Fortnite update 3.83 (23.50) is available on PS4, PC, PS5, Xbox One, and PC. According to the official Fortnite 3.83 patch notes, the latest update resolves various issues and adds some new changes and improvements. Apart from this, today’s Fortnite version 3.83 also includes stability and performance fixes for Battle Royale and Creative Mode.

Previously, a major Chapter 2 Season 2 update added Doctor Strange, new weapons, features, new LTM modes, map changes, and more. Unfortunately, players are still facing several issues with the game since the last major update.

Today’s Fortnite patch 3.83 will address a few of these issues. Read more details below.

Fortnite 3.83 Patch Notes – February 28, 2023

General Fixes

• Fixed a bug where Vi’s right eye turns inward when using some emotes.
• Addressed an issue where Omega Knight has light grey/silver armor.
• Fixed a bug where exiles Emblem Wrap appears yellow.

Battle Royale

CIPHER QUESTS: INTERPRET THE CRYPTIC MESSAGES

Messages received.

In theCipher Questssection of the Quests page, you’ll find unencrypted Quests that have clear objectives, and an encrypted Quest with an objective that’s… inconclusive. Use the clues at your disposal to figure it out! After completing the encrypted Quest, you’ll unlock the next one after it becomes available. A new Cipher Quest will be added each day until March 7, 2023, and all the Quests will be available until 3/10/23.

Earn XP by completing individual Cipher Quests. For completing certain amounts of Cipher Quests, you’ll unlock new items for your Locker:

• 7 unencrypted Cipher Quests:Keep the Peace Spray
• 15 unencrypted Cipher Quests:Order Up Loading Screen
• 24 unencrypted Cipher Quests:Deciphered Emoticon
• 3encryptedCipher Quests:Circuitry Wrap

For completing a certain encrypted Cipher Quest, you’ll unlock theDistant Roar Spray.

CIPHER QUESTING OLD-SCHOOL

Speaking of mysteries, it’s no mystery that the Six Shooter and the Infantry Rifle are out of the vault! These classic weapons can be found from the ground, Chests, and Supply Drops. Some of the Cipher Quests will have you using ’em!

MISCELLANEOUS UPDATES

• The Oathbound Chest spawn rate has increased from 70% to 100%.
• Players have an increased chance to roll the Mechanical Archer Reality Augment.
• In v23.50, Reality Augments you haven’t unlocked will be more likely to unlock.

MAJOR BUG FIXES

• Fixed the issue that caused us to disable the Rift-jector Seat Reality Augment. This Reality Augment is now re-enabled.

• Fixed a bug where School of Llama banners missing/greyed out.
• Addressed a bug where Peely’s Plunder may lead to treasure in inaccessible areas.

Creative Mode

HIDING PROPS UPDATE: HIDDEN TRAVEL

Hiding props give players a place to hide, but now players can also travel from one hiding prop to another! Any hiding prop can be assigned to a group using theHidden Travel Groupoption. You can set other hiding props to send players to another group of hiding props using theHidden Travel Target Groupoption. If you’ve enabled theHidden Traveloption on a prop, a player who hides inside it will travel to the target hiding prop and jump out. If you have the prop set to random selection, you can also set it to avoid repeats whenever possible. Keep in mind that when a hiding prop is enabled, it will be invulnerable if it is set up for hidden travel. For more information, see theHiding Prop Gallerypage in our official documentation.

POP-UP DIALOG UPDATE: RICH TEXT EDITOR

With the Pop-up Dialog device, you can now use a rich text editor when typing in the dialog text. This gives you options for styling the text in different ways. Click theEdit Textbutton next to theDescriptionoption to open the editor in a new full-screen interface. For more details, see the updatedPop-up Dialog Devicespage in our documentation.

OTHER UPDATES

PREFAB & GALLERY UPDATES

• NewShifty Shafts Prefabs:
  • Shifty Shafts Mine A
  • Shifty Shafts Mine B
  • Shifty Shafts Mine C
• NewShifty Shafts Galleries:
  • Shifty Shafts Building Gallery
  • Shifty Shafts Prop Gallery
• Sanctuary Mighty Monument Gallery: Added destroyed statue assets. Door Gallery: Added more door variants.
• Pirate Ship Gallery: Added destroyed ship assets.
• Chapter 4 Nature Gallery: Added three Autumn bush variants.
• Cloud Prop Gallery: Added four clouds that have no collision properties.

DEVICE UPDATES

• Battle Royale Island Loot Controllerhas new options:
  • Restrict Health Items (Yes/No)
  • Restrict Shield Items (Yes/No)
  • Allow Consumable Items in Loot (Yes/No)
  • Allow Weapons in Loot (Yes/No)
  • Allow Ammo in Loot (Yes/No)
• Battle Royale Island Loot Controllerloot pools were updated to match current Battle Royale items. Primal items were removed from loot pools.
• Battle Royale Island Loot Controllerhas new options for islands converted to direct event binding:
  • On Common Chest Looted
  • On Rare Chest Looted
  • On Produce Box Looted
  • On Ammo Box Looted
  • On Cash Register Looted
• Battle Royale Island Map Settings Devicehas added a new option to turn Reality Augments on or off. If the option is turned on, all released Reality Augments will be available to players on Battle Royale Islands.
• TheAccoladedevice is now available in Battle Royale Islands.

