Fortnite update 22.40 details are available for PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Switch and PC. According to the official Fortnite 22.40 patch notes, the latest update brings new changes and fixes for Battle Royale, Save The World and Creative mode. In addition, today’s Fortnite version 22.40 also includes general stability improvements.
Previously, a major update added new features, new LTM modes, new changes, and much more. Unfortunately, since the later major update, players are facing several issues with the game.
Today’s Fortnite patch 22.40 will address a few of these issues. Read more details below.
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Fortnite 22.40 Patch Notes – November 15, 2022
General Fixes
- Addressed a bug where in Battle Lab, players may be kicked back to the hub when entering water.
- Fixed an issue where some previous battle pass outfits are missing color.
Battle Royale
OCTANE’S NEWEST DESTINATION
In v22.10, the Octane vehicle from Rocket League boosted into Fortnite for creators to rev up their islands. Now, with v22.40, Octane has boosted into Battle Royale and Zero Build. This Battle Royale/Zero Build version is balanced for these modes, but it still has rocket boosters, supersonic speed, and the ability to jump, double jump, dodge, take flight, and drive on walls!
GLIDE TO SAFETY WITH THE GRAPPLE GLIDER
An enemy coming right at you? Or even worse, an enemy coming right at you while they’re in an Octane? Make a swift getaway with the Grapple Glider — pull yourself into the air by aiming at a hard surface, then deploy your Glider to land in safe territory.
You can find Grapple Gliders from the ground, Chests, Chrome Chests, and Supply Drops. They have limited charges, so it’s not a bad idea to save your Grapple Glider for emergencies!
HAVE A BIG TIME IN THE BIG BATTLE LTM
Look around you: it’s A LOT of players on your team. In the new Big Battle Limited Time Mode, you’re in a team of 40 facing another team of 40. The match begins with the Storm already circling the first zone, and you’ll see Uncommon-rarity items already in your loadout. The result? The action starts right away in this fast-paced, Zero Build LTM. To help you defeat the other team even faster, loot in Big Battle is Rare-rarity or higher.
LTM goes live at 10 AM ET on November 15.
EXPLORE THE BATTLE ROYALE ISLAND… OUTSIDE BATTLE ROYALE
In the v22.30 patch, the Battle Royale Island became a “starter island” for creating your own Battle Royale experience in it, or for just wandering around. You can also jump into an experience made by someone else! With this new way to explore the Battle Royale Island, we’ll be vaulting Battle Lab in v23.00.
USE/INTERACT IMPROVEMENT ON MOBILE
On mobile, we have completely removed the Interact icon (hand icon) from the Fire button. Specific “Use” actions will now be represented by their own icon, meaning that, for example, eating and drinking actions will have their own icon now.
COMPETITIVE NOTES
- Octane is not included in competitive playlists.
MAJOR BUG FIXES
- Fixed an issue in which some Outfits from previous Seasons’ Battle Passes were missing colors.
- Addressed a bug where Prop Movers can’t always be reactivated in a round.
Creative Mode
CLASS SELECTOR UI DEVICE
The Class Selector UI device can create both a popup dialog and a new tab on the game’s Map screen, displaying a list of classes players can choose from. You can have players choose a class when they spawn at the beginning of the game, or you can allow players to change their class during the game. By customizing device options, you can allow players to change their class by opening the Map screen and selecting a new class, or you can set a channel option to open the popup dialog during the game.
D-LAUNCHER
Three new D-Launcher devices are now available:
- D-Launcher (Standard)
- D-Launcher (Primal)
- D-Launcher (Invasion)
Adjust the launch speed and angle of D-Launchers to customize a unique trajectory for each one!
DIAL-A-DROP CONSUMABLE
Players can use this item to call in a Health Drop, Supply Drop, or Vehicle Drop at their location. There is a limit of five Vehicle Drops per island experience. This count is displayed in the UI and will display “Unavailable” when the limit is reached.
GRAPPLE GLIDER
Place this item on your island and give players the ability to make a swift getaway! They can aim at a hard surface, pull themselves up, and then deploy their Glider to travel to safe territory.
BIG BATTLE
Introducing a new mode: Big Battle! You can jump into the Epic-made version of this mode from the Discover screen. But you can also create a “Big Battle” yourself using the new Battle Royale Island tools available in Creative! In this mode, two teams of 40 players are provided with a standardized loadout and launched into action as soon as the match starts, with the first phase of the Storm already completed. The Storm moves quickly, and the rarity for loot in the item pool is set to Rare or higher. Try out this action-packed Zero Build, large team mode on your own Battle Royale Island.
