Fortnite update 3.86 (24.10) is available on PS4, PC, PS5(1.000.098), Xbox One, and PC. According to the official Fortnite 3.86 patch notes, the latest update brings new events, changes and fixes for Battle Royale mode. Apart from this, today’s Fortnite version 3.86 also includes stability and performance fixes for Creative and Save World modes.
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 3.86 will address a few of these issues. Read more details below.
Fortnite Update 3.86 Patch Notes (v24.10) – March 29, 2023
Battle Royale
SPRING BREAKOUT QUESTS
What will you hatch by completing the Spring Breakout Quests? Most of them will get you XP, while some will reward a special Locker item:
- Day 1 Quest’s Reward:Bloomback Sack Back Bling
- Day 7 Quest’s Reward:Shell Smash Spray
- Day 9 Quest’s Reward:The Works Loading Screen
- Day 12 Quest’s Reward:A Spring Breakout Banner Icon
Two new types of chickens and three new kinds of eggs are on the Island for the duration of Spring Breakout. You may notice green and purple chickens clucking about, leaving special eggs around the Island. Interacting with these unusual eggs will temporarily give you a benefit:
- Heal Eggs: These green eggs restore your Health and Shield slowly over time.
- Hop Eggs: These blue eggs temporarily give you a low gravity effect, and also give you Health.
- Golden Eggs: You can’t technicallyeatthese eggs, but interacting with one grants you Bars! (Unlike Heal Eggs and Hop Eggs, Golden Eggs cannot be added to your inventory.)
CREATE EGGCELLENT EXPLOSIONS WITH THE EGG LAUNCHER
The Egg Launcherbreaks out of the vault for Spring Breakout! Find Egg Launchers from the ground, Chests, Supply Drops, or for sale from certain Characters. You can also get one from the newSpringtime Blowout Reality Augment!
NEW BATTLE ROYALE REALITY AUGMENTS
RAIL WARRIOR
Regenerate Health and partial Shield while on grind rails or ziplines, except while in the Storm.
GO FOR BROKE
Grants a Charge Shotgun and Flintknock Pistol.
AQUATIC WARRIOR
Move faster and regenerate Health and partial Shield while swimming, except while in the Storm.
GAME TIME
Grants the Pizza Party and some Chug Splashes!
CHARACTERS SPRING INTO EVEN MORE ACTION
SPECIALIST CHARACTERS
Just in case you need a little help during battle, eightSpecialistCharacters have dropped on the Island and are ready for hire! There are four different types of Specialists, each one with a different role to play:
- Scout Specialist: Scouts can pick off foes from afar with a Sniper, and can ping nearby enemies and Chests.
- Heavy Specialist: With their explosive inventory, Heavies specializes in making things go BOOM! Heavies can also take more damage than other Specialists.
- Supply Specialist: Supply Specialists drop ammo and mats for you to pick up (Note: Supply Specialists won’t drop mats in Zero Build.)
- Medical Specialist: Hired Medics heal you with Chug Splashes to restore your Health and Shield.
COLLECTIONS TAB REHAUL
The Collections tab is now called the “Characters” tab and now shows a map displaying the location of all Characters on the Island, both the ones you’ve discovered and the ones you haven’t. Once you discover a Character, you can view their services in the Characters tab along with how many Bars their services cost.
(During Spring Breakout, keep an eye out for Cluck on the Island, as he has some goodies waiting to sell you.)
BATTLE ROYALE CHAPTER 4 SEASON 2 SUPER LEVEL STYLES
In the Bonus Rewards section of the Battle Pass tab, bonus Styles for Battle Royale Chapter 4 Season 2 Battle Pass rewards have been available for players who progress past Level 100. With v24.10, Chapter 4 Season 2’s Super Level Styles have been added as bonus rewards!
The Super Level Styles this Season? Progress past Level 125 during Chapter 4 Season 2 and start unlocking theKinetic Rush,Neon Citrus, andMega WaveStyles for the Thunder, Imani, Renzo the Destroyer, Mizuki, and Highwire Outfits.
BUILDING AND EDITING SENSITIVITIES
In v24.10, aBuilding Sensitivitysetting andEditing Sensitivitysetting have been added to Fortnite’s “Mouse and Keyboard” settings. With these new settings, you’re now able to adjust the sensitivity of building or editing structures to your preferred speed.
MISCELLANEOUS UPDATES
- Improved the handling turn radius of the Rogue Bike vehicle at higher speeds.
- Note: We’ve been making tweaks to reduce energy usage on PlayStation and Xbox consoles. Frame rate in the Lobby will drop to 30 FPS after a period of inactivity, but will return to 60 FPS whenever you touch the controller or join a match.
COMPETITIVE NOTES
- The Spring Breakout chickens and eggs, as well as the Egg Launcher and Springtime Blowout Reality Augment, are not included in competitive playlists.
- Zero Build Cups, Duos Cash Cups, and Victory Cups kick-off throughout this week. Good luck, competitors!
MAJOR BUG FIXES
- Fortnite update 3.86 fixed the issue involving players being asked to install Save the World even if they already had it installed.
- Fixed the issue with the Kinetic Blade’s Knockback Slash that prevented the owner from taking fall damage. (Note:The Dash Attack will still prevent fall damage.)
