Fortnite Update 3.09 March 16 Unleashed for Chapter 2 Season 6 v16.00; Fixes & Datamined Content Listed (Update)

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Fortnite players, it’s finally here! Epic Games has deployed the Fortnite update 3.09 March 16 patch for Chapter 2 Season 6, or what the studio calls the v16.00 Fortnite patch! Note that this is a rather big download (sizes vary), and should include quite a number of new stuff.

For the list of changes, fixes, and datamined content, head on below.

Fortnite Update 3.09 March 16 Patch Notes:

The big thing players will notice will be the single-player Zero Crisis finale which was announced previously.

ZERO CRISIS FINALE

Chapter 2 Season 6 launches on March 16 with the explosive conclusion of the events of Season 5. When you first launch into the new Season, you’ll play through the conclusion of Agent Jones’ mission in the Zero Crisis Finale. The aftermath of this event is sure to shape Reality as we know it.

Don’t worry, the Zero Crisis Finale is a solo experience and you can play through it whenever you first log in during the Season. Want to watch it online first? We’ll share details soon on how you can watch the global premiere with everyone, beginning with our most ambitious story cinematic yet!

With the fate of Reality at stake, here are a few tips before the end of Season 5 and we’ll see you on the other side.

Here are some of the changes (via VastBlast):

The following has been unvaulted:

• Pump Shotgun (Uncommon, Rare, Epic, Legendary)
• Revolver (All rarities)

The gold bars cap (limit) has been reduced from 10k to 5k!

The magazine size limit has been reduced (previously 999):

• Shells: 150
• Light Bullets: 500
• Medium Bullets: 500
• Heavy Bullets: 50

Ziplines have been adjusted slightly:

• Maximum uphill speed increased by 61%
• Maximum downhill speed decreased by 40%
• Downhill acceleration increased by 14%

Supply drops now drop only ONCE per safezone (previously twice)!

For now, the official list of fixes has not been outlined just yet, but we’ll update the post once the official Trello board is updated.

Here are the confirmed list of fixes via the official Fortnite Trello board:

General:

Balloons item temporarily disabled.

Description
Due to a visual issue, we’ve temporarily disabled the Balloons

Unable to edit color Styles for the Phantasmic Pulse Pickaxe in the Locker.

Description
Players are currently unable to change the color of the Phantasmic Pulse Pickaxe from the Boundless Set.


Workaround
Changing the color is not reflected in the Locker preview, but it should update and appear correctly when loaded into a match.

Battle Royale:

Inventory menu selector appearing on multiple slots.

Description
The inventory menu selector may appear on multiple slots simultaneously instead of just one.


Platforms
All

Creative:

Pressing the default key in pre-game lobby starts the game.

Description
We’re investigating that is causing Creative matches to start when pressing the default key.

Platforms
all

Main Player rift can sometimes show as a Seasonal Rift.

Description
We’re investigating an issue where the main player rift can appear as the season rift

Save the World:

The Val Defender doesn’t have perks when unlocked from the Valor Questline

Update
This quest reward will be fixed in a future update and we’ll be running a fix to correct all existing Val Defenders.


Description
Val doesn’t have any perks when unlocked from the “Valor” Questline. The team is working on a fix for this issue.

Fortnite v16.00 Datamined Content::

We’ll be updating the post with the datamined content as it’s revealed, so make sure to update the post constantly throughout the day. We’ll mark the post with an “Update” once it’s final.

That seems to be it as servers are back up!

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