Hey Folks, We recently added a 60 FPS option on compatible iOS devices!  (iPad Pro will follow with the next patch)

• iPhone XS
• iPhone XS Max
• iPhone XR

We’ve gone through extensive tests to make sure the game can maintain such high frame-rates for a number of matches without overheating or deteriorating the overall experience over the course of a match. High frame rates are great, but if it’s only for a few minutes it doesn’t make a lot of sense.
NOTE: Playing at 60 FPS will drain your battery more quickly, so for now, the default setting remains 30 FPS and you’ll need to enable 60 FPS in the settings menu. However, we know our Android players are curious about whether they’ll see the same improvements. While we don’t currently have a timeline, the team is working on Android optimizations together with phone manufacturers, that will hopefully allow us to support 60 FPS on certain high-end Android devices. We’ll update you once we have more news, stay tuned for more Mobile updates! Read more

Fortnite Fans,

There’s something new coming in Season 7… Fortnite Creative!

What’s Fortnite Creative?

It’s a brand new way to experience the world of Fortnite, available on December 6. Design games, race around the island, battle your friends in new ways and build your dream Fortnite. It’s all happening on your own private island where everything you make is saved.

Battle Pass owners will have access to a private island for the first week of Season 7. During this early access week Battle Pass owners can invite their friends to play on their island. Starting December 13, all players will have access to a private island for free. Watch the video below for all the details.

There’s Much More to Come

Fortnite Creative is new and exciting, but not final. We’ll be adding many new features and improvements over the next few updates. Like Battle Royale and Save the World, we’re committed to making this bigger and better over time.

How-To: Fortnite Creative

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Season 7 has arrived with the smash of a mysterious iceberg! Winter has brought many changes to the Fortnite map for you to explore. Ziplines are a new way to help you travel to and from high terrain. For you chill and thrill seekers, the new Frosty Flights location and Expedition outposts are outfitted with the new Stormwing planes so you can take to the skies. There are tons of new areas to venture to and secrets to uncover, so stay frosty.  
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 Zenith and Lynx progressive outfits instantly when you purchase the Battle Pass, both of which can level-up to unlock new styles.
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It’s time to kickoff a #FortniteBlockParty! The most exciting and imaginative islands built in Creative will be featured on the “The Block” in the Battle Royale map. Can you create something that will inspire the world? Will you become Fortnite Famous?

To kick things off, we’re going to provide a few guidelines to make the submission process smooth. Here’s what we’re looking for:

• 25x25 tile area on a flat section of your island. It’s very important that your creations can fit nicely on The Block.
• Originality matters. Create something new, don’t copy other people’s ideas.
• Try to keep your ‘Memory Used’ less than 50,000.  Efficiency is just as important as creativity!
• There’s no height requirement, but please try to scale your creations to be a similar to other POIs in the Battle Royale map.
• You can use any component available.
• Chests, floor loot and vehicle spawns will be determined by Epic. No need to include these.

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Hello Fortnite Fans! We're excited to talk to you about something that's been in the works for quite some time now. Over the past year, the narrative has been leading up to one inevitable, dramatic conclusion...

...and now the Storm King has arrived in 7.0! The King will be rewarding every player that defeats him with a special surprise - more details below. To celebrate the end of Canny Valley Act 3, we created a challenge that would bring a fulfilling end to our narrative arc. This fight will put your building skills, combat readiness, and saved-up collection to the test. Bring three friends (or at the very least, allies) and get ready to take the Storm head on! When you load into the mission you'll find yourself inside a dark cave. From that moment on, it will be up to you to figure out how best to take him down.

• Defeating the Storm King for the first time will grant you Anthony,  the final member of Steel Wool! You'll also get a Legendary Weapon Schematic, RE-PERK and Ep...

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Heya folks, What better way to celebrate a great year of Fortnite than with a Fortnight of Fortnite? Our 14 days of Fortnite event kicks off in Battle Royale and Save the World on December 19. Battle Royale The holidays have hit Battle Royale, and it’s shown across the map in a variety of ways. Pick up a Snowball Launcher or hide within a holiday-lit Legendary Bush after dropping from the festive Battle Bus! In addition to the map makeover, the 14 Days of Fortnite event will feature a new challenge with a new free reward every single day. Each day also brings both new and returning LTMs. And finally, be sure and check out the Item Shop for new and returning holiday outfits appearing daily to show off your holiday spirit. Login everyday to see what’s new! Save the World Save the World is also getting into the spirit with both returning and new themed enemies. Bring your friends and team up against the holiday husks on a winter map. A new holiday quest unlocks every day and is added to y... Read more

We communicated an incorrect end date for the 14 Days of Fortnite event and did not feel the Equalizer Glider compensation was the right approach. After further discussion, we’ve decided to bring back this event early next week through January 15 at 3 AM ET(0800 UTC). We’ll also be enabling some of the most popular Limited Time Modes that were available during the event.

Players who were unable to complete those Challenges will be able to earn all of the rewards they may have initially missed out on. All Challenges will be available to complete for the entire duration of the event. Unfortunately, progress on partially completed challenges has to be reset. Thanks so much for your patience and understanding!
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Heya folks, A while back we ran a test for glider re-deploy. There was a very split response on the mechanic which revealed some positives as well as some negatives. We removed the mechanic from default modes, but feel an alternative implementation will help in solving some of those negatives and better suits our goals. The goal with the item is to provide mobility and utility, but in a form that can be balanced and iterated upon. By implementing glider redeploy as an item we can iterate on multiple different levels (i.e. redeploy height, movement speed, drop chance, charge count), including inventory slot tension. Quick overview on how Glider Redeploy will work in v7.20:

• The Gliders item will take up an inventory slot and can be found from normal loot sources.
• Activate Glider Redeploy as you normally would, you do not need to select the item.
  • Each deploy will remove one charge, when all charges are used the item disappears.
  • Use of Launch Pads, Rifts-to-Go, and LTM respawns wi...

