Epic Games has released the next significant update to Fortnite today! The Fortnite update 3.01 is live now and this is the Fortnite v15.21 patch per Epic Games’ patch numbering. Same as always, check out the known fixes below, as well as the datamined info from the patch.
Fortnite Update 3.01 January 20 Patch Notes (v15.21):
Here are the known value changes by reliable Fortnite dataminer HYPEX:
https://twitter.com/HYPEX/status/1351826445144883200
15.21 Patchnotes:
– New Boss Character + Mythic Item
– Jungle Hunter Quests
– IO Guards removed from Arena— HYPEX (@HYPEX) January 19, 2021
Some patch notes (might be wrong, but these are the values epic changed today)
– The wide chests type might return in the map or specifically in the Stealthy POI!
– Teleport Booths are back?
– Some Henchmen might be back
15.21 Patchnotes:
– New Boss Character + Mythic Item
– Jungle Hunter Quests
– IO Guards removed from Arena
Known Issues Addressed by v15.21 (via Trello):
Battle Royale:
Sand Tunneling temporarily disabled.
Description
Creative:
Billboards that use channels to activate or hide text are not functioning properly.
There’s also the introduction of the Pele Cup in today’s update!
SUPPORT YOUR FAVORITE CLUB: KICKOFF SET
Starting January 23, choose from 10 different variants of male and female Outfits and represent your favorite club in-game.
Each Outfit can be swapped to any of the 23 football clubs we’ve teamed with from around the globe.
Clubs include:
- Manchester City FC
- Juventus
- AC Milan
- Inter Milan
- AS Roma
- Seattle Sounders FC
- Atlanta United
- Los Angeles FC
- Santos FC
- Wolves
- West Ham United FC
- Sevilla FC
- Sporting CP
- Borussia Mönchengladbach
- FC Schalke 04
- VFL Wolfsburg
- Rangers FC
- Celtic FC
- Cerezo Osaka
- Melbourne City FC
- Sydney FC
- Western Sydney Wanderers
- EC Bahia
PELÉ’S AIR PUNCH EMOTE
We’ve partnered with Legendary Brazilian superstar, Pelé, to bring his iconic celebration into the game. Celebrate your Victory Royale like Pelé did 1,282 times throughout his illustrious career: Pele’s Air Punch Emote will be available in the Item Shop on January 23!
PLAY IN THE PELÉ CUP
On January 20, Fortnite’s football fun gets competitive with the Pelé Cup. Players participating in the Cup will have a chance to win the Air Punch Emote and Kickoff Set for free. Top scorers will also have the opportunity to win a customized signed shirt. Read the Pelé Cup official rules.
Fortnite v15.21 Datamined Info:
More: pic.twitter.com/SjpzEQgt8B
— HYPEX (@HYPEX) January 20, 2021
New Mythic Item! pic.twitter.com/jBuY8YRP1F
— HYPEX (@HYPEX) January 20, 2021
Predator NPC! pic.twitter.com/Zy9uBvGSDS
— HYPEX (@HYPEX) January 20, 2021
Full Predator Set Ingame! (HD: https://t.co/kwjsBS4Fhm) pic.twitter.com/YQAoSgeDAi
— HYPEX (@HYPEX) January 20, 2021
predator loading screen pic.twitter.com/nIJOrKvKAc
— Lucas7yoshi – Fortnite Leaks (@Lucas7yoshi) January 20, 2021
The emote is locked behind quests.
Pickaxe is legendary, called Yautja Wristblades, and the description is "The most honorable way to take down one's prey."
Set is Jungle Hunter
— Lucas7yoshi – Fortnite Leaks (@Lucas7yoshi) January 20, 2021
v15.21 new cosmetics
not pictured is predator pickaxe. pic.twitter.com/vcCSuDQVcw
— Lucas7yoshi – Fortnite Leaks (@Lucas7yoshi) January 20, 2021
Predator NPC thingys pic.twitter.com/Qk5AahOk6z
— Lucas7yoshi – Fortnite Leaks (@Lucas7yoshi) January 20, 2021
new battle pass icon pic.twitter.com/zCPah38lEw
— Lucas7yoshi – Fortnite Leaks (@Lucas7yoshi) January 20, 2021
codenames are very very meaningless
maybe the initials TC mean something but generally they are not representative of it in their original form
ninja was not a tour bus (his set name), but TB is Tyler Blevins
— Lucas7yoshi – Fortnite Leaks (@Lucas7yoshi) January 20, 2021
a mask pic.twitter.com/sH2nAo7WlT
— Lucas7yoshi – Fortnite Leaks (@Lucas7yoshi) January 20, 2021
All the new Quests! pic.twitter.com/xskOkfYSWR
— HYPEX (@HYPEX) January 20, 2021
Some Predator Device Stats:
– Duration: 30 seconds
– Cooldown: 30 seconds
– Exit Duration: 1 second
– Expire Alert: last 5 seconds
– NPC can go transparent too for 15 sec & 30 sec cooldown— HYPEX (@HYPEX) January 20, 2021
When you kill the predator he drops one/some of these:
– Floppers
– Ammo
– His Device— HYPEX (@HYPEX) January 20, 2021
The predator uses his pickaxe as a weapon in-game, here are the stats:
* Damage per hit (with a knockback):
– Hit1: 20, Hit2: 20, hit3: 30* Environment Damage:
– Hit1: 100, Hit2: 100, hit3: 200— HYPEX (@HYPEX) January 20, 2021
Predator's Cloak Device ingame! (Follow @ximton too cause it wouldn't be leaked without his help) pic.twitter.com/uiTwIh9tbc
— HYPEX (@HYPEX) January 20, 2021
some predator specific animations pic.twitter.com/um0jmSTFin
— Lucas7yoshi – Fortnite Leaks (@Lucas7yoshi) January 20, 2021
Once the full list of gameplay fixes and technical fixes have been released, we’ll update the post. Likewise, we’ll update the post once the final datamined content have been revealed, and will make a note of it in the post.
Update: It seems that’s all the datamined info in patch v15.21! We’ve also updated the post with the official fixes via the Fortnite Trello board.