Become MEGA in Fortnite: Battle Royale Chapter 4 Season 2. Ride the grind rails of "MEGA City" and swerve on its streets on a sports bike. Go beyond the neon towers to the rest of the new biome: cause Havoc at "Steamy Springs," drive a Nitro Drifter to the "Drift Ridge" car track, sharpen your Kinetic Blade skills at "Kenjutsu Crossing," and more!
Mega Fast[]
New city, new streets, new vehicles:
Vehicle note: The Dirt Bike vehicle, Chonkers Off-Road Tires vehicle mod, and Cow Catcher vehicle mod are vaulted in Battle Royale in v24.00.
Mega Ready[]
Go melee or ranged with Chapter 4 Season 2's new weapons:
Havoc Suppressed Assault Rifle
Mega Classic[]
MEGA City may be futuristic, but it's still open to these unvaulted weapons:
Mega One-derful[]
In addition to new and unvaulted weapons, wield these Chapter 4 Season 1 carryovers:Mega Effective[]
In Chapter 4 Season 2, Slurp Juice is now Legendary-rarity, restoring A LOT of Health and Shield fast. It also restores Health and Shield at the same time. Drink it before combat to help you come out on top! Find Slurp Juice from Keycard-requiring Vaults, a POI rifting in, or “Combat Caches.”
Mega Assisted[]
Roll new Reality Augments in Chapter 4 Season 2! Here are the seven new Reality Augments releasing with v24.00:
Dumpster Diving
Treasure Hunter
Slap Surplus
Munitions Slide
Munitions Slide
Medium Ammo Amp
Shotgun Recycle
Dignified Finish
Mega Rollin'[]
Roll returning Reality Augments too! Become mega-er with these Chapter 4 Season 1 carryovers:Light Fingers
Sniper Surplus
Aerialist
Chug Gunner
Jelly Angler
Bloodhound
Shadow Striker
More Parkour
KeymasterMega Masterful[]
The streets aren't the only way to get about MEGA City. Jump on its grind rails then skate around the buildings and your enemies. Even use your weapons as you ride!
Mega Mellow[]
Need a break from urban battle? Step foot on the fresh, teal-tinted grass of MEGA City's surroundings. This city isn't the only new location in Chapter 4 Season 2 — it's just one part of a brand new biome! Here's a preview of this southeast addition to the Island:
Environment note: Snowballs, boars, wolves, crows, and frogs are vaulted in Battle Royale in v24.00.
Mega Cyber[]
MEGA City isn't the only futuristic city around. In the Cyber City Callout, we challenged island creators to create dynamic islands set in a cybernetic future. Little did these creators know, MEGA City was the inspiration! If you can't get enough urban ambience, check out the Cyber City Discover row and jump into a curated selection of metropolises. The Cyber City Discover row will be live until March 26, 2023, at 9 AM ET.
Mega Chic[]
Look mega good with Chapter 4 Season 2's Battle Pass Outfits. With the Chapter 4 Season 2 Battle Pass purchase, you'll auto-unlock the fine-tailored Renzo the Destroyer. Progress through the Battle Pass to unlock other Outfits, including the streetwear savant Thunder, the elegantly casual Highwire, and more.
A look at all the Chapter 4 Season 2 Battle Pass Outfits:
Eren Jaeger
Later in the Season, the Outfit for anime protagonist Eren Jaeger will become available to unlock in the Battle Pass!
Mega Forecasting[]
Storm Surge values have changed in v24.00! Please see below for the new values.
❌ No Storm Surge in Zones 0-1
🌩 Zones 2-3: 90 players
🌩 Zone 4: 78 players
🌩 Zone 5: 64 players
🌩 Zone 6: 54 player
🌩 Zone 7: 44 player
🌩 Zone 8: 40 players
🌩 Zones 9-12: 30 players
Trios playlists:
❌ No Storm Surge in Zones 0-1
🌩 Zones 2-3: 90 players
🌩 Zone 4: 78 players
🌩 Zone 5: 63 players
🌩 Zone 6: 54 players
🌩 Zone 7: 42 players
🌩 Zone 8: 39 players
Mega Important: Competitive Notes![]
Competitors! We're kicking off Chapter 4 Season 2 with an exciting shake up. Check out our Chapter 4 Season 2 Competitive Details blog post for more information on competitive offerings this Season, including FNCS Major 2, Zero Build Cups, Victory Cash Cups, PlayStation Cups, and more!
