Fortnite: 'v6.20 Patch Notes'

The Fortnitemares cinematic video will not play on the Nintendo Switch platform.

☆ NintendObs Weekly – Monday, October 22, 2018 – Sunday, October 28, 2018.

Fortnite

V6.20 PATCH NOTES

Trick or Treat,

Come one and all, are you ready for some scares? Then join us this season during Fortnitemares!

New weapons and Heroes are soon to arrive. Will they be enough to help you survive?

Approaching now is a fun new sound, and all new surprises await in Playground.

But that’s not all, there’s plenty more. So join us to see what v6.20 has in store!

Fortnitemares (Battle Royale & Save the World)

Explore all of the tasty treats, exciting appearances, and new looks! Read the Fortnitemares blog to watch the video and get details for both Battle Royale and Save the World.

Six Shooter (Battle Royale)

Do ya feel lucky, partner? Show off your gunslinger skills with the new Six Shooter.

Glider Re-Deploy (Battle Royale)

Glider Redeploy is currently available in all game modes! Help us test this feature and fly high above the competition.

New Playground Items (Battle Royale)

Man your stations! A new pirate ship minigame and other fun additions are now available in Playground as well as changes to the Spiky Stadium.

New Mythic Soldier (Save the World)

Quickdraw Calamity arrives to Save the World! Defeat Husks and rescue survivors with this brand new Hero!

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.

GENERAL

SOCIAL

The Social List has been completely redesigned. This is the first of many steps toward improving the social experience within Fortnite. Expect more frequent updates and improvements to this experience over the coming weeks.

The main Social List has received new art, animations, and flow.

The Social List button has moved to the left side of the screen and can now be directly accessed with a controller.

Controller and Touch support has been improved.

Party Finder has been removed

All previous Party Finder functionality has moved to the new Social List.

Places that used to open Party Finder now open the new Social List.

KNOWN ISSUES

The Fortnitemares cinematic video will not play on the Nintendo Switch platform.

BATTLE ROYALE

LIMITED TIME EVENT: FORTNITEMARES

Summary

The Cube strikes back, bringing Fortnitemares to Battle Royale! Drop in and discover what the Cube has unleashed.

What’s New?

Cube Fragments spawn Cube Monsters! Drop in and discover the different types.

Large Cube Fragments are found near corrupted areas of the island.

Small Cube Fragments are created randomly throughout the match.

Cube Fiends, Brutes, and Fragments all have a chance to drop loot.

Defeating a Cube Fiend or Brute will grant a small amount of shield.

Eliminating a Cube Fiend will grant +3 shield

Eliminating an Elite Cube Fiend will grant +5 shield

Eliminating a Cube Brute will grant +10 shield

Eliminating an Elite Cube Brute will grant +15 shield

Eliminating a Mega Cube Brute will grant +20 shield

Fiend Hunter Crossbow added. Fortnitemare Limited time weapon.

Available in Epic variant.

40 base damage

1.8 shots per second.

4x damage against Fiends

Seven Arrow magazine size, unlimited ammo.

Can be found from floor loot, chests and Vending Machines.

PLAYGROUND

New Port-A grenades are now available in Vending Machines at the southern edge of Loot Lake. The Port-A-Challenge set includes the Building Challenge, Obstacle Course, and Firing Range minigames. There’s four of each type with varying difficulty.

The Spiky Stadium makes a return with a brand new respawn system and Vending Machines to provide all the necessary grenades. Finally, there’s the Port-A-Pirateship mini-game. This grenade spawns a re-creation of the minigame shown off by SXVXN!

Port-A-Challenge

Obstacle Course

Collect the tokens and avoid the obstacles while honing your building skills.

Building Challenge

Build the structure as fast as possible.

Firing Range

Take out as many dummies as you can within the time limit.

Spiky Stadium v2

Once inside the new Spiky Stadium, players will respawn at designated spawn points inside the playspace.

Vending machines provide grenades and Traps to allow you to customize your play.

Port-A-Pirateship

A re-creation of the minigame shown off by SXVXN.

Spawns two large wooden Pirate ships.

