The “Cold Blooded” syndicate has taken over the Island, sealing away new Exotic weapons in highly guarded vaults. Embark on the ultimate heist, take these weapons for yourself, and become the most notorious squad during Fortnite Most Wanted.
As one of the Island’s Most Wanted, complete Most Wanted Quests to raise your Infamy and collect in-game rewards, including the Gold Blooded Ace Outfit. Fortnite Most Wanted runs until February 28, 2023, at 2 AM ET— carry out your heist while the weapons are up for the taking.
NEW EXOTIC WEAPONS[]
The adventure continues!
Cold Blooded has sealed away impressive weaponry, but the weapons’ locations are no secret. Heist them from Cold Blooded Vaults, accessible with Vault Keycards dropped from defeated Cold Blooded Bosses. Defeating these Bosses won’t end your opposition, however, as there’ll still be committed Cold Blooded members guarding the vaults.
Once you’ve taken down all the Cold Blooded in your path, take the Exotics ready for extraction:
Heisted Explosive Assault Rifle
Breaking into vaults isn’t the only way to get your hands on these Exotic weapons, but it’s by far the most felonious.
RETURNING FOR THE ROBBERY[]
Back in Battle Royale during Fortnite Most Wanted, make a move for these returning weapons:
Note: Motorboats, Bows, and Bow-related Reality Augments will be excluded from Battle Royale/Zero Build for the duration of Fortnite Most Wanted.
THINGS HEAT UP MORE[]
Thought you could commit crimes without gaining notoriety?
In Fortnite Most Wanted, opening vaults and eliminating opponents will raise your “Heat” Level in a match — trackable by flame icons in your HUD. When you have any amount of Heat, Cold Blooded members will become more hostile, you’ll become visible to other players on the minimap, and you’ll be more visible to other players in the environment.
Becoming notorious isn’t necessarily negative. In fact, you may want to raise your Heat Level, since each Heat Level comes with benefits:
🔥 Eliminated opponents drop more Bars.
🔥🔥 Your movement speed increases by 15%, and you’ll regenerate up to 100 Health out of combat.
🔥🔥🔥 Your movement speed increases by 20%, and you’ll regenerate up to 100 Health and 50 Shield out of combat.
🔥🔥🔥🔥 Your movement speed increases by 25%, and you’ll regenerate up to 100 Health and 100 Shield out of combat.
Use these benefits to help your heist go off without a hitch.
GET ROLLING WITH NEW REALITY AUGMENTS[]
Pulling off a caper is no cakewalk, so you’ll want to take advantage of the Reality Augments that've made their debut in v23.40. (No unlocking required!)
EXOTIC GRAB BAG
SNIPER SURPLUS
KEYMASTER
LAST SHOTS
CRIME PAYS[]
Any crew can score a big payday — but few become infamous. Completing Most Wanted Quests will raise your “Infamy,” which will unlock in-game rewards like the Cash Stash Back Bling, The Vault Guardian Pickaxe, and the Gold Blooded Ace Outfit. Keep track of your Infamy and remaining rewards by navigating to the Cold Blooded logo tab in the Lobby. (All Fortnite Most Wanted rewards can be obtained without purchase.)
The Most Wanted Quests are separated into five sets that will become progressively available: “Intel & Recon,” “Going In Loud,” “Going In Quiet,” “Cracking the Vault,” and “Clean Getaway.” Completing most of the Quests in one set will unlock the next set as well as a Cold Blooded Medallion.
Collect all five Cold Blooded Medallions to unlock the progressive Solid Skull Back Bling. After unlocking it, evolve the Back Bling by completing its Solid Skull Quests. These Quests, completable until the end of Chapter 4 Season 1, will have you racking up elims.
SECURE YOUR SPOT ON THE MOST WANTED LIST[]
Participate in the Most Wanted Leaderboards Challenge for the opportunity to earn even more rewards. How to climb the leaderboards? Crack open as many Cold Blooded Vaults as you can after the leaderboards go live! Learn more about the Most Wanted Leaderboards Challenge — and the rewards you can earn — from the Most Wanted Leaderboards Challenge Official Rules.
The Most Wanted Leaderboards Challenge website launches on February 16 ET.
