This week’s Fortnite update has landed and it brings with it even more exciting new additions for players to explore this week.
Many fans had been hoping to see the launch of the jetpack that was teased earlier this week, but that has been delayed in place of a new hunting rifle weapon, plus a brand new location.
The game servers went down at 9am GMT this morning and developers managed to avoid delays and got the servers running again just after 11am.
As well as the new addition, Epic Games has also tweaked some of the loot spawn frequency and weapon drops rate, as well as carrying out various bug fixes
What is in the new Fortnite update?
The highly-anticipated jetpack has been delayed while the developers continue to work on it, but there are still some big new additions to the game this week that will get fans excited.
Firstly, a hunting rifle has been added as a new weapon in the game and it can be found in treasure chests and as floor loot.
The medium to long range gun has no scope and only holds one round, it can be found as both uncommon and rare.
Drop rates have also been tweaked for various weapons including the burst assault rifle and the tactical shotgun.
A new location of interest has also been added to the game map, Lucky Landing is located at the southern edge of the island.
Epic Games has also made various additions to the party feature which lets you play with friends, and there has also been various bug fixes and weapon changes.
Various performance improvements have been made, developers have improved overall frame rate by using less CPU for characters that are far away, as well as optimizing weapon load times and reducing their memory usage.
Fortnite patch notes
Weapons + Items
Hunting Rifle added!
Single shot rifle that has no scope and is effective at medium to long range.
Uncommon and Rare rarity.
Found in Treasure Chests and Floor Loot.
Adjusted inconsistent drop rates for various weapon rarities.
Burst Assault Rifle drop chance:
Common decreased by 20%.
Uncommon increased by 60%.
Rare increased by 150%.
Revolver drop chance:
Common decreased by 10%.
Uncommon increased by 33%.
Rare increased by 75%.
Tactical Shotgun drop chance:
Uncommon decreased by 10%.
Rare increased by 33%.
Epic increased by 75%.
These weapons had unnecessarily low drop rates as they progressed in rarity. This does not change the overall likelihood of finding these weapon types but it does increase your chances of
finding a higher rarity version. – Developer Comment
Gameplay
Minor adjustments to Loot in the following locations:
Snobby Shores (removed 13 Floor Loot spawn locations and 4 chests)
Industrial Plot north-east of Flush Factory (removed 4 Floor Loot spawn locations and 3 chests)
Tilted Towers (removed 8 Floor Loot spawn locations and 4 chests)
World
The new ‘Lucky Landing’ point of interest has been added to the southern edge of the island.
UI
You now receive Party Suggestions while in the lobby.
Rich presence now provides the player’s party size.
Added new intro/outro animations to the party invite notification.
Invite notification now closes upon being clicked.
Presence text that is too long will no longer overlap the Invite/Join buttons.
Art/Animation
Re-enabled sprinting dust effects on low settings.
Hip fire positioning is now maintained if a player fired recently and switched weapons.
Audio
Reduced the volume of the Hand Cannon audio to match that of the Revolver.
Reduced the volume of the Windmills found in Anarchy Acres and Fatal Fields.
Performance
Improved overall frame rate by using less CPU for characters that are far away.
Optimized weapon load times and reduced their memory usage.
You can read the full patch notes including the various bug fixes on the Epic Games website.
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