Hey folks,
We wanted to give everyone a heads up that the Account Merge feature will be coming to an end on May 6, two days before Season 9 begins.

You still have time to head over to the link above and merge any eligible accounts before it's gone. Note: Any "In Progress" Account Merge requests will still be completed as long as they're submitted prior to May 6.

There are several key principles that drive Fortnite development. First, we aim to provide a fun game that’s inclusive of all players, and provides everyone with a real chance of winning through any combination of skill, strategy, and good fortune. Second, we aim to evolve the game rapidly to keep the experience fresh. Finally, we aim to provide great entertainment. Fortnite competitive play relies on a unique balancing act: maintaining a solid and balanced experience for competitive players, while being essentially the same Fortnite played by hundreds of millions of players. After all, those players are the audience for Fortnite competition, and their engagement is key to the growing opportunities for competitive players. This creates special challenges for addressing the needs of different groups of players. We closely follow the dialog in the Fortnite competitive community, but haven’t been as active participants in the discussion as we ought to be. So, we’ll be trying harder to par... Read more

Attention Fortnite Community:

Thanos and his Chitauri are invading the Fortnite Battle Royale island searching for the six Infinity Stones. It’s up to you to acquire the Avengers: Endgame items scattered throughout the map, and take the fight to him.

During the Fortnite Endgame LTM, you’ll be able to complete challenges to acquire free rewards like Sprays, Banners and the Avengers Quinjet Glider.

Pop by the store and you’ll be able to buy the first of two Marvel sets: the Black Widow Outfit plus Widow’s Pack, Widow’s Bite Pickaxe and Widow’s Pirouette Emote! The second Outfit set arrives early next week…;)

Drop in with your squad, search for the Avenger’s items and take the fight to Thanos! Can you eliminate Thanos and his army before the last Infinity Stone is found? Or will he complete the Infinity Gauntlet and pick up a Snap Royale?

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Hey everyone!

 

As mentioned in our most recent [Save the World roadmap], we’ll be making some adjustments to the top end of Twine Peaks in v8.50. We’ve been keeping an eye on the discussions regarding the lack of more difficult content and agree that it’s time to make some changes.

 

We’ll be adding five new levels of difficulty to the top end of Twine Peaks to give higher level players a bit more of a challenge. These missions will have a maximum base power level of 128 and will scale up with 4x missions and Mission Alerts, just like missions do now. Our goal with this change is to start introducing harder content into Save the World while also preparing you for the battles yet to come.

 

With harder difficulty comes better loot! In general, players will find that these new missions will favor tier-5 materials, such as Sunbeam and Brightcore,  more and more as they progress deeper into Twine. Players who are strong enough to take on these mission will also find themselves earni...

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Hey folks, We released the v8.40.1 client update today, April 19 at 6AM ET(1000 UTC) to fix some issues that appeared after releasing the v8.40 update. You can find full details below on all the fixes included in this client update. Battle Royale
Fixed the following issues:

• Players were incorrectly being shown that they were being dropped to a lower Division in Arena.
  • This was a visual-only issue, players were not actually being moved to a lower Division and the correct Division for each player is now displayed in-game.
• Blackheart’s beard was growing uncontrollably in the Deep Fried Food Fight LTM and would cover most of a player’s screen. He has visited a barber and his beard is back to its previous glory.
• Bushes were not appearing in any game modes after playing a match in the Air Royale LTM.
• Nameplate and ally indicators were missing from the UI in the Deep Fried Food Fight LTM.
• Extra buttons on mobile devices weren’t functioning properly when quickly alternating betw...

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Our team continuously monitors competitive play in all regions and will take action against unfair play if necessary. After each tournament, all players (including the winners) are carefully vetted by multiple teams and analytical processes to verify fair play according to the rules of the tournament, the Fortnite Code of Conduct, and the Fortnite End User License Agreement.

 

Tournament Integrity Actions

Anyone found to be breaking the rules will be disqualified and penalized.  Penalties may include a warning, a temporary competitive ban (duration will be determined by Epic), removal from competitive play permanently, or a permanent ban from Fortnite.  Penalties may be escalated if an account has received prior penalties in tournaments.

