Pre-Season

Pre-Season
Beginning Date	September 12th 2017
End Date	October 25th 2017
Days Lasted	43
New Locations	Athena island Dusty Depot Pleasant Park Loot Lake Salty Springs Anarchy Acres Wailing Woods Greasy Grove Retail Row Moisty Mire Fatal Fields Lonely Lodge Tomato Town Flush Factory
Seasons
Next →	Season 1

The Pre-Season of Fortnite: Battle Royale, sometimes referred to as Season 0, was the season before Season 1. There was not much going on in this season, and it was more of a “test” phase for Battle Royale. It started on September 12th, 2017 and concluded on October 25th, 2017.

Updates

Update v1.6 (September 12th, 2017)

• New
  • Fortnite: Battle Royale, multiple mechanics reworked for Battle Royale.
  • Crouch mechanic.
  • Battle Bus
  • Assault Rifle (Common, Uncommon, Rare, Epic and Legendary)
  • Semi-Auto Rifle (Common, Uncommon and Rare)
  • Pump Shotgun (Common and Uncommon)
  • Semi-Auto Shotgun (Uncommon, Rare and Epic)
  • Submachine Gun (Common, Uncommon and Rare)
  • Revolver (Common, Uncommon and Rare)
  • Semi-Auto Handgun (Common, Uncommon and Rare)
  • Bolt-Action Sniper Rifle (Rare, Epic and Legendary)
  • Semi-Automatic Sniper Rifle (Epic and Legendary)
  • Grenade Launcher (Rare, Epic and Legendary)
  • Rocket Launcher (Rare, Epic and Legendary)
  • Bandages (Common)
  • Medkit (Common)
  • Shield Potion (Common)
  • Grenade (Common)
  • Ceiling Zapper (Rare)
  • Damage Trap (Rare)
  • Directional Jump Pad (Rare)
  • Wall Dynamo (Rare)
  • Medium Bullets (Common)
  • Shells (Common)
  • Light Bullets (Common)
  • Heavy Bullets (Common)
  • Rockets (Common)

• Hotfix (September 20th, 2017)
  • New
    • Bug Fixes and QOL changes.
  • Changes
    • Balance changes to Fall Damage.
    • Balance changes to The Storm.
    • Balance changes to all Weapon Accuracy
    • Balance changes to all Sniper Rifles.

Update v1.6.3 (September 26th, 2017)

• New
  • Bug Fixes and QOL changes.
  • Down But Not Out.
  • Squads
  • Scoped Assault Rifle (Rare and Epic)
  • Tactical Submachine Gun (Uncommon, Rare and Epic)
  • Zapotron (Legendary)
  • Energy Ammo (Common)

• Changes
  • Balance changes to Skydiving and Gliding.
  • Balance changes to Fall Damage.
  • Balance changes to the Submachine Gun.
  • Balance changes to the Grenade Launcher.
  • Balance changes to the Grenade.
  • Balance changes to the Shield Potion.
  • Balance changes to Medium Bullets.
  • Balance changes to Shells.
  • Balance changes to Heavy Bullets.
  • Balance changes to Rockets.

Update v1.6.4 (September 29th, 2017)

• New
  • Bug Fixes and QOL changes.

• Changes
  • Balance changes to the Assault Rifle

• Hotfix (October 4th, 2017)
  • New
    • Bug Fixes and QOL changes.
    • Duos
    • Supply Drop
  • Vaulted
    • Zapotron (Legendary)
    • Energy Ammo (Common)

Update v1.7 (October 5th, 2017)

• New
  • Bug Fixes and QOL changes.

• Hotfix (October 6th, 2017)
  • New
    • Bug Fixes and QOL changes.
  • Changes
    • Balance changes to the Assault Rifle (Scope).
    • Balance changes to the Semi-Automatic Sniper Rifle.
    • Balance changes to the Grenade Launcher.
    • Balance changes to the Rocket Launcher.
    • Balance changes to the Grenade.
    • Renamed "Semi-Auto Rifle" to "Assault Rifle (Burst)"
    • Renamed "Semi-Auto Handgun" to "Pistol"
    • Renamed "Semi-Auto Shotgun" to "Tactical Shotgun"

Update v1.7.1 (October 12th, 2017)

• New
  • Bug Fixes and QOL changes.
  • Stats
  • BattleEye to Anti-Cheat detection.

