The shooter Fortnite is getting an update today on PC, PS4, Xbox One, and iOS. We’ll show you in the patch notes what it includes. The update brings a new weapon for Battle Royale and a new mode. Fresh skins are certainly included as well. But mainly, the PvE of Fortnite is the focus: Here, the game is made faster and more enjoyable.
Currently, the Fortnite servers are still down for maintenance, but as soon as Fortnite is back online, the game will launch with some improvements and changes. Patch 3.4 clearly focuses on the PvE mode.
The highlights of the patch notes for Battle Royale
- The cross-play is further enhanced. So there are now options in the interface with 3.4 to invite your friends, even across platform boundaries.
- The Battle Royale receives a new weapon. The “Guided Missile” should mainly target fortifications. The weapon is available in purple and orange. It deals 105 (epic) or 110 (legendary) damage to opponents – but 1000 to buildings. You can steer the missile after firing it. You can find the missile in treasure chests and supply drops.
- The Boogie Bomb is back after being fixed.
- And the grenade launcher looks like an egg launcher over Easter, but that’s just cosmetic.
- A new mode “Sniper Showdown v2” is also coming to the game. There are no revolvers here, just a hunting rifle and a crossbow. Also, several special rules are active, so no one crawls here; anyone who goes down is immediately out of the match.
- On PS4 and Xbox One, the “30 FPS mode” is being removed – Epic basically says: We have optimized Fortnite further and improved the 60 FPS mode, so play that.
The highlights of the patch notes for Save the World
- In Save the World, sprinting no longer consumes energy – the game is thus faster. You should now be able to inspect and loot objects in the world more quickly.
- The control scheme “Combat Pro” is now usable in Save the World. This is the control scheme from PvP.
- Those who die and are revived no longer suffer durability penalties for weapons.
- And the backpack is more organized – stacks now stack up to 200 (previously 99)
- Remote explosives are now also available in Fortnite’s PvE.
- The finale of the “Spring Storm” event comes with “The Three Husks” – that looks like an Easter event. Here, you have to defeat three mini-bosses in one fight. “Miss Bunny Penny” awaits as a reward – a legendary constructor.
- With the upgrade materials like “Raindrops”, they want to be more generous in later zones.
- They are also changing the reward balance again; in general, they want to be more generous and give everyone a free upgrade llama.
- And Long-Eared Jonesy, a soldier, is now in the event shop. They seem to have taken inspiration from Donnie Darko.
You can read the full patch notes here at Epic.
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