WHAT’S NEW?

Frostnite
Stay warm in the long winter nights. Keep the Burner filled with BluGlo in this new experience for Save the World!

Down Tier Crafting
Craft all your favorite end-game weapons/Traps as lower tier versions of themselves.

MISSIONS + SYSTEMS

• Frostnite is a new experience in 7.10, testing player’s survival in a long winter night.
  • Frostnite introduces a new objective. Keep the Burner filled with scavenged BluGlo. When it runs out, so does the heat. That means a whole bunch of frozen Heroes.
  • As the burner health decreases the Storm Shield shrinks, so keep that thing filled!
  • Survive as long as you can without your gear or resources, using your survival skills, schematics, and basic starting weapons.
    • Get double the resources from searching and harvesting objects.
    • Watch for Airdrops between waves for some much-needed supplies.
    • You don’t keep any weapons or traps when the experience concludes, so use those Legendary weapons and traps as if your life depends on it!
  • Keep an eye out for the Krampus Smashers who dwell in these cold regions. They’re dangerous but drop some much needed BluGlo.
  • When a player is knocked out they enter spectator mode until the remaining players complete the wave.
  • The longer you survive the more Snowflake Tickets you will earn! Tickets can be spent on the new Winter Llama.
  • Added several event quests that can be completed by playing Frostnite.
  • Be on the lookout for weekly challenges in the coming weeks!
• Down Tier Crafting is now available!
  • Schematics that have been evolved to higher tiers can now also craft all the lower-tier versions of the weapon/trap.
  • The lower-tier versions of the schematic are lower level, but also cost lower-tier ingredients to craft.
  • Use up old crafting ingredients and save the rare stuff for when it counts! In particular, transitioning into a new location should go much more smoothly.
• The 14 Days of Fortnite are upon us! Starting Dec 19 at Midnight GMT, the first Holiday-themed quest will appear in the Quest Journal.
  • Every day we will add a new Holiday-themed quest to the player’s quest log.
  • Complete the quests to earn valuable rewards!
  • Quests will remain active until the 7.20 release.
• Added a new stat called Armor which replaces Damage Resistance. Any Hero or Weapon Perks that granted Damage Resistance have been updated to grant Armor.
  • Individual Perks have become stronger as a result, but the benefits of stacking have been reduced.
  • In the near future, all Heroes and Weapon Schematics affected by this change will be eligible for an evolution refund. You may choose to return the affected item to level 1 and reset all attached perks to their starting rarity, recovering all invested resources in the process.
• The Storm King is now considered a Group Mission, which allows players to summon 1 Defender each (for a total of 8 characters) while fighting the boss.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed the empty message box that sometimes showed when joining the storm king mission
• Tracks in Deliver the bomb mission will now correctly link to the Depot and Launcher.
• Fixed an issue where during the Storm King fight, incorrect objectives could be displayed.
• Deliver the Bomb will now always have valid paths in Ghost Town sub biome.
• Deliver the bomb now allows you to reverse direction on first created bomb.
• Missions that are temporarily unlocked during a campaign quest are no longer eligible for Mission Alerts. This prevents the creation of “hidden” Mission Alerts that can not be seen by the majority of players.
• Some missions were unlocked by completing quests that are no longer Main Quests. These missions are now unlocked by completing the appropriate quests in the story campaign instead.
• Medkit search area can no longer be destroyed.
• Fixed an issue that allowed players to build inside of BluGlo pylons
• Fixed an issue that allowed players to place a B.A.S.E inside of BluGlo pylons
• Mimic chests can no longer be destroyed before the mimic wakes.
• Fixed issue with players getting stuck at end screen with “Waiting for results…”
• If using R.O.S.I.E. at the end of the match, it is no longer possible for the character to end up missing at the final score screen.
• Fixed an issue that could cause a server crash when loading into a Storm Shield.
• Fixed issue with players being able to increase difficulty during the “Build Off” quest.

UI

• Adding a context menu to the Store Summary screen that allows favoriting/recycling of newly acquired items.
• The Quest page has a new visual callout which will now communicate special events in the future!

Bug Fixes

• Players using a controller can now scroll through current and completed quest rewards using the right stick on the Quest tab.
• Many reward items have been updated to now show a large icon of the item when inspecting it during the open rewards sequence.
• Fixed issue with quest play button playing its animation at incorrect times
• Evolved items no longer appear behind Collection Book Reward screen when simultaneously evolving and leveling up Collection Book. When reward screen appears, we now clear any viewed vault items.
• Banners now properly display the player’s icon and color during the reward sequence.
• Fixed various issues with the unslot option on the Transform item picker screen.
• Corrected button text on collection book slotting menu to accurately say an item can be inspected but not upgraded from that menu.
• Fixed the visual issue for schematic cards with long names on the llama opening screen.
• Fixed issue with Defender Post menu closing when using Back while on the weapon select screen.
• Fixed power level being higher in zone versus in the frontend.
• Fixed “A Party Member Is Underpowered” message incorrectly being displayed.

