‘Fortnite’ 1.50 (3.3) Update Adds C4, Llamas & Blitz Mode - Patch Notes
Fortnite update v3.3, or 1.50 on PS4, has finally arrived. It brings Llamas, C4 and the much-discussed Blitz Mode to Battle Royale. There are lots of changes to cover, so let’s dive into the patch notes below.
BATTLE ROYALE MAJOR CHANGES
- C4 added: It has Rare rarity and can be found in Supply Llamas, Treasure Chests, Floor Loot or Supply Drops. It comes in stacks of four with a maximum of 10.
- Blitz Mode: This fast-paced match lasts 15 minutes with quicker storm-close times. To balance out the lost time, loot, Supply Drop rates and resource harvesting is increased. The mode goes live March 19.
- Supply Llama: Find loot in unexpected places
SAVE THE WORLD MAJOR CHANGES
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- “Luck Of The Storm” questline continues the Spring It On event. Rewards include an Epic Leprechaun Survivor and St. Patrick’s Day-themed Heroes.
- Shared stat caps reverted to previous F.O.R.T. stat caps. Stonewood caps reverted to end-of-zone threshold. Stat caps have increased across other locations. Weapon level stat caps also increased. Base weapon skill is now 50 for all Heroes.
- Shamrock Reclaimer Outlander added to Event Store
BATTLE ROYALE MINOR CHANGES
Weapons
- Smoke Grenade has been vaulted
- Updated the ‘No Scope Hunting Rifle’ name to simply be ‘Hunting Rifle’
- Fixed missing environmental impact FX on Hunting Rifle projectiles
Gameplay
- 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
- 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
Animation
- Updated the circular bullet impact FX so that they help indicate the direction the shot came from
Audio
- 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
SAVE THE WORLD MINOR CHANGES
- Stat caps for Storm Shield Defenses were lower than intended and have been raised to their intended levels (equivalent to end-of-zone missions).
- Critical Chance weapon and trap perks increased from 14 percent / 21 percent / 28 percent
- 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.
- Added sound for adding item to storage locker
- Added sounds for clicking items in the Collection Book
That’s all the major changes in today’s update. It doesn’t have quite as many tweaks as in past weeks, but recent delays made the deployment process difficult. Even though 3.3 was expected to go live on Wednesday, a critical bug blocked its release for about 24 hours.
On the Save The World side, the biggest adjustments come from stat caps. With the new difficulty levels included in the previous patch, many campaign players felt the offline mode became severely unbalanced. Now, however, most of those changes have been reverted in favor of a model that allows stat caps to be higher in the most necessary places. It remains to be seen how well this new arrangement will work, but we’d guess that it’s better than the one that came before.
The C4 and Llamas of Battle Royale have been teased for a while now, so their addition shouldn’t be surprising. That being said, the chance to mess around with more loot and more weapons is hardly a bad thing. Blitz Mode accidentally featured in game menus several weeks ago, and now we finally know what it is. Get ready for some short-burst action!
Fortnite is in early access across PS4, Xbox One and PC. The 3.3 update should be going live across all platforms.
What are your thoughts on this week’s Fortnite patch? Are you excited to try out C4 and Blitz Mode? Tell us in the comments section!