Epic Games has released the Fortnite update 3.51 patch which is for v20.10! Same as before, expect new content to be datamined in the patch, alongside other fixes and content. Read on for the Fortnite April 5 patch notes below.
Fortnite Update 3.51 Patch Notes | Fortnite v20.10 Patch Notes | Fortnite April 5 Patch Notes:
Update #2: Here are the complete patch notes for Creative and Battle Royale (via Epic Games)!
THE BATTLE FOR DAILY BUGLE
IO and Resistance forces have gathered at The Daily Bugle in a major skirmish on the Island. Drop in and help the Resistance push back to gain amazing loot for the whole squad! Just be careful, Huntmaster Saber is on the prowl overhead.HEAVY SNIPER RIFLE REWORKED
The Heavy Sniper Rifle is back in business and has been overhauled to combat the recent rampage of vehicles. Its high-caliber rounds now deal bonus damage to vehicles, making it the perfect tool to dismantle a Titan or breach an opponent’s defenses from long range.
Heavy Sniper Rifles can be found in chests, rare chests, and supply drops at Rare, Epic, and Legendary rarities. Be it a distant opponent or vehicle’s armored hull – none last long in the Heavy Sniper Rifle’s sights.ASSAULT RIFLE FUNDING BEGINS
Grab those Bars and let your voice be heard – Donation Boards are open for funding! The Resistance trial period for the MK-Seven Assault Rifle and Combat Assault Rifle is over and now only one can stay on the Island.
Which one? You decide!
Donation Boards can be found at all major POIs pitting the two Assault Rifles against one another. Head to one and contribute Bars to the item you’d like to see the Resistance assemble en masse. First choice to reach 100% Funded based on everyone’s global contributions will win and enter the loot pool immediately!
BALANCE PATCH RECAP
A balance update last week made meaningful adjustments to the following items:
- Combat and Stinger SMG damage to players and structures reduced
- Combat SMG headshot damage reduced to match the Stinger
- MK-Seven and Combat Assault Rifle damage to players and structures reduced
- Titan tanks and Cow Catchers have been removed from competitive playlists.
FIXED KNOWN ISSUES
- Wins are now correctly tracked in the Career Leaderboard tab.
- Fixed an issue with Resistance Quests where players could not progress into Week 2.
- Fixed an issue that would cause vehicles to stutter and jerk when driving on flat terrain.
- The Fishing Collection Book no longer resets between matches and correctly saves progress.
- Fixed an issue where last season’s quests displayed as tracked on the HUD if no other quests were tracked.
- Players are now able to use the Ziplines between wind turbines on Windbreakers Island.
- In order to maintain optimal performance, certain legacy or unsupported drivers will now default to Performance Mode when launching Fortnite.
COMPETITIVE NOTES
- The Heavy Sniper Rifle is not included in competitive playlists.
- The winner of the MK-Seven Assault Rifle vs Combat Assault Rifle vote will not immediately be unvaulted in competitive playlists when they’ve reached 100% Funded.
- The Daily Bugle is not under assault in competitive playlists, but Huntmaster Saber has still relocated.
FORTNITE CREATIVE:
BATTLE ROYALE WEAPONS
Rock vehicles with the Anvil Rocket Launcher. With the Anvil Rocket Launcher, look into its scope and lock onto your vehicle target. Once your target’s locked, fire a rocket that’ll go flying its way!
UPDATE: WILDLIFE, CREATURE, GUARD SPAWNERS
We’ve increased the max health of Wildlife, Creatures and Guards by up to 10 times the previous amount!
OTHER FEATURE UPDATES
- Additional fantasy music added to the Radio device, and sfx to the Speaker device.
PREFAB & GALLERY UPDATES
- Added 6 New Prefabs
- IO Blimp
- The Fortress
- 4 Command Cavern Prefabs
- Added 10 New Galleries
- 3 IO Blimp Galleries
- 2 The Fortress Galleries
- 4 Command Cavern Galleries
- Rocket League Prop Gallery
- Added prison assets to The Shark Wall Gallery, The Shark Floor & Stair Gallery and The Shark Prop Gallery.
- Added a sand dune fence to Sweaty Sands Prop Gallery.
Known issues: We’re aware of an issue that will prevent creators from opening the detailed view of the following galleries.
- Sweaty Sands Prop Gallery
- The Shark Wall Gallery
- The Shark Floor & Stair Gallery
- The Shark Prop Gallery
- The Shark Rock Gallery Large
- The Shark Rock Gallery
- The Shark Cliff Gallery
PREFAB & GALLERY FIXES
- Fixed an issue that caused rocks from the Scorched galley to have no textures.
- Fixed issues with Tall Grass Galleries, where a bundle of grass could be destroyed by weapons and bundles would float above the ground when placed.
- Fixed an issue with assets in the Glass Prop Gallery, from displaying the correct customization name.
- Fixed a shadow casting issue with the Torchlight, from the Ambient Gallery.
- Fixed a texture issue with the fuel tank from EGO prefabs.
- Fixed an issue where an ArtDeco pillar would give the wrong resource material.
- Fixed an issue where some mushrooms, in the Resource Prop Gallery, were not showing health/damage.
DEVICE FIXES
- Fixed an issue that caused the sentry device to slide down uneven surfaces.
- Option to disable color glow and sound effect on the damage amplifier power up.
ISLAND FIXES
- Fixed an issue on Survival Island that caused lakes and other water to appear invisible.
GAMEPLAY FIXES
- Fixed an issue where new islands made with the Frosty Fortress starter island did not have mantling, sprint, and shoulder bash on by default.
- Fixed an issue with some cosmetics that appeared as a bright glow when using the Visual Effect powerup.
