Fortnite 6.02 leaked skins coming soon? FREE for the biggest new releases, reviews and tech hacks SUBSCRIBE Invalid email Sign up forfor the biggest new releases, reviews and tech hacks When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Sometimes they'll include recommendations for other related newsletters or services we offer. Our Privacy Notice explains more about how we use your data, and your rights. You can unsubscribe at any time. Will fans discover some creepy new Fortnite skins launching in time for Halloween? That’s the hope for today’s Fortnite 6.02 update, which goes live this morning in the UK. Epic Games will begin the process of patching Fortnite at around 9am, which is when the servers will go offline. When this has been done, the next step will be the development team sharing the official patch notes. This is expected to happen soon after downtime begins and will include details for a new weapon being released today. The Quad Launcher looks set to make an explosive debut; however, it’s unclear just how powerful it is. Epic Games will list this information in the 6.02 patch notes, along with whatever else they have planned. What they won’t confirm is if they have added new skins to the game for release at a later date. This happens nearly everytime with a new update, with most of the new content saved for future item shop updates. Epic Games won’t reveal the new skins until they are ready for sale in the shop; however, data miners usually find them pretty quick. The recently leaked Scarecrow skins went live earlier this week So we can probably expect new leaked skins to be shared during the Fortnite server downtime too. Last week, the leaked Fortnite skins and items tied into the Darkness Rises theme of the new season. Perfect for Halloween, the new skins included male and female scarecrows named Straw Ops (female) and Hay Man (male). These designs went live during the weekend and also launched with the T-Pose emote. Other leaked items included the Dark Glyph and Field Wraith gliders, as well as the Hay Nest and Birdhovel backbling. Fans will also be able to purchase the Thunder Crash and Harvester harvesting tools. Last week also saw the release of the new Chiller Trap, which applies icy feet to teammates and enemies, causing them to slide around with low friction. Fortnite reveal PETS are available in season six battle pass<doc-sep>The latest Fortnite update brings a new mode and a pair of weapons to Epic's shooter on PC, PS4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, iOS, and Android. Disco Domination is similar to King of the Hill, in which you'll capture points and by emoting on dance floors to raise disco balls. Battle Royale mode gets a new Quad Launcher, while Save the World mode gets a Noble Launcher. Meanwhile, a new retail bundle with skins, accessories, and V-Bucks is on the way.<doc-sep>Fortnite’s newest patch is here, and it seems to be somewhere between a Content Update, the smaller changes Epic normally reserves for off-weeks, and a full patch. Based on the names that we’ve seen for Season 6’s patches so far, it seems like this might be the new normal with last week’s update getting the title patch v6.01 and this week’s being patch v6.02. Regardless of what this means going forward, today’s patch does have a few big additions to the game including a new limited time mode that completely changes the game’s objectives. Also on the way in this patch is the new quad rocket launcher, which is exactly what it sounds like. If you’re looking for a slightly shorter version of the patch notes, you can check out our tl;dr. Limited Time Mode: Disco Domination Summary It’s time for the ultimate dance-off. Dance Floors have spawned around the Battle Royale island. Take them over by clearing out any enemies and then dancing to raise a disco ball up from the floor. The team that fills their meter the fastest by capturing and defending the dance floors will win the match! Mode Details! Two teams of fifty players. Respawning will be turned on until the third (last) storm circle. Five dance floors will appear on the map whenever the storm is not moving. Emoting on a dance floor when no enemies are present will raise a disco ball in the center of the floor, and capture it for your team. The more friendly players dancing on a floor, the faster it will be captured. Once a floor is captured, it will begin filling the team’s “dance bar” on the HUD, until either an enemy stands on it or the current storm timer ends and the storm begins to move. The first team to fill their dance bar to 100% will win the match. The dance floors in the later stages of the match fill the bar more quickly, so don’t give up if your team is behind! It is not possible to build on or over the dance floors, but they can be protected by surrounding them with a fort. Glider redeploy is activated in this mode, press jump while falling to use your glider. This mode uses 50v50 levels of loot and resources. Weapons and Items Quad Launcher Fire up to four lobbed rockets in quick succession. Available in Epic and Legendary variants. 80/84 base damage per rocket. 300 unit explosion radius. Can be found in chests, Supply Drops, and Vending Machines. The Port-a-Fortress has returned and can be looted in-game Port-a-Fortress availability lowered from 2.43% to 1.83%. Loot Drop rate adjustments Decreased common Pistol drop chance from 5.8% to 5.47% Increased Epic Bolt-Action Sniper Rifle drop chance from 0.33% to 0.42% Decreased Rare Semi-Auto Sniper Rifle drop chance from 0.92% to 0.71% Increased Epic Heavy Sniper Rifle drop chance from 0.33% to 0.4% Increased Legendary Heavy Sniper Rifle drop chance from 0.07% to 0.13% Decreased Rare Grenade Launcher drop chance from 1.45% to 0.99% Increased Epic Rocket Launcher drop chance from 0.59% to 0.66% Increased Legendary Rocket Launcher drop chance from 0.08% to 0.21% Increased Epic Guided Missile drop chance from 0.11% to 0.2% Increased Legendary Guided Missile drop chance from 0.03% to 0.05% Gameplay Bug Fixes Removed a change that was inadvertently introduced in v6.01 which caused Bonesy to bark more than was intended. Fixed an issue that caused moving circles to be closer to the previous safezone than intended. Performance Fixed some hitches on Switch caused by blocking loads of UI data. Increased the texture pool size on Xbox One, which should avoid some issues with blurry textures and improve rendering performance. Art and Animation Skull Trooper styles have a visual issue when viewing the Outfit from the Locker. The Outfit still appears properly in-game. This issue will be fixed next patch.<doc-sep>
Fortnite introduce new trap item 'Chiller' Fortnite fans have been told that new content will be added to the game today on PS4, Xbox One, PC, Nintendo Switch and Mobile. The announcement was revealed on Twitter, with the official Fortnite account posting the latest news. It has now been confirmed that Fortnite update 6.02 will be released on October 10, and will require downtime. Servers will go offline at around 9am in the UK and will remain offline until scheduled maintenance has been completed. The good news is that while Fortnite is down, Epic Games will share the patch notes for the new update. And from what has been revealed online, we already know at least one new weapon will be making its debut today. It’s even hinted in today’s message from Epic Games, which reads: “Launch into patch v6.02 Wednesday, October 10! “Patch Notes will be available when downtime begins at 4 AM ET (0800 GMT).” A new Fortnite update is being released today The Skull Trooper could be back in the shop this week The “launch” part of the message is probably hinting at the new quad launcher being added to the game today. It should also be noted that when players log into Battle Royale right now, they’re being teased with the brand new weapon. This weapon is the Launcher which is being teased alongside this description: “Quickly fire up to 4 rockets to blanket an area with explosive damage.” As the name and description suggest, this will be a powerful new weapon which could certainly help in the endgame phase. While it’s unclear just how strong each rocket will be, there’s no doubt it could do some real damage when trying to grab first place. Elsewhere the PS4, Xbox One, PC, Nintendo Switch and iOS update looks like it will make one or two fixes that were absent from last week's content patch. This includes a fix for a problem in which an unrendered Starter Island appears during the loading screen. Epic explains more on Trello: "While loading in, players may notice an unrendered version of the Starter Island appear for a short time, then be replaced with the loading screen again until the map fully renders." Fortnite Llamas: Where to find Supply Llamas for Battle Royale Season 6 challenge Sat, September 29, 2018 FORTNITE Season 6, week 1 challenges task players with searching a Supply Llama in Battle Royale matches. Play slideshow 1 of 13