Fortnite Update 3.88 Drops for v24.30; Patch Notes & Datamine Revealed for May 2 (Update)

Fortnite Update 3.88

Epic Games has rolled out Fortnite update 3.88 this May 2, and this ushers in another round of Star Wars-related content to the game, which is understandable given we’re inching nearer to Star Wars Day (May 4). Read on for what’s new in the Fortnite v24.30 patch notes and datamined content.

Fortnite Update 3.88 Patch Notes | Fortnite Update v24.30 Patch Notes:

Update: Patch notes have been released now.

Fortnite Battle Royale is taking a step back in the Star Wars™ timeline. In Fortnite’s Find the Force — running ’til May 23, 2023, at 9 AM ET — choose among Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker as your Jedi trainer, or Darth Maul as your Sith trainer. Use the Force abilities they teach you to show your opponents the power of the Force.

Complete Find the Force Quests to unlock cosmetic and level up rewards in the free reward track for Find the Force, including the Clone Trooper Outfit. Want even more rewards for your Jedi acts and Sith deeds? Purchase the Premium Reward Track upgrade for an extra layer of rewards, including the Darth Maul Outfit. (Receive the Coruscant Guard Outfit upon purchase of the Premium Reward Track upgrade.)

Thought The Chosen One was left out? Or Naboo’s most courageous senator? The Anakin Skywalker and Padmé Amidala Outfits are available now in the Item Shop, along with the 501st Trooper and 212th Battalion Trooper Outfits! Find more Find the Force info below.

Fortnite Find the Force Anakin

MAY THE FORCE BE WITH YOU

Obi-Wan Kenobi, Anakin Skywalker, and Darth Maul await you on the Island in hologram form during Find the Force. If you accept their offer to train you, you’ll jump into a rift… then return wielding a lightsaber and new Force abilities. These Force abilities can be used while wielding your lightsaber, which’ll remain in your inventory until you drop it, get eliminated, or the match ends.

USE THE FORCE TO SPRINT FASTER AND DOUBLE JUMP

Force training will give you the ability to sprint faster and double jump while your lightsaber is equipped, regardless of which trainer you chose.

USE THE FORCE TO PUSH

Fortnite Obi-Wan Kenobi Training

Accept Obi-Wan Kenobi’s Jedi training and learn to use the Force to push objects and players away.

USE THE FORCE TO PULL

Fortnite Anakin Skywalker Training

If you accept Anakin Skywalker’s Jedi training, you’ll learn to use the Force to pull objects and players towards you.

USE THE FORCE TO THROW

Fortnite Darth Maul Training

Seeking Sith training instead? Upon accepting Darth Maul’s training, you’ll learn to use the Force to lift objects from the environment and hurl them at players.

THE LIGHTSABERS

Additionally, the lightsaber you get from Obi-Wan Kenobi, Anakin Skywalker, or Darth Maul can be used as a melee weapon! From Obi-Wan Kenobi you’ll receive a green Jedi Padawan Lightsaber, and from Anakin Skywalker you’ll receive a blue one. From Darth Maul you’ll receive a red Sith Apprentice Lightsaber.

Fortnite Lightsabers

DC-15 BLASTERS

Fortnite DC-15 Blaster

There are no weapons on the Island more fitting for the Clone Trooper Outfit than the DC-15 Blaster. Obtainable from Republic Chests, this Assault Rifle has high accuracy and excels at medium-to-long range combat.

Fortnite Republic Chest

Open Republic Chests for DC-15 Blasters.

FIND THE FORCE QUESTS

Complete Find the Force Quests to earn Galactic Reputation. You can complete them by doing things to enhance your Jedi or Sith skills, like getting trained by Jedi or Sith trainers, dealing damage with lightsabers, and searching Republic Chests. Completing Find the Force Quests will increase your Galactic Reputation, and the more Galactic Reputation you get, the more rewards you’ll unlock!

Navigate to the Galactic Reputation tab in the Lobby to keep track of your Galactic Reputation and remaining rewards.

Fortnite Find the Force Rewards Screen

The cosmetic and level up rewards of Find the Force.

