Fortnite update 1.50 is now available to download. The patch notes reveal the addition of a new weapon for the Battle Royale mode: Remote Explosives. In addition to that the Supply Llama has been added to Battle Royale, and a new Luck of the Storm questline is in Save the World.

Check out the full Fortnite update 1.50 patch notes below:

GENERAL

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Bug Fixes

• Improved server performance and reduced bandwidth usage when players are jumping.
• Korean, Japanese, and Chinese languages will display properly in the UI when changing languages while playing the game.

KNOWN ISSUES

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BATTLE ROYALE

FORNITE BATTLE ROYALE ANNOUNCED FOR MOBILE!

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WEAPONS + ITEMS

• Remote Explosives added.
  • Rare rarity.
  • Found in Supply Llamas, Treasure Chests, Floor Loot or Supply Drops.
  • Stacks of 4 (Max of 10).
• Smoke Grenade has been vaulted.

Bug Fixes

• Updated the ‘No Scope Hunting Rifle’ name to simply be ‘Hunting Rifle’.
• Fixed missing environmental impact FX on Hunting Rifle projectiles.

GAMEPLAY

• Limited Time Mode: Blitz
  
  *NOTE: This mode will be enabled on 3/19.
  • Blitz has much shorter storm times resulting in faster & more intense matches!
    • Maximum match length is 15 minutes.
  • The match will start with the storm circle already closing in over the island.
  • Adjustments to loot availability:
    • Increased chances of treasure chests spawning from 50-70% to 80-90%.
    • Increased chances of ammo boxes spawning from 65-80% to 85-95%.
    • Floor Loot spawns nearly 100% of the time.
    • Supply Drop spawn interval lessened from 180s (+/- 30s) to 80s (+/- 20s).
    • Supply Drop descent time shortened from 60s to 30s.
    • Launchpad spawn likelihood greatly increased.
  • Harvesting resources doubled.
  • Resources found in loot increased from 30 to 100.
  • Treasure chest health increased from 200 to 500.
  • Ammo box health increased from 120 to 250.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue causing the unintentional rotation of stairs.
• Fixed an issue causing an eliminated player’s collision to stick around temporarily, making it difficult to pick-up their dropped items.

UI

Bug Fixes

• Fixed the News window not displaying once you select Battle Royale.
• Fixed a bug that sometimes made characters appear with the wrong orientation when previewing items in the front end menu.

ART/ANIMATION

• Updated the circular bullet impact FX so that they help indicate the direction the shot came from.

AUDIO

Bug Fixes

• Fixed gunshot sound stuttering that would occur when firing an automatic weapon at low ammo counts.
• Fixed issue that caused gunfire and other sounds to play at louder volume than usual.

PERFORMANCE

• Optimized shield effects on players to improve overall frame rate.

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SAVE THE WORLD

This patch includes a reversion of the Critical Chance re-balance done in the v3.2 update, and a pass to fix bugs and balance problems with the stat caps.

GAMEPLAY

• Next chapter of Spring it On! unlocks – ‘Luck of the Storm’.
  • Battle lucky Husks, uncover treacherous treasures, track mythical spokescreatures, and brave springtime storm shenanigans!
  • Quest rewards include an Epic Leprechaun Survivor + your choice of one of three Legendary St. Patrick’s themed Heroes:
    • Luck Demolisher Wildcat
    • Highland Warrior Wildcat
    • Battle Hound Jonesy
• Rebalanced Stat Caps.
  • Party shared F.O.R.T. stat caps have been reverted to their old balance relative to the personal F.O.R.T. stat caps.
    • One high-level friend can share enough F.O.R.T. stats to boost your duo to the 4-player balance point, if they are far enough above your level.
  • F.O.R.T. stat caps in Stonewood have been reverted to the end-of-zone threshold.
  • F.O.R.T. stat caps have increased across the other three locations.
    • They begin being offset upwards in mid-Plankerton, and this offset increases at higher difficulties.
    • These caps are now at or above the caps present at launch:
      • In the top 2 difficulties of Plankerton.
      • In the top 3 difficulties of Canny Valley.
      • In the top 4 difficulties of Twine Peaks.
  • Weapon level caps have been increased to match character level caps.
    • Increased starting cap from 12 to 20.
    • Caps increase in increments of 10 until they reach 50.
  • The points where Weapon and Character level caps increase has been moved a few difficulties earlier.
• Set base Weapon Skill to 50 for all heroes.
  • This allows low-level players to effectively use high-level guns while playing in high-level areas.
  • As a result of this change the Weapon Skill skill tree nodes no longer function. We will replace or remove these nodes in a future patch.

Bug Fixes

• Stat caps for Storm Shield Defenses were lower than intended and have been raised to their intended levels (equivalent to end-of-zone missions).

WEAPONS + ITEMS

• Critical Chance weapon and trap perks increased from 11.5% / 16.5% / 21% to 14% / 21% / 28%.
  • This reverts the change made to Critical Chance in the v3.2 patch.

HEROES

• Shamrock Reclaimer Outlander is available in the Event Store.

Bug Fixes

• The Outlander subclass Flash now unlocks Loot Llama at level 1 and ‘Phase Shift’ at level 2.
• Fixed issue stopping Flash Eagle Eye and Flash A.C.’s abilities and traps from scaling with Tech.
• Fixed issue stopping Flash Eagle Eye and Flash A.C. from interacting with Fragments at level 1.
• The Speed Boost Pad no longer grants Utility for every activation.

AUDIO

• Added sound for adding item to storage locker.
• Added sounds for clicking items in the Collection Book.

Fortnite update 1.50 is available now.