Update v8.00

Update v8.00 released for Fortnite on February 28th 2019. It brought Season 8 into Fortnite: Battle Royale.
== Battle Royale ==
=== What's New? ===
* Season 8 - Battle Pass
** New Season, new Battle Pass. 100 levels, over 100 new rewards.
* New Locations
** Season 8 also released in this update, which brought a tropical volcano area onto the Athena island, as well as 2 new Locations ; Sunny Steps and Lazy Lagoon.
* Pirate Cannon - Damage enemy locations or structures by launching a cannonball or become a special delivery by launching yourself!
Sunny Steps - Fortnite.png|Sunny Steps
Lazy Lagoon - Fortnite.png|Lazy Lagoon
Pirate Cannon - Vehicle - Fortnite.png|Pirate Cannon
=== Weapons + Items ===
* Vaulted
** Chiller Grenade
** X-4 Stormwing
** Shopping Cart
** All Terrain Kart
* Updated hunting rifle icon
* Reduced the availability of higher tier Assault Rifles
=== Gameplay ===
* Added Lava
** Lava will deal 1 damage per touch and will cause players to bounce off the surface. Watch out!
* Added Volcanic Vents
** Volcanic Vents will boost players and vehicles into the sky in a gust of hot air!
* Increased Infinite Dab duration from 11 hours to 12 hours in the lobby.
* Cozy Campfire now glows when viewed with a Thermal Scoped Assault Rifle.
* Added Party Assist
** Prior to a match, enable Party Assist on a Daily or Weekly challenge to complete it with the assistance of everyone in your party.
** Party members are able to provide progress to the selected challenge in addition to yourself.
** This functionality excludes "fill" players who are added into the party during matchmaking or teammates from large team modes such as Team Rumble.
== Creative ==
* New voice chat options have been added to Creative Island Game menu! Share a single channel while in Creative, regardless of team, then choose who you chat with when playing.
* New Jungle Temple theme for the Hub.
* Renovations have been made to Playground, adding featured Creative Islands and allowing even more friends to join in on the fun!
== Save The World ==
* The new Hero Loadout system is here! This is a major change that impacts many areas of the game. See the Hero Loadout blog for details!
* Love is in the air - everybody run! Homebase has fallen victim to a virulent love outbreak, and it’s up to Ray and company to break it off before things get too serious.
* Explore a new visual update for Plankerton, featuring the new Lakeside biome.
* New beta mission - Eliminate and Collect
Category:Patch Notes