Fortnite will celebrate its first anniversary with a limited event starting July 24. The First Birthday Celebration features special cosmetics and Challenges in Battle Royale, as well as a unique Hero for Save the World. Epic revealed the details Friday morning via a blog post. The event focuses on three challenges that unlock the rewards listed below. We'll do our best to offer a clearer picture of them as soon as we can. Deal 1,000 Damage to opponents: Fortnite Birthday emoticon. Dance at different birthday cakes: Happy Birthday spray. Play 14 matches: 5,000 XP. Complete all three challenges: Birthday Cake Back Bling. In Save the World, completing a Birthday questline unlocks the Birthday Brigade Ramirez Hero. Birthday tickets can be spent on special Llamas that contain every Hero and weapon from previous events. Fortnite released as a paid early access game last July with its Save the World PvE mode. Since then, the title has accrued record download stats across platforms and earned more than $1 billion. While Fortnite 's success largely stems from its free Battle Royale mode that debuted last September, Epic still has plenty reason to be proud of the project's first 12 months on the market. Fortnite is in early access across PS4, Xbox One, Switch, PC and iOS. The Birthday celebration will take place across all platforms July 24.<doc-sep>Epic has announced that it will celebrating Fortnite's first birthday next week with a special limited-time event. The in-game festivities run from July 24th until August 7th, and will unfold across both Battle Royale and Save the World modes. Some of the additions will be entirely cosmetic - the Battle Bus is getting a birthday makeover, for instance, while Save the World's sploder husks will be carrying a "tasty surprise" - but there are new challenges and quests, with corresponding birthday-themed prizes too. Fortnite's special birthday challenges. In Battle Royale, there are special birthday cosmetic items to unlock - a celebratory spray, emoticon, cake-shaped back bling, and 5,000 XP - by completing three challenges. You'll need to deal 1,000 damage to opponents for the emoticon, dance at birthday cake locations for the spray, play 14 matches for the XP, and complete all three challenges for the back bling. Save the World mode, meanwhile, gets a new birthday quest, which awards the Birthday Brigade Ramirez Hero. It's also possible to earn tickets to spend on Birthday Llamas, which, says Epic, can contain Heroes and weapons from every event this year. Full details of Fortnite's birthday celebrations can be found on the developer's website.<doc-sep>“Fortnite” was down early Tuesday morning for an update which brings bug fixes, new weapons, and new enemies to take on. The downtime started at 4 a.m. EST, according to the official Twitter account, and “Fortnite” is now back online with gameplay changes, such as walls having increased starting/max health and adjustments to the Storm Circle Safezone wait times. Downtime for the v5.10 update has begun. Unwrap the Patch Notes to see all the tasty treats we have in store for you: https://t.co/3U8zSHzJZN — Fortnite (@FortniteGame) July 24, 2018 The new Compact SMG was added, which is available in Epic and Legendary variants and “uses light ammo, [has] 50 round capacity, and can be found from floor loot, chests, Supply Drops, and Vending Machines,” according to the patch notes from Epic. Slurp Juice also has some changes— it now gives 1 health every half second, up to 75. Once health is full, it adds to the player’s shield. The popular battle royale game is also celebrating a special milestone a little early, as the first birthday of “Fortnite” is Wednesday. The Battle Royale Mode now has pieces of birthday cake scattered around the map which give players 5 health and 5 shield upon consumption. Also, players that complete three birthday challenges will unlock a “new emote, spray, and Backbling.” There will be a “Fortnite” first birthday questline for players as well, which players can complete to unlock Birthday Brigade Ramirez. The aforementioned birthday cake can also be collected to earn event tickets which can be exchanged for the Birthday Llama. Among the big fixes, a few are cosmetic such as emotes and weapons displaying correctly now. Other bug fixes include bullets and projectile weapons no longer being blocked by invisible barriers, and players no longer falling through floors while placing or fixing structures. The bug fixes will hopefully be helpful for players taking on enemies, including the new Zapper Husk, which Epic describes as between the “Pitcher and the Blaster in difficulty.” Some changes have also been made to the mobile version of “Fortnite,” including a bug fix which ensures “audible pops will no longer occur on iOS during loading screens and gameplay.” You ca find the full details on the patch on Epic’s website. Epic Games also revealed that they will be bringing back the popular Playground Mode, a low-pressure match in which teammates can freely build and train together, on Wednesday for a limited time.<doc-sep>
Epic Games’ hugely popular battle royale title “Fortnite” turns one year old on Jul. 25. To celebrate, Epic is holding a limited time in-game event, it announced on Friday. Starting Jul. 24, players can complete birthday challenges in Battle Royale mode after jumping from the Battle Bus. Each one will unlock a slice of the birthday cosmetic set. Dealing 1,000 damage to opponents will unlock the Fortnite Birthday! Emoticon. Dancing at different birthday cakes unlocks the Happy Birthday! Spray, while playing 14 matches will reward 5,000 XP. Finally, people who finish all three challenges will unlock the Birthday Cake back bling. “Fortnite’s” Save the World story campaign is getting in on the festivities as well. Players who complete the Fortnite Birthday questline in that mode can earn the Birthday Brigade Ramirez Hero. They can also earn tickets to spend on Birthday Llamas potentially containing heroes and weapons from every event held in the last year (not including quest rewards). “Fortnite” had one hell of a first year. It currently has over 125 million players and it’s now the biggest free-to-play console game of all time. It reportedly made over $1 billion in the last year just from in-game purchases, according to market research firm SuperData. An estimated $296 million of that money came in April alone, up from $223 million in March and $126 million in February. In a recent LendEDU poll, nearly 70% of people surveyed said they spent money on the game, paying an average of $84.67 for emotes, cosmetics, and more. Nearly 37% were buying in-game items for the first time.