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Hey Fortnite Storm Chasers! A big change is coming soon for Save the World V-Buck Llamas... Here’s the scoop. We believe it’s important that the Llamas you buy have what you want, and that you can earn awesome items just for logging in and playing Since launch, we've been refining the way you expand your item collection. We previously introduced loot drops, the ability to directly acquire any non-event item through the Collection Book, Llama dupe prevention, as well as gameplay-based event rewards, and now we're ready to take the next big step. Introducing "X-Ray" Llamas! Previously known as V-Buck Llamas, X-Ray Llamas will now show you the contents before you purchase it. Not interested in what the Llama offers? Simply wait until the daily store refresh and there will be a new selection. Starting in update v7.30, any Llama available in the V-bucks store will show it's contents without requiring a purchase. How will this work?

1. Llamas prices remain the same, and llamas can still be e...

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Heya folks, Didn’t pick up the NFL Outfits last time they were in the store? Well they’re droppin’ back in for a limited time in celebration of Super Bowl LIII! You can snag these sporty outfits in the store starting on Friday, 2/1 at 7PM ET. Gear up and cheer on the Patriots vs Rams with two additional Outfit styles - white uniforms for each team. And be sure and visit the item shop starting Saturday, 2/2 at 7PM ET to snag the free Pigskin Toy to prepare for the big game! After you’re fully suited up, you can pop over to Pleasant Park for a game of catch or play the new NFL Rumble LTM. In this Limited Time Mode, you’ll be on a team of 20 players in Patriots Outfits or Rams Outfits. Battle it out until a victor takes home the trophy. May the best team win! Read more

Heya Fortnite Creators,

Let’s chat about the state of Fortnite Creative and it’s future in 2019.

Make Your Own Fortnite

Our mission is to give you, the players, the tools you need to make anything you can imagine. We've just started Creative’s journey, and we've got a lot of opportunities ahead of us. Here’s a look at where we are, and what’s next.

One of our goals is to build more devices and options that will empower you to create games on your island. Recent examples are Elimination Zones, Sentry, and Last One Standing settings, which were released in the 7.20 update.

Speed vs. Perfection

We’re focused on delivering a breadth of tools to creators in these first few months, trading off polish and perfection for speed so you can create without limits. The Prefab system is an example of this, which could have been a full content browser of pieces if we had a bit more time. By holding on individual piece selection, we were able to launch a few months earlier than planned.

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Hey Fortnite Creators, On Wednesday we announced that we’re looking for Islands that use new Challenge Gallery Coins. When crafting games you are now able to place coins around your islands. Starting in the 7.40 patch we will feature games that have coins used in interesting ways. A Season 7 Week 11 Battle Royale challenge will use the coins as part of the challenge, exposing your featured map to lots of players. So here’s what we’re looking for:

1. Place 10 coins throughout your game. Spread your coins out based on difficulty, creating a range of difficulty for coin collection.
2. Collecting them all should be challenging!
3. We’ll be looking at all types of games. You can make Free For Alls, Mazes, Last One Standing, or invent something completely new. The uniqueness and fun of your island will be considered when we select the games to feature.

Take your game to the next level. We are excited to see what you make! As always, please abide by our code of conduct if you'd like to be featur... Read more

Love is in the air! In celebration of Valentine’s Day, you’re invited to join us for the #ShareTheLove event. Jump in for special rewards and Challenges starting February 8 until February 27.

Support-A-Creator Reward

Players who currently support a Creator or enter a Creator Code between February 8 - 22 will receive the free Cuddle Hearts Wrap. You’ll receive the item wrap when the v7.40 update releases. Don’t worry, we’re keeping track. 

Jump into Fortnite and share the love with your favorite Creator!

Overtime Challenges & Rewards

Did you complete your 10 weekly Challenges and are looking for more? We have you covered! Starting with the v7.40 release, all players will have access to new, additional Overtime Challenges. Complete these Challenges by the end of the Season to unlock 5 new rewards including the Valentine Wrap and Vines Contrail.

And for Battle Pass owners, the Overtime Challenge rewards will include new unlockable styles for the Trog, Powder, and Onesie outfits.

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Heya folks, It’s been a while since we’ve talked about stats so let's dive right in. In the v7.40 update, we’ll be turning on Stats v2. What does that mean? The current stats system database couldn’t scale properly for all platforms so we’re going to upgrade the existing one to include a variety of info and track player progress better over time. Here are a couple of new things arriving with the update to stats:

• The ability to track all of your play in one place and view it across all platforms.
  • All of your previously earned stats will be added in and displayed in-game.
    • There may be a few minor edge cases where a small amount of data could be missing.
• All LTM stats are combined and tracked in a singular tab. This means that any previous LTM stats you’ve earned will be moved out of the Solo/Duo/Squad tab and into the LTM tab.
  • The exception to this would be Large Team Mode LTMs. We don’t track stats in those game modes.

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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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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

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

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,
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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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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