9.00 Patch Notes

+ New Season, new Battle Pass. 100 levels, over 100 new rewards. Available in-game right now for 950 V-Bucks.
* Slipstreams
	+ Get around locations quickly with the new Slipstream wind transportation system.
* New Locations
	+ Explore new points of interest that emerged from the destruction of the Volcano like Neo Tilted and Mega Mall.

### Weapons + Items

* Added Combat Shotgun
	+ Semi-Automatic
		- Holds 10 Shells.
		- Fires 9 pellets per shot for 73 / 77 / 81 base damage.
		- Tight spread and fast fire rate.
		- Headshot multiplier of 1.70x.
		- Reloads 2 shells at a time.
	+ Available in Rare, Epic, and Legendary variants.
	+ Available from Floor, Chests, Supply Drops, and Vending Machines
* Adjusted Tactical Shotgun damage
	+ Base damage increased from 67/70/74 to 71/75/79
* Reduced Drum Gun availability from 16.732% to 7.155%
* Reduced Boom Bow availability from 1.292% to .755%
* Unvaulted Grenades
* Vaulted Clingers
* Vaulted Buried Treasure
* Vaulted Pump Shotgun
* Vaulted Poison Dart Trap
* Vaulted Scoped Revolver
* Vaulted Suppressed Assault Rifle
* Vaulted Thermal Assault Rifle
* Vaulted Balloons

### Gameplay

* Slipstreams
	+ These tunnels of wind passively carry players down the stream.
		- Players can move faster and change direction when actively trying to move down the Stream.
		- Use directional input to gain extra velocity. Experiment with bobbing up and down for higher speeds.
	+ Players are launched when exiting the tube based on their movement speed and exit angle.
	+ Projectiles and Vehicles can also enter the Slipstream.
* Air Vents
	+ The powerful gusts of air from these environmental items can launch players short distances and grant immunity to fall damage.
* Fortbytes
	+ Fortbytes are a series of 100 collectible computer chips available to Battle Pass owners. As you collect Fortbytes, you’ll decrypt a mysterious image. Collect them all to unlock rewards and uncover the secrets of Season 9.
	+ On the first day of Season 9, there are 18 Fortbytes available to find. At least 1 new Fortbyte will be unlocked each day. Check the Challenges Tab for detailed information on which Fortbytes are currently available and when the others unlock.
	+ Fortbytes cannot be collected after Season 9 ends.
* Bug Fixes & Improvements.

### Limited Time Rotation:

* Trios
	+ Classic Battle Royale with Three-Person Squads.
* Solid Gold
	+ Fight to the finish using Legendary weapons!
* One Shot
	+ Low Gravity. Every player has 50 health. Sniper weapons are the only weapon, Bandages are the only healing item. Jump high and aim well!

### Events

* Players who have already qualified to be in the World Cup will be marked with a World Cup badge on the event leaderboards
* Leaderboards now have a button to sort games by the number of top leaderboard players in them. This will help identify the most critical active games from a leaderboard standing view.
* The in-game HUD now has different icons for points for Arena matches and weekend tournament matches.

### Performance

* Improved frame rate on Nintendo Switch, particularly when large numbers of characters are onscreen.
* Addressed some cases of invisible characters after skydiving.

### Audio

* Better tactical audio when inside player-built structures:
	+ Enemy Pickaxe impact within ~one building tile radius has new, louder sound.
* Wallbreak by enemy close/behind player much clearer/louder.
* Explosion audio improvements- shorter, higher dynamic range sounds that will make explosion audio clearer and punchier.

### Spectating

* Spectating a player’s match will now automatically follow that player.

### Mobile

* Auto fire will now trigger on vehicles.
* Added option for increasing elimination feed line count in the HUD Layout Tool.
* Dragging/Dropping from the quickbar is now allowed while jumping.
* The location of the boost button on Android for the X-Stormwing has been moved to avoid triggering the Home button.
* Squad formation is now accessible.
* Bug Fixes & Improvements

## Creative

### What’s New?

* Neo Tilted
	+ Build your own imagined version of Neo Tilted using futuristic prefabs sets and gallery options!

