Fortnite: Update 01/28/01 – Patch Notes for Battle Royale, LEGO, Racing and Festival

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After the servers in Fortnite have been restarted, the patch notes are also known. We have summarized the most important things for you about Fortnite, LEGO, Racing and Festival in German.

Today, December 19th, the servers for the 01/28/01 update went down. The download is now available to everyone after maintenance and is around 1.673 GB. According to Epic Games, the next update is not planned for 2024.

Below we list all the important information from the patch notes for update 01/28/01 in all Fortnite modes.

All changes for Fortnite Battle Royale

What many Fortnite players will probably be happy about is the revised movement speed in Battle Royale. Epic Games has also adjusted several areas of the map at night, the damage of several weapons and the visibility of the edge of the storm.

In the article from Fortnite on X you get an insight into the revised movement:

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Patch Notes for Fortnite Battle Royale:

Movement:

  • Movement speed when crouching and running has been increased
  • Camera movement has been reduced, view change when sprinting has been adjusted
  • Movement animations have been updated to better match movement adjustments.
  • Diagonal movement settings have been reset
  • If you have made any settings there, you will have to adjust them again for the new movement

    • Recognizability of medallions:

  • High Society medallion icons now stand out more on the map and are easier to see
  • Clarity of the minimap has been improved where there are several medallion zones next to each other – especially in later storm phases

    • visibility at night:

  • Certain areas of the map that were a little too dark at night have been made brighter

    • Visibility of the storm:

  • Visibility of the edge of the storm has been improved to make its proximity easier to see

    • Weapon symbols:

  • Weapon icons for the Rage Automatic Shotgun and Thunder Burst Submachine Gun have been adjusted to be more visually distinct and easier to read

    • Balance adjustments last week:

  • Flowberries now give more shields
  • Weapon damage increased from: Striker Assault Rifle, Ranger Pistol, Shield Breaker EMP Grenade, Ballistic Shield Pistol
  • Snowball launcher magazine size has been reduced
  • Thunder Burst Submachine Gun magazine size has been increased
  • Reaper Sniper Rifle drop probability has been reduced
  • The circle that marks the owner of a High Society medallion is now smaller
  • Shield regeneration from High Society medallions is now slightly delayed, the regeneration values ​​of the medallions have also been slightly reduced and no longer fill 100% of shields (unless you have all five)

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    All changes for LEGO Fortnite

    Last week, Epic Games made a few changes to LEGO Fortnite. Among other things, the durability of weapons and tools has been increased, the damage of the poison area of ​​monsters has been reduced, the charges of the grabber have been increased to 30 and the occurrence of spiders under stones has been reduced.

    The following changes were added today with Update 01/28/01:

  • Snacks were adjusted for satiety
  • A bug that caused players to potentially lose their items after being eliminated while transitioning between the above-ground and underground worlds has been fixed

    • All changes for Rocket Racing

  • High-ranking racers had to accept long waiting times when looking for players – this should be monitored and adjusted if necessary
  • Collisions have been adjusted and are no longer as serious
  • Gold I rank players now only need to complete an entire race to complete the mission and receive the “Jackie” outfit

    • All changes for Fortnite Festival

  • Players were seeing an empty song library on the main stage after minimizing or similarly pausing Fortnite. The error has been fixed.
  • Some players experienced pauses before the start of songs, this should also fix that
  • Falling damage in the backstage area of ​​the main stage has been disabled
  • Restart Song feature has been temporarily disabled while a bug that caused the game to become unresponsive is resolved
  • Bugs in the leaderboard have been fixed, this will continue to be monitored to ensure its accuracy

    • That was all the important information about the update 01/28/01 for all Fortnite modes. Which one do you currently enjoy playing the most? Are you happy with the adjustments? Please let us know in the comments.
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