 

World Cup Online Open, Week 1 Tournament Integrity Actions Taken:

 

• 1163 accounts were banned from competitive play for 14 days for circumventing region locks and playing in multiple regions through the course of the tournament.

  • This ...

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Hey Fortnite Fans,

If you haven’t already heard, the Fortnite World Cup Online Qualifiers kicked off on April 13 and concludes with the Fortnite World Cup Finals in New York City from July 26 - 28. The Fortnite World Cup is part of our $100,000,000 commitment towards competitive play in 2019, but that prize pool isn’t limited to Battle Royale gameplay.

We’re proud to announce Fortnite World Cup - Creative!

More Ways to Win

Five events, Five different Creative Trials, all built by community Creators.

Fortnite World Cup Creative Trials will feature five events, each focused on a new Creative game. Fifteen participants will then be selected to face off in the ultimate Creative competition at the Fortnite World Cup Finals for a chance to win a piece of a $3,000,000 Creative prize pool.

Qualify

The road to the Fortnite World Cup Creative Finals includes five showcase events running from April 29 - June 7. Every week you’ll have a chance to try out the latest Creative Trial and submit ...

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Fortnite World Cup Creative Competitions

Official Rules
 

No purchase necessary to enter or win. The Fortnite World Cup Creative Competitions (the "Contest") is subject to these Fortnite World Cup Creative Competitions Official Rules (these “Official Rules”), which are binding and final on matters relating to the Contest, except as expressly stated otherwise.  The Contest is sponsored by Epic Games, Inc., 620 Crossroads Blvd., Cary, North Carolina 27518 (the “Sponsor”).  The Contest is not sponsored, endorsed, or administered by YouTube.
 

1. Contest Period: The Contest Period begins on April 29, 2019 at 10:00 AM Eastern Standard Time (“EST”) and ends on June 7, 2019 at 11:59 PM EST (the “Contest Period”).  The Contest consists of five (5) separate entry periods, (each, an “Entry Period”) as follows:

 

• Entry Period #1 begins on April 29, 2019 at 10:00 AM EST and ends on May 10, 2019 at 11:59 PM EST
• Entry Period #2 begins on May 6, 2019 at 10:00 AM EST and ends on May 17, 2019 at 1...

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Hey folks, We released the v8.30.2 client update today, April 12 at 6AM ET(1000 UTC) to fix some issues that appeared after releasing the v8.30 update. You can find full details below on all the fixes included in this client update. Battle Royale

• Fixed an issue that was causing matchmaking errors when attempting to join a party without a direct invite from the party leader.
• Fixed an issue where players would not respawn at the Reboot Van if it was being used by two players at the same time and one player stopped interacting with it during the channel time.

Creative

• Fixed an issue where players were unable to jump if they joined a game in progress and there were spawn pads in the game.
• Fixed an issue where players were not invulnerable to damage immediately after respawning.

All Game Modes

• Fixed an issue where traps could appear inside of surfaces, making them difficult to see.
• Fixed an issue where the friend list was not sorting properly. Friends playing Fortnite...

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Pre-registration is now available for a chance to purchase tickets to the Fortnite World Cup Finals! To pre-register, visit Fortnite’s Ticketmaster Verified Fan website, enter your information, and when tickets go on-sale you’ll be among the first to be notified. The Ticketmaster Verified Fan program helps us to remove scalpers and bots from the ticketing process to better ensure more Fortnite fans can attend.

The Fortnite World Cup Finals takes place at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center’s Arthur Ashe Stadium, in New York City, from July 26-28. All ticketed fans who attend the three day event will receive V-Bucks and a Season 10 Battle Pass (must be present to claim items).  

For more details on the Fortnite World Cup, check out the website here.