Additionally, please note that the following are not included in competitive playlists:Sniper Surplus Reality Augment
Chug Gunner Reality AugmentAlso, the Rogue Bike and Nitro Drifter are currently not included in competitive playlists. These vehicles may be added to competitive playlists depending on our monitoring.
Legacy Operating System Support Changes[]
As previously announced, starting with Battle Royale Chapter 4 Season 2, players will be required to use Windows 10 or higher in order to continue playing Fortnite natively on PC in an officially supported manner. Windows 7 and 8 are now officially unsupported in Fortnite.
For players unable to upgrade, NVIDIA GeForce NOW is an available alternative so you can continue playing Fortnite via streaming on your current Windows 7 or Windows 8 PC.
The Fortnite Creative v24.00 updates includes the new AI Navigation Modification device, new items from Battle Royale, UI and device updates, new Prefabs and Galleries, plus bug fixes.
- Uncommon and Common rarities of the Tactical Assault Rifle have been added to creative
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The AI Navigation Modification device creates a zone that can be used to block AI from navigating an area. Through this device, you can set volume parameters and shapes. You can also modify the navigation to either block or avoid areas.
New Device Names[]
To improve discoverability, we've renamed the following devices:
- “Sequencer” to “Pulse Trigger”
- “Attribute Trigger” to “Attribute Evaluator”
BR Stuff Now in Creative![]
From Battle Royale's Chapter 4 Season 2 comes the following features to incorporate in your islands:
UI Change[]
- Event Browser Updates (for islands converted to the direct event binding system)
- Improved teleporting to device.
- UI visual updates.
- Added filtering and text search functionality.
- Creative AI Debugger / Debug Menu
- Added a new debug menu for island owners to toggle the navmesh display and invincibility when testing their own islands, accessible in the My Island tabs.
- The debug menu has the following options and will be expanded in the future:
- Debug
- Master switch of all debug options.
- Navigation
- Toggle navigation mesh display. Navigation mesh will only be generated when the island has at least a valid AI Spawner, like the Creature Spawner, Wildlife Spawner, or Guard Spawner.
- Invincible
- Toggle “Invincible” for players to ignore damage during the game.
- Debug
- New “Slow Motion on End of Round” My Island setting, which will enable or disable the slow motion effect when a round ends.
Other Updates[]
Prefab & Gallery Updates
- Added 10 New Slappy Shores Prefabs:
- Slappy Shores Abandoned Factory
- Slappy Shores Apartments
- Slappy Shores Bridge
- Slappy Shores Houses A
- Slappy Shores Houses B
- Slappy Shores Houses C
- Slappy Shores Octo Inc.
- Slappy Shores Slap Factory
- Slappy Shores Slurp Room
- Slappy Shores Water Plant
- Added 5 New Slappy Shores Galleries:
- Slappy Shores Floor & Stair Gallery
- Slappy Shores Wall & Roof Gallery
- Slappy Shores Graffiti Wall Gallery
- Slappy Shores Bridge Gallery
- Slappy Shores Prop Gallery
- Added 3 New Chapter 4 Galleries:
- Chapter 4 Nature Gallery Temperate
- Chapter 4 Rock Gallery
- Chapter 4 Cliff Gallery
Additional Slappy Shores Galleries will be made available in a later release.
Chapter 4 Nature Gallery was renamed to Chapter 4 Nature Gallery Autumn. The rocks were removed from this Gallery and added to the Chapter 4 Rock Gallery.
Device Updates
- The Team Settings & Inventory upgraded device has been updated visually.
Consumables Updates
- Slurp Juice is now Legendary! The Slurp Juice now heals six Health and Shield per second for 20 seconds.
Bug Fixes[]
Prefab & Gallery Fixes
- Fixed a small preview boundary issue with the Door Prop Gallery.
- Fixed an issue with Cyber City Building Prop Gallery A and the Modern Interior Prop Gallery where individual assets had grayed-out icons.
- Fixed leave piles from the Chapter 4 Nature Gallery being deleted when being copied using the phone tool.
- Fixed being unable to place orange leaves with the phone tool from the Citadel Main Keep Prefab.
Devices Fixes
- Fixed upgraded Guard Spawner devices spawning Trespasser guards instead of IO guards when set to Guard Type: IO.
- Fixed upgraded Wildlife Spawner devices missing the Maximum Tamed Wildlife and Maximum Hired Guards options.
- Fixed upgraded Visual Effect Powerup devices missing an Infinite Duration option.