- Fixed an issue that caused vehicles to often hit an invisible wall.
- Fixed an issue with join in progress for certain team-specific devices.
- Fixed a texture issue on fuel tanks.
- Fixed an issue where a player who was eliminated from a game could respawn on a different island.
- Fixed an issue that caused Team Settings and Inventory to override health restoration settings when switching teams.
UI FIXES
- Fixed a missing icon issue with the ice block from the Ice House Gallery.
- Fixed an issue with being open to open General Props Gallery A in inventory.
Known Issues Addressed by v20.10:
GENERAL:
Vehicles may stutter and jerk when driving in Battle Royale or Creative
Description
BATTLE ROYALE:
- Unable to use Ziplines between wind turbines on Windbreakers Island.
- Fishing Collection Book Progress Resetting.
- Previews in the Item Shop map appear tilted
- Last season’s quests may be displayed in the Tracked Quests on the HUD
- Bushrangers leaves shed excessively after sliding.
- Back Blings ‘floating’ on some outfits
SAVE THE WORLD:
- Placing a BluGlo Siphon may cause crashes (Performance Mode Only)
You can read the known issues resolved descriptions on the official Fortnite Trello board.
The official Fortnite website and Trello board has not been updated yet at the time of this writing, but once it does, we’ll be sure to update the post. In the meantime, go check out the datamined content for v20.10 below.
Tactical Sprint Changes:
– Recharge Amount Per Second has been doubled
– Recharge start delay nerfed from 1s to 2.5s— HYPEX (@HYPEX) April 5, 2022
Jetpacks are back, can be found in Blimps & also Spicy Chug Splashes are back!
— HYPEX (@HYPEX) April 5, 2022
The new Rocket Launcher has been buffed so the rocket can travel faster!
— HYPEX (@HYPEX) April 5, 2022
The Seven's Tanks are ingame now!
— HYPEX (@HYPEX) April 5, 2022
Fortnite v20.10 Datamine This April 5:
NEW COLLAB WITH COACHELLA!
"COACHELLA ROCKER BUNDLE"
— HYPEX (@HYPEX) April 5, 2022
New Style/Skin (via @InTheShadeYT) pic.twitter.com/iZo6Hask51
— HYPEX (@HYPEX) April 5, 2022
NEW COSMETICS, STYLES & SUPER STYLES (rarity is broken) pic.twitter.com/S8cEdxMOow
— HYPEX (@HYPEX) April 5, 2022
NEW SHOP IMAGES! pic.twitter.com/5YbkMCs65t
— HYPEX (@HYPEX) April 5, 2022
Phase 3, 4, 5 & 6 of The Seven & IO war territories 👀 pic.twitter.com/rgVpJId1J2
— HYPEX (@HYPEX) April 5, 2022
Possible Upcoming Location: "IO Tower"
— HYPEX (@HYPEX) April 5, 2022
A "Seven" version of the S9 drones is in the works! pic.twitter.com/oAySb8UIwi
— HYPEX (@HYPEX) April 5, 2022
An Eivor skin will be released with Ezio in the Item Shop, she's been added to the files today! pic.twitter.com/L7YD13g1ws
— HYPEX (@HYPEX) April 5, 2022
Looks like the Daily Bugle Blimp will be the first to be taken down as there's a fight between IO & Seven's NPCs over there and it tells you to help them reclaim the POI! (via @zatheo_)pic.twitter.com/5NPidH1aS5
— HYPEX (@HYPEX) April 5, 2022
Idk if it's in comp yet but it's back in pubs in Rare, Epic & Legendary!
— HYPEX (@HYPEX) April 5, 2022
All Blimps will be taken down throughout the season starting from the one at the Daily Bugle and except the one at Covert Canyon (according to the files)
— HYPEX (@HYPEX) April 5, 2022
– The Heavy Sniper Rifle is not included in competitive playlists.
– The winner of the MK-Seven Assault Rifle vs Combat Assault Rifle vote will not immediately be unvaulted in competitive playlists when they’ve reached 100% Funded.
– The Daily Bugle is not under assault in comp.— HYPEX (@HYPEX) April 5, 2022
New loading screen
POIBattle pic.twitter.com/LZOOFVNqvh— FortTory – Fortnite leaks & news (@FortTory) April 5, 2022
Jones: "We need the Seven united!".
'Jones Week 4 voice overs' pic.twitter.com/QIeNnhJeMx
— FortTory – Fortnite leaks & news (@FortTory) April 5, 2022
The Imagined voice overs for week 3 & 4.
The Paradigm has sent a plan to the Seven! pic.twitter.com/dXxOgw1mML
— FortTory – Fortnite leaks & news (@FortTory) April 5, 2022
New Buttercake (Klombo) quests got added.
Seems like there will be Sand Mounds and Dirt Mounds that we need to discover for this quest. pic.twitter.com/5VRZfxC54w
— FortTory – Fortnite leaks & news (@FortTory) April 5, 2022
All new war phases added this updated…
IO will be dominated by the Seven. pic.twitter.com/3pPWCrNeYY
— FortTory – Fortnite leaks & news (@FortTory) April 5, 2022
Seven_Bugle_Outer_1 is another encrypted/missing file. Probably an Outpost for when the took the POI.
— FortTory – Fortnite leaks & news (@FortTory) April 5, 2022
Once the full datamine is done, we’ll update the headline with an “Update” so you know we’re done putting new stuff into the article. Stay tuned for the patch notes which will go live in a bit.
Update: We’ve updated the post with the official list of new content and bug fixes via Epic Games (Battle Royale).
Update #2: That seems to be it for the datamined info.