Epic’s latest update to the zombie survival shooter Fortnite brings some handy new toys to both the Battle Royale and Save the World modes (and in case there’s any question, by “toys” I mean mostly guns), plus a pair of new Battle Royale leaderboards and the return of “Mutant Storms.”
Mutant Storms are special storms in the Save the World mode that grant unique modifiers to enemies and heroes, and drop “useful rewards” for dealing with them. They were introduced in the 1.5 patch, and with the Fortnitemares event now concluded, they’re back. New Mutant Storm-specific Event Quests have been added, and tickets from missions can be earned up to ten times per day. Nine new Vindertech weapons are also now available from event quests and event llamas.
Over on the Battle Royale side of things, kill-or-die contestants will now be able to lob smoke grenades, which are used in the same way as frag grenades but lay down sight-obscuring smoke instead—a handy way to get from here to there without anyone seeing you do it. Smoke grenades will be available in all container types, and will also spawn as random floor loot. And finally, the two new leaderboards: One for Global Wins, “spotlighting the top 50 players for the selected match type,” and the other for Score, based on total experience.
The update also makes the usual array of bug fixes, tweaks, and other changes you may not notice if nobody draws you attention to them. The full list is up at epicgames.com.