HEROES

• Cloaked Shadow Ninja added to the Event Store
  • Legendary variant of Skirmisher subclass
  • Available December 19 at 7 PM Eastern Time
• Jolly Headhunter Soldier available in the Winter Llama
  • Variant of Double Agent subclass
• Sgt. Winter Soldier available in the Winter Llama
  • Variant of Sergeant subclass
• Jingle Jess Outlander available as Frostnite quest reward for surviving 15 minutes
  • Legendary variant of Enforcer subclass
• Sentry Gunner Krampus Constructor available as a Frostnite quest reward for surviving 45 minutes
  • Legendary variant of Sentry Gunner subclass
• Converted the following Abilities/Perks to use Armor instead of Damage Resistance
  • Constructor
    • B.A.S.E.
      • Attached structures increase Armor by 35.
  • Riot Shield
    • While charging increase Armor by 680.
  • Safety Protocol
    • Increases Armor of structures attached to B.A.S.E. by 15.
• Ninja
  • Shadow Stance
    • During Shadow Stance increase Armor by 60.
  • Shadowier Stance
    • Increase Armor by an additional 25 while in Shadow Stance.
• Outlander
  • Deep In The Zone
    • Gain 40 Armor and increase pick axe damage by an additional 24% during In the Zone.
  • Shock Phase
    • Shockwave increases Armor by 190 for 6 seconds.
• Soldier
  • Flak Vest
    • Increase Armor by 160. Armor reduces by 40 each time the Soldier is hit. Gain 40 Armor every 10 seconds, up to a max of 160 Armor.
  • Heavily Armored
    • Increase Armor by 45.
  • Armored
    • Increase Armor by 12/18/25.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue that blocked targeting for T.E.D.D.Y. and Hoverbot while placed near R.O.S.I.E.

WEAPONS + ITEMS

• Added the Medieval weapons set, available in Winter Llamas:
  • Hemlock Assault Rifle: Deals consistent damage to enemies at close to medium range, but falls off at longer ranges due to lower accuracy.
  • Basilisk Pistol: Deals high burst damage, with a high critical chance.
  • Stalwart Squire Shotgun: A powerful single shot weapon with high damage and knockback in a short range.
  • Wicked Wind Axe: A large curved axe with a good mix of damage and impact.
• Ginger Blaster Pistol will be available as a Frostnite quest reward for surviving 30 minutes
  • A potent and quick revolver with modest recoil.
  • Includes a 6th perk that grants a chance to drop healing gumdrops from defeated enemies.
• Updated Melee Weapon Perks to use Armor instead of Damage Resistance:
  • Grants 13 / 20 / 27 / 33 / 40 Armor
• Increased the value of Heavy Attack Energy Efficiency Perks on weapons to be comparable with Perks on Heroes:
  • Grants 40% / 60% / 80% / 100% / 120% Heavy Attack Energy Efficiency
• Increased the value of Life Leech Perks by 50%
  • Grants 1.8% / 2.7% / 3.6% / 4.5% / 5.4% Life Leech

Bug Fixes

• The projectile from the Bowler now immediately explodes when hitting the Storm King.
• Fixed the Quad Launcher perks, replacing Increased Attack Speed (melee) with Increased Fire Rate (ranged) in its fourth perk slot.

GAMEPLAY

Bug Fixes

• Holding a movement key while confirming an edit will no longer force the player to continue moving in the direction of the key they were holding.

ENEMIES

• The Holidays are upon us! Husks, Lobbers, Poison Lobbers, Husklings, Sploders, and Smashers are all getting into the Holiday spirit.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue with the Storm King sweep beam attack hitting players after it had already passed.
• Made the Storm King sweep beam ground visual effects more closely match the width of the actual damage area.
• The Storm King will now timeout and defeat all players as normal even if both of his horns have been broken.
• Made the Storm King loot cache items spread out a bit more so they are less likely to overlap.
• Fixed an issue where players could sometimes remain inside of the Storm King’s tornado base.
• Made the left and right crystal weak points on the ribs of the Storm King a bit easier to hit.

AUDIO

• Added sound to social missing party request invites.
• Added sound effect for when recycling schematics and retiring Survivors.
• Updated T.E.D.D.Y.’s gun firing sound effect.
• Lots of new music and sound content for Frostnite!

Bug Fixes

• Fixed issue with hero specific dialog not playing in some cases.
• Fixed issue with Ralphie’s Revenge sniper fire attenuation being too short.
• Fixed issue with Turn Up the Base ability being too loud and spamming.
• Fixed issue with ghost pistol explosion impacts triggering more than once per impact.
• Fixed issue with tutorial pop-ups sound triggering when not focused on the screen.
• Fixed issue with ending theme music being cut off by cinematic before rocket launch during tutorial mission.
• Fixed an issue with multiple rooster calls and crows triggering at one time during day cycle.

GENERAL

WEAPONS + ITEMS

Bug Fixes

• Fixed weapon auto reload being prevented when the SprintByDefault setting is enabled.

UI

• Pressing the Enter key with no text entered will now close the Chat window in the Battle Royale or Save The World lobby.
• Setting your status to Away will now prevent friends from joining your party.
• Added clearer error notifications when sending Friend Invites to yourself.
• Your Epic Friends will now see your status as “Selecting Game Mode…” if you have not yet picked a game mode (e.g. Battle Royale / Save The World).

Bug Fixes

• Sending a Whisper to someone while in a match or zone will now consistently open the Chat window.
• Fixed an issue that could result in loss of input on the Add Friends startup screen on consoles.
• Fixed the display of the window buttons in the upper-right corner of the application at lower resolutions.
• The “Add Friend” button will now be consistently shown where appropriate when viewing teammates on Mobile platforms.

PERFORMANCE

• Improved performance on Switch and mobile during level streaming (particularly during skydiving).
• Fixed some performance issues with the Stormwing which could lead to reduced frame rate and movement corrections