Fortnite Update 9.30 Patch Notes: Chug Splash, Downtime, New Skins, Prop Hunt LTM and more (Pic: Epic Games)
Fortnite update 9.30 is set to release on Tuesday 18th June following an impromtu late night announcement from Epic Games on Twitter.
In a season that has largely released updates on Wednesday this is obviously a surprise coming a day earlier than most expected.
However it's happening, and it's likely to be a significant 'bigger' update as well. This naturally means that there will be some server downtime required in order to roll out the new update and latest changes.
Epic confirmed the news earlier this evening, taking to Twitter to tell fans:
"A refreshing new beverage arrives in the v9.30 update tomorrow, June 18. It'll hit the spot! Downtime begins at 4 AM ET (0800UTC)."
This means the game will be going offline at 9am BST, but it's worth noting that sometimes the game can become largely unplayable up to twenty minutes beforehand.
There's another reason this could be significant, according to Fortnite News Epic Games employees are going on vacation and well only be getting content updates for the upcoming 3 weeks.
Read on to discover all the changes expected to arrive in game.
Chug Splash Item
When Fortnite announced the downtime they did provide a clue as to one of the big changes, but without a change to the in-game MOTD (Message of the Day) it was a little hard to gauge exactly what this new item was.
Normally the feed provides a bit of a clue prior but this wasn't the case for update 9.30. Thankfully when the item shop changed over so did the message, which now includes mention of a 'Chug Splash'.
The description of the new item reads, “It pays to share. Keep your squad in the game!”.
This item hasnt been leaked by dataminers, so theres no info what-so-ever on how it will work.
Although the description does seem to suggest it's something for your squad, so perhaps this is the first item of it's kind that's made to be shared with your teammates.
Not much use for single player, but still it's an interesting new take on the health items that could mix up the meta somewhat.
Stay tuned because when the official patch notes arrive we'll have more info.
New Skins
We'll be upfront and say this isn't a given. But the fact that the 'bigger' updates tend to include plenty of leaks about new skins, coupled with recent E3 event would suggest some excellent new skins on the way.
Those who kept one eye on Twitter will know that the flurry of Fortnite events in the last week included plenty of clues as to new skins and styles for some of our favourite Fortnite skins.
Some are even shown in the video below from DrLupo.
Point being, we wouldn't be surprised to see plenty of new skins in the update and some could have been hiding in plain sight at the Fortnite events too.
Prop Hunt LTM
One of the wildly popular new modes introduced to players at E3 was prop hunt.
The mode isn't anything new, it's existed in first person shooters for some time. But in Fortnite with it's silly props and colourful gameplay it's taken to a whole new level and looks amazing.
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