Today the new update 5.30 arrives for Fortnite. We take a look at the patch notes in English and tell you what the patch brings new this week for “Battle Royale” and “Save the World”.
The highlights this week are a new mode with point hunting, the item “Portable Rift” and a new weapon for PvE.
Highlights of the Patch Notes for Fortnite Battle Royale
New mode “Points Royale”: In this mode, the first player to reach a certain score wins (Solo-2000, Duo-3000, Team-4500). Points can be earned for almost everything:
- You can collect special coins (Bronze 30, Silver 50, Gold 100),
- Eat an apple or mushroom – 10
- Open ammo boxes (25), chests (50), or supply llamas (100)
- or eliminate opponents for points (100).
The storm in the new “Points Royale” mode gives players more space at the beginning, but quickly tightens towards the end.
New item “Portable Rift”: This item is epic and comes in single stacks – you can carry a maximum of 2 Portable Rifts. When you use the portable rift, you will be teleported into the sky. Other players can also use the rift. It remains open for 10 seconds. As seen in the video, it seems that opening occurs almost immediately after a brief shaking animation.
Change to shotguns: Shotguns can now be equipped in 0.88 seconds (previously 0.96). If you fire a double-barreled shotgun while crouching, the spread radius is reduced by 15%.
Change to sticky grenades: The sticky grenades in Fortnite no longer explode immediately when the object they are attached to is destroyed. They drop down and stick to the next object they hit. They only explode once the timer runs out.
Highlights of the Patch Notes 5.30 for “Save the World”
Better defenders. Defenders that players can deploy in missions now consume 33% less ammunition and weapon durability.
New Horde Challenge: This week brings 16 waves which are shorter than usual. Enemies are faster and you have less preparation time. As a reward, you can earn one of two legendary weapons.
New weapon Thunder Gun: This is an assault rifle and is described as “surprisingly accurate flintlock rifle with multiple barrels”. The item will be available for one week in the game store. It can be purchased with gold.
Save the World is currently suffering from significant issues. Missions do not provide rewards – a hotfix yesterday was not entirely successful. We will see after the patch if it has improved.
You can find the complete patch notes for Fortnite here.
However, the biggest change this week was not mentioned in the patch notes. There is a new location in Fortnite Battle Royale:
