Fortnite (PC, PS4, iOS, Switch & Xbox One) has received the new Patch 5.1. What is included in the update can be found in the German patch notes here. It is a huge update for the 1st birthday.
Major patch for the 1st birthday: Fortnite is celebrating its first birthday today, and the associated Patch 5.10 is impressive. Here you can find all the highlights of the patch notes for Update 5.10.
New features in Battle Royale from Patch 5.10
Everything is changing in Fortnite’s PvP mode:
- You can find and eat cake. They provide 5 health and shield each.
- There are birthday challenges. Anyone who completes three will receive a new emote, spray design, and back bling.
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- The Battle Bus and supply crates have a new design
- The Creative mode returns in a heavily revised form. Starting from July 25, 2018, you can enjoy even more resources, ammunition, and golf carts!
- The new SMG “Submachine Gun” is in the game
- Supply drops now have different loot distribution. You will find many more assault rifles, fewer sniper rifles, and no more pistols. The new SMG is, by the way, present in 14.58 percent of chests. Additionally, you will find no more damage traps, but more launch pads and campfires. The Slurp Juice is also included twice as often. There will be no more Cozy Campfires in the chests, and all materials will have a 33 percent chance of appearing.
- The health of stone and wood walls has been reduced, while metal walls will be harder.
- You can now sprint by default.
- Newly built structures now appear in a different color as long as players are standing in them.
- The gyroscope controls on Nintendo Switch now rotate around the longitudinal axis instead of the yaw axis.
- Bullets from sniper rifles no longer stop when they pass through certain trigger zones (e.g., from traps).
- Players no longer fall through the ground or get pushed through walls when placing or editing buildings.
- Founder Pack customers now receive the two skins Warpaint and Rose Team Leader
New features in Save the World from Patch 5.10
Everything is changing in Fortnite’s PvE mode:
- The story continues in the Bru-Tal region. All players with access to Bru-Tal and Twine Peaks can take on the new storyline. The old Bru-Tal missions are still available and have been converted into a series of optional side missions.
- Duplicate avoidance for Llamas: You now receive items that you do not already have. This change applies to epic, legendary, and mythic schematics and heroes.
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- The quest log has been adjusted for Twine Peaks: You can now transition directly from a Storm Shield Defense to the next while unlocking new areas without having to complete the quests in between. There are also new quests.
- There are new quests for the Fortnite birthday: Find birthday cakes and eat cake pieces to earn event tickets. Additionally, eliminate the new “Cake Kaboomers” to unlock a birthday hero.
- A new system for activating missions and voting has been implemented. It can now be used in the missions “Data Recovery” and “Ride the Lightning”. The new system replaces the difficulty pylon on the map and allows you to start missions at the mission location and increase the difficulty.
- There are new heroes: Birthday Brigade Ramirez – a legendary variant of the soldier hero – can be unlocked through the limited-time birthday quest.
- The new Mythic Constructor Steel-Wool-Syd has been added to Act 1 of the Bru-Tal quest line.
- The soldier House Fighter Sledgehammer will be available in the event shop starting July 26.
- There are 25 free inventory slots as a birthday gift
- Faulty tooltips have been adjusted
- A new enemy, the Shockshell, has been added. It shoots rays at you.
- There are birthday llamas in the shop that contain loot from previous events
- The amount of gold has been doubled for all reward tiers of the Horde Challenge
- The resource for advantage distorters has been increased by 50% for all reward tiers of the Horde Challenge
- The “Bag Llama” quest has been removed
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