The players of Fortnite don’t have time to get bored with the different gaming experiences now included in the platform. There Winter Festival 2023 thus began a few days ago in the Battle Royale with a temporary mode Ship It! Express and gifts, while LEGO Fortnite, Rocket Racing And Fortnite Festival each offer a different way to have fun. While waiting for the next major update early next year, It’s a small patch that was released this Tuesday. Its goal is to improve these different games in the game while proposing fixeswith the focus on movements in the Battle Royalemodified during the launch of the Season 1 Subversion of Chapter 5leading to discontent among some of the players.
Below you will find all the details of the update that has been deployed, a version 1,000,121 weighing 1,673 GB on PS5.
Hello everyone !
Since Big Bang, we’ve made improvements to Fortnite Battle Royale, LEGO Fortnite, Rocket Racing, and Fortnite Festival. Today’s update addresses key elements we want to change before our next update scheduled for early 2024.
FORTNITE BATTLE ROYALE
TRAVEL IMPROVEMENTS
Movement speed has been increased when players are crouching or running. We also reduced camera movement and adjusted vision change while sprinting to create a smoother experience. Additionally, we’ve updated movement animations to better match speed adjustments.
To help you get familiar with these updates, we have reset all players’ custom diagonal movement settings, consider reconfiguring them to your preferences.
READIBILITY OF MEDALLIONS
The Order’s medallion icons are more visible on the map and therefore easier to spot at a glance. We’ve also reduced visual pollution on the minimap when multiple medallion zones are close together, especially during late-game storm zones.
NIGHT VISIBILITY
We’ve brightened up some areas of the map that were a little too dark at night.
STORM VISIBILITY
Visibility of the edge of the storm has been improved. It is now easier to estimate how far away it is, as the community has let us know that it is sometimes difficult to see.
WEAPON ICONS
We are aware that the icons for the Fury Auto Shotgun and Thunder Burst SMG are too similar, making them difficult to differentiate. These icons have been updated to be more different from each other.
RECENT BALANCE CHANGES
Last week we made many balance changes to Battle Royale. Here is a summary !
- Flobaies give more shield.
- The damage of the Predator Pistol, Electromagnetic Pulse Grenade, and Ballistic Shield Pistol has been increased.
- The size of the Snowball Launcher magazine has been reduced.
- The magazine size of the Thunder burst submachine gun has been increased.
- The spawn rate of the Reaper sniper rifle has been reduced.
- The damage of the Striker assault rifle has been reduced.
- The size of the circle that indicates the position of an Order medallion holder has been reduced.
- Shield regeneration of Order medallions now begins after a short delay. The regeneration rate has also been reduced slightly and does not regenerate the entire shield (unless you have all five).
LEGO FORTNITE
PECKISH ? TREAT YOURSELF !
Obviously, food doesn’t reduce hunger much in LEGO Fortnite, so we made it more nutritious!
ELIMINATIONS IN CAVES
We fixed a bug that could cause you to lose your items after being eliminated during the transition between surface and underground. Thank you for your patience, we understand how frustrating it is to lose your items, because we lost ours too!
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
Last week we made the following changes:
Sustainability
- The durability of tools and weapons that are not rare or epic has been increased by 30%. For rare and epic tools and weapons, this increase is 60%!
Damage
- The poison area damage of the three brutes has been reduced.
- Ice Scorpion’s blast damage has been reduced.
Little Beast Changes
- Sand Scorpions, Cave Scorpions, Normal Scorpions, Shore Crabs, Sand Spiders, and Ice Spiders from Alpine areas are slightly easier to defeat.
- Rams now give thick wool.
Other adjustments and improvements
- Cleavers now have 30 charges.
- Spiders will startle you less often when turning over rocks.
ROCKET RACING
LONG QUEUES
We are aware that top riders were experiencing long queues. Our team is working to find solutions to help you start shopping faster. We will continue to monitor wait times and make adjustments if necessary.
CAR COLLISIONS
Car collisions have been a central topic of discussion among players, especially when a rear-end collision causes your car to spin 180 degrees. Today’s update should make these collisions less punishing and help your car stay on course for the finish line. We will continue to work on collisions in future updates.
QUEST FOR THE JACKIE OUTFIT
The Rocket Racing quest to unlock the Jackie outfit was giving players the reward when they reached Gold Rank II instead of Gold Rank I. We have fixed this. Players who have reached Gold I rank simply need to complete an entire run to complete the quest and receive the Jackie outfit.
FORTNITE FESTIVAL
MISSING MUSIC LIBRARY
We fixed an error where players would see an empty library on the main stage after pausing Fortnite on their device. This should also improve the issue of pausing before a song starts.
FALL DAMAGE DISABLED
Fall damage has been disabled while backstage on the main stage. Jump off balconies however you want!
START SONG AGAIN
We have temporarily disabled the Repeat Song feature (available to single player players) while we fix an error that caused the game to become unresponsive.
INCORRECT RATINGS
We fixed an issue where some scores were displaying in the wrong leaderboard. We will continue to monitor the rankings to ensure their accuracy.
This is just the beginning of the future of Fortnite and we’re excited to continue making as many improvements as possible. We thank you for your feedback and your passion!