v1.7 Patch Notes

HORDE BASH - SAVE THE WORLD

• Challenge the Horde
  • Construct Your Fort
    • Enter the Staging Area and build your Portable Horde Fort.
      • Use your custom fort in all Challenge the Horde adventures.
      • Your fort carries over to each new mission!
    • Gather wood, stone, metal and traps for your base from the new Horde mode skill tree.
  • Bring It Into Battle!
    • When your squad is prepared, proceed to the combat zone and face off against hordes of husks!
    • Each zone includes 3-5 challenges, each with increased difficulty.
    • The final hex hosts especially tough challenges for veteran players.
    • Each challenge pits you and your squad up against 10 waves of enemies.
    • Gameplay modifiers are introduced as the waves progress, increasing the difficulty of your foes in a variety of dastardly ways.
      • Certain waves throw a large number of a certain enemy type at you. How many Lobbers, Sploders, or Smashers can your fort handle?
  • Earn skill points to unlock additional resources.
    • Harvesting is disabled in Challenge the Horde zones.
    • Resources are granted at the start of combat, and at the end of each successfully completed combat wave
      • Use these resources to craft weapons, place traps, and expand or repair your fortifications.
    • Nodes in the Horde skill tree increase the amount of wood, stone, metal, trap crafting ingredients, weapon crafting ingredients, and ammo dropped each wave.
  • Every member of the team can bring one Defender, and will start the Challenge with a few free Defender posts.
• Scavenger Tickets
  • Players can receive Scavenger Tickets and Horde Skill Points upon successfully completing Horde Challenges.
    • Up to six times every 24 hours.
  • Quests grant additional Scavenger Tickets the first time you complete all of the Challenges in each zone.
• Event Quests / Rewards
  • The new Scavenger Llama in the store holds four new Heroes, and nine new Weapons.
    • Earn the Scavenger currency by completing quests and playing in Horde Bash events.
  • 25+ Quests that allow you to progress through the Challenge the Horde event. These quests include rewards that range from Scavenger Tickets to Legendary Items!
    • Complete the third Challenge in the 15 power Horde zone to earn a choice of Epic Melee or Ranged Scavenger Weapon Schematic.
    • If you and your squad manage to complete the 5th tier in a 70 power zone, you will be rewarded with a Legendary Scavenger Hero of your choice.
  • 20+ Scavenger Quests with rewards that range from Scavenger tickets to a few high-value items!
    • Complete the “Mission Alert!” Quests to earn one Epic Scavenger Hero.
    • Need a Legendary Defender? Complete the quest “Die, Husks, Die! - Stage 8” to earn one!
• New Repeatable Event Quests
  • Perpetual Storms will award a choice of upgrade ingredients.

• Introducing four new Scavenger Heroes with several new, never-before-seen perks.
  • Raider Soldier - Close-range combatant with Shockwave and shotgun perks.
  • Gunblazer Outlander - Pistol-packing Outlander adept at scrounging up ammo.
  • Machinist Constructor - Uses the B.A.S.E. to supercharge traps.
  • Energy Thief Ninja - Generates energy by striking foes in melee combat.
• Limited-time “Mission Alert!” quests reward one Epic Scavenger hero of each class
  • Earned by completing mission alerts (in Horde or the normal theaters) while using a hero of the specified class.
• All of these new heroes are also available in the Scavenger Llama pack.

• Nine new weapons introduced with the Scavenger Weapon set. These weapons are much cheaper to craft than usual, but have somewhat reduced durability.

• Two new Defenders to help protect your fort! Recruit them and get them on the front line, Commander!
• Each defender can be earned by completing event quests, and found in all the usual Llama packs, (upgrade llama, people llama, etc) even after the event ends.

BATTLE ROYALE

• Players can now grab pickups through open windows and other openings.
• Fixed an issue where textures would pop in and out from certain distances.
• Revival progress is now shown in the UI for the entire team.
  • A large progress indicator now displays while being revived.
• The death log will now show teammates color correctly.
• Tweaks to slotted inventory item look.
• The continue / back buttons on the death and win screens will now say “Return to Lobby.”

SAVE THE WORLD

MAJOR KNOWN ISSUES

• There is a chance that a player can spawn into a zone with no pickaxe.
• Husks sometimes spawn in unreachable locations during Encampment encounters.
• Purchasing the Weapon Transformation node does not unlock Transforming in the Armory.
• Global chat shows a “Joining general chat” message to players who have communications blocked.