- Fortnite 3.86 fixed an issue that was capping some mobile devices to 60 FPS despite 90 FPS being available.
- The grind rail interaction button no longer has a delay on mobile devices.
- Fortnite version 3.86 fixed the issue that caused us to disable ziplines in Party Royale. Ziplines have been re-enabled in Party Royale.
Creative Mode
The Fortnite Creative v24.10 update includes the newChanneldevice, theNitro Driftervehicle, Spring chickens and consumable item eggs, the Egg Launcher weapon, new options in My Island, and bug fixes.
CHANNEL DEVICE
TheChannel device is simple: it takes a signal and sends it forward. You can use this functionality to link one group of devices to another group of devices in a way that is similar to the old channel system.
NITRO DRIFTER
Get ready to drift! TheNitro Drifter vehicleis ready to use in your racing islands. This car seats four to encourage social play in many types of games.
WILDLIFE SPAWNER UPDATE: NEW SPRING CHICKENS
Green and purple chickens have been added to theWildlife Spawner device! Like their Fortnite Battle Royale counterparts, these brightly colored chickens layHeal EggsandHop Eggs. These eggs are consumables that players can keep in their inventory and use at any time.
HEAL EGG AND HOP EGG CONSUMABLES
Heal Eggs and Hop Eggs are laid by green and purple chickens, but the eggs can also be placed in Chests or dropped by AI enemies. The Heal Egg restores Health and Shield slowly over time, and the Hop Egg restores some Health and temporarily gives players a low gravity effect (meaning they can jump higher).
EGG LAUNCHER
What else can we say? The Egg Launcher weapon launches explosive eggs. It’s egg-cellent.
NEW OPTIONS IN MY ISLAND
- TheSettingstab ofMy Islandhas the following new Energy options:
- Energy Max
- Energy Recharge Delay
- Energy Recharge Amount
- TheEdit Mode – Enable Pickaxeoption is also now available in the Settings tab of My Island.
- TheUItab ofMy Islandhas three more Edit Mode options:
- Edit Mode HUD – Show Health and Shield
- Edit Mode HUD – Show UI Under Minimap
- Edit Mode HUD – Show Resources
BUG FIXES
UPGRADED DEVICE FIXES
- Fixed an issue where the value set for the Pinball Flipper’s “Damage” option would reset to the default when an island was converted to use upgraded devices.
- Fortnite 3.86 fixed an issue where the phase selected for the Down But Not Out device’s “Enabled During Phase” option changed to a different phase when an island was converted to use upgraded devices.
- Fixed an issue with the Supply Drop Spawner device, where the “Spawn Radius” option’s value would change to “Above” from “Island” when the island was converted to use upgraded devices.
- Fixed an issue with the Tracker device, where the “When Target is Reached” option value would change to “Do Nothing” from “End Round” when the island was converted to use upgraded devices.
- Fortnite version 3.86 fixed an issue where modified options for a Class Designer device would not have the same values after an island was converted to use upgraded devices.
- Fixed an issue with the Skydome device, where even if the “Use Volume” option was set to “No,” the device would start using a volume after the island was converted to use upgraded devices.
- Fixed an issue with the Barrier device, where creators were unable to build on top of a Barrier with height, width and depth of 1 tile after the island was converted to use upgraded devices.
- Fortnite 3.86 fixed an issue with the vehicle spawner devices where even if it was set to spawn with no fuel, the “Random Starting Fuel” option would be enabled after the island was converted to use upgraded devices.
- Fixed an issue with the Fuel Pump device, where even if the “Fuel Capacity” option was set to a finite amount of fuel, Infinite Fuel was enabled after the island was converted to use upgraded devices.
- Fortnite patch 3.86 fixed an issue with the Timer device, where the “HUD Score Update Message Color” option was inaccessible after the island was converted to use upgraded devices.
- Fixed an issue with the Objective device, where the “Hide Health Bar” option was missing after the island was converted to use upgraded devices.
ISLAND FIXES
- Battle Royale Island Plots can now make use of the Signal Remote Manager.
- Ice Boxes will now drop loot upon being searched in Battle Royale Island Plots.
- Keys will no longer drop when Items are disabled in Battle Royale Island Plots.
- Fortnite 3.86 fixed an issue where creators other than the owner of an island could appear to make changes to the Debug menu.
GAMEPLAY FIXES
- Fixed an issue where the “Debug” option in the Debug tab of My Island was difficult to select with a controller.
- Fixed an issue where the Kinetic Blade would not respect the “Allow Weapon Fire” option when the option was set to “No” on a Mutator Zone device.
Save The World
BUG FIXES
A number of bug fixes were included in the v24.10 game update, including:
- Fortnite update 24.10 fixed an issue that prevented some windows from being closed.
- Fixed an issue that caused players to experience hitching when joining a player that was already inside a zone.
- Fixed an issue where trap-vulnerable Mini-Bosses were not taking damage from traps.
- Continued to make improvements on the issue involving the Third Rail weapon firing blank shots.
- Fortnite update 24.10 fixed an issue for Deliver the Bomb missions that prevented the Tracks crafting schematic from appearing in the trap inventory.
- Fixed an issue that prompted players to install Save the World every time they launched Fortnite,even if they already had it installed.
Download free Fortnite version 3.86 for PlayStation 4, PC, and Xbox One.
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