- Fixed upgraded Creature Spawner devices not allowing Total Spawn Limit options with values greater than 1 to *function as expected.
- Fixed upgraded Vending Machine devices requiring resources when the items have been set to No Cost.
- Fixed an issue when using the Advanced Storm Controller and Advanced Storm Beacon devices where the final phase of *Storms would close immediately when Wait Time was set to 0 seconds.
Gameplay Fixes
- Fixed the “Allow Slide Kick” option being missing on upgraded islands' My Island settings.
- Fixed Snow and Medieval wildlife not dropping loot on elimination.
- Fixed upgraded islands not being able to set Max Players above 50.
- Fixed loot failing to spawn when using the Birthday Presents! consumable.
- Fixed players being unable to flip the X-4 Stormwing when it is upside down.
- Fixed hired guards not following expected actions in certain circumstances such as mimicking the player's stance, crouching when they crouch, and entering vehicles that players enter.
- Fixed a problem where some assets could appear with default textures based on certain graphical settings.
- Fixed an issue in Battle Royale Islands where target bots were generating their own set of spawn points separate from players, which caused team groupings to be incorrect if a team had bots and players on it and the team was supposed to be grouped together.
The v24.00 update in Save the World brings Weeks 8 and 9 of Wargames: Meltdown and Double Trouble! v24.00 also includes an update to Homebase names, the Cram session mini-event, and a new Starter Pack.
Wargames Week 8: Meltdown[]
Wargames' Week 8 begins Thursday, March 15, 2023, at 8 PM ET. Your Storm Shield has gone critical and is emitting a growing radiation field. This radiation causes visibility issues and deals damage to players while in direct contact.
Wargames Week 9: Double Trouble[]
Week 9 of Wargames begins Thursday, March 22, 2023, at 8 PM ET. There are two indestructible Golden Smashers with cycling modifiers loose in your fort. If that doesn't sound terrifying enough, their ill temperament switches between attacking Heroes and the fort.
Homebase Naming Update[]
In the v24.00 update, we've removed Homebase names. We're now consistently using your Epic display name across the game instead.
Battle Pass XP Update[]
In the v24.00 update we'll be updating Battle Pass XP to the following:
- Quest XP has been reduced slightly.
- Mission XP (and the daily cap) have been increased.
- Combined the XP rate will be similar.
- XP for Wargames Dailies was changed so that only the first daily quest you do rewards XP.
Time for a Cram Session[]
Level up and evolve your favorite items during the Cram Session mini-event:
- For the duration of the event, Mini-Boss Mission Alerts will drop additional XP, Evolution Material, RE-Perk, or Perk-UP rewards.
- Adding four series of Quests, each of which has ten stages that grant increasingly better one-time rewards upon completion. (Hero/Schematic/Survivor XP, Evolution Materials, PERK-UP!s, or Gold).
This Cram Session will be live from March 15 at 8 PM ET to April 5, 2023
New Starter Pack - Ned the Eternal Pack![]
Grab the new Ned the Eternal Pack to unlock the Endless Ned Outfit, Kevin Back Bling, Ned-Al Detector Pickaxe, and Ned the Eternal Challenges. Earn up to 1,500 V-Bucks by completing these Challenges!
Event and Weekly Store[]
Staredown Southie - March 15 at 8 PM ET
- Standard Perk: Bear Stare
- T.E.D.D.Y. fires lasers (from his eyes!) every 2 seconds, dealing 23 base energy damage.
- Commander Perk: Bear Stare+
- T.E.D.D.Y fires lasers from his eyes every 2 seconds, dealing 48 base energy damage.
Four Leaf Wildcat - March 22 at 8 PM ET
- Standard Perk: Grenade Generation
- Every 45 eliminations, gain 1 Frag Grenade charge.
- Commander Perk: Grenade Generation+
- Every 20 eliminations, gain 1 Frag Grenade charge.
The Highland Warrior Wildcat - March 29 at 8 PM ET
- Standard Perk: Pull the Pin
- Decreases Frag Grenade Energy Cost by 33%.
- Commander Perk: Pull the Pin+
- EDecreases Frag Grenade Energy Cost by 83%.
Bug Fixes[]
A number of bug fixes were included in the v24.00 game update, including:
- Fixed an issue that caused Plants in Shield Defense maps to not award loot.
- Fixed an issue that caused footstep audio to play the same audio no matter what type of terrain or structure was being walked or running on.
- Fixed an issue where Mantle UI was missing.