Hey folks - Just wanted to clarify what's going on here.

The Jess and Kyle arcade cabinet quests used to give you heroes in Battle Breakers. They now give you Razor and Kurohomura in STW instead. If you haven't finished these quests yet then when you complete them you'll get the hero as a reward.

If you've already completed the Jess and Kyle arcade cabinet quests and you do not already have the matching hero (Razor or Kuro) then you'll get them in a giftbox when you log in. You won't get a second copy if you already have the hero, but can recruit additional copies from the Collection Book.

Hey folks,

Just want to clarify that there is no hard cap on Quest XP - you'll always get the full amount, upon quest completion, even if you've already hit the Mission XP cap for the day. The only limitation is the number of quests available to you on a given day.

GuineverePendragon

The movement updates are amazing!!!! Only problem is I can't mark a target anymore. Not a big deal but is there a new way to do that?

On controller we had to move Spot Enemy to make space for Crouch/Slide. Tapping down on the D-Pad will mark your current enemy.

Spot Enemy is unchanged on mouse & keyboard (middle mouse button by default)

We originally had Cannonballs, Coconuts, and Sub-Wafers going into the Consumables slot, but only having access to one at a time broke those Pirate hero builds, so we left them in the weapon slots for the time being to avoid that (since we were out of time to deliver a more robust solution alongside Wildlife).
We are still planning to move them into the Consumable slot, but we absolutely don't want to break those builds, so we're also thinking about how to give you more flexibility - both in how many Consumables you can carry and where you can slot them. This work is still in development, so I can't commit to a timeline or the exact details of what the solution will look like, but keep an eye out for further updates in the Homebase Status Reports.

PLASTICA-MAN

How to access the lab dungeon?

You need to finish one successful run of the Crypts dungeon in order to unlock The Lab (and Inferno). The Lab is on the far left side of the hex map.

Tau3Eridani

Is there a pre-req to join this dungeon? I can't find it

You need to complete one successful run of The Crypts dungeon to unlock The Lab. After that it should be on the far left side of the hex map.

Dragon Weapons
 
In Patch 2.5 we introduced a data error that caused the newly created Dragon Weapons to ignore our normal perk rules. We immediately started hearing from you about weapons that were extremely underpowered, loaded up with nothing but low-rarity “gray” perks. We fixed the error in Patch 3.0, so that all weapons dropped after that point had sets of perks that were valid, but that change alone didn’t help the players who had already earned one of those poor weapons. For patch 3.2 we decided to run a script to detect weapons that were below our normal minimum threshold, or that had multiple gameplay perks that could potentially introduce unexpected bugs. Due to incorrect parameters the script enforced the maximum caps too, dragging down players who had lucked into an extraordinarily good weapon. The nature of our current perk system did not allow for a targeted re-roll at the scale of this issue (i.e. fundamental reroll rules were incorrect), so an overall reroll of the we...

We promised to provide a follow up revolving around the changes we made with update 3.2. Let’s talk about how we are going to make this right.

Dragon Weapons

The change we made to dragon weapons led to a lot of cases where weapons received a sub-optimal combination of perks. While these perks may have had higher rarity, they performed worse in practice. To make this right we’ll be granting a new schematic of any changed dragon weapon so that they match their original state, with their original perks, at the level they were at prior to the 3.2 update. You should get the new copy even if you’ve already recycled or otherwise disposed of your schematic after update 3.2. Additionally, we’ll be leaving the current version of the schematic in your Armory too, in case you prefer the new version.

We’ll update with a precise timeline on the restoration soon, but it should be this week. We’re currently in the process of determining all of the affected schematics and their perks and we’...

Welcome to the first part of a new series of "Design Chats” where we present some of the upcoming changes we're planning to make to the game, and explain our thinking behind them.
 
One of the ongoing initiatives of our Design team is to make the world of Fortnite feel more immersive and natural. An upcoming change in v3.5 to support this initiative is to rework how weapons interact with the environment.
 
In Save the World your pickaxe is the only weapon that does decent damage to the world around you, with other melee weapons doing minimal damage, and ranged weapons (including explosives) doing nothing at all. We think this feels really strange, especially for a world where nearly everything around you can be destroyed, and have been considering changing it for some time.

The primary reason guns and explosives don't damage the world already is because we didn't want players in the heat of combat having to worry about missing a shot and blowing up part of their own structure. We al...

PumaPounce

I'm worried about the case where a survivor is on top of a car. When I throw a grenade to kill the mobs around the car, will that destroy the car as well? Not good!

We switched the team setting on the Survivor car so it's considered a friendly building. Only the pickaxe will be able to damage it.

Hi folks,

 
In response to several threads around low-level players joining high-level mission alerts we turned off the ability for alerts to be played in zones that you haven’t unlocked yet in v3.5. We do not currently have the functionality to do anything beyond a simple on/off switch (we can’t restrict access to the alert by Power Level, for example), but we’ve seen your immediate feedback, so as a short-term fix we are reverting this change in Canny Valley and Twine Peaks. We’re aiming to get this out April 12th at 4AM ET.

 
We’re going to look at the rate of progression through Canny/Twine and make some adjustments, to try and better align progression through them with your power level. Keep an eye out for updates, and let us know your thoughts on the changes.

