Update v8.00 released for Fortnite on February 28th 2019. It brought Season 8 into Fortnite: Battle Royale.
Battle Royale[]
What's New?[]
- Season 8 - Battle Pass
- New Season, new Battle Pass. 100 levels, over 100 new rewards.
- New Locations
- Season 8 also released in this update, which brought a tropical volcano area onto the Athena island, as well as 2 new Locations ; Sunny Steps and Lazy Lagoon.
- Pirate Cannon - Damage enemy locations or structures by launching a cannonball or become a special delivery by launching yourself!
Sunny Steps
Lazy Lagoon
Pirate Cannon
Weapons + Items[]
- Vaulted
- Updated hunting rifle icon
- Reduced the availability of higher tier Assault Rifles
Gameplay[]
- Added Lava
- Lava will deal 1 damage per touch and will cause players to bounce off the surface. Watch out!
- Added Volcanic Vents
- Volcanic Vents will boost players and vehicles into the sky in a gust of hot air!
- Increased Infinite Dab duration from 11 hours to 12 hours in the lobby.
- Cozy Campfire now glows when viewed with a Thermal Scoped Assault Rifle.
- Added Party Assist
- Prior to a match, enable Party Assist on a Daily or Weekly challenge to complete it with the assistance of everyone in your party.
- Party members are able to provide progress to the selected challenge in addition to yourself.
- This functionality excludes "fill" players who are added into the party during matchmaking or teammates from large team modes such as Team Rumble.
Creative[]
- New voice chat options have been added to Creative Island Game menu! Share a single channel while in Creative, regardless of team, then choose who you chat with when playing.
- New Jungle Temple theme for the Hub.
- Renovations have been made to Playground, adding featured Creative Islands and allowing even more friends to join in on the fun!
Save The World[]
- The new Hero Loadout system is here! This is a major change that impacts many areas of the game. See the Hero Loadout blog for details!
- Love is in the air - everybody run! Homebase has fallen victim to a virulent love outbreak, and it’s up to Ray and company to break it off before things get too serious.
- Explore a new visual update for Plankerton, featuring the new Lakeside biome.
- New beta mission - Eliminate and Collect