The New Island: Your Domain… But Also Your Enemies'[]
After the events of Chapter 3's finale, a new Island has formed. Here are just some of the sights you'll encounter in this realm:
The Citadel
This point of interest is the castle ruled by “The Ageless.”
Anvil Square
Anvil Square is a peaceful-looking town in the heart of a forest. Emphasis on peaceful-LOOKING.
Brutal Bastion
This headquarters of the Reality Warriors is located among the snowy mountains. Speaking of snow, hit snow with your Pickaxe to create a snowball, jump inside the snowball, then get rolling. You can attack enemies this way too…
Frenzy Fields
Considering this farm is abandoned, what makes it frenetic are the battles that happen here.
WAIT, WHAT'S THAT ROCK?
If you venture to the Shattered Slabs mining facility, you'll notice Kinetic Ore. Pull off physics sorcery with Kinetic Ore to strategically attack your opponents.
STEER YOUR DIRT BIKE STEED []
One of the many ways to get to these places? The trusty, two-wheel Trail Thrasher. Perform tricks on this dirt bike and use weapons as you ride.
Look out for the Hulk smashing his way into the Item Shop soon!
FORTIFY YOURSELF WITH REALITY AUGMENTS []
At intervals in your match, you'll be given a randomized choice of two Reality Augments. The longer you remain in the match, the more Reality Augments you'll collect. Reality Augments last until the match's end.
One of the 22 Day 1 Reality Augments: Light Fingers. Makes your weapons using Light Ammo reload faster.
One of the 22 Day 1 Reality Augments: Mechanical Archer. Gives you a Mechanical Explosive Blow & Mechanical Shockwave Bow.
One of the 22 Day 1 Reality Augments: Aerialist. Grants you Glider redeploy for the rest of the match.
One of the 22 Day 1 Reality Augments: Supercharged. Your vehicles won't consume fuel and they'll have increased Health.
One of the 22 Day 1 Reality Augments: Soaring Sprints. While sprinting, you'll be able to jump much higher — and jump with lower gravity.
Don't like your randomized options? Reroll them for another chance at your faves, or maybe one you've never chosen before. Mix and match Reality Augments and find your favorite combo to support your next Victory Royale!
GO FORTH BY HURDLING FORWARD []
If you sprint at obstacles, you'll now hurdle over or onto them. Use this slick maneuver in your pursuit of victory.
SEIZE A NEW SLATE OF WEAPONS []
Venture with a fresh set of weapons on the Island. You'll see returning ones too, but here's a rundown of what's new:
Ex-Caliber Rifle
This powerful, semi-automatic rifle fires a ballistic blade at your enemies… that detonates mere moments later.
Thunder Shotgun
A pump-action shotgun that deals high damage and shoots two rounds at a time. Just as thunder tears through the sky, this shotgun tears through skirmishes and shotgun shells.
Maven Auto Shotgun
An automatic, fast-firing shotgun with moderate damage and range. A true maven, however, will know how to make the most of it.
Red-Eye Assault Rifle
An automatic assault rifle with a custom red dot sight for improved accuracy. Made for a focused wielder, this assault rifle has a controlled fire rate.
Twin Mag SMG
Two are better than one: this automatic, fast-firing SMG has a double-sided magazine for an extra fast reload.
Tactical Pistol
Don't count this one out. This automatic, powerful sidearm can lay down serious firepower from its small frame.
Shockwave Hammer
Not only does this melee weapon deal damage to opponents, but it also launches them far away. You can also use it to launch yourself and teammates.
REPLENISH WITH NEW PROVISIONS []
The weapons above aren't the only new items. In addition to returning healing items, restore yourself with new ones:
Slap Berry
This fruit is so refreshing you won't want to stand still. Eat one for not only Effective Health, but also short-term unlimited Energy regen to stay sprinting longer.
Slap Juice
Thanks to the Slap Juice factory at Slappy Shores, there's Slap Juice! Slap Juice grants more Effective Health than a Slap Berry, and also a longer temporary Energy regen.
NO HEALING ITEMS NEARBY? SEEK SKY JELLIES
If you see these jellyfish nearby, fear not — they want to help you. If you come in contact with these floating creatures, you'll experience a bounce effect... and have some Effective Health restored!
SHOOT FOR THE SPOILS []
Speaking of things in the air, certain points of interest (POIs) at random will be dubbed Hot Spots at the beginning of the match. (Look for the POIs with gold text on your map!) These POIs are filled with flying drones holding high-rarity weapons — shoot down as many drones as you can and revel in your fortune.
CLAIM YOUR TERRITORY[]
Conquer with your squad. Stay in a POI's Capture Point long enough and your team's Banners will be put on display, marking your team's control of the POI. In a POI your squad's claimed, Chests and opponents will be marked. Just watch out for anyone who tries to claim it first…
Banners of the claiming squad. The squad that claims the POI will be rewarded with loot!