* Hover Platform
	+ Hover platforms allow for sky-high construction and are great for platforming!

* Creature Manager
	+ creatures’ health, damage and score for advanced games!

### Islands

* Added Meadow Island - a 105x105 tiles flat, grass island.
* Updated the look of the Creative and Playground’s hubs.

**Bug Fixes & Improvements**

* Grass material on islands no longer becomes darker as they get closer to the water.

### Gameplay

* Added Team Rotation option which causes players to rotate between teams.
	+ Disabled, Every Round, Every Other Round.
	+ Use in attack / defend games to give players a chance to play on each side.
* Added new Flight options to Game Settings
	+ Player Flight Sprint - Sets whether players are allowed to sprint in games where flight is enabled.
	+ Flight Speed - Sets the speed at which players will fly in games where flight is enabled.
* Added “Allow Out of Bounds” option to Game Settings to keep players from leaving the bounds of an island during games.
	+ On, Off (Default: On)
* Added Resource Cap option.
	+ None, 100, 150, 200, 300, 400, 450, 500, 750, 999, 2000 (Default: 500)

**Bug Fixes & Improvements**

* Fixed settings not being saved between Fortnite updates
* Game settings are no longer missing from islands
* The Poison Dart Trap’s damage volume will remain after firing.

### Weapons + Items

* Added the Jewel (Crystal Llama) item to the Consumables tab of the creative inventory.
	+ Use it with the Item Spawner and Capture Area to create your own heist.
* Combat Shotgun
	+ Semi Automatic
		- Holds 10 Shells.
		- Fires 9 pellets per shot for 73 / 77 / 81 base damage.
		- Tight spread and fast fire rate.
		- Headshot multiplier of 1.70x.
		- Reloads 2 shells at a time.
	+ Available in Rare, Epic, and Legendary variants.

**Bug Fixes & Improvements**

* Players no longer remain invisible after being eliminated while in the Shadow Bomb effect. Shadow Bomb has been readded.

### Creative Tools + Phone

* You can now “sprint” while flying to move much more quickly.
	+ Simply hold down the regular sprint button to fly faster.
* Added the ability to change base Flight Speed
	+ Choose between 0.5x, 1.0x, 1.5x, 2.0x, and 3.0x speeds. (Default 1.0x)
	+ To change speeds while flying:
		- On keyboard, press the C button
		- On controllers, press D-Pad Down.
		- (Mobile controls will be added soon, with a totally revised control scheme for toggling options!)
* Increased the Multi-Select limit on selectable objects from 20 to 100.

**Bug Fixes & Improvements**

* Building tiles can no longer be pasted into the air using Multi-Select when they were not structurally supported.
* Multi-Select no longer displays the Rotate or Drops help text when moving objects that were snapped to the grid.
* Rotation is no longer reset on Bananas, Peppers and Mushrooms when pasting them.
* All selected objects are no longer cleared when attempting to Multi-Select more than the maximum limit.
* Objects are no longer offset from the building grid when placing an odd number of tile units with Multi-Select.
* Using Multi-Select on an object outside of the island no longer allows grid objects to be resized.

### Prefabs & Galleries

* Added 6 new Neo Tilted Prefabs.
* Added 3 new Neo Tilted Building Galleries.
* Added a Neo Tilted Prop Gallery.
* Added a Neo Tilted Car Gallery.
* Added a Neo Tilted Hologram Gallery.
* Added Neo Tilted Sidewalks to Street Gallery B.
* Added the Neo Tilted Tree to the Nature Tree Gallery.
* Added the Neo Tilted Flowers to the Nature Jungle Gallery.
* Added more props to General Props Gallery B.

**Bug Fixes & Improvements**

* Grass no longer clips through the Pizza Pete Prop.
* Trash piles in General Props Gallery A are no longer invisible for mobile users.
* “Elec Cruisin’” and Elec Groove” tracks are no longer missing from the Radio device in the Visualizer Gallery.

