Fortnite update 4.3 deployed Tuesday morning, and Epic has since added a few more tweaks to its initial patch notes. If you're wondering why your yield from Llamas feels a bit slim right now, this list of changes should explain why. The patch notes remain the same, but a few new entries have been added to the Weapons and Items section. Supply Llama Decreased material stacks from 500 to 200 per resource. Explosive Ammo removed. Damage fall-off vs. structures removed for Rifles, SMGs, Pistols and LMGs. Floor loot materials adjusted: Material drop chances in floor loot reduced by 33 percent. Material stack sizes in floor loot reduced by 33 percent. Ammo availability adjusted: Light Ammo stack sizes increased from 12 to 18. Explosive Ammo availability decreased 50 percent. Minigun adjusted: Accuracy increased by 10 percent. Light Ammo spawn increased from 60 to 90. Damage against structures increased from 25 to 30. C4 structure explosion radius increased from 400 to 600. Teams of 20 Storm Damage per tick adjusted. Storm circle 1 damage per tick decreased from 10 to one. Storm circle 2 damage per tick decreased from 10 to two. Storm circle 3 damage per tick decreased from 10 to four. Storm circle 4 damage per tick decreased from 10 to eight. While these changes equate to an overall nerf to Llamas and less loot in general, Epic has noble intentions for implementing the tweaks. The notes suggest that, because Rocket Launchers and Grenade Launchers were starting to dominate the latter half of Battle Royale matches, Epic has taken away the loot that allowed the lopsidedness to occur. There's also a Light Ammo stack increase and Minigun buff, which ultimately make that class of weapon more competitive throughout the duration of a match. A loss of supplies from your Llamas may not sound like a good thing on the surface, but it's all being done for the sake of balance. It remains to be seen how much these tweaks will even out the PvP experience, but Epic says developers are assessing the situation on a live basis. If it turns out the change was too heavy handed, they're committed to adjusting to meet the community's needs. Fortnite update 4.3 also features the Bouncer Trap. For more info on that, read our initial post. We'll be back Thursday with all the Weekly Challenge guides you could possibly need. Fortnite is in early access across PS4, Xbox One, PC and iOS. What are your thoughts on the recent Llama nerf in Fortnite? Does it make launchers less dominant in the late game? Tell us in the comments section!<doc-sep>The best thing about Fortnite is that it’s always changing with new Easter eggs and challenges popping up on a weekly or even daily basis, but not all those changes are good. The latest update to the game (version 4.3) brings a bunch of new tweaks and features including what could be a controversial nerf to the Supply Llamas that sometimes show up in-game to shower you with loot. According to the latest patch notes from Fortnite developer Epic Games, Supply Llamas won’t offer up quite as many goodies when you crack them open. Specifically, any building materials you find inside that llama-shaped pinata will now get you 200 units of wood (or brick, or metal) rather than 500 like they used to. Additionally, the update also removes all explosive ammo from Supply Llamas entirely. Let’s break down these changes one at a time. First, the decreased building materials. It makes sense that nabbing 500 pieces of wood all at once might put one player at a ridiculous advantage, but considering how important building is to the game it seems odd to make the act of collecting those resources even harder. Update 4.3 also reduces the amount of materials you’ll get from “floor loot” (basically anything you just find in the wild without having to open a treasure chest or Supply Llama) by 33 percent. So overall, this will make it a more difficult to gather the resources you need, which could make it a lot harder to protect yourself in a firefight. I’m not really sure why Epic Games decided to go in this direction. If anything, I want more building resources, not less. As for the removal of explosive ammo, this one makes a little more sense. Epic Games notes that the Rocket Launcher and Grenade Launcher have become too important, especially when it comes to winning at the end of each match. By reducing the amount of explosives you’ll find, Fortnite effectively makes it a lot more difficult to use those powerful weapons. This should force players to find more creative ways to take out their opponents, instead of just blasting them to smithereens from a distance.<doc-sep>
Early Tuesday morning, Epic Games released the first part of the content update for Fortnite Battle Royale patch version 4.3, which added the Bouncer trap. While it initially appeared that this was the only change the developer would make to the game this week, it seems Epic had a surprise in store. Around 8 p.m. ET that same day, when the shop changes, Epic released a wave of balance changes that are also part of this week’s content update. The changes, according to Epic, are aimed at addressing concerns about building and resource availability. The first, and perhaps largest, change for most players is a nerf that Epic made to Supply Llamas. It brings the resources they give down to 200, when they used to give 500. This change is aimed at helping reduce the overall strength of everyone’s favorite loot piñata, as well as decreasing the overall amount of them in a single game. Llamas will also no longer drop explosive ammo — which is also less likely to spawn in the world — because Epic felt that rocket launchers and grenade launchers were too strong when they could be spammed in the late game. Epic also added a few more nerfs to buildings in this update. Materials now spawn on the ground less often, and those that do spawn will only give players 20 of a material instead of 30. As for what happens to structures after they are built, Epic made some changes on that front too, removing damage fall-off — which made guns do slightly less damage at long range — against structures for the assault rifle, submachine gun, pistol and light machine gun. Other weapons getting buffed with this update include the minigun, which is a little more accurate and does more damage to buildings, and C4, which has a bigger explosion radius. The balance changes from the Fortnite Battle Royale patch v4.3 content update are live in the game now. Epic says it will be “closely monitoring these changes when they are live to assess the impact and re-adjust as necessary.”