Update v18.10

Update v18.10 of Fortnite was released on September 28th, 2021.

=Battle Royale=

Introduction
From the adorned but worn laptop of Charlotte.

No, I’m not J.B., but both he and I are against The Cubes. I mean, The Sideways is kind of cool, but other than that, I’m fully on his side.

Well actually not fully. Digging into the IO takes up pretty much all my time, but I’m at least doing a favor by writing this in his place. Here’s what’s new that can help you on the Island:

New Chug Splash Flavor: Chili Chug Splash
Staying on top of the IO 24/7 takes A LOT of energy… which is why the new Chug Splash flavor couldn’t have come at a better time.

The Chug Splash people just dropped Chili Chug Splash, Chug Splash with a kick. It restores Health and Shield like you’d expect, but it also gives you such an energy boost it’ll give you a speed boost too. Think of eating a Spicy Fish or a Pepper. (Or don’t think of it. The Chili Chug Splash tastes just like them...) And hey, since it’s a Chug Splash, you can share the kick with others too. Get your squads’ feet and nose running.

Chili Chug Splashes are. Exchange Bars with The Brat for some or find some in Loot Llamas.



Splash the OG Chug Splash and wear The Hunter's Cloak
Alongside the debut of Chili Chug Splash, the original Chug Splash has been re-released. It may not have that kick, but the Health and Shield nutritional value is all the same. (It’s also much easier on the taste buds.) Being the Chug Splash the Island knows and loves, you can pick some up as normal loot.



It’s really difficult to sneak around when a wolf is thinking I’m their food. That shouldn’t be an issue anymore, though, because — speaking of things returning — the Island has collectively remembered how to make a Hunter’s Cloak. Craft a Hunter’s Cloak by combining Meat. (It’s honestly kind of gross, but it does take less Meat than it did before.)

If You're stopping by Steamy Stacks
Something weird I noticed: there’s a big hole at Steamy Stacks. Was there an accident on the job? Did something… escape from the ground?

Could be something for you to investigate.

- Charlotte What else is new in Fortnite Battle Royale in v18.10:

Super Level Styles and XP Improvements
The Cubes have corrupted even the Battle Pass! (But in a good way.) Bonus Styles for Chapter 2 Season 8 Outfits have been available for players who progress past Level 100. But now: this Season’s Super Level Styles have been added! Progress past Level 140 this Season and start unlocking new runic Styles for Charlotte, Kor, Fabio Sparklemane, J.B. Chimpanski, and Torin.

To help you get there, we’ve made improvements to XP earned through Battle Royale:


 * XP earned from your Daily Punchcard missions has been greatly increased.
 * We’ve added XP to all Shared Quests. (They still reward Bars too.)
 * All new and future Character Punchcards have substantially increased XP rewards.
 * Weekly Punchcard XP has been slightly reduced. This was done to lessen the setback of not completing them.



Toona Fish Canvas: New styles To Unlock!
New Toona Fish Quest Styles have been added! Ink up your Toona Fish with new Styles inspired by even more of your favorite Fortnite characters. Complete themed Quests to copy Mancake’s drip, resemble regular Fishstick, and more. With 20 new styles to collect immediately (and one we can’t talk about just yet), there’s a ton more options to color Toona Fish your way!

Balance Changes

 * Slipstreams will disable at the final Storm circle in core playlists.
 * Slipstreams will disable at phase 5 of the Storm in competitive playlists.
 * Chug Cannons are no longer available from Loot Llamas. In the Chug Cannons’ place are the spicy Chili Chug Splashes.
 * In competitive playlists, Sideways Anomalies will despawn earlier than they did previously.
 * The Rail Gun has been removed from competitive playlists.

Major Bug Fixes

 * Fixed an issue involving vehicles taking heavy damage when colliding with Mothership wreckage pieces.
 * Fixed an issue involving Donation Boards displaying items in English even when another language was selected.
 * Fixed an issue involving voice chat on Nintendo Switch not connecting to party chat after the player left and rejoined the party.

