Disabled Features

When an item or gameplay mechanic causes an issue in Fortnite: Battle Royale, developers are able to disable it, removing player's abilities to use said item or mechanic to prevent abuse.
==Description==
As Fortnite: Battle Royale is a huge game with many players and item interactions, oftentimes game-breaking bugs can slip through the cracks and enable players to have an unfair advantage in the game, or accidentally lock themselves out of normal gameplay. In order to combat this, items or mechanics can be disabled, stopping players from accessing them and enabling the game to return to normal whilst the issue is removed.
== List of Disabled Features ==
This list does not contain the routine disabling of Gamemodes for Live Events or downtime.
Item 	Icon 	Date of Disabling 	Length 	Reason
Items 	Items 	Items 	Items 	Items
Shockwave Hammer and The Ageless Champion's Shockwave Hammer 	 	January 9th 2023 	1 day 	Exploit allowing the player to not consume charges, allowing for infinite bouncing.
The Dub in Competitive and Tournaments 	 	January 7th 2023 	TBA 	In low gravity modes, players could reach max height with ease, and stay there for a long time with maximum ammo.
Deku's Smash, alongside My Hero Academia Supply Drops and associated Vending Machine. 	 	December 20th 2022 	26 days 	Unclear, possible exploits. Essentially Vaulted during this time.
Alteration Alter and Howler Claws 	 	October 22nd 2022 	2 days 	Players could become invincible.
Reality Seed 	 	October 12th 2022 	Unknown (Did return) 	Bug with the Explosive Goo Gun where you could get infinite loot.
Launch Pad, except Arena. 	 	May 4th 2022 	14 days 	Launch Pads would ping every player on the map when placed.
Tents 	 	April 25th 2022 	Less than 1 day 	Unknown.
Healing in Tents 	 	December 10th 2021 	Less than 1 day 	Players could infinitely heal in The Storm using a Tent.
Healing in Tents 	 	December 10th 2021 	Less than 1 day 	As a result, Players can no longer heal in a tent with another player, they have been removed from Team Rumble and now take 25 damage instead of 3 per second in The Storm.
Guzzle Juice (Arena) 	 	January 29th 2022 	Unknown (Did return) 	Players could infinitely heal in The Storm using Guzzle Juice.
Icy Grappler, Grappler, in Team Rumble. 	 	November 3rd 2021 	Unknown (Did return) 	Players could not shoot if they were eliminated whilst using a Grappler, as the game registered them being mid-shot upon respawning and prevented firing.
Shotguns in Team Rumble. 	 	October 12th 2021 	7 days 	Players could not shoot after being eliminated whilst using a Shotgun.
Spider-Man's Web Shooters 	 	December 11th 2021 	Less than 1 day 	The items release caused the game servers to crash due to the amount of people trying to play.
Shadow Stones 	 	November 24th 2021 	10 days (Rest of the Season) 	Players who entered a Salvaged B.R.U.T.E. would become invisible when exiting one after being in Shadow form.
Shadow Stones 	 	October 9th 2018 	23 days 	Players became invisible when using Shadow Stones
Bandage Bazooka 	 	November 9th 2019 	Unknown (Did return) 	'Syncing Issues'
Glitched 	 	September 20th 2019	Permanent 	Unknown, but was due to Shadow Stones.
Glitched 	 	September 20th 2019	Permanent 	Shadow Stones removed from the Glitched Rotation.
Port-A-Fortress 	 	May 24th 2024 	Currently Disabled 	Unkown
Gas Can 	 	May 29th 2024 	Currently Disabled 	Exploit allowing players to glitch through the car vault which contained the Behemoth/Lockjaw.
Vehicles 	Vehicles 	Vehicles 	Vehicles 	Vehicles
Motorboat in Tournaments. 	 	November 5th 2021 	Unknown (Did return) 	Players could re-enter a boat to remove the Missile Cooldown.
Motorboat in Tournaments. 	 	November 6th 2019 	6 days 	An issue allowed players to fly with the Motorboat.
Motorboat in Arena and Tournaments 	 	November 6th 2019 	6 days 	An issue allowed players to fly with the Motorboat.
Shopping Cart 	 	June 20th 2018 	6 days 	Due to an issue where players could clip under the map in specific spots.
