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Fortnite: ‘v8.01 Patch Notes’

NintendObserverBuried Treasure and Saved Sprays.

 

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V8.01 PATCH NOTES

 

BATTLE ROYALE

 

WHAT’S NEW?

Buried Treasure

Follow the map to uncover hidden loot across the island! Find the X that marks the spot and get to digging.

 

Fortnite

 

GAMEPLAY

  • Increased the angle at which you can slide down terrain without taking damage from 65 degrees to 75 degrees.

 

WEAPONS + ITEMS

  • Buried Treasure
    • It’s a map that is used to track down buried chests on the map.
      • Chests contain a trove of legendary loot.
      • X marks the spot! The chest must be dug up using a pickaxe.
    • There is a limit of one map held at a time.
    • Legendary Rarity.
    • Can be found from Floor Loot and Chests.
  • Reduced Infantry Rifle availability
    • Reduced the chance of receiving an Infantry Rifle from Chests from 14.41% to 13.39%
    • Reduced the chance of receiving an Infantry Rifle from Floor Loot from 2.41% to 2.24%
  • Reduced Clinger availability
    • Reduced the chance of receiving Clinger’s from Chests from 9.42% to 5.52%
    • Reduced the chance of receiving Clinger’s from Floor Loot from 1.27% to 1.02%
  • Vaulted
    • Bottle Rockets

 

EVENTS

  • New Tournament: Gauntlet Solo Test Event & Gauntlet Duo Test Event
    • We are running a new type of tournament as a test of several format updates.
    • Extended Hours: This event consists of a single session which lasts until March 9th 00:00 GMT.
      • Due to the extended hours for this event, Duo players will each have their own score that remains when changing partners.
      • Note: Due to the playlist featuring matchmaking based on your score, the quality or availability of matches may differ at certain times of day.
    • Updated Scoring:
      • Match Limit: None
      • Bus Fare: -2 Points
        • Each match played will reduce your score by two points in the form of a ‘Bus Fare’ at the start of the match.
        • Tournament scores cannot go into the negatives – at the end of a match, if a player has a negative score for the tournament then their score will be reset to zero points.
      • Victory Royale: +3 Points (+10 Total)
      • 2nd – 5th: +2 Points (+7 Total)
      • 6th – 10th: +2 Points (+5 Total)
      • 11th – 25th: +3 Points (+3 Total)
      • Each Elimination: +1 Point
    • Matchmaking:
      • Players are still matchmade against opponents with similar point totals.
      • Matchmaking will wait for up to 8 minutes before creating a match with the closest players available.
      • Matchmaking will search in a considerably wider points range after 4 minutes of searching.
    • At the conclusion of the Gauntlet Test Event, the Top 5% of players based on their final score will unlock the ‘Gauntlet Finals’ tournament.
  • New Tournament: Gauntlet Solo Finals & Gauntlet Duo Finals
    • Scheduled 3-hour event, check tournament in-game for your local time.
      • Note: NA East and NA West are now separate for scheduled tournaments, and no longer share a leaderboard.
    • Scoring:
      • Match Limit: 10 Games
      • Victory Royale: +3 Points (+10 Total)
      • 2nd – 5th: +2 Points (+7 Total)
      • 6th – 10th: +2 Points (+5 Total)
      • 11th – 25th: +3 Points (+3 Total)
      • Each Elimination: +1 Point
    • Top 3000 players in each server region will advance to Round 2 on Sunday during same time block.

 

AUDIO

  • Improvement to the standard AR sound so that it’s not overbearing on the shooter.
  • The sound made when a player destroys a structure is now louder when instigated by enemies.
  • Footstep audio blends in the above/below layers, rather than binarily switching between them.
  • Footstep occlusion traces from the head of enemies when they’re above or below.
  • Reduced the volume of the Season 8 Victory Umbrella.
  • The Season 8 Victory Umbrella now uses the correct sound on Mobile/Switch.

 

MOBILE

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed an issue when pressing the fire button with 2 fingers causes fire action to continuously loop.

 

CREATIVE

 

WHAT’S NEW?

Saved Sprays

Give your island even more personality using sprays! The limit of 3 per island is a thing of the past.

 

Fortnite

 

ISLANDS

  • Sprays are now saved! Use your sprays to decorate.
    • Removed the 3 spray limit, now each spray has a small cost on the memory thermometer.

 

GAMEPLAY

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed issue where Nintendo Switch Consoles can Desync with 16 players on a Creative Server.

 

WEAPONS + ITEMS

  • Added the Drum Gun
  • Added the Tactical Submachine Gun

 

PREFABS

  • Added All New Elemental Cube Gallery – beginning with 4 variations of water.
  • Added new Bridge and Girder Galleries in a variety of colors.
  • Added new Obstacle Course Galleries in a variety of colors.
  • Added new Visualizer Gallery XL – now you can go big with your music!

 

DEVICES

Bug Fixes

  • Billboard Device will now update immediately when changes are made.
  • Billboard Device will no longer be able to bypass the Language Filter.
  • Player Spawn Pads will no longer be removed when destroying the supporting floor tile.

 

Source: Epic Games.

 

 

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