Competitive notes:


 * Arena Hype has been reset for each player.
 * The Hunter’s Cloak is not included in competitive playlists.



=Creative=

Introduction
The v18.10 update is bringing the new Battle Royale items, an update to the elimination manager device, additional device updates, and bug fixes!

Battle Royale Items
Keep your aim true as the new Sideways Battle Royale weapons make their way into Creative! The following Battle Royale Items are now available:

Sideways Minigun

Sideways Rifle

Paint Launcher (Orange, Purple)

Paint Grenades (Orange, Purple)

Monster Shards Cube Monster Parts (Ingredients)



Elimination Manager Device Update
The updated Elimination Manager brings support for Fiends, Wildlife, and Sentries, as well as randomization and elimination penalties. Here are the details:


 * New Team and Class options that allow for the exclusion of a single class or team.
 * New option for randomly selecting which items the device drops from its inventory.
 * New option that allows Creators to set a random chance for item(s) to drop from the device.
 * New options for Target Type. This allows creators to set what type of target triggers the elimination manager. This can be players, Sentries, any variety of Fiend, or animals from the Wildlife Spawner.
 * A new set of options to configure penalties that trigger when a player is eliminated. For penalty options to work, the Eliminated Player’s Items setting in My Island > Settings must be set to Keep.
 * Penalty Item determines what is affected by the penalty; Gold, Materials, Score or All
 * Penalty Amount determines what percentage of the specified items will be affected from 1% - 100%
 * Penalty Effect determines what is done with the items; Remove: just removes them from the Eliminated player’s inventory. Drop: drops the items into the world for other players to pick up. Grant to Eliminator: gives the items to the player who Eliminated the other.



Prefab & Gallery Updates

 * Fixed a texture issue with the snow on the Gray Cliff Snow Gallery.
 * Fixed an issue where items could not be picked up on placeable grass patches.
 * Fixed an issue with some rooftops in Spooky Mansion Gallery giving the wrong resource material.
 * Fixed an issue with the mausoleum props in Spooky Prop Gallery B not being broken by building, not providing harvesting hit points, or showing health.
 * Fixed an issue where Background City Gallery was not placed within the preview volume.
 * Fixed an issue with the unlit gothic lamp from Spooky Prop Gallery B not being destroyed by pickaxe and gunfire damage.
 * Fixed an issue with searchable paintings in the Spooky Mansion prefab.
 * Fixed a thumbnail issue with the basic corner asset from the Spooky Mansion prefab.

Island Updates

 * Fixed a texture issue with the snow on the Arctic Island.

Gameplay Updates

 * Added Use Team Score option to My Island UI settings.
 * If set to YES, this will cause teams to keep all score gained, regardless of whether players subsequently leave the team.
 * If set to NO, team scores will be a dynamically calculated sum of the scores of the players currently on the team (current behavior).

Device Updates

 * We’ve converted the following device models to sprite art to help reduce memory costs.
 * Skydome device
 * VFX device
 * Added the Quadcrasher Spawner.
 * The Quadcrasher is now back in Creative, fully compatible with the new physics system.
 * Added Allowed Team and Allowed Class support to the Item Spawner device.
 * The option to turn item visibility OFF for disallowed players will be added in a future release.
 * Added new versions of collectibles to the Collectibles Gallery.
 * Golden Music Note
 * 3 New Coins
 * Small Bronze Coin
 * Normal Silver Coin
 * Large Gold Coin
 * Added Spooky Ghosts effect to the VFX device.
 * Added new options to the Customizable Light Device
 * Dimming Amount
 * Dimming Time
 * Dim Light When Receiving From
 * Undim Light When Receiving From
 * Added new options to the Map Marker, Capture Area and Objective Devices to display a directional pulse similar to the one used by Keycards.
 * Added new options to the Item Granter:
 * Grant On Timer - causes the device to grant items at the specified interval.
 * Grant While Offline - if a player leaves the game and then returns later if this option is set to YES the device will calculate how many times it would have granted the items in the player’s absence and then grants them at game start.
 * Clear Save Data For Player When Receiving From - clears any persisted data to prevent the device from granting items to a player when they return to the game.