CHAPTER 4 SEASON 1 BATTLE PASS []
Embark on the bus of battle with a new cast of combatants:
With this Season's Battle Pass purchase, you'll immediately unlock “Star of the Show” Selene. Progress through the Battle Pass to unlock these other Outfits:
On the midnight grind, Massai
In your ultra nightmares, Doom Slayer
Bruteball MVP, Dusty
With sight beyond, Nezumi
Part of The High Stakes Club with Joni the Red, Helsie
Ruling an Empire, The Ageless
And later on in the Season, you'll be able to unlock monster hunter for hire, Geralt of Rivia himself.
BEHOLD FORTNITE IN FULL UNREAL ENGINE 5 []
Fortnite Battle Royale now makes use of Unreal Engine 5's newest, most innovative features, via Unreal Engine 5.1. Find out the “next-gen” UE5 features now available in Fortnite Battle Royale on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, PC, and cloud gaming!
PROCLAMATION: COMPETITIVE NOTES! []
Competitors! We're kicking off Chapter 4 with the Placement Cup on December 10. Check out our Chapter 4 Season 1 Competitive Details for more information on competitive offerings this Season, including FNCS, Divisional Cups, Zero Build Cups, brand new Victory Cash Cups, and more!
Additionally, please note that the following are not included in competitive playlists:
Trail Thrasher
Six of the 22 Day 1 Reality Augments ("Supercharged," "Mechanical Archer," "Tricked Out," "Demolitions Munitions," "Chug Gunner," and "Storm Mark")
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The v23.00 update brings updated versions of many devices in Creative! Additionally, v23.00 contains changes to the Battle Royale Island and related settings, new ways to customize the end-of-game messages for your Battle Royale Island, the hurdling player movement type, new weapons from Fortnite Battle Royale, and the Wave Defense island template, plus bug fixes for Prefabs and Galleries, devices, and more.
DEVICE CONVERSION[]
The new chapter introduces updated versions of many devices in the Creative toolset! Here are some examples of the improvements:
- We've improved the UX across all devices.
- We've improved the UI for selecting colors and entering numeric values by adding the Color Picker flyout and direct-entry numeric input to devices with those kinds of options.
- Some updated devices will have additional options, or have previous options split into multiple new options to give you more detailed control over the device's behavior.
- Completely new functionality has been added to some devices.
- All devices that were previously equipped as Traps (for example, the Sequencer) will instead have a prop version that you can manipulate with the Phone tool.
The updated devices are currently opt-in, and can be activated by going to My Island, clicking the Tools tab, and clicking the Convert button next to the updating devices option. Like the direct event binding system, these device updates will become mandatory in the future, so we are making the conversion process available early to let you try it out and help us find any remaining issues that need to be resolved ahead of time.
Before opting-in to the updated devices, you should first create a backup of your island, then convert devices on that backup island. You should thoroughly test the backup island once the devices are converted to make sure everything is working the way you want it to. Once you have completed that testing, then you can safely convert the original island.
Note: The list of updated devices is long! The Creative documentation team is hard at work updating the device documents for both direct event binding and the new versions of Creative devices. However, both of these are big jobs and it will take some time to completely update all of the documentation.
NEW WEAPONS AND PLAYER MOVEMENT FROM BATTLE ROYALE []
From the new Chapter of Fortnite Battle Royale, there are a number of improvements and changes that have been integrated into Creative. This ranges from the addition of hurdling (a new player movement ability), to visual improvements (such as visual effects for fire, certain kinds of chests, damage numbers, and loot drops), to new weapons. See below for more info!
NEW WEAPONS
Here are the new weapons arriving in Creative from Battle Royale Chapter 4 Season 1:
NEW PLAYER MOVEMENT: HURDLING
Players now automatically hurdle over or onto obstacles when sprinting into them in islands that allow this new player movement. You can turn hurdling on or off using the Allow Hurdling option in the Settings tab of My Island, and with the Class Designer or Team Settings & Inventory devices. Existing islands have Allow Hurdling set to Off by default.
BATTLE ROYALE ISLAND UPDATES []
NEW EDITING AREA
Welcome to a whole new world! The Battle Royale Island is now the island from Fortnite Battle Royale Chapter 4 Season 1. We've rearranged the edit area and changed its location for this new Battle Royale Island. Your old Battle Royale Islands should still work, but you might notice that a few things have moved around. As the Island changes from Season to Season in Fortnite Battle Royale, the edit area in your Battle Royale Islands will move around — but your Islands should work just the same as they did before.
REMOVED ISLAND OPTIONS FOR BATTLE ROYALE ISLANDS
There are a lot of visual upgrades in the new Battle Royale Chapter, and some of them would cause problems with some Battle Royale Island options. As a result, we've temporarily turned off the following options while we work on getting them to function properly with the updated Battle Royale Island in Creative:
- Time of Day
- Camera Filter
- Light Brightness
- Light Color
- Fog Thickness
- Fog Color
If you find that your Battle Royale Island is having problems with one of the listed options, go to the island and open the My Island settings, and your Island should be reset with the problem options turned off. We're working hard to get this fixed, but in the meantime, we look forward to seeing the Battle Royale experiences you create in the new Island!