GAMEPLAY

• The Scavenger Choice Llama is now available in the Loot tab for a limited time.
  • The Scavenger Choice Llama guarantees a choice reward for new Scavenger Weapons and Heroes.
  • The cost to purchase a Scavenger Choice Llama is 1000 Scavenger Tickets.
    • Scavenger Tickets can be earned by completing limited time Event Quests or Challenge the Horde content.
  • Added new Scavenger Items to Collection Book
• Scavenger Weapon Set is now available
  • Scavenger Launcher will launch a unique trash ball as it’s projectile
• Updated Daily Quest Objective counts for the following:
  • Daily Destroy (TVs) - increase required number to 20
  • Daily Destroy (Propane Tanks) - increase required number to 10
• Slow Field Adjustments
  • Reduced range to start at 384 from 512.
  • Range Upgrade 1 and 2 add 64 from 256.
  • Slow starts at 40% and is upgraded to 60%.
  • Cooldown reduced from 300 to 180 seconds.
• Fixed an issue that was causing the Wall Dynamo trap not to damage Husks.
  • Husks will now consistently take damage in the trap’s range.
• Triple Tap sniper rifle now uses medium bullets (instead from heavy bullets)
• Slightly boosted the jump height bonus of the Praying Mantis perk.
• Updated all Canny Valley and Twine Peaks Quests that had a singular objective of "Complete 'X' missions"
  • Now requires players to complete any of a choice of 3 missions.
    • For example: Old Objective: Complete 3 missions in a 40+ zone New Objective: Complete 3 Retrieve the Data, Fight Category 3 Storm, or Ride The Lightning missions in a 40+ zone.
    • Players can choose any of these missions and must complete a total of 3 missions to fulfill the Quest.
• Fixed an issue where Tier 3 Hydraulic Sniper Rifles would not evolve to Tier 4 Crystal Hydraulic Sniper Rifles.
• These weapons will evolve normally now.
• Fixed a bug which caused players to instantly teleport to a Teleport pad when moving it.
• Fixed an issue that caused weapons which stacked (bottle rockets, etc) not to auto-equip a different weapon once the stack was depleted.
• Fixed the Shock Phase tactical perk to correctly limit stacking.
  • Currently the perk was giving much more than the intended bonus. This has been corrected.
• Fixed an evolution issue for the Tier 4 Crystal Maverick shotgun, and all tiers of the Bandit shotgun.
  • These weapons will now evolve normally.
• Fixed an issue where Mimics would immediately despawn after being activated.
  • Now players should have no issues with Mimics disappearing with their loot.  
• Added a unique new animation for the Hydraulic Hammer’s secondary attack

HEROES

• New Outlander: Gunblazer Southie
  • Set Phasers to Kill: Increases pistol damage after Phase Shift ends.
  • Extended Magazine: Increases pistol ammo capacity.
  • Static Cling: Shock Tower afflicts targets, dealing periodic damage
  • Llocked and Lloaded [Perk and Tactical]: Llama Fragment drops ammo.
  • Bullet Bonanza [Support]: Chance to find double ammo when looting containers.
• New Soldier: Raider Headhunter
  • Shell Shock: Increased shotgun damage
  • Critical Blast: Increased shotgun critical damage
  • I Love to Reload: Movement speed boost for a time after reload
  • Adjustable Choke [Support]: Increased shotgun critical chance
• New Ninja: Energy Thief Mari
  • Vigorous Blade: Gains energy every 4 sword strikes
  • Rebound: Crescent Kick grants energy per enemy struck
  • Vigorous Strikes [Tactical]: Gains energy every 4 melee strikes
• New Constructor: Machinist Harper
  • Supercharged Traps: BASE increases trap damage
  • Overclocked Traps: BASE increases trap reload speed
  • Tough Traps [Perk and Support]: All traps crafted by party are more durable
• All missing hats for heroes (rarity) rare and above have been added, as well as all missing backpacks for Epic rarity and above.
• Created new male Sniper Defender, and female Shotgun Defender.
• Fixed an issue that was causing the Charged Fist ability to not apply the full 200% damage bonus.
• Anti-Material charge will now apply the full bonus damage when "Long Arm of the Law" is unlocked.
• Fixed an issue that caused the Outlander's Anti-Material charge to stop abruptly when traveling.
• Now the Ability will go the expected distance.
• Fixed an issue where the Bull Rush animation would continue to play after being knocked down if the player activated Bull Rush just before getting knocked down.
• After using the Air Strike gadget, a weapon will now automatically be equipped.
• Fixed an issue that caused the Anti-Material Charge ability to cancel itself if used without being fully charged.
  • This issue occurred when the Charged Fist perk was equipped.
• Corrected the stamina cost for the Grenade Cost perk.
  • Using the Frag Grenade ability with the Grenade Cost perk now costs 15 stamina.
• Fixed an issue where throwing stars were going through Husks without doing any damage.
  • Throwing stars will now damage enemies regardless of angle or distance thrown.
• Fixed an issue that was causing stuttering while double jumping as the Ninja.
  • Players should now be able to jump around without issue.
• Slightly boosted the jump height bonus of the Praying Mantis perk.
  • The Praying Mantis perk's jump bonus didn't feel like it made enough of a difference. The perk should feel much better now.
• Flashbang tactical perk description clarified.
  • Frag Grenades now do increased impact damage. When impact limit is reached, enemies are stunned for 2.5 seconds, instead of being knocked back.
• Fixed an issue that was causing Bull Rush to be able to hit player’s Defenders.
  • Bull Rush will no longer damage defenders.
• Fixed an issue causing the Wings of the Dragon perk to stop short.
  • Any Ninja that has this perk equipped will now travel the full distance.