Cosmetic Items 	Cosmetic Items	Cosmetic Items 	Cosmetic Items 	Cosmetic Items
Cobalt Snowfoot in Competitive 	 	December 15th 2024 	2 Days 	Lack of Footstep audio.
Air Jordan 1 High OG 'Black Toe Reimagined' 	 	November 13th 2024 	9 Days 	Visual Issues on some Outfits.
Stripes 	 	August 6th 2024 	1 Day 	Showed unreleased Epic Games decal for the McLaren 765LT instead of the Stripes decal.
Jack Skellington 	 	November 3rd 2023 	 	Unknown
Dance Monkey Jugglin' Whipcrack Make It Plantain Capoeira Blanka Backflip Three Wise Monkeys Monkey Mosh Go Ape Go Primal Bananas Banana Badge Bobo's Watching Bananope Peely Parade FNCS 2:8 Call Me J.B. Nanner Jam Bonenana Peeled Wings Agent Nana Nana Dance Peely Popper Here Comes Trubble Peely Drop in Competitive	 	June 14th 2023 	 	Racist TikTok trend.
Burn Bright 	 	June 9th 2023 	47 days 	Possible contribution to crashes on PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5 and Xbox.
Chrome Conjurer Digitized Bench Upgrade Blade Breaker Snikt! Snikt! FearlessFlight FrozenReality Snikt! Assassin's Strike Viking War Cry Conjure Weapon Get Flakey Hand-Forged 	 	April 12th 2023 	Few hours 	Stability issues
Caper & Alias 	 	March 25 2023 	 	Crashed game.
Shhh. Emote in Arena 	 	November 28th 2022 	16 days 	Invisibility Glitch for the 2nd time.
Siren in Competitive 	 	September 20th 2022	4 days 	Chrome effect caused the skin to be completely black.
Slurp Legends Pack 	 	September 2nd 2022 	Less than one day (5 days for Slurp Bandolette)	Players using one of these outfits alongside a Shadow Bomb would remain invisible after the duration of the bomb, aside from the head of the outfits.
Bushy's Bulb 	 	June 27th 2022 	2 days 	Game had the potential to crash whilst the Backbling was equipped, especially during the quest in which it was gained.
Dragon Rune Lance 	 	June 13th 2022 	8 days 	The Dragon Rune Lance removed all Footstep audio whilst the player had it equipped.
Street Shine 	 	April 19th 2022 	7 days 	The Harvesting Tool accidentally had an extra style added.
Street Shine 	 	April 19th 2022 	7 days 	The new style eventually released as Sulfuric Street Shine
Show Your Style in Arena 	 	February 23rd 2022 	Unknown (Did return) 	Unknown
Brutus TNTina Meowscles Skye Midas 	 	January 15th 2022 	3 days 	Using any of these outfits with Spider-Man's Web Shooters caused a large amount of lag and stability issues.
Synced Emotes in Arena 	 	October 12th 2021 	8 days 	Players could perform a trick with a synced emote that enabled an instant reload, ignoring all reload time statistics.
Bear Hug Emote 	 	August 6th 2021 	8 hours 	Players could crouch whilst using the emote to cause NSFW imagery between two players.
Boundless Set in Arena 	 	June 23rd 2021 	111 days 	Same bug as before reappeared.
Boundless Set in Arena 	 	June 23rd 2021 	111 days 	Players can no longer have black on black or white on white outfits, permanently.
Boundless Set in Arena 	 	February 3rd 2021 	13 days 	Players could change the outfits to have a full black on black aesthetic, making the outfit very hard to see in low light.
Boundless Set in Arena 	 	February 3rd 2021 	13 days 	Players can no longer have black on black or white on white outfits.
Orbital Abductor 	 	June 29th 2021 	Unknown (Did return) 	Harvesting tool reacted when an opponent near you performed many completely silent actions, such as reviving and slow crouching.
Bunnywolf 	 	June 16th 2021 	6 days 	Outfit and Backblings repeatedly flashed when not intended.
Llion 	 	June 16th 2021 	6 days 	Outfit and Backblings repeatedly flashed when not intended.
Heart Grid 	 	June 16th 2021 	6 days 	Outfit and Backblings repeatedly flashed when not intended.
Diamond Grid 	 	June 16th 2021 	6 days 	Outfit and Backblings repeatedly flashed when not intended.