BATTLE ROYALE ISLAND END GAME UPDATE
Creators can now select from three options for the end game screen in their Battle Royale Islands: Classic (Creative end-game screen), Battle Royale (Battle Royale end-game screen), and Custom, which gives you two animations to choose from and allows for customized text, sub-text, and colors for the Victory and Defeat conditions.
OTHER UPDATES[]
ISLAND TEMPLATE UPDATES
Learn how to use the Conditional Button and Team Settings and Inventory devices to create a game where players build up defenses to protect their tower from waves of creatures.
BUG FIXES []
PREFAB & GALLERY FIXES
- Fixed an issue with stretched flower textures on some assets in the Meadow Starter Island.
- Fixed a collision issue that occurred when players ascended the curved staircase that comes from the Deserted Fortress Gallery.
DEVICE FIXES
- Fixed an issue on islands with many devices, where creators could not search for other devices on the Functions tab in the Customize panel.
- Fixed an issue on islands using the event binding system, where cutting and pasting a device on the island renamed the device as if it had been copied.
- Fixed an issue with the Devices tab in the Creative inventory, where the list of devices was ordered incorrectly.
- Fixed an issue where the Guard Spawner and AI Patrol Path Node devices spawned guards at incorrect locations if the devices were moved.
- Fixed an issue where opening the Customize panel would disable the Visual Effect Powerup device.
- Fixed an issue where Creature Spawner devices could not be damaged even when the Invincible Spawner option was set to Off.
- Fixed an issue where sound effects did not play if the creator modified options while using a controller.
ISLAND FIXES
- Fixed an issue that players were using to add overpowered unique items from a previous bug to Zone Wars islands.
- Fixed an issue where vaulted Battle Royale loot was appearing in Battle Royale Island loot tables when loot was set to Current Battle Royale.
- Fixed an issue that caused multi-selected assets added to the hotbar to stay green if the creator switched from the phone tool to their Pickaxe immediately after adding the asset.
- Fixed an issue where the Creative inventory tabs were not displayed.
- Fixed an issue where server error messages appeared when players returned to the Lobby from Battle Royale Island matches.
- Fixed an issue with the Battle Royale Map Settings device, where setting the Wildlife option to Yes only spawned wolves.
GAMEPLAY FIXES
- Fixed an issue with the HUD controller that caused the minimap to continue displaying even when it was set to be hidden.
- Fixed an issue where players were not forced out of the Battle Bus in Battle Royale Islands when the bus had a flight path that was too short.
- Fixed an issue where guards that were rehired after being dismissed were not following the player. Fixed an issue where the Team Voice settings for some Islands were not working correctly.
The cold air and winter breeze have just started as we make our way into our second week of Save the World's Winterfest! Learn about Week 2 of the Frostnite Challenges, the new Fully Realized Starter Pack, and the Black Knight returning to the Event Store.
FROSTNITE CHALLENGES WEEK 2: MERRY MELEE []
The brutal winter cold has frozen up all of your ranged weapons, making them no good here. That means it's time to get up close and personal with your melee weapons! Overcome this challenge and you will be fittingly rewarded with the most festive melee weapon, the Tree of Light!
Tree of Light
Both joyful and powerful, this festive blade will chop down Husks and activate a stunning light every eight hits.
INTRODUCING COLBY IN THE FULLY REALIZED PACK []
It's her world. We just live in it. Jump into Save the World and grab the Colby Outfit with the Fully Realized Pack available now! This new Pack features:
- Colby Outfit
- Teth-R 128 Back Bling
- Thrash-R Grips Pickaxe
And in Save the World specifically:
- Access to the “Save the World” PvE campaign
- Fully Realized Challenges - Earn up to
1,500 V-Bucks by completing these Save the World Daily Quests.
The Fully Realized Challenges are unlocked after having completed the "Homebase Stormshield Defense 3" mission in the "Save the World" campaign.
Note: The cosmetic items of this Pack are usable throughout Battle Royale, Save the World, and creator-made islands. This new Pack will have no impact on existing Founder daily login rewards or V-Bucks earned through gameplay, which is exclusive to early access Founders. These items may appear in the Fortnite Item Shop in the future.
BLACK KNIGHT GARRIDAN RETURNS []
Black Knight Garridan makes his return to the Event Store. The Black Knight Garridan's Standard Perk, Knight's Impact, will Increase Hardware Impact by 33%. His Commander Perk, Knight's Impact+ increases Hardware Impact by 75%. Additionally, Goin' Constructor can trigger Kinetic Overload. Finally, his Team Perk, Kinetic Overdrive, allows Kinetic Overload to occur an additional time.
“Not your average knight in shining armor” - Black Knight Garridan
MAJOR BUG FIXES []
A number of important bug fixes were included in the v23.00 game update, including:
- Fixed an issue that made players unable to change keybindings for dismounting and sprinting with wildlife.
- Fixed an issue in which the Emote button was nonfunctional on the victory screen.
- Fixed an issue in which the camera in Twine Peaks would jitter when navigating around some terrain.