stats don't record properly.
"We're investigating an issue where players stats aren't always being reported properly," notes a statement from Epic.
Epic is also investigating a problem with voice chat on PC, as well as an issue with unequipping items in the locker. The developer also notes it's looking into a problem with Toilet Paper and Chinese Lantern contrails not appearing.
Fortnite Skins: Update 5.0 LEAKED Skins and costmetics coming to the shop SOON
Take a look at some upcoming Fortnite cosmetics found in the latest Patch v5.0 files 
Fortnite Season 5 – Week 2 challenges
Below are the most recent Fortnite Season 5 challenges. If you've not found time to complete them or need help, follow the links below.
Free Challenges
• Deal damage with SMGs to opponents (500)
• Search a Supply Llama (21)
• Clinger, Stink Bomb, or Grenade Eliminations (HARD) (3)
Battle Pass Challenges
• Search chests in Snobby Shores (7)
• Search floating Lightning Bolts (7)
• Follow the treasure map found in Risky Reels (HARD) (1)
• Eliminate opponents in Retail Row (HARD) (3)
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