Epic Games and People Can Fly Studios are here with yet another update for the increasingly popular battle royale title, Fortnite. The update titled V.3.1.0 brings forth a number of highly anticipated changes and bug fixes. However, that is not the most interesting part of this update. The developers are here with a brand new location and weapon.

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Fortnite Update V.3.1.0

Just last night, we came across very exciting news coming from the Epic Games headquarters. And after a brief downtime, Fortnite was hit with yet another massive update. Though Update V.3.1.0 does not include the previously announced Jetpack; it does include quite a few features which the fans have been desperately waiting for, for quite some time.

Plus, the developers have added a brand new weapon and location to further spice up the game. The Hunting Rifle is a brand new rifle which does not come with a scope and features a barrel that can only hold a single bullet at a time. It is still an extremely deadly weapon, especially when it comes to medium to long range fights.

That being said, the developers are now working on a second patch, titled Update V.3.1.1 for Fortnite which will add in a couple of more fixes. Details on that are going to be released soon.

For more details regarding the entire patch notes for Fortnite Update V.3.1.0, check out the list below:

Weapons And Items

Hunting Rifle added! A single shot rifle that has no scope and is effective at medium to long range. Uncommon and Rare rarity. Found in Treasure Chests and Floor Loot.

Adjusted inconsistent drop rates for various weapon rarities. Burst Assault Rifle drop chance: Common decreased by 20%. Uncommon increased by 60%. Rare increased by 150%. Revolver drop chance: Common decreased by 10%. Uncommon increased by 33%. Rare increased by 75%. Tactical Shotgun drop chance: Uncommon decreased by 10%. Rare increased by 33%. Epic increased by 75%.



Bug Fixes

Fixed discrepancies between crosshair location and muzzle firing location when shooting at close range targets.

Fixed shotgun collision inconsistencies when aiming through openings or around corners.

Gameplay

Minor adjustments to Loot in the following locations: Snobby Shores (removed 13 Floor Loot spawn locations and 4 chests) Industrial Plot north-east of Flush Factory (removed 4 Floor Loot spawn locations and 3 chests) Tilted Towers (removed 8 Floor Loot spawn locations and 4 chests)



Bug Fixes

Fixed issues where weapons would not equip because they were not pre-loaded. This resolves the issue in which weapons did not equip/did not function during the early game.

Efforts have been made to address an issue where players are suddenly unable to build in rare cases.

Fixed a crash that occurred if players kicked the ball out of Greasy Grove or the Soccer Stadium.

Fixed some edge cases where players pushed up against ramps/ceilings could toss grenades through to the opposite side.

Fixed the Boogie Bomb not properly refreshing its duration on a player who is hit with more than one.

Fixed an issue that reduced the distance that the light on chests could be seen.

Fixed the soccer scoreboard awarding points to the wrong side in Pleasant Park.

World

The new ‘Lucky Landing’ point of interest has been added to the southern edge of the island.

UI

You now receive Party Suggestions while in the lobby.

Rich presence now provides the player’s party size.

Added new intro/outro animations to the party invite notification.

Invite notification now closes upon being clicked.

Presence text that is too long will no longer overlap the Invite/Join buttons.

Bug Fixes

Fixed an issue where you couldn’t emote in the lobby if a player left.

Fixed an issue where changing the language to Chinese or Korean would not render text properly.

Fixed an issue that caused the ‘60 FPS’ mode to reset back to 30 after relaunching the game on PS4.

Fixed an issue where the Party Finder dialog could double spawn.

Fixed an issue where full parties would show as solo players and appear joinable.

Fixed an issue where sometimes the Invite/Join action wouldn’t show correctly.

Fixed an issue where the party bar sometimes wouldn’t show party members while in a filled squad.

Art/Animation

Re-enabled sprinting dust effects on low settings.

Hip fire positioning is now maintained if a player fired recently and switched weapons.

Bug Fixes

Fixed player jittering when sliding against a surface.

Fixed an issue causing other characters not to animate while spectating them after being eliminated.

Fixed an issue where weapons were unholstered early when using Emotes.

Fixed character body parts are not animating at low framerates.

Fixed shield visual FX not properly displaying on the Alpine Ace and Crackshot outfits.

Updated the flag on the arm of the USA Alpine Ace to face the correct direction.

Audio

Reduced the volume of the Hand Cannon audio to match that of the Revolver.

Reduced the volume of the Windmills found in Anarchy Acres and Fatal Fields.

Bug Fixes

Set the volume of hitting weak points back to what it was prior to V.3.0.0.

Fixed an issue where building placement sound would repeatedly play while skydiving if you had the Pickaxe equipped in the lobby.

Fixed an issue that caused the lobby music to restart every time it was attenuated to 0 volume because of music from emotes.

Fixed an issue that could cause the Storm Audio to play from an invalid location in the map.

The build mode ‘click’ sound no longer plays while the player is downed.

Performance

Improved overall frame rate by using less CPU for characters that are far away.

Optimized weapon load times and reduced their memory usage.

In related news, the developers have not only released an update for Fortnite Battle Royale but also its Save The World variant. To learn more about the changes to the PvE section of the game, check out the official website.