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Hey everyone, We recently held an AMA (Ask Me Anything) on our Fortnite Creative subreddit. Read below to see all of the info that was shared! If you want to go directly to the original page click here. Devs for the AMA

• ZooKeeperZak - Creative Development Director
• avgulotta - Producer
• DarkVeil - Programming Lead

Let’s get to the questions! Q: Will you ever add rift teleporters like the ones that were in wailing?
A: Yes! Timing is tbd as our list tends to change based on many factors. The more creators like yourselves are excited about a new feature the more likely it is we'll do it sooner. Q: Will there ever be the ability to change your locker during a Creative match?
A: We really want this feature! The reason it's a bit tricky is because the Locker interface needs some work before we'll be able to summon it in the middle of a Creative session. This is mainly for performance and memory reasons, but also because of how the game's menu system was originally designed. We're ponderin... Read more

Hey folks, We released the v8.20.1 client update today, March 29 at 5AM ET(0900 UTC) to fix some issues that appeared after releasing the v8.20 update. You can find full details below on all the fixes included in this client update. Battle Royale

• Fixed an issue where spectator numbers would not update, even after the spectator had left the game.
• Fixed an issue that caused players to be unable to queue in the correct division level in the Arena game mode when the party leader was in a lower division.
• Fixed an issue which caused the Poison Dart Trap to be hidden behind certain wall assets.
• Fixed an issue where trap placement on walls would be blocked if a stair structure was attached to the wall.
• Fixed an issue that prevented players from getting removed from the Baller when hit by a Boogie Bomb.
• Fixed an issue preventing friend invites from displaying in the social panel.

Creative

• Fixed an issue where Creature Spawners wouldn’t activate within the correct range after it has ...

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Hey Fortnite community, In the v8.10 update we have a few new styles coming to older outfits, in line with some ongoing Art update work we are doing. When we create outfits for you to suit up in before dropping from the Battle Bus, we’re invested in improving them over time based on your feedback. We’ve seen you being vocal about wanting to see the face behind the masks of some of our helmeted outfits, so we’ve done a pass on previous outfits.  You’ll see an updated style for the following outfits with the new update:

• Scarlet Defender
• Elite Agent
• Renegade Raider
• Waypoint
• Overtaker
• Whiteout

One of the coolest things about making art for Fortnite is that the game is regularly being updated and that we have the opportunity to work on things we want to polish.  As we continue to develop the art of Fortnite, we’ve added new technology for creating cosmetics which enable us to add variety and customizations to existing outfits as well! Another bit of exciting polish coming online is... Read more

Hey folks,
Below you can find a list of the issues that we’re actively investigating and working on. Newly reported issues will be added to this list as we become aware of them.

Battle Royale

• Cause identified & fix being worked on
  • Spectator count number is inaccurate, showing incorrect numbers.
• Fixed in v8.11
  • The new style for the Whiteout Outfit is currently locked. This will be resolved in a future update.
  • Some players are experiencing an issue where they join a match and can hear the match audio, including the Battle Bus but all they see is themselves still at the lobby.
  • Keybinds for The Baller are unbound by default. New keybinds can be set in the Options menu. 
• Fixed
  • On mobile, tapping anywhere to fire requires two taps instead of one. 
  • Players are noticing higher than normal ping in the debug UI. Our investigations have shown this to be a visual only issue but we are conitinuing to investigate reports. 
  • Event Leaderboards...

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Battle Royale

Season 8 has arrived and a monstrous volcano has appeared! Freed from the Ice King’s castle, the now-powerful Prisoner has brought fire and flame to Fortnite and its islands. Pirates, Ninjas and a ship load of new fighters will tussle over treasure, battle with Pirate Cannons and uncover legendary loot. For those daring enough to explore, the new Lazy Lagoon and Sunny Steps locations are just a jump away with the help of Volcanic Vents. There are tons of new areas to explore and secrets to uncover. This season, X marks the spot!

For everyone that completed the 13 free Overtime Challenges during the Share the Love event, you can claim your free Season 8 Battle Pass at the Battle Pass tab or upgrade to a Battle Bundle at a discount.

A new season also means a brand new Battle Pass. Over 100 new exclusive rewards are ready for you to unlock, and it still costs the same 950 V-bucks. This season, you get the Blackheart and Hybrid progressive outfits instantly when you...