Bash Burner in Arena. 	 	May 27th 2021 	Unknown (Did return) 	Harvesting Tools swung faster than others enabling faster attacks and resource harvesting. Both tools also had an extended range compared to other tools.
BB's Beast Bat in Arena. 	 	May 27th 2021 	Unknown (Did return) 	Harvesting Tools swung faster than others enabling faster attacks and resource harvesting. Both tools also had an extended range compared to other tools.
Suit Up Emote in Arena 	 	April 29th 2021 	Unknown (Did return) 	The emotes turned players invisible at random.
Shhh. Emote in Arena 	 	April 29th 2021 	Unknown (Did return) 	The emotes turned players invisible at random.
Honey Hitters 	 	October 13th 2020 	8 days 	A new style was available to players before release.
Dragacorn 	 	May 7th 2020 	Unknown (Did return) 	The deploy animation of the glider made it difficult for players to shoot those deploying it.
Dragacorn 	 	May 7th 2020 	Unknown (Did return) 	The deploy animation was changed to be less mobile.
Riot Control Baton 	 	May 5th 2020 	Unknown 	The Riot Control Baton removed all Footstep audio whilst the player had it equipped.
Codaxe 	 	April 3rd 2020 	5 days 	Longer range on attacking opponents and structures.
Polar Legends Pack on iOS 	 	December 23rd 2019 	Less than 1 day 	Incorrect Pricing
Star Wand 	 	September 11th 2019	Unknown (Did return) 	Harvesting Tools dealt 56 damage per hit, and could randomly deal critical damage for 85 (20% chance). Also dealt 80 damage to structures instead of 50.
AC/DC 	 	September 11th 2019	Unknown (Did return) 	Harvesting Tools dealt 56 damage per hit, and could randomly deal critical damage for 85 (20% chance). Also dealt 80 damage to structures instead of 50.
Marshmello 	 	February 20th 2019 	8 days 	'Stability Issues'.
Waypoint 	 	June 6th 2019 	Less than 1 day 	Outfit appeared as only a floating head, with the rest of the outfit missing.
Zoey 	 	October 29th 2018 	Unknown 	Players using the outfit could use an exploit to become invisible.
Goalbound Outfits 	 	October 3rd 2018 	Unknown 	'Partying Issue'
Game Modes 	Game Modes 	Game Modes 	Game Modes 	Game Modes
Arena 	 	June 3rd 2022 	Less than 1 day 	Players were being placed in Division 10 when their Hype rating did not match this number.
Mechanics 	Mechanics 	Mechanics 	Mechanics 	Mechanics
Rift-jector Seat Augment 	 	February 17th 2023 	TBA 	Unknown
Mechanical Archer Augment* 	 	February 14th 2023 	TBA 	Bows were vaulted.
Bow Specialist Augment* 	 	February 14th 2023 	TBA 	Bows were vaulted.
Shadow Striker Augment 	 	February 3rd 2023 	11 days 	Players could be in the shadow state infinitely by sliding and jumping with good timing.
Wind Tunnels* 	 	January 31st 2023 	15 days 	Unknown
Wind Tunnels* 	 	February 16th 2023	TBA 	Unknown
Shotgun Striker Augment 	 	January 21st 2023 	10 days 	Gave shield on hitting teammates with a Shotgun.
Party Time Augment 	 	January 11th 2023 	20 days 	Possibly due to it not letting users skydive after respawning with it equipped.
Aeralist Augment 	 	January 11th 2023 	7 days 	Unknown, previous reasons speculated proved to be untrue, as a bug once thought to be the reason for the disabling, still persists.
Hurdling 	 	December 17th 2022 	24 days 	Players would get in unintended states while moving, most notably including being launched extremely far distances, often upwards thousands of meters above the island. The second disabling of this feature occurred only 1 day after it was re-enabled.
Hurdling 	 	January 12th 2023 	TBA 	Players would get in unintended states while moving, most notably including being launched extremely far distances, often upwards thousands of meters above the island. The second disabling of this feature occurred only 1 day after it was re-enabled.