MORE IN V23.40: INTRODUCING THE NA-CENTRAL SERVER REGION[]
Today we’re excited to launch the Fortnite NA-Central server region (“matchmaking region”). We’re thrilled to provide lower latency for many players residing in Mexico and the Central United States! For more information on this new server region, check out our NA-Central server region blog post.
HARDWARE IDENTIFIERS UPDATE[]
Starting in the v23.40 update, players who use tools that hide or alter their device's hardware identifiers may receive an in-game warning and be removed from the match. Failure to remove these hardware alterations, or additional attempts to bypass these restrictions, may result in an account action up to and including a permanent ban from Fortnite. For more information, please see fn.gg/HardwareIdentifiers.
We will continue to evaluate tools that alter computer hardware identifiers that avoid, or are intended to avoid, a hardware ban, which is not allowed.
COMPETITIVE NOTES[]
- FNCS Major 1 continues to take place over v23.40! Check the Compete tab in-game for more information.
- Fortnite Most Wanted’s Heisted Exotic weapons, returning weapons, and Heat are not included in competitive playlists.
- The Exotic Grab Bag and Sniper Surplus Reality Augments are not included in competitive playlists.
MAJOR BUG FIXES[]
- Fixed the issue that caused us to disable the Shadow Striker Reality Augment. This Reality Augment is now re-enabled.
The Fortnite v23.40 update includes new Exotic weapons and updates to the Pop Up Dialog device.
v23.40 also allows you to directly edit device names, introduces the Citadel Prefabs and Galleries, and brings Prefab and Gallery bug fixes.
BATTLE ROYALE EXOTICS JOINING CREATIVE[]
New Exotic weapons that are joining Battle Royale are also now in Creative:
- Heisted Breacher Shotgun
- Heisted Explosive Assault Rifle
- Heisted Accelerant Shotgun
- Heisted Run 'N' Gun SMG
- Heisted Blink Mag SMG
POP-UP DIALOG DEVICE UPDATES[]
- If you choose Custom in the Placement option, you can see new alignment and placement options.
- The maximum number of buttons has increased from 2 to 6. You can also bind buttons to the back action (for example, face button right).
- If you choose to set an amount of time for the Timeout Duration option, use the new Timer option to display a countdown timer with the dialog.
- The maximum number of text characters on buttons has increased from 8 to 24
UPGRADED DEVICES: DIRECTLY EDIT DEVICE NAMES[]
We've introduced a usability improvement for islands converted to upgraded devices. If your island has a large amount of devices, it’s now easier to update the name of a device. In addition to clicking the gear icon to change the name, you can now click the device name at the top of the Customize panel and type in the new name directly. On a console, you can use the left trigger to focus on the name and change it
OTHER UPDATES[]
PREFAB & GALLERY UPDATES
- Added 5 New Citadel Prefabs:
- The Citadel Watchtower
- The Citadel Small Bridge
- The Citadel Royale Ramparts
- The Citadel Main Keep
- The Citadel Main Bridge
- Added 4 New Citadel Galleries:
- The Citadel Wall Gallery
- The Citadel Floor & Stair Gallery
- The Citadel Prop Gallery
- Chapter 4 Nature Gallery
- Updated the Cloud Prop Gallery to include clouds with no collision
DEVICE UPDATES
- Creators can now select all the nodes of an AI Patrol Path simply by holding the “Select” button (the “R” key on PC).
- Reboot Van new option: Recharge Time
- Battle Royale Island updates:
- Elimination Managers that grant items or weapons will now trigger when a Target Bot makes an elimination. Only weapons tagged as Guard can be granted to the Target Bot.
- Team Settings and Inventory devices will now apply team settings to Target Bots, including granting items as long as granted weapons are identified as Guard weapons
BIG BUSH BOMB[]
Use the Big Bush Bomb in your island, so player can throw a large bush out into the environment to hide in or to confuse their opponents.
BUG FIXES[]
PREFAB & GALLERY FIXES
- Fixed an issue where the wrong thumbnail was displayed for one of the building assets in the Cyber City Building B Gallery.
- Fixed an issue where the Destroyed Floor Prop Gallery was not properly showing in the Creative Inventory.
- Fixed an issue with z-fighting on items in the Reactive Trim Gallery.
DEVICE FIXES
- Fixed an issue with the Save Point device that was resetting players’ scores.
- Fixed an issue where the Ball Spawner device could look different to players when placed upside down.
- Fixed an issue where the Ball Spawner device would teleport the ball when placed upside down.
