Fortnite Season 6 update hub: A chilly new trap and more in 6.01

Fortnite Season 6 is well underway, and this season is shaping up to be a spooky one. The island in the middle of loot lake has taken to the skies with the power of the mysterious purple cube, and all kinds of new landmarks have popped up around the map.

To make it easier for you to keep track of the constant changes, we've assembled all of the Fortnite updates, limited game modes, patch notes, and more below. Be sure to check back regularly to stay on top of the latest weapon and item updates, new areas, emotes, and much more!

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Fortnite update: The Latest

Fortnite Battle Royale version 6.01 update overview

Release date: October 3, 2018

Just over a week after the start of Season 6, the first major update introduces several new goodies to the world's most popular game. Most notably a new trap was added for the first time in ages: the Chiller. Check out the full Fortnite update 6.01 patch notes below!

Limited Time Modes

Playground

• Playground is still available in Fortnite update 6.01.
• New settings: starting health, time of day, gravity, and more.

Weapons and Items

New Trap: Chiller

• A new common rarity trap called the Chiller has been added.
• Friends or foes who trigger the Chiller will be inflicted with icy feet, causing them to slide uncontrollably.
• It can be placed on floors, walls, and ceilings.
• Drops in stacks of 3.
• Available from Treasure Chests, Supply Drops, Vending Machines, Supply Llamas, and floor loot.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a bug causing players to lose control of vehicles.

Gameplay

• Improved controls on the Switch.

Bug Fixes

• Pets now disappear with the player model when the camera is close.
• Fancy Tomato hit box increased to match visuals.

Audio

• Glider audio now muffled if no clear line of sight between players.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a bug causing incorrect audio to play when a teammate is eliminated.

UI

• Traps now properly display star rarity ratings.

Mobile

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a bug that prevented mobile players from interacting with items.

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Fortnite Battle Royale version 6.00 update overview

Release date: September 27, 2018

Fortnite update 6.00 kicks off season 6 with a boo! It introduces pets, shadow stones, and a few spooky additions to the ever-changing map layout. Epic Games is taking advantage of the fact that Halloween occurs right in the middle of the season with a number of new Halloween-themed skins, items, and areas to explore. Plus, as always, a brand new Battle Pass with over 100 unique rewards to collect.

Weapons and Items

• Impulse Grenade, Suppressed Submachine Gun, Light Machine Gun, Bouncer, and Remote Explosives have been added to the vault.
• Each item will remain available in Playground mode.

Shadow Stones

• Shadow Stones can now be found floating around the corrupted areas of the map.
• Consuming a Shadow Stone enters you into Shadow Form for 45 seconds.
  • While in Shadow Form, you cannot fire weapons, but become invisible while stationary.
  • You also move faster and become immune to fall

damage.

Shadow Form grants the ability to Phase forward by pressing the primary fire button.

Phasing allows you to pass through walls.

Shadow Form can be ended early by holding alt fire.

Weapon Changes

• Shooting a moving vehicle with a Grappler will now add that vehicle's momentum to your launch force.
• Grapplers now have 10 charges, down from 15.
• Double Barrel damage reduced slightly to 143 and 114, down from 150 and 120.
• Dual Pistols now spawn outside of chests slightly less often.

Bug Fixes

• Various issues caused by using a Grappler while in a vehicle or while using a launch pad.
• Visual bugs resulting from Grappler use.
• Heavy Sniper reload animation now matches timing of bullet reload.

Map changes

Floating Island

• The island in the middle of Loot Lake is now floating with the power of the purple cube.
• Entering the vortex beneath the island will send you flying into the air.
• Loot spawns and a few destructible objects spawn on the island.

Corrupted Areas

• Several corrupted areas have appeared around the map.
• Each area spawns Shadow Stones, a new item in Fortnite Season 6.

Corn Fields

• Several spooky corn fields have spawned in the Fatal Fields.
• Entering the corn fields reduces your visibility dramatically, so enter at your own risk.
• Fields can be destroyed by swinging your ax like a horror movie villain.

Haunted Castle

• A Haunted Castle can now be found at the top of the Haunted Hills.
• Loot and chests spawn in and around the castle.

Gameplay

• Starting with the fourth safe zone, the zone begins shrinking sooner but takes longer to finish shrinking.
• Final safe zones (7 and up) are larger.
• Moving safe zones in the late-game now move 50% further.

Pets

• Three cute pets have been added to the game.
• They are available as Battle Pass rewards.
• Pets hang out of your backpack, and react to certain situations by growling, cowering, and more.

Misc

• You can now build freely while riding a shopping cart.
• Wire fences now block trap placement.
• Console players will now be queued with other players using the same input method (controller or mouse and keyboard).

Bug Fixes

• Rotation values are now sent to the server more often, resulting in other player rotations and aiming appearing more accurately.
• Acceleration values are no longer sent to the server inaccurately, eliminating jittery movement while skydiving.

Performance

• Smoothed gameplay on the Switch with Improved texture binding.
• Improvements to performance while many players are on the screen.
• Supply drop movement will now appear more smooth.
• Android devices running Vulkan will now experience better performance.
  • This includes the Adreno variants of the S9+ and Note 9.
• Mobile memory usage optimized while running several apps in the background.

Audio

• You can now choose the music that plays in the locker room.
• Unlock more songs via the Season 6 Battle Pass.
• Footsteps above or below you are now easier to place.
  • Footsteps above have a higher pitch, and footsteps below have a deeper pitch.
• Glider opening and closing sounds can now be heard from farther away.
• Audio range while skydiving now matches that of gliding.
• Gliding past another player will now play a "car pass by" sound.

UI

• Locker layout updated to fit more item types.

Art and Animation

• Storm animations have been improved.
• Rain and lighting effects are now more increased as the storm intensifies.

Replay System

• Certain settings are now hidden while depth of field is toggled off.
• Input settings now work correctly in replays.
• Third person camera settings are now inverted to match  other cameras.

Bug Fixes

• Third person camera inverted settings now work properly.
• Inventory is no longer accessible while in a replay.
• Fixed an issue skipping forward while paused.
• Fixed several issues with health bars while in replays.
• Fixed an issue with the drone attach camera position.

Mobile

• Tool-tips for items now display more consistently.

Bug Fixes

• Turn rate for the Guided Rocket now matches other platforms.
• Map controls on a touch screen now work properly.
• Fixed an issue with display settings on the Note 9.

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