OTHER UPDATES
GALLERY UPDATES
- New: Added the FNCS Trophy Prop Gallery.
ISLAND TEMPLATE UPDATES
- New: Design an Escape Room island template! Learn how to set up clues with the Button device for players to break out of locked rooms.
OCTANE UPDATES
- We have improved the Octane’s audio visualizer icon for better readability.
- We have improved collision consistency between Octane, other vehicles, and terrain.
- Octane now supports driving forward and backwards with a controller’s left stick, like other spawned vehicles in Creative. This can be disabled using the Accelerate with Thumbstick option in the Customize panel for the Octane Spawner device.
- Octane can now briefly drive while in water, like other spawned vehicles.
- Octane will now slide down walls if the player is not accelerating, mirroring its functionality in Rocket League.
BUG FIXES
PREFAB & GALLERY FIXES
- Fixed an issue where items from the Collectibles Gallery were moved far from their location when they were multi-selected together.
EVENT BINDING FIXES
- Fixed an issue with the direct event binding system where copying or moving a device sometimes added random events or functions that were not set by the creator.
- Fixed an issue where cutting and pasting a device in Create mode renamed the device.
- Fixed an issue where unknown device entries could not be deleted.
- Fixed an issue on Xbox where event bindings could not be removed from devices.
DEVICE FIXES
- Fixed an issue where Conditional Button devices only displayed the last three digits of the stack size in the Customize panel options.
- Fixed an issue with the Creature Manager device where options with Don’t Override values could not be reset to default after they were changed.
- Fixed an issue where the Firefly Spawner device did not display Events or Functions even after being converted to the event bindings system.
- Fixed an issue with the Guard Spawner device, where the Invulnerable value for some device options was not working.
- Fixed an issue where the End Game device did not recognize the Winning Team option’s value.
- Fixed an issue where the Rocket Boost device could be destroyed by weapon fire regardless of My Island settings.
- Fixed multiple issues with the Accolade device’s Customize panel on PlayStation 4.
- Fixed a typo that appeared in the Customize prompt for the Octane Spawner device.
ISLAND FIXES
- Fixed an issue where players were able to leave the Creative island volume with the Siege Cannon in certain situations.
GAMEPLAY FIXES
- Fixed a crash that occurred when creators entered their Battle Royale Island in Create mode.
- Fixed an issue where party leaders could not cancel matchmaking for a Battle Royale Island.
- Fixed an issue where some public matches were not matchmaking correctly in a Battle Royale Island.
- Fixed an issue in Battle Royale Islands where players were able to go beyond the editable area.
- Fixed an issue where a flame or explosion visual effect would remain on screen when an Octane was destroyed near a player.
- Fixed an issue where the Octane’s Boost and Trail visual effects were scaled too small.
- Fixed an issue where players hit by an Octane would enter a desynced knockback animation state.
- Fixed an issue where Octane wouldn’t grant resources when hit with a Pickaxe.
- Addressed a bug where Prop Movers can’t always be reactivated in a round.
Save The World
BATTLE PASS XP UPDATE
In the v22.40 update, we’ve added a new source of Battle Pass XP to Save the World! Specifically, the majority of Daily and Weekly Quests will now award Battle Pass XP upon completion. This includes the basic Daily and Weekly Quests, along with the following:
- Wargames Dailies (and Weekly Challenges during Mild Meadows)
- Frostnite Dailies and Weekly Challenges
- Dungeon Dailies
- Hit the Road Daily and Weekly Challenges
- New Daily Endurance Quests
- General Stability fixes
- Added performance improvements.
A number of important bug fixes were included in the v22.40 game update, including:
- The Plasmatic Discharge weapon now has the correct weapon type “Launcher.”
- Fixed an issue with the Sunbeam Grave Digger Head Splitter Perk that caused the Perk’s scaling to produce more damage than intended.
- Dev Note: This fix is not designed to nerf the weapon, but to fix the scaling issue that occurred as players progressed later in the game.
- Brainstorms is now compatible with the Trick or Treat hero perk.
- Fixed an issue in which keybinds for riding wildlife could not be set correctly.
- Note: Keybinds must be set outside of a mission. We’re currently working on fixing an issue that’s preventing wildlife riding keybinds from being set while in a mission.
Download free Fortnite patch 22.40 for PlayStation 4, PC, and Xbox One.
