Hello Storm Chasers!

We are deploying another small update which includes a number of quality of life fixes as well as improvements to overall game stability. Players will need to restart Fortnite in order to install the patch and play. There will be no downtime. Once again, we will be updating each platform at different times. We will update PC on August 9 at 10:30 pm Eastern Time. We plan to update Xbox One and PS4 at a later time. Here is the full list of updates:
 

EA1.4.2 RELEASE NOTES

 

Major Updates

• Corrected a crash caused by particle effects on all platforms
• Corrected a crash caused by slotting a survivor into a squad on PS4
• Corrected a number of smaller issues causing crashes on PS4
• Corrected an issue preventing PS4 players from joining a game session
• Repair the Shelter caches fixed to provide the correct rate of nuts and bolts. 

Major Known Issues

• Players are unable to toggle accessories on and off on PS4 and Xbox One
  • Fix in progress

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When playing Fortnite Battle Royale we ask you to agree to the following code of conduct:

(TLDR: Respect other players and play fair, simple right?)

1. Respect other players. Be graceful in victory and defeat. Discriminatory language, hate speech, threats, spam, and other forms of harassment or illegal behavior will not be tolerated.
2. Play fairly and within the rules of the game. Don’t cheat, AFK, grief, exploit bugs or glitches, team up in groups larger than the game mode allows (e.g. in solo matches do not work with other players, respectfully eliminate them instead) or impersonate others.
3. Keep account information safe and private. Giving access to your account puts you at risk. Do not share your account information or the account information of others.
4. Good luck and have fun!

If you see players not respecting the FBR code, please reach out to us in-game via the report a player button or by contacting player support . We will investigate all feedback and take action if or when n...

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Hello Fortnite Friends! Today we are deploying a small update aimed at fixing various crash fixes and improving game stability across all platforms. Players will need to restart Fortnite in order to install the patch and play. We anticipate no downtime.This patch will include fixes from patch 1.4.2 for console

EA1.4.3 Release Notes

• Added the option to toggle Hero accessories on Xbox One and PS4
• Corrected several crashes across all platforms
• Disabled end-of-mission videos at the end of each mission on PS4 and Xbox One
  • We believe this will reduce crashing on consoles
  • We will re-enable end-of-mission videos once the issues are corrected

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Hello fellow fort fanatics, Today we are deploying an additional small update aimed at fixing various crash fixes for PS4, PC, and Mac. Players will need to restart Fortnite in order to install the patch and play. No downtime is expected. More Xbox fixes are being worked on.

EA 1.4.4 Release Notes

• Fixed PC only client crash
• Fixed PS4 crash associated with audio
• Fixed a few ‘out of memory’ crashes
• Re-enabled visuals for other player's abilities when loading into a match
  • This was disabled to avoid a rare crash

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Hello Everyone! Today we are releasing an update for PC and PS4 aimed at correcting various crash fixes and improving overall game stability across all platforms. This update is scheduled for August 14 at 5:00 PM EDT. Players will need to restart Fortnite to install the patch and play. No downtime is expected. The Xbox One update will follow soon.

EA1.4.5 Release Notes

• Corrected a few server-side crashes
• Corrected a crash that occurred while inspecting Heroes or Defenders
• Corrected a PS4 rendering crash
• Corrected a few PS4 Pro out-of-memory crashes
• Corrected an infrequent Xbox One and PC audio crash
• Players will now see the correct score at the end of a mission
• Patched up a number of UI-related memory leaks
• Made a few changes to the way textures stream to Xbox One. This should reduce out of memory errors
  • This may cause textures to occasionally become blurry
  • We will continue to make improvements

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Hello Everyone! Today we are releasing EA Patch 1.4.6 which will reduce crashes and improve stability across all platforms. We will be releasing this patch today, August 16, 2017 at approximately 3:00 PM. This time is tentative and could change. A restart of your game will be necessary to receive the update. Thank you for your continued patience and support during our Early Access period!

• Made improvements to memory usage on Xbox One
  • This should prevent out-of-memory crashes
• Corrected a PS4 crash caused by in game audio
• Fixed an exploit preventing item durability loss
• Fixed a bug which caused caches to become visible on the minimap during “Repair the Shelter”
• Corrected an Xbox One network crash
• Corrected an AI pathfinding server crash
• Corrected a particle system crash
• The Teleporter can no longer be selected via the mouse scroll wheel

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EA1.4.7 RELEASE NOTES

 

Bug Fixing

• Improved memory usage in the skilltree
  • Aimed at reducing OOM issues
• Fixed a server crash
• Fixed a client crash caused by the particle system
  • Fight or Flight Perk
  • Initially intended to increase the “War Cry” ability damage buff by 15%, but it was instead increasing damage buff by 65%
    • The issue causing this has been corrected, and the Fight or Flight perk has been rebalanced to 10%

Balance

• Adjusted the mix of mission types in Twine Peaks
  • The change is aimed at adjusting the variety of mission difficulty while work is done on additional content
• War Cry - Ability
  • Ranged Rate of Fire reduced from 50% to 40%
  • Melee Rate of Fire reduced from 20% to 16%
  • Weapon Damage reduced from 50% to 40%
  • Rate of Fire and Damage buff effects of War Cry combine multiplicatively (you deal increased damage, and you...

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EA1.4.8 RELEASE NOTES

Bug Fixing

• Fixed an end of match score bug that led to display of 0 XP gained. We’ve seen another issue causing 0 XP and are still investigating.
• Fixed an issue where Xbox players were not shown a notice in the in-game client stating a new game patch was available
• Fixed an AI-related server crash
• Fixed an audio-related client crash
• Corrected an issue caused by placing multiple defenders in a mission
• Smoothed out hitching caused by placing a Level 30 BASE in a zone
• Reduced the likelihood that players will experience sign-in errors during a Xbox Live service outage

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EA1.4.9 Release Notes

• Fixed a client crash caused by in-game effects

• Fixed a client crash caused by player’s profiles

Xbox One

• Fixed an issue causing Home Sharing players to receive a "Purchase Check Failure" error when attempting to log in

  • This occurs while Microsoft services are experiencing limited availability

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Experiencing issues updating, logging in or crashing in Fortnite? Reach out to player support here.

We’re introducing Survive the Storm, a new survival focused mode that pits your heroes against the storm for up to 14 consecutive nights. Assemble your crew, stock up on bullets, and prepare for the ultimate test of skill, strategy, and staying alive. Along with Survive the Storm, we’re introducing a Mutant Storms. These special storms grant unique modifiers to enemies and heroes, and give useful rewards. If you’re looking for Pure Drops of Rain and other rare evolution materials, check out Mutant Storms.   But wait, there’s more! This update includes new weapons, heroes, defenders, and a new enemy! Review the notes below for the full patch breakdown and check out this blog post for additional details on the new content!

Featured Changes

Survive The Storm Mode

Survive the Storm is live August 29! Gather resources and build defenses during the day and fight to survive the night. The...

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Are you going to PAX West? Then come visit us at the Fortnite Booth #6508 (on the 6th floor) where members of the development and community team will be on-hand to chat with players. Throughout the day, we will randomly choose players to come and take a swing in our Llama Smashing booth! Winners could walk away with some Fortnite swag and other cool prizes. We’re looking forward to seeing everyone! If you’re around in the early evening on Saturday, Sept. 2, we’ll be hosting a first-come-first-served Epic Games Community Meetup at Gameworks Seattle. Come and join us for a fun filled evening on Sept. 2 between 6 p.m. and 8 p.m. People will be permitted to start lining up at 5:30 p.m. at the venue on 1511 7th Ave. Each guest will be provided with a game card to play in the arcade, and for those 21 and over, we’ll have drink tickets. The games and adult beverages are on us and food will be available for purchase from the Gameworks restaurant and bar. The Loft, a k a our “Home Base,” will b... Read more

A big storm is about to roll through the world of Fortnite. Your mission … survive. The Survive The Storm update is coming on Tuesday, Aug. 29 and it includes the new Survive The Storm mode, special mutant Storms that pose unique challenges and rewards, new weapons, new heroes, new defenders and more! The threat is only here for a limited time, so be sure to try out Survive The Storm and grab some exclusive loot. It’s time to save your bacon!

Survive The Storm Mode
This limited-time mode will test even the most prepared Commander. Gather resources during the day while battling increasingly more difficult threats every night.

Mutant Storms
These limited-time Storms have modifiers like enraged husks or limited health. Survive these Storms and you can earn some special loot.

Hydraulic Weapon Set
Introducing the hydraulic weapon set. Scavenged from the industrial yards of Plankerton, and rebuilt into husk-destroying machines, these nine high-impact weapons can only be acquired by e...

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The v1.6 patch has arrived, and with it, the Public Test for Fortnite’s new Battle Royale PvP mode. It’s 100 players, one giant map. Put your building and combat skills to the test. The last player standing wins. Fortnite players have access to the Public Test right now before the mode is officially available on Sept. 26. Dive deeper with the official Battle Royal announce blog.

The patch also includes fixes for several crashes, variety of bug fixes and a few balance changes. Check out the full notes below and let us know what you think!

EA1.6 Patch Notes

Battle Royale

• Mode Added
• Code of Conduct posted.
• Battle Royale will be receiving updates regularly. With the updates, stats and any other Battle Royale progress may be reset.
• PvE characters are not carried over to Battle Royale
  • Any differences between Battle Royale characters are purely visual. You will be randomly assigned a different looking character every match.
• Match Flow
  • Meet up with other players in the...

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Hey Fortnite community,

We are excited to announce a new mode officially coming to Fortnite players on Sept. 26: Fortnite Battle Royale. 100 players. One giant map. A battle bus. Fortnite building skills and destructible environments are combined with intense PvP combat. The last commander standing wins.

Our Battle Royale mode is now in Public Test for Fortnite players and we would love your help testing the mode.   

Just open the game and select Battle Royale. We expect the servers will probably break and there will be other crashes and bugs during the Public Test.

Wait… What?
Yeah, we made a PvP mode for Fortnite. We love Battle Royale games like PUBG and thought Fortnite would make a great foundation for our own version. A few months ago Epic’s Unreal Tournament team began experimenting with the mode while the original Fortnite team kept updating the core game. To maintain game balance we kept the PvP mode completely separate from the PvE mode. The new Battle Royale mode w...

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When playing Fortnite we ask you to agree to the following code of conduct: (TLDR: Respect other players and play fair -simple right?)

1. Respect other players. Be graceful in victory and defeat. Discriminatory language, hate speech, threats, spam, and other forms of harassment or illegal behavior will not be tolerated.
2. Play fairly and within the rules of the game. Don’t cheat, AFK, grief, exploit bugs and glitches, or impersonate others.
3. Keep account information safe and private. Giving access to your account puts you at risk. Do not share your account information or the account information of others.
4. Good luck and have fun!

If you see players not respecting the Fortnite code, please reach out to us by contacting player support . We will investigate all feedback and take action if or when necessary. The Fortnite Code of Conduct is not final and will change over time, so check back regularly to stay up to date. “But, I didn’t know…” is not a valid excuse. We’re all here to have fun ... Read more

Hey Fortnite community,

We have exciting news: on September 26, Fortnite Battle Royale will be free for everyone on PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Mac.

What’s Fortnite Battle Royale?
It’s a 100-player PvP mode in Fortnite that will be free for everybody on Sept. 26. One giant map. A battle bus. Fortnite building skills and destructible environments combined with intense PvP combat. The last one standing wins.

So, what’s the catch?
No catch. Fortnite Battle Royale is free and we will not sell items that give a competitive advantage. At some point in the future we will sell other things including cosmetics or compendium-like content.

Squads are Coming!
On September 26, Fortnite Battle Royale will introduce squads. Also, we’re working to improve the feel of combat, controls, weapons, movement and inventory.

“Save the World” PvE Updates
Fortnite’s “Save the World” PvE campaign remains in paid Early Access and we have lots of great updates in the works including the previously an...

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We hope you all have been having a good time playing Fortnite Battle Royale. We’re working hard to make sure you have plenty to look forward to in your quest to earn umbrellas. So, we want to give everyone an update!

Our big news is the initial version of Squads coming 9/26 with support for DBNO (down but not out), duos (2 players) and squads (1-4 players). Emphasis is on “initial” as we are optimizing for getting the feature out ASAP and will continue to iterate and polish afterwards. The squads playlist will be enabled on 9/26 and we will monitor population numbers to decide when to enable duos. In-game communication (text, voice, hints, etc) is crucial for auto-filled teams and is next on the list. We hope the introduction of Squads will reduce the desire for teaming in solo play. That being said, we stood up a system that will automatically and swiftly ban teamers. We’ve been manually running the detection tool to verify results and Player Support has been using the results to ban ... Read more

It’s time for everyone to drop out of the Battle Bus and into Fortnite Battle Royale as the mode goes free on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC, and Mac with the release of the 1.6.3 patch tomorrow (Sept. 26). Gather your squad: four-player and two-player groups are here. Along with squads, we’ve added three new weapons and supply crates that drop from the sky during the match containing valuable items and weapons. This patch also includes a full Battle Royale balance pass, bug fixes and more. For those out there Saving the World in PVE, we fixed a number of campaign bugs among other improvements. We’ll be talking more about the Horde Bash update for Save The World later this week, but if you missed the early look at the update, you can check out the latest dev video here & Zak’s roadmap forum post here. Check out the full release notes below and let us know what you think on the official forums and Discord.

EA1.6.3 Release Notes

Battle Royale (PvP)

Squads

New Duos and Squad match type...

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Greetings Fort Friends,

On Oct. 2 at 4:00 a.m. EDT the Survive the Storm event will be ending, so make sure you get those final runs in and grab that last Hydraulic weapon you’ve been chasing (Rocket Launcher pls).

But, what’s next?

The Horde Bash event, featuring...  

• Pre-Built Forts
• Hordes of Husks
• Instant Co-op Action
• And more!

New details on the Horde Bash Update coming later this week.  

Expect update 1.6.4 to release later today, Sept. 29th

Heya Fortnite community,

This week's update takes steady aim at community concerns with the Assault Rifle accuracy and weapon spread / bloom. The 1.6.4 release also includes a fix to a troublesome login issue on PS4 and a rendering crash on Xbox.

UPDATE - 1:00pm EDT:  Supply Drops and Duos are coming next week, along with a detailed blog breaking down our thoughts and goals on weapon accuracy. Expect leaderboards the following week.

EA1.6.4 Release Notes

 

Battle Royale

• Balance
  • Adjustments to Assault Rifle.
    • White
      • Increased maximum accuracy by 10%.
      • Increased minimum accuracy by 22%.
      • Increased reload rate by 10%.
    • Green
      • Increased maximum accuracy by 8%.
      • Increased minimum accuracy by 20%.
      • Increased reload rate by 8%.
    • Blue
      • Increased maximum accuracy by 5%.
      • Increased minimum accuracy by 17%.
      • Increased reload rate by 5%.
    • Purple
      • Incr...

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