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The latest update in Fortnite brings back the original FN map, stirring nostalgia among long-time players. With frequent updates continuously changing the game, staying informed about patch notes becomes crucial for players striving for Victory Royales.
Despite speculations about Fortnite's decline, its near-constant stream of new content keeps the game vibrant and dynamic. From unvaulted weapons to new landing spots, each patch introduces significant changes, ensuring an exciting and unpredictable gameplay experience.
Here's an overview of the patch:
- Introduction of the Fortnite Avatar crossover event, featuring all Avatar skins and new items like water-bending and air-bending, to be enabled on Friday.
- Addition of a two-tiered event pass system, with a free tier offering exclusive rewards and a premium tier unlocking cosmetics and cooler items.
- The event pass is available in-game but will be enabled later in the week, coinciding with the release of new Mythic items.
- Various adjustments and bug fixes, including the addition of a timer to the item shop, removal of rarity for skins, fixing the level 200 reward unlock issue, and tweaks for Fortnite Festival, such as a redesigned jam stage and reorganisation of Jam tracks.
Fortnite Patch Update Breakdown
This week, Fortnite introduces the full Avatar crossover, following last week's release of the Korra bonus skin. With the latest update patch notes, all Avatar skins are now available in-game, accompanied by several new items.
In addition to the water-bending item, players can expect air-bending abilities, though these features won't be active until Friday. Stay tuned for the release of these additional Fortnite Chapter 5 Mythic items, offering new gameplay dynamics to explore.
Battle Pass: Avatar Elements Pass
The latest event in Fortnite brings not only new Mythics and skins but also a comprehensive event pass system. Similar to previous events like Star Wars and Ninja Turtles, this event features a two-tiered pass structure. While the free tier offers some exclusive rewards, the premium tier unlocks actual cosmetics and more desirable items.
Although the event pass is already available in-game, it won't be enabled for use until Friday, coinciding with the release of the new Mythics. The Avatar elements pass will run for several weeks, leading up to the return of Star Wars in early May.
Major Improvements, Bug Fixes and Adjustments
Ranked Progression Balancing:
As part of the rank reset, adjustments have been made to progress gains in ranked play. The aim is to alleviate some of the grind players experienced when climbing the ranks in the previous Ranked period. Players are encouraged to share their feedback on these progression changes.
Ranked Racing Matchmaking:
With the launch of Neon Rush, modifications have been implemented to improve matchmaking in ranked play. These changes aim to enhance queue times for players across all ranks.
Speed Run Leaderboards:
The Speed Run leaderboards have been reset with the introduction of Neon Rush. Players are challenged to vie for the top spots once again. Best of luck to all participants in maintaining their positions!
Bugfixes:
- Implemented improvements to prevent cars from getting stuck or being redirected incorrectly when hitting an edge.
- Resolved an issue causing cars to be destroyed by objects that should be instantly destroyed upon impact.
- Fixed the appearance of the "Wrong Way" indicator during sharp drifts.
- Adjusted the camera behaviour when driving up vertical surfaces that go upside down to prevent snapping into place.
- Corrected the absence of starting line boost visual effects on other racers' cars.
- Addressed the absence of visual effects for certain surface types.
- Fixed the unexpected behaviour of drafting visual effects when drafting on walls or upside down.
- Resolved an issue where underthrust visual effects could be cancelled out by air dodge visual effects.
- Fixed the ability for players to control their car while a UI screen was active, such as the post-match screen.
- Resolved an error message that appeared when returning to the lobby during post-match matchmaking.
- Implemented fixes to prevent access to unintended parts of tracks.
- Fixed a bug allowing speed pads in a horizontal row to give cars multiple stacks of bonus speed when driven over simultaneously.
- Smoothed out the visual elements of the Anaconda track. Fixed controller mapping issues for the ZL and SL buttons on the Nintendo Switch.
- Addressed the low-poly appearance of cars when loading into a race on the Nintendo Switch.
Speed Run:
- Resolved a game crash that occurred when completing a Speed Run match with an anonymous player present on the leaderboard.
- Fixed an issue where the Top 100 leaderboards would occasionally display only 99 players.
- Addressed an issue causing late-joining players to spawn incorrectly on the starting line in Speed Run matches.
- Fixed the "Wrong Way" indicator, which would persist on-screen after pressing the "End Run" button.
- Various fixes were implemented for late-joining players concerning the post-match screen UI.
- Fixed the disappearance of the Best Run Time icon when scrolling through run times in the post-match screen.
- Ensured a more consistent appearance of the City Slam Mammoths decal between Fortnite and Rocket League.
- Addressed an issue where certain parts of the Dominus GT did not appear as metallic as intended.
- Fixed the engine block of the Dominus GT, which did not change to the selected car body paint colour as expected.
Other Changes and Updates
Here are some other significant changes made to this patch:
- Addition of a timer to the Fortnite item shop.
- Removal of rarity for skins.
- Bug fix for making the level 200 reward actually unlockable.
- Adjustments for Fortnite Festival, including a re-design for the jam stage and reorganisation of jam tracks to keep other modes in the game alive.
This was everything for the Fortnite V29.90 patch. The battle passes for this event look especially attractive to Avatar fans, so if you are one, then get ready to grind the battle pass out. PS: Don't forget that there are 2 parts to the battle pass!
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