### Devices

* Added the Creature Manager device to the creative inventory. This allows you to customize the attributes of the creatures that the Creature Spawners create.
	+ Use one Creature Manager per creature type that you want to customize.
	+ Type: Fiend, Red Fiend, Brute, Red Brute, Ranged, Megabrute
	+ Health: Default, 1, 5, 10, 25, 50, 100, 200, 500, 1000, 2000, 5000
	+ Score: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 10, 15, 20, 50, 100
	+ Damage to players: None, Default, 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 25, 50, 100, 150, 200, 500
	+ Damage to the environment: Default, 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 25, 50, 100, 150, 200, 500
* Added the Hover Platform device.
	+ This can be placed anywhere and allows building in the air.
	+ Make sure you place the hover platform first; placing it on an existing building can cause the building to be destroyed.
	+ Known issue: Using Multi-Select with a Hover Platform causes anything built on it to be destroyed when placed.
* Added the Air Vent device.
	+ Boosts players into the air.
* Added Bacon to the Challenge Gallery.
* Added new options to the Capture Area device.
	+ Added Team option to restrict item captures to a specific team.
		- 1-16 or All (Default: All)
	+ Added Accent Color option to help visually distinguish Capture Area devices from one another.
		- White, Sky Blue, Red-Orange, Golden, Apple Green, Fuschia, Orange, Aquamarine, Beige, Purple, Neon Green, Cerulean, Aqua, Pink, Green (Default: Aqua)
* Added new options to the Objective device.
	+ Added “Show Damage Numbers” option to show how much damage is dealt to the Objective when it is damaged.
		- On, Off (Default: Off)
	+ Updated the health bar on the Objective Device; it now shows whether it’s a Friendly or Enemy target by its color (Friendly shows blue, Enemy shows red)
* Added new option to the Explosive Barrel.
	+ Added “Show Damage Numbers” option to show how much damage is dealt to the Explosive Barrel when it is damaged.
* On, Off (Default: Off)
* Added new option to the Coin.
	+ Added “Collecting Team” option to specify which team can collect the coin
		- All, Team 1-16(Default: All)

**Bug Fixes & Improvements**

* Objective Device health bars will now always display correctly based on settings.
* Creature Spawners should now abide by their Wave Timer settings more accurately at lower values.
* Creatures no longer take excessive fall damage when spawned on Sandbar Island.
* Objective Device no longer changes to the generator model when leaving and rejoining an island.

### UI + Social

* Matched the color for the in-world markers of attack/defend objectives to the color variations in their respective HUD elements.
	+ Friendly shows blue, Enemy shows red
* Renamed “knockdowns” to “eliminated” in the scoreboard

**Bug Fixes & Improvements**

* The top 2 teams are now placed correctly when there is not a tie.
* Real-time scoreboard columns are now updating after changing the tracked stats between games.
* The default HUD type no longer shows the text “Objectives Remaining” even if there were no Objective Devices.
* The final round Scoreboard of a game is now titled the round number instead of “Scoreboard”.
* The round Scoreboard now shows progress towards the total number of rounds (e.g. “Round 2” will now display as “Round 2 / 3”).
* The health bar of the Objective Device no longer disappears when respawning.
* Black bars at the start of a game now span across the entire screen on Xbox One and Switch platforms.

### Performance

* Resolved some big hitches when using the Barrier device, Music Sequencer, or Driftboard Spawner.
* Improved the performance of some Phone interactions to reduce hitching.