 
Thank you,  
Jason

Hey folks,

Welcome to another Design Chat! These are a series of posts where we discuss upcoming changes to the game and explain the reasoning behind them.

In update v3.5 we responded to feedback around low-level players getting up into high-level areas. We did this by locking out Miniboss Mission Alerts on missions that you had not yet unlocked through the quest progression. Many Canny/Twine players have their power level and quest progression fall out of sync, typically resulting in a power level far higher than the missions they have access to. The Mission Alerts provided these players with an avenue to play higher-difficulty content and earn better rewards.

We believe the underlying issue here is the number of quests and missions required to unlock a new difficulty in those zones. In an effort to improve mission unlocking in Canny Valley and Twine Peaks, we are implementing the following changes to the quests in these locations in update 3.6:

• Storm Shield Defense quests 1-10 ...

Hey everyone,

In our post last week we talked about some upcoming changes that were coming to Canny Valley and Twine Peaks in v3.6. After hearing your feedback we’ve decided to hold these changes for the time being. We plan to implement an improved version of them at a later date, and are investigating adding power level restrictions to address the concerns raised about low-level players in high-level missions. We’ll keep you guys in the loop as our plans evolve.

Jason

Senior Systems Designer

Hey everyone,

During the “Guide to Holiday Survival” event we added the Event Store and introduced a new currency called Seasonal Gold, to give you a way to directly acquire items. At the start of the “Spring It On!” event we reset everyone’s gold to 0 to keep the amount of currency from growing to unsustainable levels over time. This allows us to avoid inflating the prices of the more desirable store items, keeping them from becoming out of reach of all but the most hardcore players.

Starting with our 4.0 Update and going forward we’re going to try something different, and we wanted to give you all a heads up about it now so you can plan accordingly. Instead of resetting gold at the start of each season, we’re going to implement a cap of 5000 gold. If you reach this cap (or are above the cap when it first goes into effect) you will cease to earn additional gold until you spend enough to drop below the cap. This is timed with the start of the new event, so there will be several...

With the addition of the Perk Recombobulator in update 4.2 (which you can read about HERE) you are going to gain the ability to upgrade your perks to grant larger bonuses, pick what perks are on your favorite weapons, and choose combinations that synergize well with each other and the weapon that they are applied to. When using Perks built around our current numbers in the new system, we quickly found that the combination of top-level Crit Chance and Crit Damage Perks significantly overpowered all other combinations, and the Recombobulator allows you to easily put those perks together. We want players to choose perks that synergize with a particular weapon or playstyle, rather than having only one correct perk choice for all weapons.

We are going to completely rebuild our Crit math in update 4.2 to address this. We are introducing a new attribute called Crit Rating which will translate into Crit Chance along a diminishing curve. This will allow a single Crit Chance Perk to feel fai...

GoNubb

Thanks for the update much appreciated. A quick question so will a new weapon have a chance to get both crit chance AND crit rating? Or is crit chance disappearing?

A new weapon will still have its inherent Crit Chance, but the perks on the weapon will all be Crit Rating. Only legacy weapons will have the old Crit Chance perks.

PieExplosion

Will crit rating factor in a weapons base critical chance when calculating actual critical chance?

Crit Rating is converted into a Crit Chance buff, which is then added to the base critical chance of the weapon. This makes the Crit Rating + Crit Damage perk combination best when placed on a weapon with high base crit values.

We’ve heard your feedback and in update 4.3 we've decided to add more Skill Points to the Commander Level-up rewards - enough points that a max-level player can now purchase every node in the Skill Tree. This includes the set of two Storm Shield Defenders that were previously locked at the end of each Skill Tree tier.

When we initially designed the Skill Tree, we wanted players to make choices about which nodes were most important to them, but as the game has evolved many changes have been made, including recent improvements to the usefulness of some Gadgets. We don't want players who skipped those Gadgets in their Skill Trees to feel like there's no way to have fun with them.

These Skill Points have been added to our existing levels, so upon entering the game on patch day, players will immediately be awarded with all of the new Skill Points that have been added to Commander Levels at or below their current Commander Level.

So get out there and put your new Skill Points to g...

chrisd848

This is a great change! I'm curious if you will be doing anything about the fact that if you are a max-level player, you will have excess skill points from the collection book and SSD's. Will there be a new use for these extra skill points, some way to convert them into another currency such as gold or will you remove skill point rewards from the collection book later down the line?

The Skill Points in the Collection Book and SSDs will still be required to max out the Skill Trees completely.

Hey everyone,

We’ve heard the community feedback loud and clear that melee could use some love, so with patch 4.4 we will be making substantial buffs to melee weapons. Damage and impact values will be raised across the board, with an eye towards closing the gap between fast, light damage-focused weapons and slow, heavy control-focused weapons.

As a result of this change the durability of melee weapons will be consumed a little faster, and the cost to craft them has been increased. This increase is only affecting the lower-rarity materials - ore, crystal, and power cell costs are all remaining the same. The overall cost to use melee weapons is still well below the cost of crafting ammo for ranged weapons.

We recognize that this change alone won’t be sufficient to bring melee to parity with ranged weapons, particularly in terms of survivability and uptime. Instead, this is intended to be the first step in a series of broader changes aimed at increasing the viability of a divers...