BUG FIXES

PREFAB & GALLERY FIXES

• Fixed an issue where the indestructible Quarry Cube from The Citadel Prop Gallery displayed destruction effects if it was near another prop that was destructible.
• Fixed an issue where some brace walls flipped when The Citadel Prefabs were placed.
• Fixed an issue where terrain pieces in the Chapter 4 Nature Gallery were being placed outside of the preview volume. Fixed a missing thumbnail for an individual asset in the Chapter 4 Nature Gallery.
• Fixed an issue where the individual prop images for Cyber City Prop Gallery A were not showing.
• Fixed an issue where the field lines on the Sports Gallery’s soccer field asset were floating above the field.

EVENT BINDING FIXES

• Fixed an issue where some devices were not displaying Events and Functions tabs when a Battle Royale Island was converted to the direct event binding system.
• Fixed an issue where guards that were hired with theAuto Hire When Spawnedfunction would not transmitWhen Hired Transmit Onevents.

DEVICE FIXES

• Fixed an issue where guards would spawn in a Downed But Not Out state while inside a Barrier device.
• Fixed an issue with the Guard Spawner device where theDisableandDespawnoptions would only affect one guard at a time.
• Fixed an issue where Player Counter devices could not count Target Bots in Battle Royale Islands.
• Fixed an issue where changing theInteract Timeoption on a Timer device would change the interaction time for Create mode to the same amount of time.
• Fixed an issue where My Island settings would override customized options in a Down But Not Out device.
• Fixed an issue where the Ball Spawner device would not interact with a Capture Area.
• Fixed an issue where Target Bots in Battle Royale Islands could not receive items using an Item Granter device.
• Fixed an issue where the Class Selector UI would appear even if the UI was disabled in the device options.

UPGRADED DEVICE FIXES

• Fixed an issue where a Tracker device’sStat to Trackoption would change to an incorrect value when an island was converted to upgraded devices. This occurred when theStat to Trackoption was set toChannelbefore converting, and the option value changed toNoneafter converting the island. TheChannelvalue now correctly changes toEventafter converting the island.
• Fixed an issue that prevented players from interacting with Timer devices that have theApplies Tooption set toPlayerand theCan Interactoption set toYeswhen there was a second Timer that had theApplies Tooption set to the default.

GAMEPLAY FIXES

• Fixed an issue where sprinting players were unable to crouch correctly when theAllow Slidingoption in My Island > Settings was set toOff.
• Fixed an issue where a thrown Cow Catcher on an island could not be destroyed.
• Fixed an issue where Slap Berries would spawn on the ground instead of the appropriate bushes in Battle Royale Islands.
• Fixed an issue where items did not spawn correctly on some older islands.
• Fixed an issue where creators could not place Prefabs or Galleries at different distances.

• Addressed stability issues.

Save The World Fixes

WARGAMES WEEK 6: QUANTUM COUNTDOWN

Week 6 of Wargames begins Wednesday, March 1, 2023, at 7pm ET. A bomb is teleporting all throughout your base and the Husks will be trying their hardest to destroy it. This Wargames Challenge will require fast thinking and even faster moving Commanders.

WARGAMES WEEK 7: SHORTCUT

Wargames’ Week 7 begins Wednesday, March 8, 2023, at 7pm ET. Teleporting Husks may be a-door-able, but their elements? Not so much. In Shortcut, Strange doors will appear near the enemy spawners. When Husks get near one of these doors, they’ll be teleported to one of the exit doors closer to your fort. Beware! Husks that travel through these doors gain elemental effects.

VALOR QUESTLINE

Starting Wednesday, March 7, 2023, at 7pm ET, complete the returningValorquestline to recruit Major Oswald to join your fight against the Horde:

MAJOR OSWALD

• Standard Perk:Command Presence
  • War Cry snares enemies within its range by 30% for its duration.
• Commander Perk:Command Presence+
  • War Cry snares enemies within its range by 30% for its duration.Additionally, affected enemies take 25% increased weapon damage.

EVENT AND WEEKLY STORE

FALLEN LOVE RANGER – MARCH 1 AT 7 PM ET

“LOVE HURTS.” – FALLEN LOVE RANGER

• Standard Perk:Fuel for the Fallen

  • Eliminations restore6 Energyover 3 seconds. Duration refreshed with additional eliminations.

• Commander Perk:Fuel for the Fallen+

  • Eliminations restore18 Energyover 3 seconds. Duration refreshed with additional eliminations.

BATTLE HOUND JONESY – MARCH 7 AT 7 PM ET

“ I have a bone to pick with The Storm.”- Battle Hound Jonesy

• Standard Perk:Rucksack
  • Increases Frag Grenade maximum charges by1.
• Commander Perk:Rucksack+
  • Increases Frag Grenade maximum charges by4.

BUG FIXES

A number of bug fixes were included in the v23.50 game update, including:

• Fixed an issue where theFill/No Fillsetting on theMapandQueststabs could become out of sync.
• Save the World now supports the use ofFillwhen party joinability is set toInvite Only.
  • This results in a Public game that will allow players to matchmake into your mission, but will NOT allow your friends to join your party without an invite.
  • People who matchmake into the mission with you will not be added to your party after the mission ends unless you invite them to join.
• In-And-Outlander+now correctly grants 2 charges, and has been buffed slightly.
  • Using In-And-Outlander+to eliminate 4 enemies in 10 seconds after using Phase Shift grants 2 charges of Phase Shift.
  • Note that the support version ofIn-And-Outlanderis unchanged. (Eliminating 6 enemies grants 1 charge.)
• Fixed an issue where the wrong prompt could be displayed when interacting with theDefender Post.

• Fixed a visual issue that changes the setting for Fill or No Fill once you’ve changed the game mode.

Mobile Fixes

• The ‘Archive’ button may be blocked by the ‘Redeploy Glider’ prompt in the Locker on Nintendo Switch.

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