• Changes
  • Balance changes to Skydiving
  • Balance changes to the Battle Bus.
  • Balance changes to The Storm.
  • Balance changes to Down But Not Out.
  • Balance changes to the Supply Drop.

Update v1.7.2 (October 17th, 2017)

• New
  • Bug Fixes and QOL changes.
  • Voice Chat added to PC only.

• Changes
  • Balance changes to Medium Bullets.
  • Balance changes to Shells.

• Hotfix (October 19th, 2017)
  • New
    • Brazil and Asia servers for PC and PS4.

Loot Pool

• Ammo
• Assault Rifles
• Shotguns
• Submachine Guns
• Pistols
• Sniper Rifles
• Explosives
• Damage Consumables
• Healing Consumables
• Traps

Name	Icon	Rarities
Medium Bullets		Common
Shells		Common
Light Bullets		Common
Heavy Bullets		Common
Rockets		Common
Energy Ammo		Common

Name	Icon	Rarities
Assault Rifle		Common, Uncommon, and Rare
		Epic and Legendary
Semi-Auto Rifle		Common, Uncommon, and Rare
Assault Rifle (Burst)
Assault Rifle (Scope)		Rare and Epic

Name	Icon	Rarities
Semi-Auto Shotgun		Uncommon, Rare and Epic
Tactical Shotgun
Pump Shotgun		Common and Uncommon

Name	Icon	Rarities
Submachine Gun		Common, Uncommon and Rare
Tactical Submachine Gun		Uncommon, Rare and Epic

Name	Icon	Rarities
Semi-Auto Handgun		Common, Uncommon and Rare
Pistol
Revolver		Common, Uncommon and Rare

Name	Icon	Rarities
Semi-Automatic Sniper Rifle		Epic and Legendary
Bolt-Action Sniper Rifle		Rare, Epic and Legendary
Zapotron		Legendary

Name	Icon	Rarities
Grenade Launcher		Rare, Epic and Legendary
Rocket Launcher		Rare, Epic and Legendary

Name	Icon	Rarities
Grenade		Common

Name	Icon	Rarities
Health Only Healing	Consumables which only heals the players health.
Bandages		Common
Medkit		Common
Shield Only Healing	Consumables which only heal the players Shield.
Shield Potion		Common

Name	Icon	Rarities
Direction Jump Pad Vertical		Rare
Direction Jump Pad Horizontal
Damage Trap		Rare
Ceiling Zapper		Rare
Wall Dynamo		Rare

Gamemodes

Name	Teams	Icon	Added	Removed
Solo	100 teams of 1		Update v1.6 (September 12th, 2017)	Not Removed
Duos	50 teams of 2		Hotfix (October 4th, 2017)	Not Removed
Squads	25 teams of 4		Update v1.6.3 (September 26th, 2017)	Not Removed

Map Updates

Update v1.6 (September 12th, 2017)

• New
  • Athena Island.
  • 10 named locations.
    • Pleasant Park
    • Loot Lake
    • Anarchy Acres
    • Wailing Woods
    • Greasy Grove
    • Retail Row
    • Moisty Mire
    • Fatal Fields
    • Lonely Lodge
    • Flush Factory

Update v1.7.1 (October 12th, 2017)

• Changes
  • Named 3 previously unnamed locations.
    • Dusty Depot
    • Salty Springs
    • Tomato Town

Trivia

• In the early stages of Battle Royale, the only modes were Solo and Squads. Duos was not released until the October 4th 2017 hotfix update along side Supply Drops, the Zapotron, and Energy Ammo, all of which was stated to be released in the Update v1.6.3 according to the patch notes.
• The Battle Pass did not yet exist, nor did any cosmetics for that matter.
• From September 12th to 26th, 2017, Battle Royale was paid for, as it came paired with Save The World as well. Meaning until Update v1.6.3, Fortnite: Battle Royale was paid for.