Fortnite: Battle Royale (PC, PS4 & Xbox One) recently suffered from a particularly nasty glitch. Players could “glitch” under the map in certain regions and cause damage from there. Fortunately, this exploit has now been fixed.
Fortnite: Battle Royale is the PvP mode of the fun PvE co-op shooter Fortnite. The goal is to be the last player standing out of 100. A tough challenge. At least, if one doesn’t cheat and “glitches” underground.
The Death from Below
Through a curious bug in Fortnite, one could directly “glitch” through the map at the locations “Fatal Fields” and “Salty Springs.” One only had to play around a bit with the building mode, and one would “fall” through the game world. But instead of disappearing into a bottomless pit, one was in a kind of lower structure that covered the entire map from below.
The insidious part: From down there, you could build stairs up to just below the boundary to the “overworld” and grab items and crates from “below.” Even worse: You could throw grenades from the “underworld” upwards and even shoot and kill players.
We have embedded a video here in which you can see such a glitch in action.
Developers Epic Games React Quickly – Underworld Closed Again
Of course, this creative way of playing was quickly identified as an exploit and cheat. The developers at Epic Games announced penalties for anyone caught doing this. All affected players were encouraged to report anyone they suspected of exploiting immediately.
However, this is no longer necessary. The developers have since recognized and removed the exploit glitch. It should no longer be possible to dive into the underworld and spread fear and terror from there.
Success! The underground map exploit has been fixed and all wormholes leading to the underworld have been removed. For players who were reported, we are looking at each case and our own analytics and we’ll take appropriate action. Get out there and have some fun in the sun!
— Fortnite (@FortniteGame) January 15, 2018
However, this does not protect caught exploiters from punishment. They still want to evaluate the reported cases of the exploit and take appropriate action against cheaters and glitchers.
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