Gameplay Fixes

 * Fixed an issue where Round results were showing the wrong player as the winner of the Round.
 * Fixed an issue with the Join in Progress island setting to allow more than 16 teams.
 * Fixed an issue with the Only Allow Respawn If Spawn Pads Found island setting.

Device Fixes

 * Fixed some issues with the Timer device.
 * Now supports non-English character text.
 * Fixed an issue that caused the timer to start at 100 minutes rather than 60.
 * Fixed an issue where the Skydome Device did not turn back on after re-entering island limits
 * Fixed an issue with the Save Point Device increasing saved score when triggering multiple times.
 * Fixed an issue with the Round Settings device to make On Round Start Transmit On work correctly with 1 round.
 * Fixed an issue with the Customizable Light device which caused square boxes to appear around the device after aiming at it.

UI Updates

 * Added a preview (beside the device description) of all filter tags applied to a device when selected in the Device Gallery.

Gallery Fixes

 * Fixed various lights from the Ambient Gallery and Ambient Gallery Large not being customizable when they should be.
 * Fixed the Team Color option for Customizable Light Gallery to support more than 16 teams.

=Save The World=

Introduction
Attention Commanders,

You all have done an admirable job of taking on your fears inside the Hexslyvania Zone! Sadly we aren’t out of the (haunted) woods yet, as there are still many dangers and horrors emerging from this Venture Season. We are even getting reports from one of our Agents that the new Dungeon will soon be open to Commanders brave enough to enter it… But for now, let’s focus on building up our power with the upcoming arrivals into the Event Store.

Before we get this Homebase Status Report rolling, we wanted to highlight a change made to the Boom B.A.S.E Team Perk, just in case you missed it. It seems Lars’ arrival to the battlefield has made some Heroes even outside of Steel Wool feel the music! From now on, all Heroes with the “Band Member” tag will be able to activate the Boom B.A.S.E Team Perk. That rocks, doesn’t it?

Now without any further delay… Homebase Status Report - Initiate!



I See Jonsee-Bot Entering The Event Store On October 2 (8 PM ET)
''“QUIET PLEASE. I AM FIGHTING” - JONSEE-BOT''


 * Standard Perk: Ow. My eye!
 * Increase Headshot damage up to 50% based on the percentage of your missing Health.
 * Commander Perk: Ow. My eye!+
 * Increase Headshot damage up to 50% based on the percentage of your missing Health. In addition, Headshot eliminations have a 50% chance to conjure a Phantasm which seeks out nearby foes and explodes, dealing 62 base energy damage in a small radius.



The Grave Digger Makes Its Impactful Return On October 9 (8 PM ET)!
Don't let that smiling jack-o-lantern face on it fool you; the Grave Digger is a powerful assault rifle that will treat the husk to nothing but destruction! Grave Digger fires medium ammo, gaining damage and impact at the cost of accuracy and fire rate.



The Fortnite Lars Pack
“Looks like the band is back together” - Lars

Lead guitarist of the legendary rock band Steel Wool (and renowned Storm Scientist) is ready to strum up some Husks!

The Lars Pack brings a new Hero and Outfit, the Lars Storm Strummer Backbling, Lars Prop Chop Pickaxe, the Lars Challenges, and access to Save the World. These exclusive Save the World challenges will earn you 1,000 V-Bucks and 1,000 X-Ray Tickets.

''The Cosmetic items of this Pack will be shared through Battle Royale, Save the World and Creative game modes. This new Pack series will have no impact on existing Founder daily login rewards or their V-Bucks earned, which is exclusive to early access Founders. These outfits may appear in the item shop in the future.''

May Hexslyvania treat you well, Commanders!