- Fixed the Ball Spawner's hologram size to be correct
UPGRADED DEVICE FIXES
- Fixed an issue with the Speaker device where the volume was reset to the default after an island was converted to upgraded devices.
ISLAND FIXES
- Fixed an issue with some floating assets on Frosty Fortress not sitting flat on floor pieces.
- Fixed an issue where setting HUD Info Type to Score from the My Island - UI tab sometimes caused the game to crash.
- Fixed an issue where creators were kicked out to the frontend when restoring a Battle Royale Island.
- Fixed an issue where islands converted to upgraded devices could not have their fog color set to black from the My Island - Settings tab.
GAMEPLAY FIXES
- Fixed an issue where Dragon Ball content was spawning in Battle Royale Islands.
- Fixed an issue where players could still matchmake into a broken Battle Royale Island.
- Fixed an issue where the object placement preview was hidden behind highlighted objects.
- Fixed an issue with direct event binding where the Customize panel's Search would continue searching even when no results were found.
- Fixed an issue where weapons made with the Melee Designer would not damage player-built structures. Stopped Dirt Bikes from bouncing into the sky upon hitting Slurp Bouncer Mushrooms.
- Fixed an issue where some surfboard and hoverboard boosts were not increasing speed.
- Prevented Loot Llamas from infiltrating Battle Royale Islands.
The v23.40 update in Save the World brings the fourth and fifth weeks of Wargames! We’ve also updated the Collection Book to make it a bit easier to acquire Heroes and weapons.
WARGAMES WEEK 4: HEXED[]
Week 4 of Wargames begins Thursday, February 16, 2023. In this edition of Wargames, Commanders have been hit with a vicious curse that drains their Health. Cure this curse or prepare for the worst!
WARGAMES WEEK 5: INVASION[]
Wargames’ Week 5 begins Thursday, February 23, 2023. This is not a drill — Week 5 is an alien attack! UFOs will be unleashing laser blasts onto your base, so watch out.
COLLECTION BOOK UPDATE[]
We’ve adjusted the Collection Book to make it a bit easier to acquire Heroes and weapon schematics through research/recruitment:
- All Llama cardpack items other than Mythic Heroes can now be acquired with Flux.
- Mythic Heroes from Event Llamas still require a Hero Voucher.
- Items available in the Shop for Gold can be researched for Vouchers if they’re only available at Legendary/Mythic rarities, and with Flux otherwise.
- Items acquired from Quests can be researched for Vouchers if they’re only available at Legendary/Mythic rarities, and with Flux otherwise.
- Founder/Starter Pack items, Birthday Heroes, and Mythic Weapons should be the only items unavailable for research/recruitment.
In addition to the research/recruitment changes, we’ve also done a review to ensure source descriptions for each item are up to date, and made some minor organization/naming fixes.
EVENT AND WEEKLY STORE[]
Anti-Cuddle Sarah - FEBRUARY 14 AT 7 PM ET
Standard Perk: Rapid Charge
- Melee weapon eliminations grant 7.5 Energy
Commander Perk: Rapid Charge+
- Melee weapon eliminations grant 22.5 Energy
Dashing Hawk - FEBRUARY 21 AT 7 PM ET
Standard Perk: Absolutely Stunning
- Lefty and Righty shots have a 37.5% chance to stun the target for 2 seconds.
Commander Perk: Absolutely Stunning+
- Lefty and Righty shots have a 37.5% chance to stun the target for 2 seconds. Additionally, Lefty and Righty damage is increased by 100% against stunned targets.
Love Song - FEBRUARY 21 AT 7 PM ET
This bow will leave the Husks lovestruck! When the Love Song is drawn past max charge, it will fire an arrow that leaves enemies stunned for 10 seconds. Lovestruck does not stun bosses or enemies that have already been hit with it.
BUG FIXES[]
A number of bug fixes were included in the v23.40 game update, including:
- Fixed a bug that caused the Third Rail to sometimes fire blank shots.
- Note: We believe we’ve resolved this issue, but if it is still occurring for you, please continue to report it.
- Fixed the following issues in the Autumn Foothills Biome:
- Floating Storm Chest
- Additional terrain fixes
- Made improvements to reduce hitching in Save the World on the PS4 and Xbox One consoles.
- Note: This is an ongoing process, so we plan to make further improvements in the future.