Fortnite update 4.21 is available to download on PS4, PS5(Version 1.000.133), Xbox One, and PC. According to the official Fortnite 4.21 patch notes, the latest update 28.10 brings new changes, event and fixes for Lego Fortnite, Battle Royale and Rocket Racing. Besides, today’s Fortnite version 4.21 also includes general stability fixes.
Previously, a major Fortnite Chapter 4 update added quality-of-life improvements and fixes. Unfortunately, players are still facing several issues with the game. Today’s Fortnite update 4.21 will address a few of these issues.
Read more details below.
Fortnite 4.21 Patch Notes
RANKED RACING, MATCHMAKING, AND LEADERBOARDS
- Ranked Progression Balancing: Alongside the rank reset, we are making adjustments to progress gains in ranked play. Our intention is to reduce some of the grind players felt climbing the ranks in the last Ranked period. Good luck to everyone playing ranked races, and let us know what you think about the progression changes!
- Ranked Racing Matchmaking: With the start of Neon Rush, we’ve made some adjustments to how matchmaking works in ranked play, with the goal of improving queue times for players at all ranks.
- Speed Run Leaderboards: With Neon Rush, the Speed Run leaderboards have been reset. Good luck keeping your name at the top, everyone!
BUG FIXES
General
- Made several improvements to help prevent cars from getting stuck or getting redirected the wrong way when hitting an edge.
- Fixed an issue causing cars to get demolished by objects that should be instantly destroyed when hit.
- Fixed an issue where the “Wrong Way” indicator would appear during sharp drifts.
- The camera will no longer snap into place when you’re driving up a vertical surface that goes upside down (for example: when you’re going through a loop).
- Fixed an issue where the starting line boost visual effects were not appearing on other racers’ cars.
- Fixed an issue where the visual effects for certain surface types did not appear.
- Fixed an issue with drafting visual effects behaving unexpectedly when drafting on walls or upside down.
- Fixed an issue where the visual effects of the underthrust (the part of the car activated during flying) could be cancelled out by air dodge visual effects.
- Fixed an issue where players could control their car while a UI screen was in the foreground, such as the post-match screen.
- Fixed an issue causing an error message to appear when returning to the Lobby during post-match matchmaking.
- Made fixes to prevent access to unintended parts of tracks.
- Fixed an issue that would allow speed pads set up in a horizontal row to sometimes give a car multiple stacks of bonus speed when driving over two at the same time.
- This change does not affect speed pads that are placedin front ofanother, like in Dust Up 2.
- Smoothed out some visual elements of the Anaconda track.
- Fixed an issue on Nintendo Switch where players were unable to controller map the ZL and SL buttons.
- Fixed an issue on Nintendo Switch where cars would briefly appear low poly when loading into a race.
Speed Run
- Fixed a game crash that occurred when completing a Speed Run match while an anonymous player was present on the leaderboard.
- Fixed an issue where the Top 100 leaderboards would sometimes only show 99 players.
- Fixed an issue causing late-joining players from spawning correctly on the starting line in Speed Run.
- Fixed an issue causing the “Wrong Way” indicator to remain on-screen after the “End Run” button is pressed.
- Fixed various issues for late-joining players with the post-match screen UI.
- Fixed an issue causing the Best Run Time icon to disappear when scrolling through run times in the post-match screen.
Car Items in the Fortnite Ecosystem
- The City Slam Mammoths Decal has a more consistent appearance between Fortnite and Rocket League.
- Fixed an issue with certain parts of Dominus GT not appearing as metallic as intended.
- Fixed an issue with the engine block of Dominus GT not changing to the selected Car Body paint color.
The following changes were added previously.
Lego Fortnite
- Launch Pads: A new Toy in v28.10 that allows players to quickly navigate the game by deploying Gliders after jumping on the Launch Pad.
- Building Improvements:
- Removal of small obstacles when placing builds.
- Enhanced placement on slopes.
- Introduction of new sizes and styles for Floors, Walls, and Roofs.
- Ability to abandon a build in progress.
- Improved Snap Mode visibility and additional snap points for Building Parts.
- Village Enhancements:
- New potential Villagers: Bushranger, Rustler, and Tomatohead.
- Instant removal of villages with the “Delete Village” option.
- Option to remove Villagers by getting rid of their bed.
- Other Updates:
- Improved Chest rewards, especially from fighting enemies and solving puzzles.
- Blasters now available in the desert, making Blast Cores easier to obtain.
- Presence of Brutes in some caves, adding a cautionary element.
- Hermit Crabs now engage with Villagers, creating a dynamic interaction.
- Introduction of a legend on the map showing respawn and backpack locations.
- LEGO Styles for Outfits:
- Ahsoka Tano, Finn, Jack Skellington, Loki Laufeyson, Scarlet Witch, Spider-Man, Star-Lord, Thanos, and Wolverine now have LEGO Styles.
- Higher detailed LEGO Styles introduced for selected Outfits.
- Ahsoka Tano, Finn, Jack Skellington, Loki Laufeyson, Scarlet Witch, Spider-Man, Star-Lord, Thanos, and Wolverine now have LEGO Styles.
Bug Fixes
GAMEPLAY
- You can now eat while moving!
- You’ll no longer automatically pick up tools (and accidentally fill your inventory with things you might not want!).
- Crossbow arrows now have a slightly lower speed and more natural arc when shot.
- Added the ability to ping locations in a world.
- Depositing items in Chests will now stack them together. This also works for dragging and dropping them in Chests or using the quick deposit actions.
- Who’s there? Villagers can now open doors.
