The patch notes for update 40.00 in Fortnite at a glance. We show you all the changes from Chapter 7 Season 2 that await you.
What is happening today in Fortnite? Epic Games recently shut down the servers for a major maintenance. Chapter 7 Season 2 is starting with a new Battle Pass, map changes, and more. To keep you informed about what has changed, we present you the official patch notes.
Important notes about the list: This list is now complete and equipped with all patch notes.
All patch notes from update 40.00
Rivalries: Feature decides the future of the season
With Season 2, a new feature is introduced that many will likely recognize from the Agent season of Chapter 2. At the beginning of the season, you can choose a side:
- Team Foundation
- Team Ice King
Depending on which side you choose, you will need to gather points for the selected team. This happens by defeating your rivals in a match. The team that earns more points during the season may distribute its arsenal on the map, thus influencing the map.
In addition, you will receive Rival Credits, which you can spend on weapons, perks, and XP. So be tough and assert yourselves on the map.
Map changes
The map has also changed with the release of Season 2. Primarily, old POIs have been replaced with new ones to provide variety. Here’s what you can expect:
- New Sanctuary
- Frigid Fortress
- Dark Dominion
- Squibbly Shores
- New movement devices: the Turbo Grenade and the Skyline Deployer.
Fortnite switches out almost the entire loot pool
In Season 2, the meta will be turned upside down, as many weapons will be removed and replaced with new examples. The following can be read in the notes:
- Vector 7 DMR – A scoped rifle with high damage and a lower rate of fire designed for precision at long distances.
- Chaos Reloader Shotgun – A single-shot shotgun with devastating damage at close range. Since only one round is available per reload, every shot counts. Automatically reloads when not equipped.
- Bouncing Boomstick – Dynamite that explodes on impact, dealing massive damage.
- Overdrive Grenade – A grenade that propels you or nearby players, giving everyone it hits a temporary boost in movement speed, reload speed, and fire rate.
- Skyline Deployer – Launches a zip line that automatically takes you to the target location. Any player can use or destroy the zip line once it is taut.
- Weapons and items yet to be unlocked in Showdown:
- Ice King’s Gloves – Dropped by the Ice King in the Ice Fortress. Fires ice projectiles as the main attack or unleashes a devastating ice storm that deals damage over time in a large area.
- The Foundation’s Rift Rifle (Exotic Vector 7 DMR) – Creates a rift at the impact point of your bullet.
- Seven-Cluster Cannon – Fires a volley of explosive shots after a charge time.
- Seven Power Gloves – Highly advanced mobility gloves with two abilities. Both abilities consume charges that regenerate over time.
- Primary: Sprint strike in any direction to jump forward and deal damage on impact.
- Secondary: Upward hook to catapult yourself into the air, dealing even more damage and knocking back opponents.
- Slapperoni Pizza – Throw a pizza box from which you and your squad can take slices. The pizza provides healing and the “Slap” effect.
Weapons that are still being pulled from the vault:
- Combat Assault Rifle
- Nemesis AR
- Chapter 1 Pistol
- Thunder Burst SMG
- Iron Pump Shotgun
- Twin Hammer Shotguns
- Twin Mag SMG
- Mythic Goldfish
- FlowBerry Mist Grenade
- Port-A-Bunker (Zero Build only)
- Shield Bubble Jr. (Zero Build only)
- And more
You will become the bus driver
In each match, one player is chosen to take on the role of the bus driver. You can then drive the bus through rings to grant XP to the entire lobby. Each ring also spawns a supply drop at the coordinates where the ring is located. If you are just a passenger, you can also thank the bus driver, so they receive XP as well.
Coming soon: Rematches against rivals
If you get eliminated, you will soon be able to press a “Rematch” button. This will throw you into a new match with the same players from the current round so you can take revenge. A date is yet to be announced.
Adjustments for PCs
- Several severe crashes were fixed, especially affecting the competitive mode and streaming of game content.
- The stability of Intel GPUs has been improved for most modern graphics cards.
- A problem was fixed that caused the game to crash on startup, particularly for players with Intel CPUs.
- A series of changes have been implemented to ensure that a variety of PC crashes are immediately fixed without having to wait for a patch or hotfix.
General adjustments and fixes
- The icons of teammates are now pinned to the edge of the minimap when they are far away, so their position is displayed even if they are not nearby.
- The option to assign a second ping button in full-screen map mode has been added.
- You can now reliably open chests while moving.
- You can now reliably jump through windows while sidestepping or looking up.
- A problem was fixed that prevented players from jumping through windows broken by certain assault rifles and sniper rifles.
- You can now bump against open doors to close them. You are no longer blocked by wide-open doors that get in your way.
- You can now start conversations with characters from a greater distance.
- Items on the ground no longer appear invisible.
- When interacting with items, those that you cannot use are now filtered out more reliably.
- We added a little more time between the “Victory Royale” and the post-match screen, so you can celebrate your win longer.
- Your emotes, jam tracks, and auto-items are now mixed correctly when using random presets or loadouts.
- You can now easily cancel location pings by pinging the location again instead of having to aim at the ping icon.
- Custom key bindings for “R” now also work when you are not building.
- When controlling with keyboard and mouse, pressing the Esc key while the inventory screen is open now closes the menu instead of opening the escape menu.
- (Reloading) A problem was fixed that caused Morphite weapons to not fire or reload reliably.
Are you ready to storm into Chapter 7 Season 2 and show the Ice King who is boss? If you want to know more about the update, feel free to check our ticker. There we have all the leaks you should know: Fortnite: Servers are unresponsive – Everything about server status, duration & leaks for Chapter 7 Season 2 in the live ticker
