LIMITED TIME MASHUP: INFINITY GAUNTLET

• Take down Thanos, equip the Gauntlet and claim Victory!
• Mashup Details
  • Early in the match, a meteor will land in the storm safe zone, delivering the Infinity Gauntlet.
  • Any player who uses the Infinity Gauntlet will transform into Thanos.
  • Stats are recorded for this LTM and can be found in the Solo tab.
  • If Thanos is eliminated, the Gauntlet will fall to the ground, free for the taking. If it sits unused for too long, it will disappear until another meteor appears.
  • Last player standing will be the victor!
• Thanos Details
  • Ability 1 – A mighty punch that knocks enemies back and destroys structures.
  • Ability 2 – Thanos flies towards the ground, hitting an area for knockback and damage.
  • Ability 3 – Harness the energy of the Power stone to fire a blast that deals damage over time.
  • Ability 4 – A super-jump that can vault Thanos over all but the largest obstructions.
  • Thanos has both shields and health. When he eliminates another player, his shields regenerate. His health never regenerates.
  • Thanos doesn’t take fall damage.
  • Thanos does not build, use weapons or things like launch pads. He has no need for such petty human devices.
• Storm + Map
  • Maximum match length is roughly 15 minutes.
  • The match will start with the storm circle already closing in over the island.
  • The storm does more damage than normal, ticking for 5% health during the first circle and 10% for the rest of the game.
• Loot
  • Only Rare, Epic & Legendary weapons will be spawned.
  • 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.
  • Launchpad spawn likelihood greatly increased.
  • Harvesting resources doubled.
  • Resources found in loot increased from 30 to 60.
  • Chug Jug, Port-A-Fort, Boogie Bomb, Slurp Juice, Bush, and Remote Explosives drop rate increased.
  • Regular Grenade, Shield & Bandage drop rate lowered.

GAMEPLAY

• Increased the likelihood of the final circle ending near the outer areas of the map by 25%.
  • Improve the variety of ending scenarios to outside the central region of the map.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue that allowed Sprays to camouflage Remote Explosives, Clingers, and Damage Traps.
• Fixed building preview not being rotatable when overlapping an existing building while using a controller.
• Fixed soccer game effects not playing when scoring ⚽.
• Fixed a couple of issues that caused the player camera to position itself under the water in Loot Lake.
• Fixed the collision on the tire stacks so players will bounce when walking into them again.
• Fixed a hole in Dusty Divot that players could get stuck in.
• Fixed an area where players were able to hide under the terrain and damage players from below.
• Fixed an issue that caused Turbo Building to not work properly if the player was holding down the build button before switching to build mode.
• Fixed a chest at the prison that would be empty upon opening it.

UI

• You can now join the party of players that are already in a match.
  • Party members in-match will appear holographic in the lobby and will give you time and player count updates.
• Season 4 topics added to the in-game Battle Pass FAQ.

Bug Fixes

• Removed the loading screen that was displayed when transitioning from the starting island to the Battle Bus.
• Fixed the minimap briefly showing the wrong location after being eliminated.
• Fixed an issue that caused some icons on the UI to misalign after switching in and out of build mode.

AUDIO

• Lowered the volume of Hop Rocks ?.
• Lowered the volume of the Valor Glider ?.

Bug Fixes

• Re-added the sound of the Supply Drop’s balloon popping when opened or when shot down.
• Fixed an issue where the ‘Allow Background Audio’ setting wouldn’t save.

WEAPONS + ITEMS

Bug Fixes

• Jump Pad health bars will now update properly when damaged.
• Fixed an issue that made it difficult to pick up items that were dropped behind the tires in a Port-A-Fort.
• The Port-A-Fort can no longer destroy the meteor in Dusty Divot.

ART + ANIMATION

• Emotes now perform better on different characters (hands will connect, legs won’t be over-extended, etc.).

Bug Fixes

• Updated the Banner image for Battle Pass tier 69 to now be correct image.
• Fixed an issue that caused the Royale Flags Back Bling to stretch when previewing it in the Locker.
• Fixed an issue causing character’s helmets to sometimes float above their heads.
• Fixed distant characters not animating properly if they had never been rendered before.
• Fixed characters popping between levels of detail when more than one character was around the same distance away.

PERFORMANCE

• Improved overall frame rate when many characters are visible by optimizing movement and update rates.
• Delayed triggering the “Game Over” HUD, which caused a hitch on death.
• Optimized Spray Paint contrails.
• Optimized content in frontend lobby map.
• Added more logging to get more info on hard-to-reproduce hitches.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed hitching caused by audio log spam.
• Reduced backend system logging that may have impacted performance.
• Improved async loading time during level streaming by fixing an issue where shrubbery was trying to load but had no mesh.

REPLAY SYSTEM

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue that prevented Replays from saving.

MOBILE

• Temporarily disabled new autorun functionality due to some unintentional actions occurring when using it.

Bug Fixes

• Optimized memory on mobile to address out-of-memory crashes.

WEAPONS + ITEMS

• HackSAW is now in the Weekly Store (available Wednesday, May 9 at 8pm ET).
  • A light machine gun variant with a moderate rate of fire, mild recoil, a long reload time, and excellent ammo efficiency.

HEROES

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue where ‘Shadow Stance’ was not being triggered by ‘Throwing Stars’ or ‘Dragon Slash’ damage.
• Fixed a tooltip issue with ‘Lefty and Righty’ on the abilities tab menu.
• ‘Dragon Slash’ should no longer consume Energy when being cancelled by switching weapons.

MISSIONS + SYSTEMS

Bug Fixes

• Storm Chests and Salvage the Drone missions no longer grant an item cache.
  • These missions cannot drop functional item caches but would appear to drop one that could not be redeemed.

UI

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue that caused players to be unable to increase Hero rarity while using controllers.
• Fixed a spelling error in the description for Canny Valley Storm Shield Defense 10.

ART + ANIMATION

• Increased the frost look of Husks which have been damaged by an ice weapon, to better differentiate them from Husks which are Ice Elemental based.

Bug Fixes

• Lowered the brightness of the glowing elements on Neon Glow weapons.
• Fixed an issue that kept crosshairs of Neon Glow and VinderTech Sniper Rifles from rendering at low resolution settings.
• Fixed an issue where water splashes caused by a Rocket Launcher faced the incorrect direction.

AUDIO

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue where the ‘Allow Background Audio’ setting wouldn’t save.