## Save the World

* Wargames - Take part in new and unique Stormshield mission Simulations to put your skills to the test!
	+ **Torn Apart** – A tornado is wreaking havoc on your fort! This simulation causes destruction to your structures, flinging players and enemies into the air.
	+ **Hot Spots** – Volcanic ruptures plague this simulation as lava pools sprout from the ground, damaging structures, and converting enemies into the Fire element.
	+ **Denied** – During the course of this simulation, more and more anomaly rifts appear around the defense point. Standing too close to these hazards will sap your energy and your health!
	+ **Safety Zone** – With the main Storm Shield down, you will have to rely on portable shield generators. Stay inside one of these protective bubbles or feel the effects of the Storm. Enemies will prioritize destroying the shield generators first so keep them protected!
		- **Rolling Fog** – A heavy fog obstructs your sights and enemies won’t appear on your mini-map.
		- **Close Quarters** – Enemy spawn locations appear much closer to your base.
		- **Husk Swarm** – Only Husks appear in this challenge, but they are at a much higher power level.
		- **No Building Zone** – No building, no repairs, and no pickaxe.
		- **Heavy Explosives** – Huskies explode when eliminated. Eliminate them before they get too close!
		- **Trapped Out** – All of your traps are disabled and none can be placed in this challenge.
		- **Full Time** – Time Cheats don’t appear in this simulation challenge.
		- **Surprise** – The Wargames simulation is randomized and will swap to a different one in the second wave.
		- **Head Games** – Damaged enemies must be finished off with a headshot!
* Lok’s monster in Tales of Beyond
* Go Constructor on the Husks with Garridan! Comes equipped with a brand new Constructor ability.
	+ Community Lookout
		- Enter your Storm Shield in any Zone to join the Community Lookout program!
		- Help other players defend their Storm Shields or jump into the new Wargames Missions as a change of scenery. This updated match-making system prioritizes Storm Shield mission types.
		- Similar to Play with Others, these match-making options offer 20% bonus XP.
	+ Before starting a Storm Shield Defense or Wargames mission, players can now opt to “Wait for Assistance”, requiring at least one other public player to join before starting the mission.
	+ Re-organized Twine Peaks:
		- Twine Peaks missions now follow a linear path, for better readability than the previously existing structure.
		- Added missions to each region of Twine Peaks to introduce more mission variety, and to provide more mission-loot-rolling opportunities for players.
		- Added at least one additional group mission per difficulty level.
	+ Reduced the frequency of XP rewards in high-end Twine Peaks missions, to allow other reward types to appear more often.
	+ Reduced environment health scaling in high-end Twine Peaks to not overtake pickaxe damage scaling.
		- Target Practice!
		- A new secondary activity of skeet shooting is available in missions. How many clay pigeons can you shoot down!
	+ The Beta Storms have moved on for now, look for them to return in the future.
	+ Mission Alert scheduling and quotas have been simplified.
		- Mission Alerts now appear on the map once per day, at the same time each day (Midnight UTC).
			* Missions themselves also refresh on the same timer.
		- Mission Alerts no longer have a rolling 24 hour quota. Instead, each alert visible on the map can be completed one time per day.
		- Mission Alerts that you have already completed today will have a check mark appear next to them, indicating that the mission alert will not grant any bonus rewards until it refreshes the following day.
	+ Weekly Quests
		- A quest to complete 10 Mission Alerts will be granted to players once per week.
		- Upon completion you will be able to select a reward - a significant amount of either Event Tickets, Gold, or Perk Materials.
		- The quest’s difficulty requirements and reward quantities will scale up, dependent on your Storm Shield progression.
		- If the week ends while your weekly quest is partially complete, the quest progress will carry over to the next week (rather than restarting with a new quest). **Bug Fixes**
	+ Ensured that a Mega Alert appears on each group mission.

### UI

* Added navigation arrows to choose between multiple events in the event callout interface on the Quests tab.
* Re-enabled and made updates to the X-Ray Llama choice packs. The UI has been updated so that card pack choices are more visible on the shown X-Ray items.
* Updated the ‘All Stats’ screen to update stats when team members change.
* Updated ‘All Stats’ screen to highlight team improved stats in blue, to match text of the party members screen.

**Bug Fixes**

* Fixed the issue that caused blurry schematic images to appear in the store.
* Fixed being unable to hover on or interact with items when using a mouse on PS4
* The Yes/No vote status of the last player who voted on an objective will now properly appear in the mission vote dialog.
* Players can no longer slot an upgraded item in the collection book if the original schematic is unable to be recycled. This would initially create an error message when attempting to overslot an item and prevents unique schematics, like the Bowler, from being destroyed.
* Items inspected from the Collection Book Item picker can now be upgraded and favorited.
* The Mini Map will now correctly display important mission information after closing the big map.
* Menu text will no longer rapidly change sizes when the player hovers over the menu buttons.