The minigame will split players into two teams, with the goal of destroying the other team’s ship.

Port-A-Pirateship Ironclad Edition

Spawns two large metal Pirate ships.

Grenades and Rockets are provided for maximum destruction

New Vending Machines have been added across the map to provide more Traps and weapons.

A new respawn button has been added to the in-game player menu.

WEAPONS + ITEMS

Six Shooter added.

Available in Uncommon, Rare and Epic variants.

34 / 36 / 38 base damage.

Shoot from the hip for faster fire rate, or trade rate of fire for precision by aiming down the sight

Uses Medium Ammo.

Can be found from floor loot, chests and Vending Machines.

The Rocket Launcher is now the Pumpkin Rocket Launcher.

This is a visual only change.

Hand Cannon balance changes.

Increased damage to structures.

Epic – From 79 to 150

Legendary – From 83 to 157

Increased minimum long-range body shot damage.

Epic – From 30 to 50

Legendary – From 31 to 52

Increased minimum long-range head shot damage.

Epic – From 60 to 100

Legendary – From 62 to 104

Stink Bomb

Increased chance to find from floor loot from 0.27% to 0.47%

Increased chance to find from Chests from 2.37% to 4.08%

Increased the chance of getting an explosive weapon from Chests from 3.06% to 3.35%

Decreased the chance of getting a Grenade Launcher from 1.35% to 0.91%

Increased the chance of getting a Rocket Launcher from 0.83% to 1.12%

The Port-a-Fortress has returned and can be looted in-game.

The Guided Missile has returned and can be looted in-game.

GAMEPLAY

The Glider Redeploy functionality that’s available in the Soaring Limited Time Modes can now be used in all game modes. Help us test this feature and let us know what you think.

When in mid-air and greater than 10m up, press Jump to deploy your glider.

Weapons now reload upon respawn in modes that keep the player’s inventory.

Storm Changes

Wait time for phase 3 has been reduced from 120 seconds to 90 seconds.

Wait time for phase 5 has been reduced from 70 seconds to 50 seconds.

Late game moving circles will now immediately begin traveling to a new location after it reaches its current destination.

Storm’s maximum damage has been reduced from 10 to 8.

The final circle now moves and shrinks at the same time.

Players will now take 2 damage per second while in the Down But Not Out state instead of 2 damage every 2 seconds.

Maximum time in the DBNO state reduced from 100 seconds to 50 seconds if no friendly player attempts to revive you.

Bug Fixes

Removing ability to rocket ride Quad Launcher rockets.

Fixes streaming issues on low-end iOS devices.

AUDIO

Added unique sounds when cycling through Traps.

Removed the in-air audio cue for Gliders that belong to friendly teammates.

Reduced volume of Dark Viking glider.

UI

Your name now always appears at the top of your squad list in-game.

Bug Fixes

When a Challenge bundle is delayed, it will now display as “Coming Soon” rather than “Unlocking in 0 seconds.”

Chain quests in the Challenge bundles now show the current quest number in the chain over the total number of quests in the chain.

Example: 1/2, 2/3, etc.

ART + ANIMATION

New variants added to the Musha and Hime Outfits that are part of the Bushido set.

No Challenges are needed to unlock these variants. If you own the Outfits they will be automatically unlocked.

Bug Fixes

Pets no longer get stuck floating in the air after their owner drives a vehicle off a jump.

Fixed Quadcrasher Jump Trick animation displays.

Changes in other players’ aim and view directions are now smoother, both in-game and during replays.

MOBILE

Better handling of larger memory Android devices (6 GB+)

Custom HUD Layout users can now toggle the visibility of buttons across Combat/Build modes.

Red – Hidden

Green – Visible

Blue – Does not affect visibility

Buttons will only be shown when they are relevant to the player, even when set to “visible”.

Example: Buttons shown while holding a weapon will only be shown on screen while a weapon is being held.

The Combat/Build quickbar is now resizeable within Custom HUD Layout.

This includes extra buttons.

Players can now edit structures while in combat mode while holding any weapon.

Bug Fixes

The first weapon picked now properly equips automatically.

Source: Epic Games.