MISSIONS

• Fixed an issue that was causing players to be unable to find Objective B in "Deliver the Bomb" missions.
  • Players should now have no problem finding the objectives.

UI

• Fixed an issue where the lobby timer would briefly show an incorrect time.
• Fixed a description typo for the Enforcer Grizzly hero.
• Clients properly return to the mission select screen when a server timeout occurs while connected to the lobby
• Improved navigation on the Quest menu when using a controller.
  • Occasionally when switching between menus controller input would be delayed, that is now fixed.
• Fixed a number of instances of cut off text.
• Performed many performance fixes in the UI allowing smoother and faster navigation on menu screens.
• Fixed a rare bug which caused the UI to not display certain components after rejoining a zone in progress.
• Fixed an issue where disconnecting caused the player to receive a level 1 chest regardless of what chest should have been earned.
  • Now the player will receive the correct rewards even after disconnection.
• Prevent possible instability if user clicks LAUNCH button in the lobby too many times.
• Corrected the Faster Exit perk tooltip description to more accurately explain its effects.
• Fixed an issue where cards would not display the correct color rarity.  
• New background art on Skill Tree pages.

ART/ANIMATION

• The Horde mode combat map is using a new animated 3D Volumetric Fog technique
  • This tech will add a fog layer to the ground and concave areas of the level without hindering visibility
• Baseball bats now have a custom alternate swing animation.
• Fixed an issue that caused the muzzle flash to endlessly loop after firing the Trooper Assault Rifle with alterations.
• Improved a variety of ranged and melee weapon visual effects.
• Performed a quality pass on all elemental ranged and melee weapons to have better fitting visual effects.
• Beehive Husk visual effects have had it’s opacity turned down to improve visibility in bee swarms.
• Hydraulic Sniper and Shotgun icons are now higher resolution.
• Added new FX for the Ricochet and Tank modifiers for Horde Bash event
• Deep water and Lakes have new details added in the water.
• Water reflections have been improved
• Replaced an old tree model with higher quality art in the onboarding level.
• Added more visual variety of survivors that can be saved in the world

AUDIO

• Hawk and Bull join the conversation with new VO.

ONLINE

• Players will no longer default to English global chat rooms when failing to find a room available for their language.
• Fixed a crash that could occur if shutting down immediately after logging in.
• Faster response to server timeouts when connecting to the server lobby.
• Improved client and server stability related to outages with various backend services.
• Fixed a rare issue where party members wouldn't join a server with the party leader.
• Improved dedicated server stability by retrying cloud save operations if they fail.
• Fixed a rare crash while matchmaking.

GENERAL

• Viewing a Twitch stream and being awarded a viewer quest, and then not logging in for a month could prevent players from logging in.
  • This issue is now fixed.
• Added ability for console users that are not actively playing game to accept invites from other players.
• Fixed an issue where players couldn't apply Fullscreen mode.
  • Now when selecting the Fullscreen option, the setting should apply correctly.
• V-Bucks earned from playing Fortnite are now spendable on all platforms.
  • Purchased V-Bucks continue to be only available on the platform purchased.
• Fixed several client and server crash conditions.
• Fixed a few localization issues.

PC/MAC ONLY

• The "Backspace" key can now be bound in player input on PC.
• Fixed an issue where players couldn't view all available banner categories on PC.
  • Players will now be able to change their banner at will.
• Changed minimum macOS requirement for Fortnite to 10.12.6.
  • This should help prevent some crashes that players were experiencing.
• Fixed a crash during shutdown on PC if the player was mid-purchase of real-money products.

XBOX ONLY

Fixed an issue where Xbox emoji’s were breaking chat rooms.