Epic Games has revealed the official patch notes for update 24.10, which went live earlier today.
As reported by Mirror Gaming, Fortnite underwent a significant period of server maintenance this morning ahead of the update, with players unable to play the game from 8:30am BST to around 11:30am BST as the update rolled out across all platforms.
The update 24.10 patch notes include updates to the Creative mode, as well as Battle Royale, Save the World and Mobile, in what is the first major patch for the title since the release of Creative 2.0 and the UEFN.
Here are the official patch notes for the Fortnite 24.10 update, as confirmed by Epic Games.
Fortnite update 24.10 confirmed patch notes
New Items
Two new types of chickens have appeared on the island. Green and purple chickens will leave the following special eggs.
- Heal Eggs – These green eggs restore your Health and Shield slowly over time.
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Hop Eggs – These blue eggs temporarily give you a low-gravity effect, and also give you Health.
- Golden Eggs – You can’t technically eat these eggs, but interacting with one grants you Bars. Unlike Heal Eggs and Hop Eggs, Golden Eggs cannot be added to your inventory.
Unvaulted weapons
- Egg Launcher
- Charge Shotgun
- Flintknock Pistol
New Reality Augments
- Rail Warrior – Regenerate Health and partial Shield while on grind rails or ziplines, except while in the Storm.
- Go For Broke – Grants a Charge Shotgun and Flintknock Pistol.
- Springtime Blowout – Grants an Egg Launcher and Hop Eggs.
- Aquatic Warrior – Move faster and regenerate Health and partial Shield while swimming, except while in the Storm.
- Game Time – Grants the Pizza Party and some Chug Splashes.
Specialist characters
Epic Games have added eight specialist characters to the map available for players to hire, these are split into four classes with descriptions for them below.
- Scout Specialist – Scouts can pick off foes from afar with a Sniper, and can ping nearby enemies and Chests.
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Heavy Specialist – With their explosive inventory, Heavies specializes in making things go BOOM! Heavies can also take more damage than other Specialists.
- Supply Specialist – Supply Specialists drop ammo and mats for you to pick up. Supply Specialists won’t drop mats in Zero Build.
- Medical Specialist – Hired Medics heal you with Chug Splashes to restore your Health and Shield.
Building and Editing Sensitivities
- A Building Sensitivity setting and Editing Sensitivity setting have been added to Fortnite's "Mouse and Keyboard" settings. With these new settings, you're now able to adjust the sensitivity of building or editing structures to your preferred speed.
Major Bug fixes
Fixed the issue that caused disabling ziplines in Party Royale. Ziplines have been re-enabled in Party Royale.
Fixed the issue with the Kinetic Blade's Knockback Slash that prevented the owner from taking fall damage. The Dash Attack will still prevent fall damage.
Fixed the issue involving players being asked to install Save the World even if they already had it installed.
Miscellaneous Updates
Improved the handling turn radius of the Rogue Bike vehicle at higher speeds.
Tweaks to reduce energy usage on PlayStation and Xbox consoles. Frame rate in the Lobby will drop to 30 FPS after a period of inactivity, but will return to 60 FPS whenever you touch the controller or join a match.
Fortnite Creative patch notes
New options in My Island
The Settings tab of My Island has the following new Energy options:
- Energy Max
- Energy Recharge Delay
- Energy Recharge Amount
These settings will influence any game element that uses Energy, such as sprinting, sliding, and certain special movement types associated with melee weapons.
- The Edit Mode - Enable Pickaxe option is also now available in the Settings tab of My Island.
- The UI tab of My Island has three more Edit Mode options:
- Edit Mode HUD - Show Health and Shield
- Edit Mode HUD - Show UI Under Minimap
- Edit Mode HUD - Show Resources
Bug Fixes
Upgraded device fixes
- Fixed an issue where the value set for the Pinball Flipper's "Damage" option would reset to the default when an island was converted to use upgraded devices.
- Fixed an issue where the phase selected for the Down But Not Out device’s “Enabled During Phase” option changed to a different phase when an island was converted to use upgraded devices.
- Fixed an issue with the Supply Drop Spawner device, where the “Spawn Radius” option's value would change to “Above” from “Island” when the island was converted to use upgraded devices.
- Fixed an issue with the Tracker device, where the “When Target is Reached” option value would change to “Do Nothing” from “End Round” when the island was converted to use upgraded devices.
- Fixed an issue where modified options for a Class Designer device would not have the same values after an island was converted to use upgraded devices.
- Fixed an issue with the Skydome device, where even if the “Use Volume” option was set to “No,” the device would start using a volume after the island was converted to use upgraded devices.
- Fixed an issue with the Barrier device, where creators were unable to build on top of a Barrier with height, width and depth of 1 tile after the island was converted to use upgraded devices.
- Fixed an issue with the vehicle spawner devices where even if it was set to spawn with no fuel, the “Random Starting Fuel” option would be enabled after the island was converted to use upgraded devices.
- Fixed an issue with the Fuel Pump device, where even if the “Fuel Capacity” option was set to a finite amount of fuel, Infinite Fuel was enabled after the island was converted to use upgraded devices.
- Fixed an issue with the Timer device, where the “HUD Score Update Message Color” option was inaccessible after the island was converted to use upgraded devices.
- Fixed an issue with the Objective device, where the “Hide Health Bar” option was missing after the island was converted to use upgraded devices.
Island Fixes
- Battle Royale Island Plots can now make use of the Signal Remote Manager.
- Ice Boxes will now drop loot upon being searched in Battle Royale Island Plots.
- Keys will no longer drop when Items are disabled in Battle Royale Island Plots.
- Fixed an issue where creators other than the owner of an island could appear to make changes to the Debug menu.
Gameplay Fixes
- Fixed an issue where the “Debug” option in the Debug tab of My Island was difficult to select with a controller.
- Fixed an issue where the Kinetic Blade would not respect the “Allow Weapon Fire” option when the option was set to “No” on a Mutator Zone device.
