Fortnite is shutting down its servers for maintenance today, Tuesday, April 23rd. Here you can find out the server status and what leaks and content you can expect.
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Patch Notes for Update 29.30
Season 3 starts in Fortnite Festival
Season 3 has started today in Fortnite Festival. The new artist is now Billie Eilish. Along with her skins in the item shop, there is also an event pass to her with new content for your locker. Season 3 ends on June 13, 2024, at 6:00 AM.
Support for Guitar Controllers
Epic Games has now made various RockBand 4 controllers compatible with Fortnite. You can play your songs in Fortnite Festival and look cool doing it. The list of supported controllers can be found in the patch notes. (via fortnite.com)
Improvements and Bug Fixes
Pro Main Instrument and Pro Bass
- Two new roles have been added: Pro Main Instrument and Pro Bass All current and future jam songs will now have these two playable components, which you can access on the main stage with a guitar controller.
- Pro Main Instrument and Pro Bass feature hammer-on and pull-off notes. If your streak is going, you can hit these notes without strumming!
- Pro Main Instrument and Pro Bass have colored notes for each track that correspond to the buttons on the guitar controller.
- The leaderboards now feature new formats that support Pro Main Instrument and Pro Bass scores. Climb to the top!
- To support the appearance of Pro Main Instrument and Pro Bass, the shine performance color for all scores has been changed from bright orange to silver white. How you collect and activate shine performance remains the same.
- Currently, the vibrato bar only produces a visual effect. Using the vibrato bar does not cause sound distortion or provide additional shine performance energy.
- Epic Games continues to work on improving the feel of playing with a guitar controller and welcomes your feedback! For rhythm game veterans, there may be situations where you miss a note that should be seated or where a familiar jam song suddenly feels different.
Voices
- The music library now displays extended statistics, so the best performance of your selected instrument type appears in each jam song line.
- The music library is also arranged so that new and featured jam songs are displayed at the top by default (this setting can be changed), making it easier for players with large libraries to access relevant jam songs for missions.
- New bracelet missions and rewards have been added.
- The leaderboard scores from Season 2 have been recorded and archived. The leaderboards are waiting for your new top performances in Season 3!
- For a more convenient song selection so you are closer to the organ when you arrive backstage. No more sprints to make it to the setlist!
- The results screen now has more statistics after each performance. You can now see the percentage of notes hit and missed, as well as the average value from other performances so you can see how you’ve improved.
- The roles in the selection menu have been rearranged: Vocals > Bass > Main Instrument > Drums.
- A bug was fixed that caused players to receive a “Double Shine Performance Display” for certain note sections.
- Some bug fixes and improvements have been made.
LEGO Fortnite brings animals that you can tame
In Update 29.30, you can tame animals to get resources from them. The animals include chickens, pigs, cows, and sheep. Each animal drops different resources. Here’s what you should know:
- Chickens produce feathers and fertilizer over time.
- Cows produce milk and fertilizer over time.
- Sheep produce wool and fertilizer over time.
- Pigs produce mushrooms and fertilizer over time.
Bears are new enemies
While Epic Games has implemented four farm animals, there’s also a new animal that is evil, and that is the bear. This animal can track and reach your camp. Once there, it can rampage and destroy or kill everything, so be equipped and cautious when you are on your travels.
Important improvements, adjustments, and bug fixes
Village Square Improvements
- The user interface of the village square has been redesigned to give you a better overview of your villages:
- You can now overview who lives in your villages, read the backstories of your villagers, and monitor the satisfaction of your animals. You can also see the jobs of your villagers and even ask them to leave your village.
- You can see who visits your villages, which jobs are assigned, what biome you are in, and what requirements you must meet to level up your villages. Additionally, you can edit your village banners and give your villages a new name using a pre-made list.
- Another village improvement allows you to assign a name from this list directly when creating your village.
Bug Fixes
- A bug was fixed that caused stamina to sometimes still be enabled in worlds where it should be turned off.
- A bug was fixed that prevented saplings from being destroyed when they grew near objects.
- A bug was fixed that sometimes caused swords to no longer deal damage.
- A bug was fixed that sometimes caused the first attack with swords to miss.
- A bug was fixed that prevented certain objects from taking damage from some pickaxes.
- Villagers no longer annoy players when they are restoring their health.
- When players transition from running to sneaking, they will no longer get stuck in the running animation.
All leaks about Patch 29.30
What happens during an update? As with every previous update, Epic Games takes down its servers for Fortnite. The developers have put together a new update with a lot of content, and you will soon be able to download this to benefit from it.
This time, according to leakers, there will be new content for a “Star Wars” collaboration and new things for the LEGO mode, such as a communal living space with animals. We will keep you updated in our post.
Fortnite: Start and Duration of Server Downtime 29.30
Server Down in the Morning – Here’s What You Need to Know: Epic Games has announced its server downtime for Fortnite and set it for 10:00 AM German time. Matchmaking will be disabled 30 minutes before the servers go down – so you won’t be able to start any new rounds during this time.
When will the servers be back online? That depends on the size and scope of the update. If there are no complications, you can expect about an hour of downtime. However, it may also be that the server downtime will not be resolved until around 12 or 1 PM. We will keep you updated in this case.
When will the patch notes come out? Epic Games is currently only sporadically releasing its patch notes for the “Battle Royale” mode. If they are available, they will only be published after the downtime. We will list them for you as soon as Epic Games releases them.
What content could be coming with Update 29.30?
Aside from a small hint just before the update, Epic Games does not release any hints about upcoming content from the update. However, leakers have their sources and already have a rough idea of what content players can expect in the new update. The following is known (via x.com):
- New cosmetic items and crew pack for May
- New artist for Fortnite Festival
- Star Wars event and skins
- New shop tabs
- Possibly a collaboration with X-Men
- Vaulted: the Tactical AR
- LEGO animal/farming update
- Level Up Quest Pack
That was all the important information about the upcoming server downtime. Are you excited about the update? Feel free to let us know your wishes for the upcoming Star Wars event in the comments!
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