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Hey folks, we had a blast with those who participated in last week’s Fortnite Save the World AMA. Below you can find a recap of all the questions, answers, and employees that participated. Or you can visit the original AMA by following this LINK. Hey everyone,
Welcome to the Save the World AMA, we’re so happy that you could be here! Let’s introduce who will be answering your questions today.

Today’s Devs

PoppinFreshDoze - Production
EpicIrascible - Design
EpicJason - Design
GILLIES- - Design (Hero Loadout)
EpicGoinHamm - Engineering
 
Before we dive into more specific questions, we wanted to cover some topics that came up many times in the initial AMA announce:

Performance/Console issues

We’ve not been super great on communication here, so we do want to confirm we’re aware of the console and performance issues and consider them very high priority. Late last year, we did a big push to improve client game thread performance and eliminate hitches due to loading assets during play. Once so... Read more

Hey Fortnite Friends, We mentioned in our last State of Development that we have a new Hero System in the works. We’re excited to announce that these Hero System changes will be in the v8.00 update!
 

More Heroes, More Combos

The current Hero Squad utilizes three slots: Hero, Support, and Tactical. The new Hero Loadout is made up of seven components: one Commander, five Support Team members, and one Team Perk. Heroes also no longer have a full set of static perks which define their gameplay. Instead, they’re focused on a specific perk, and you can mix-and-match perks to best fit your playstyle. The Hero Loadout gives you the tools to play YOUR way. Let’s break it down!
 

Commander

The Commander is the hero you’ll play as during the mission. This hero will determine your abilities, Class Perks (more on those later!), and Commander Perk. The Commander Perk unlocks when a hero is evolved to 2-stars and it's a serious upgrade to the standard perk. Your Commander plays an important role... Read more

To wrap up our Competitive Fortnite three-part blog series, we are sharing the first details on the Fortnite World Cup and the $100,000,000 competitive prize pool for 2019.
 

Fortnite World Cup

The road to the Fortnite World Cup begins with ten weekly Online Open qualifiers running from April 13 to June 16. Each week $1,000,000 will be on the line for eligible* Fortnite players, with payouts distributed broadly. The top 100 Solo players and the top 50 Duos teams from around the world will join us for the Fortnite World Cup Finals in New York City July 26-28 with a $30,000,000 prize pool up for grabs! Each one of those players will be guaranteed at least $50,000 and the Fortnite World Cup Solo Champion will walk away with $3,000,000. Not a Battle Royale player? We’ll be hosting additional events at the Fortnite World Cup Finals featuring fun custom challenges in different modes and formats. Whether you celebrate with us in-person or tune in online to catch all of the action, the Fortni... Read more

Heya folks, We want to continue to update you on our mobile quality of life push progress. In patch v7.40 we introduced several fixes to many of the top community concerns. We are looking to continue this going into Season 8. Here’s a list of the top issues we’ve identified on mobile and plan to tackle first*:

• Unable to Build
  • We are currently investigating a variety of building issues and hope to have more information.
  • Got info to share? Drop it here!
• Reset button will not apply when user slides along the button when editing a wall
  • Fixed in v7.30.1
• Temporary loss of 'ADS' functionality upon switching between weapons
  • Fixed in v7.40
• Deleting then reinstalling the Fortnite app will reset the user's HUD Layout
  • Fixed in v7.40
• No spectator icon appears after killing a player on mobile.
  • Fixed in v7.40
• Double tapping from a weapon to a consumable briefly fires the equipped weapon (visual bug)
  • Fixed in v7.40
• Intermittently Console/To...

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Heya folks, The response we’ve seen to the #SharetheLove event has been amazing. And with the arrival of Valentine’s Day, we’re here to share one more surprise. Everyone who completes 13 free Overtime Challenges by February 27 will receive the upcoming Season 8 Battle Pass for FREE! If you don’t have an outfit, now is your chance to get several for free. With the Battle Pass, you’ll receive two Season 8 Outfits instantly and you can earn up to five more. Save your V-Bucks, this one’s on us!  Will you be our Valentine? <3
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