Piano (Party Royale) 	 	September 20th 2022	Unknown (Did return) 	Unknown
Ziplines (Party Royale) 	 	15th May 2022 	Unknown (Did return) 	Players could enter an invisible zipline which caused an intense amount of visual effects.https://twitter.com/inkhy3/status/1525967623976112131
Ziplines (Party Royale) 	 	September 20th 2022	Unknown (Did return) 	Players could enter an invisible zipline which caused an intense amount of visual effects.https://twitter.com/inkhy3/status/1525967623976112131
The Block 2.0 	 	August 26th 2022 	Less than one day 	Unknown, all three Block 2.0 buildings were disabled temporarily.
Donation Station 	 	May 4th 2022 	1 day 	Stability Issue.
J.B. Chimpanski Quest Line.* 	 	October 12th 2021 	7 days 	Players were required to donate to Donation Stations, but they were removed and as such the questline was disabled.
J.B. Chimpanski Quest Line.* 	 	October 12th 2021 	7 days 	J.B.'s Questline was changed to Spend Bars.
Fabio Sparklemane Quest Line. 	 	October 7th 2021 	1 day 	Players could accept his Quest to use a zipline, and immediately restart the quest line to repeat this for infinite XP, especially as Fabio spawned near a Zipline.
Fabio Sparklemane Quest Line. 	 	October 7th 2021 	1 day 	Fabio's Questline was changed to remove the Zipline Quest
Bounty Boards 	 	September 28th 2021	1 day 	Unknown, possible relation to Toona Fish style challenge.
Sideways Anomaly 	 	September 13th 2021	3 days 	Sideways Anomalies were causing massive Lag Spikes and stability issues.
Abductors 	 	August 15th 2021 	Unknown (Did return) 	Players could use the Alien Knockgun Launcher outside of the experiment.
Sand Tunneling 	 	December 3rd 2020 	5 days 	The player would de-sync with their actual location on the map, meaning their hitbox was not lined up with where they actually were.
Sand Tunneling 	 	December 18th 2020 	33 days 	The player would de-sync with their actual location on the map, meaning their hitbox was not lined up with where they actually were.
Whirlpool 	 	July 10th 2020 	Unknown, less than 12 days 	Invisibility bug
Whirlpool 	 	July 22nd 2020 	Unknown (Did return) 	Invincibility bug
Splitscreen 	 	December 12th 2019 	6 days 	FPS was significantly lowered whilst playing Splitscreen
Daily Medal Punchcard 	 	November 8th 2019 	Less than 1 day 	Cards failed to update
Mechanics 	Mechanics 	Mechanics 	Mechanics 	Mechanics
Proximity Voice Chat in Impostors 	 	March 16th 2022 	Unknown (Did return) 	Unknown
XP Gain from Accolade Device (Creative) 	 	November 10th 2021 	13 days 	Players were gaining too much XP from the device by abusing it.
Category:Gameplay (Battle Royale)
Category:Gameplay
Category:Gameplay (Creative Mode)
** Items/ Mechanics were intentionally disabled, but not Vaulted or removed.
==Trivia== 
*Hurdling currently holds the record for longest period of being disabled at once in all modes, and total. 
**It was disabled for 65 days in a row (this is still ongoing), and disabled for 89 days in total due to two separate issues.
*The Boundless set holds the record for the longest period of being disabled in one mode, being Arena.
*Shadow Stones although not disabled for the longest time, hold the record for the most disablings / bugs related to their inclusion, at 4: 
**The item was disabled twice, as listed in the table above.
**A bug existed for a short time where players could use a Harvesting Tool whilst in Shadow Form via the Hand-Forged or Snikt! emote, leading to said emote being permanently removed from use with shadows.
**Shadow Bombs were disabled on launch in Chapter 4: Season 1 for an unknown reason.
*The reason Glitched is present on the list despite being permanent is because it was intended to be fully functional, and if possible, Shadow Stones would have been present in its rotation.
**This is unlike other items which are permanently altered or removed, as they are changed due to community feedback or general development changes.
*J.B. Chimpanski Quest Line was likely intentionally disabled, as the developers understood Donation Stations were not going to be available for the whole of the season. 
**Despite this, FortniteStatus still reported the change.
*Despite Dragon Rune Lance and Riot Control Baton being disabled for Footstep audio being muted, Erisa when equipped with Guardian Daggers also makes no footstep noise, with the issue yet to be resolved.
==References==