### PERFORMANCE

* Reduced hitches related to players connecting to a match while other players are already in zone.
* Reduced in-zone asset loading around Hoverboard use, gameplay effects, and audio.
* Improved framerate when rendering the HUD.
* Reduced cost of supporting interaction with quest items.
* Resolved a source of big hitches due to loaded abilities
* Improved rendering performance on Xbox One

**Bug Fixes**

* Fixed an audio hitch when a player is sent an idle message.

### HEROES

* We’ve added a new Hero to the Event store!
	+ **Black Knight Garridan**, a new Mythic Constructor!
		- New Team Perk: **Kinetic Overdrive**
			* Kinetic Overload occurs an additional time.
			* Requires 3 Constructors with 3 or more stars
		- New Ability: **Goin’ Constructor**
			* Equip a hammer which deals an enormous amount of physical damage and a shield that reduces 95% damage from the front. Lasts 16 seconds.
		- Standard Perk: **Knight’s Impact**
			* Increases Hardware Impact by **33%**.
		- Commander Perk: **Knight’s Impact+**
			* Increases Hardware Impact by **75%**. Additionally, Goin' Constructor can trigger Kinetic Overload.
		- Available in the Event Store May 9th at 8 PM Eastern Time
* We’re introducing a new Dinosaur Hero!
	+ **Paleo Luna**, the new Dinosaur Ninja!
		- Standard Perk: **Saurian Claws**
			* Adds **5.5%** of Current Health to Melee Weapon Damage.
		- Commander Perk: **Saurian Claws+**
			* Adds **16.5%** of Current Health to Melee Weapon Damage.
		- Obtainable from the “Tales from Beyond” Questline.
* New Team Perk: **Blast From The Past**
	+ Acquired upon acquisition of any **Dinosaur** hero
	+ Requires 2 Dinosaur Heroes
		- Removes all shield and increases Max Health by 200%.
* Visual update to Kinetic Overdrive.

**Bug Fixes**

* Suppressive Fire will no longer gain unintended bonus damage from critical hits.
* Grenade Generation no longer only counts ranged weapon eliminations.
* Commando Renegade will no longer appear as Special Forces Ramirez on PS4.
* Miss Bunny Penny can now properly be retired.
* Players can no longer heal themselves by passing through allies with Phase Siphon.
* Hunter’s Instinct will now properly life leech off melee weapons only.
* Bullrush will no longer push defenders.

#### WEAPONS + ITEMS

* Steam Skewer - the Steampunk Spear!
* A spear that uses long range thrusting attacks to deal high damage and impact.
* Available in the Weekly Store from May 9th at 8PM ET until May 16th at 8PM ET.

**Bug Fixes**

* Weapons no longer visibly eject energy shells after changing the effects quality settings.
* 1 bullet reload for weapons now reload properly.

### GAMEPLAY

**Bug Fixes**

* Visual effects will now show on players who are standing in Slowing Pools.

### ENEMIES

* Blaster
	+ All new art and animations!
	+ Blaster is now more resistant to being interrupted and knocked back by weapon and trap impacts.
	+ Blaster blast attack accuracy has been adjusted.
	+ Fewer Blasters are allowed to show up at any one time.
* Poison lobbers have returned to their old skull-throwing selves.
	+ Lobbers will now appear less frequently in low level zones as they did before the Love Storm arrived.

### ART + ANIMATION

**Bug Fixes & Improvements**

* Fixed a small hole that could appear in Autumn City maps.

### AUDIO

**Bug Fixes & Improvements**

* Hoverboard’s mount audio no longer plays at an increased volume.
* Music will no longer restart when tabbing in and out of game.
* MedBot revive audio now respects player volume settings.
* Pickaxe impact audio now plays correctly after swinging multiple times.
* Added Autumn ambient music to Autumn maps.
* Updated Deliver the Bomb manufacture and launch sounds.