Today, on January 22, a new update for Fortnite: Battle Royale will be released, addressing some highly criticized points. Shield Potions are expected to return. Also great: There will be no maintenance for Content Update 7.20!
When will the new update for Fortnite be released? On this Tuesday, players will be able to download Content Update 7.20 around 2 PM, which will tackle some highly criticized functionalities from last week. According to Epic, there will be no maintenance this week. So you can start right after installing the new patch.
The Snowman is coming – will it replace the Bush?
The Bush is an item players can use to hide and become invisible. While this feature sounds pretty cool, it is extremely unpopular since the Bush often restricts one’s view.
Snowman for the hide-and-seek game in the snow: The “sneaky” Snowman is set to replace the Bush as long as the Fortnite: Battle Royale map looks wintery. If the Snowman addresses the criticisms of the Bush, it will likely see much more use.
The rarity in which the Snowman will appear is currently unknown. However, it is likely that we will see the Snowman as rarely as the Bush. Whether the Bush will be completely removed from the game is also unclear.
Changes in the new patch for Fortnite
These criticized points Fortnite wants to improve: As Epic employee Eric Williamson stated on Twitter, players can look forward to various improvements.
- The availability of shields will be changed – With the last update and the introduction of the reusable glider, the entire loot pool seems to be a bit off. Shield Potions have been found significantly less often than before the update. Epic hopes to solve this problem today.
- You will find flying and vehicles less frequently – a long-standing conflict in the community concerns the excessively high spawn rate of planes and vehicles. They appear too often and thus have a large impact on the outcome of a game.
Will items be removed from the game? As Williamson further explains, several items and weapons will disappear into the “Vault” again. This means these items will be removed and reworked to return later in a different form.
Definitely affected will be the Quad Launcher, which will disappear with today’s update. Those who love the quadruple rocket launcher should thus play a few rounds with this weapon by 2 PM. There will be further affected items, but Williamson did not specify which ones.
In addition to all these changes, there will likely also be bug fixes and other improvements. You can read the specific patch notes as usual around 2 PM on MeinMMO.
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What do you think of the update? What improvements do you wish for?
The patch notes are now available:
