The Horde Bash update is coming on Thursday, Oct. 5, and along with some enraged husks, it brings a new mode, new weapons, new Heroes, and more!

Challenge The Horde Mode

It all starts in a staging area. You’ll have unlimited time, but limited resources to build a portable horde fort. Once you've designed the perfect fort, exit the staging area and party with up to three friends. Your forts will be ready for action when your team hits the ground. As you survive, you’ll receive more resources and more rewards to Challenge The Horde.

Scavenger Event

With the new update comes a new event llama. The Scavenger Llamas holds four new Heroes, nine weapons, two new Defenders. Earn the Scavenger currency by completing quests and playing the new Challenge The Horde mode. The Scavenger weapon set is delicate, but they’re all cheap to craft.

New Heroes

Introducing Scavenger Heroes with new, never-before-seen perks.

• Raider Soldier - Loves the shotgun and close encounters.
• Ammo Harvest O...

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Hi folks,

Wow, what a great response to Fortnite Battle Royale!  Here’s an update. DUOS
Duos will release in most regions with this release. We want to make sure that adding a new playlist doesn't make the experience less enjoyable so stay tuned for more updates on the status of Duos in your region. Bring a friend and let the duos begin!

SUPPLY DROPS
Supply Drops are back! ! We tried once, but couldn’t quite stick the landing. We fixed those issues and we’re excited for them to return. Supply Drops are more likely to contain rare weapons and items that you want in a pinch. They’re also a hot zone for attention, so planning how to grab one is important. Watch the skies for those supplies.

WEAPON ACCURACY
Almost all of our weapons are hitscan (Sniper Rifles are the exception). That means when you fire, there is no travel time and the target is hit instantaneously. We initially started with very high accuracy on our weapons. This often led to being shot by someone who you couldn’t see, ...

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The Horde Bash update launches with a new game mode, weapons, heroes, defenders and more on Thursday, Oct 5.

Challenge The Horde, the new mode introduced in the Horde Bash update, introduces a new type of mission which utilizes a unique skill tree and progressive fort system. Your building skills will be tested as you and your squad level up your forts and pit them against a mix of all kinds of monsters.

Get ready to lock and load. Get your hands on the new Scavenger weapon set, four new Scavenger heroes, and two new defenders, all unlockable by completing Challenge the Horde missions and quests.  

View the full release notes below. Share your thoughts and suggestions on the Official Forums and Discord.

EA 1.7 Release 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!
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The release of 1.7.1 improves overall game stability and adds quality-of-life improvements for both Save the World and Battle Royale players. In addition, we have re-enabled support for DirectX 10 hardware. This should also improve performance for low-spec PC players. What are we doing about cheaters? In this release, we’ve added a report button in-game which will allow players to swiftly report cheaters. What’s more, we released a blog last week detailing our current and future anti-cheat plans. Check it out here.

BattlEye has been added to our existing anti-cheat detection.

Stats

Fortnite Battle Royale stats make an appearance in this release! Stats will be backfilled for the launch of this new feature. Check out the Stats tab on the FNBR home screen.

We missed our initial release date for leaderboards, but we’re working to get them in as soon as possible.

Save the World - Hero & Monster Balance

Ability damage, health and shield values have been increased for all heroes! This cha...

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Thanks for all your support, it’s been a crazy two weeks since we launched on September 26th :-)

We’ve picked up steam on the development side and have strike teams working on the below features and improvements:

Gameplay

• Team communication incl. voice chat!
• General squads / duo polish
• Ongoing shooting and balance tweaks
• Map POI (points of interest) and loot density improvements
• Spectating improvements
• Inventory improvements
• Quality of life bug fixes

Controller

• Alternate configurations
• Controller revamp
• Input latency improvements on console
• Aim assist improvements

UI

• 10’ console experience of HUD
• “Invite system” polish
• MOTD system improvements
• QOL features for streamers and content creators (hiding HUD elements, etc.)

Progression

• Stats
• Leaderboards
• Cosmetics / loadout
• Progression
• Compendium / mission logs

Engine

• Anti-cheat
• Console performance, stability, and memory
• Server performance and hitch optimizations
• Reduction of initial download size a...

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Heya Fort Fam, In this update, we will be adding Leaderboards and Team Voice Chat. Let’s talk about leaderboards first, because who doesn’t like a little bragging.  Leaderboards We will be providing a variety of categories to start, and plan to add more in the future:

• Wins
• Top 10 Finishes (and variants for duo, squad)
• Top 25 Finishes (and variants for duo, squad)

There will be two different leaderboards:   A weekly rotating one where you can track your progress against other Battle Bus riders.  Who doesn't like a little bragging with friends? We’ll have one just for that! Compare how you rank up against your squad (also weekly). You can toggle between these scoreboards using the boxes to denote either Solo, Duo or Squad and by Friends or Division. Voice Chat Have you ever wanted to warn your friend about the enemy around the corner, but you weren't partied? Fear not! We now have voice chat. Voice Chat will be enabled by default. For PC users this will be push-to-talk and for c... Read more

The release of 1.7.2 brings quality-of-life improvements for both Save the World and Battle Royale players. What’s more, numerous bugs, issues and Xbox One crashes have been smoothed out alongside an update to Storm Zones.

Battle Royale - Voice Chat

We have enabled voice chat on PC only and will follow with console support in the near future. Ironing out some final bugs and getting it ready for you!

Save the World - Storm Zone Update Save the World players will have the opportunity to battle through many more Storm Zones with the release of 1.7.2. The number of possible Mutant Storm spawns has greatly increased in each region, meaning more challenges, more monsters, and more loot! Dive into the full notes below and share your thoughts and feedback on the official Forums and Discord.

EA1.7.2 PATCH NOTES

Battle Royale

Gameplay

• We have enabled voice chat on PC only and will follow with console support in the near future
• You can now switch between teammates while spectating.
• Fi...

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Fortnite community,

In our effort to provide a better player experience new servers have just launched for Brazil and Asia. We are excited to take one more step forward in strengthening our global community and providing a better experience for all players around the globe, one region at a time!

Get ready to drop into the arena solo or with a squad. The duos playlist will be disabled at first, but will be re-enabled once we are confident we can provide a great experience for all players.

Both Brazil and Asia servers will support PS4 and PC at launch. 

Players will automatically connect to the regions with the lowest ping, but you can still manually select a server region. Please follow the steps below if you would like to change your matchmaking region.

• Navigate to the Main Menu in the top right corner of the screen.
• Select Settings.
• Select the Game tab.
• Change your matchmaking region using the left and right arrow indicators and select your desired region.

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Heya Folks, We’re kicking off the spookiest time of the year in a big way with our Fortnitemares Event, which comes with a brand new zone - Hexsylvania. Get lost in the deep levels of the catacombs, the endless halls of flickering candles or the thick fog creeping across the map! Horde Bash will be departing on Thursday, Oct. 26 at 4:00 a.m. EDT. If you haven’t challenged the horde yet, try your hand and maybe grab one of the unique Scavenger Heroes! What will Hexsylvania bring? In addition to a spooky lobby background you’ll find:

• ~25 Story Quests
• Spooky Creatures
  • Pumpkin Head Husk
  • Vampire Taker
• Spooky Llama
  • Buy it with candy! :D
• Eight new themed Heroes all getting into the Hexsylvanian spirit! 
  • Each Class/Gender
• New Weapons
  • Pumpkin Launcher (How else will you defeat the Pumpkin Head Husks??)
  • Grave Digger

Mark your calendars because the Fortnightmares will begin haunting your sleep starting on Thursday, Oct 26. For every 1000 of the tickets... Read more

Jump to Save the World: Notes. - Jump to Battle Royale Notes.

Welcome Fortnite fans to our biggest (and eeriest) patch yet with creepy new content for both Save the World and Battle Royale players. Plus big new customization features for Battle Royale!

Fortnitemares Update

Celebrated by all Fortnite players, the Fortnitemares update introduces all kinds of new terrifically terrifying Halloween content on Oct 26th.

Battle Royale - Leaderboards & Season Levels

Leaderboards are finally here! Rank up against other players and friends in three categories Seasons will give each player a chance to level-up their character and earn unique seasonal rewards and banner flair.

Battle Royale - Item Shop & Locker

Explore a new and unique array of outfits, gliders and pickaxes in the item shop. Use V-bucks to purchase cosmetics in the store!

Players can customize their character’s appearance, choose their banner and equip any purchased cosmetics in the Locker.

Patch Notes ...

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Heya folks, In our v1.8 patch we introduce customizations, that means you can adjust your banner, harvest tool (pickaxe etc.), character or glider and choose the way you load in! The patch will also include our initial step into progression and what it looks like in Fortnite Battle Royale, as well as adding an in-game item shop. Please let me earn rewards from playing! Our first stab at progression will become in the form of daily challenges you can complete to raise your Season account level and earn rewards. You will also receive a banner flair to customize your banner at each level up until 49, at which point you can prestige your Season level.
You’ll be able to earn two specific rewards simply by completing challenges and leveling up, a banner (Level 10) and a glider (Level 25). You will earn these permanently. We’re looking to get feedback from you folks on what you like, what you don't like and how we can improve these systems going forward!  Note: These rewards will no longe... Read more

Heya folks, We have a brand new feature for NVIDIA owners coming in that will allow you to quickly share those hype Fortnite Battle Royale Plays.  Introducing, ShadowPlay Highlights from NVIDIA! No longer will your friends have to “take your word” when you tell them about that mountain sliding snipe headshot. ShadowPlay will save plays automatically by default. You are also able to manually configure which plays get saved to customize it to fit your style. Auto-Saved Plays:

• Double, Triple and Multi Kills
• Win or a Death

Following a match the end game screen will have a ShadowPlay Highlights button allowing you to directly access your plays from the previous game.  You can also find this button located in the Pre-Lobby screen, where you can view the last match highlights. Now get out there and make some plays! Got one you want to share? Tweet it to us @FortniteGame using #FNBRShadowPlays. Read more

Heya folks, To celebrate Fortnite’s support of Xbox One X we are hosting a Battle Royale Plays contest, with a grand prize of three Xbox One Xs!  The contest runs from Friday, Dec. 1 until Friday, Dec. 8 for all of you making those highlight reel-worthy plays! Send us your clips by 11:59 PM EST on Dec. 12 to be eligible. After receiving all submissions, we will review them and announce the winners and runners-up in three different categories starting on Dec. 12. All entries must be submitted during the contest period. You can see the full rules here. If you are selected as a winner in your respective category you will receive an Xbox One X! Runners Up in each category will win the following:

• FNBR “Victory Royale” Hat
• FNBR Shirt

Judgement Criteria: We will be judging based on three different criteria: Creativity

• Did you manage to represent the category in a creative or innovative manner?

Quality

• Did the content display a high level of quality while remaining in the category?...

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Playing With Friends

Duos and Squads are best when you can play with friends! We realize that our existing social features make it hard to make and/or find friends. We are working on making it easier to play again with people you had a great game with, make new friends, and import your friends lists from other social networks.

Certain regions don’t have the Duos playlist (we hear you Oceania!) and we continue to monitor population per platform and region. We are working on a system that is going to allow us to schedule Duos during popular hours so we can offer the mode while maintaining a good experience.

Team Killing

We dropped the ball on addressing team killing. We take action based on player reports, but the system isn’t straightforward to use, and doesn’t let you know whether we took action or not. This needs improvement. Last week we started casting a wider net to catch current and past team killers and issued numerous warnings and bans. We are also working on better analyti...

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Hey Fortnite friends,  This weekend it’s Fortnite Battle Royale meets Anaheim at PlayStation Experience 2017! We’ll be set up at Booth #A260 where four featured streamers will squad up with YOU, the community, to achieve Victory Royale. Throughout the day, we will be randomly choosing players from the crowd to take the stage and battle for Fortnite swag and prizes! If you can’t make it to PSX 2017, you can tune into our livestream at twitch.tv/fortnitegame, where we will be broadcasting the entirety of the event.  

Follow PSX on Social

We’ll be giving out swag to those who attend in person as well as some lucky folks who are following the official Fortnite stream and social channels:

• FortniteGame
• @Fortnitegame

PlayStation

• PlayStation Experience Website
• @PlayStation
• #PSX

Featured Guests

• CDNthe3rd - @CDNThe3rd
• ImTheMyth - @TheMythIsIn
• DrLupo - @DrLupoOnTwitch
• MonsterDFace - @MonsterDface

Shoutcasters

• GoldenboyFTW - @GoldenboyFTW
• [EPIC] Seth - @itgSethLynch
• [...

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Heya folks, We’ve been teasing you about a new mode all week and the time has come. Starting right now you can hop into our first limited-time mode … 50v50.  Two teams battle it out in the most epic Battle Royale action yet. See for yourself in the action below.  
  But for how long? Great question! The 50v50 playlist is available from Dec. 8 to through Dec. 17, so make sure to grab your friends and jump into the battle for a limited time. How does it work?
Just load up Battle Royale and select the 50v50 playlist. You can jump into the mode solo or with up to three friends. Once the Battle Bus gets flying, you’ll see your squad on the map and communicate like a normal squad/duo match. You’ll also see green markers on the map and above the heads of the remaining 50-player team. The circle closes in. Last team standing wins. Are there any special rules? 

• Friendly Fire Off (But you will still see hit indicators.) 
• Limited visibility of non-squad teammates. 
• Squad VoIP only. 
• You...

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Play Battle Royale. Level up. Unlock Epic loot. Buy the Battle Pass to get cosmetic loot now. Then earn or buy even more rewards.

Heya folks,

 

The Battle Pass marks the beginning of Season 2 cosmetic offerings in Fortnite Battle Royale.   The Season Store is retiring with the release of the Battle Pass, so get the Season 1 items (S1 Glider, Banner) while they’re still available!

 

The v1.11 update launches our Battle Pass which includes a ton of items for you to earn while playing Battle Royale.

 

What’s the Battle Pass? The TL;DR is … buy the Battle Pass to get cosmetic loot now. Then play to level up your Battle Pass, unlocking up to 65+ rewards by the end of the season. (It typically takes 75 to 150 hours of play to get everything.) Watch the video for more info!

 

 

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Fortnite Fans!

Prepare yourselves for a Battle Royale update incoming Dec. 19, 8am ET (13:00 GMT). We’re improving trap usability and introducing the Small Shield Potion for the survivor on the go.

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Small Shield Potion

• Grants 25 Shield, to a maximum of 50.
• Drops in stacks of 3 with a stack limit of 10.
• Uncommon rarity.
• Can be found in floor loot, treasure chests, and supply drops.
• Consumed in 2 seconds.
• Cannot be consumed while moving.

Trap Usability Update

• The Spike Trap, Wall Zapper, and Ceiling Zapper have been combined into a single “Damage Trap.”
  • When this trap is in placement mode, it will automatically swap between floors, walls, and ceilings.
• The Launch Pad, Vertical Jump Pad, and Horizontal Jump Pad has been combined to just “Launch Pad.”
  • The Launch Pad can still only be placed on floors.
• You can now switch between traps using the same key binding as “Change Building Material.”
• The radial menu to select different traps has been remov...

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Happy Holidays!

Get in the holiday spirit with another Battle Royale update, incoming Dec. 23, 11:00am Eastern Time (16:00 GMT) . Throw a party with the Boogie bomb and rocket ride to victory all in the new Limited Time Mode, High Explosives. The High Explosives LTM is available Dec. 28 to Jan. 2.

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Boogie Bomb

• Thrown like a normal grenade, but this explosion is dazzling.
  • Any players inside the blast radius are forced to dance.
  • When boogie dancing, you are prevented from building, firing weapons, or using items.
• Drops in stacks of 1 with a stack limit of 10
• Uncommon
• Can be found in treasure chests and supply drops

High Explosives

This Limited Time event is available on Dec 28 and ends on Jan 2

• Weapons are limited to only … Snowball Launchers, Rocket Launchers and all types of Grenades.
• Traps are disabled.
• Regular consumables are still available.

There will be no downtime, and no update required. Keep an eye on our official twitter for immediate updates. ...

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