- To better fit in with their environment, Rams now have more Health.
- Thrusters, Balloons, Switches, and Wheels now give resources back when destroyed. (This only works for Thrusters, Balloons, Switches, and Wheels placedafterthis update. Current ones will not drop resources.)
- Fried Eggs take less time to eat.
- We’ve also adjusted the recipe for a Fried Egg and the effects of eating one.
- Reduced number of eggs required from 2 to 1.
- Reduced fullness gained from 8 to 5.
- Reduced hearts gained from 5 to 4.
- We’ve also adjusted the recipe for a Fried Egg and the effects of eating one.
- Eating food with a lower-value Stamina regen buff no longer overrides a higher-value buff you already have.
- Fixed an issue where food wouldn’t fill the correct amount of hunger while playing with certain game languages selected.
- Fixed an issue where other players joining your world would spawn far away from everyone else.
- Fixed an issue where players would sometimes spawn in or under buildings.
- You’ll no longer spawn on top of a cave after exiting LEGO Fortnite inside of one.
- The “Respawn” button now works consistently.
- Fixed a rare bug that prevented players from jumping after respawning.
- Chests no longer appear floating in the air when you load into a world.
- Boulders no longer change location when you load into a world.
- Destroyed Crafting Stations no longer reappear sometimes when you load into a world.
- Attacks will hit and damage enemies more consistently.
- Sheep, cows, and chickens will no longer walk over fences.
- Nearby creatures will no longer accidentally get eliminated when a player does.
- Items you’ve stored in Chests are no longer sometimes invisible to other players.
- Fixed an issue where some players couldn’t discover the Storage Chest recipe correctly.
- Villagers will now actually do their “Metal Smelter” job if assigned it!
- The Village Square will no longer get accidentally destroyed when you destroy something next to it.
- Fixed an issue where Stations could lose the items they’ve processed during rain.
- Fixed an issue where the Grasslands sometimes made players too hot or too cold in areas near the Dry Valley or Frostlands.
- Fixed an issue on mobile where you couldn’t eat food after picking up a crate.
- Fixed an issue where some cacti weren’t dropping resources when destroyed.
- Fixed an issue where some stumps couldn’t be damaged.
- When starting a new world, Brite Bomber or Cuddle Team Leader will now follow you to your campsite even if you wander off. They’ll now also properly appear every time when starting a new world.
- Players are no longer launched too high when they jump-attack on a geyser.
- Fixed an issue where you sometimes couldn’t sprint.
STABILITY AND PERFORMANCE
- Frame rate is improved when looking at water.
- Added a new message that says your world is closing and starting back up again (when you leave and rejoin a world too quickly).
- Improved stability so that crashes aren’t as likely.
- Fixed an issue where players could get stuck on the loading screen when loading into a world.
PHYSICS
- Supply Drops will now fall more naturally and no longer get stuck in the air.
- Large builds are now more stable and less likely to break apart.
- Fixed an issue where breaking off chunks of a large build would cause them to fall through the ground and disappear.
- Fixed an issue where Dynamic Foundations would sometimes go backwards when pushed.
- Fixed an issue where Dynamic Foundations would sometimes refuse to move when you loaded back into your world.
- Dynamic Foundations no longer get out of sync for other players in the world.
- Fixed an issue where Wheels would shift from their attach point or disappear when moving across the world.
- Travelling long distances with Balloons and Thrusters no longer accidentally breaks off pieces.
- Fixed an issue where moving objects would jitter and knock players off of them.
- Pushing objects like logs is now more predictable, with less object stutters.
UI
- You can now remove shared worlds from your “Shared Worlds” list.
- There’s now a button to let world owners remove other players from their world and/or remove their key.
- Adjusted several UI screens on mobile to improve the layout and button sizes for touch controls.
- Added more icons to the HUD on mobile for using specific items.
- The “All Items” menu is now easier to get to in Sandbox Mode.
- Resolved an issue with the Village UI sometimes showing the wrong Village Level.
Rocket Racing changes in 28.10
- Two New Advanced Tracks:
- Lazy Lake 2, unlocked at Gold I rank.
- K2 Raceway Deux, designed for experienced drivers and unlocked at Platinum I rank.
- Both tracks offer challenging bends, obstacles, and airborne sections.
- New Customization Option: Trails:
- Trails allow players to personalize the dust left on the racetrack while drifting.
- Fortnite-original Drift Smoke Trail is the first available, with more Trails coming over time.
- Cross-game ownership eligibility for Trails between Rocket Racing and Fortnite.
- Improved Mobile Touch Controls in v28.10:
- Visual and usability enhancements for D-pad, accelerate, Turbo, air dodge, and jump buttons.
- Auto Accelerate toggle added.
- Brake functionality improved; players can now reverse after reaching 0 on the speedometer.
- Major Improvements and Bug Fixes:
- Enhanced CPU performance, especially on lower-end devices.
- Sitting idle during a race returns the player to the Lobby.
- Reduced severity of car collisions; ongoing improvements promised.
- Smoother air dodging on landing.
- Camera wiggling and swiveling allowed before a race.
- “Invert Steer Method” setting remains enabled when changed.
- Various bug fixes, including post-race player stuck issue and language-switching problem on Android.
- Fortnite and Rocket League Integration:
- Drift Smoke Trail in Fortnite Locker will be available in the Rocket League garage for players with the same Epic account.
- Unlock different paint colors for the Drift Smoke Trail by completing Season Zero Tune Up Quests.
Download free Fortnite update 4.21 for PlayStation 4, PC, and Xbox One.
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