When clicking this tab, you’ll notice the free reward track and the Premium Reward Track upgrade which is unlockable for a fee. The free reward track contains 11 unlockable rewards, including the Clone Trooper Outfit as the final reward.

Fortnite Clone Trooper Outfit

The Clone Trooper Outfit, the final reward of the free reward track.

If you purchase the Premium Reward Track upgrade, you’ll unlock extra rewards as you unlock rewards in the free reward track (without having to complete additional Quests). The Premium Reward Track upgrade can be purchased for 1,000 V-Bucks and contains 11 unlockable rewards, including the Darth Maul Outfit as the final reward.

This track upgrade also contains the unlockable Wolf Pack Trooper Outfit and Ahsoka’s Clone Trooper Outfit. Upon purchasing the Premium Reward Track upgrade, you’ll automatically receive the Coruscant Guard Outfit.

Fortnite Coruscant Guard, Wolf Pack Trooper, and Ahsoka's Clone Trooper Outfits

The Coruscant Guard Outfit, Wolf Pack Trooper Outfit, and Ahsoka’s Clone Trooper Outfit. All three are obtainable from the Premium Reward Track upgrade.

Fortnite Darth Maul Outfit

The Darth Maul Outfit, the final reward of the Premium Reward Track upgrade.

THE “FIND THE FORCE” QUEST TRILOGY

Just as Star Wars: The Phantom MenaceStar Wars: Attack of the Clones, and Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith are a trilogy, so are the Find the Force Quests. The Find the Force Quests are separated into three main sets with certain Quests associated with each one. If you complete twelve Quests in a set, you’ll earn a Sith Holocron. Earn three Sith Holocrons to unlock the Sith Infiltrator Glider!

Fortnite Sith Infiltrator Glider

Each set of Find the Force Quests will go live sequentially and be available until May 23 at 9 AM ET:

  • “The Force Within” Quests are live starting now.
  • “Begun the Clone Wars Have” Quests go live May 7 at 9 AM ET.
  • “Fall of the Republic” Quests go live May 12 at 9 AM ET.

There’s an epilogue to this Quest trilogy! Still need to earn Galactic Reputation for unlocking Find the Force rewards? “The First Galactic Empire” Quests — which go live May 17 at 9 AM ET — will help!

Please note that the Find the Force free reward track items, Premium Reward Track upgrade items, and Sith Infiltrator Glider are not exclusive to Find the Force, and they may become purchasable in the Item Shop at a later date.

DISCORD REWARD: CORUSCANT’S PRIDE WRAP

Fortnite Coruscant’s Pride Wrap

Starting May 4 at 11 AM ET, unlock the Coruscant’s Pride Wrap Discord reward by doing one of two things:

  1. For 15 minutes or more, “Go Live and Screen Share” Fortnite on Discord to at least one Discord friend. (Learn how to Go Live and Screen Share on Discord.)- After 15 minutes, you’ll receive a link through your Discord account. Click the link to be taken to a page where you can log into your Epic Games account. The Wrap will then be added to your Fortnite Locker!

    – While Going Live and Screen Sharing Fortnite, remember to keep in mind the Epic Games Fan Content Policy and Epic Games Community Rules.

  2. Complete the Find the Force Discord Quest. Start by entering the specified channel in an official Fortnite Discord server. (See the list of participating Fortnite Discord servers below.) In the channel, you’ll see a bot you can interact with to join the Discord Quest.- Upon interacting with the bot, you’ll be taken to a page where you can link your Epic and Discord accounts. With your accounts linked, participate in the Quest by completing a task inside Discord and a task inside Fortnite. After both of these tasks are complete, the Wrap will be added to your Fortnite Locker!

Please note that the Coruscant’s Pride Wrap is not exclusive to Find the Force, and may become purchasable in the Item Shop at a later date. Players under the age of 13 are not able to access Discord and are therefore ineligible to earn this Wrap.

ANAKIN SKYWALKER, PADMÉ AMIDALA, AND MORE IN THE ITEM SHOP

For Find the Force, four new Outfits are available in the Item Shop starting now!

ANAKIN SKYWALKER

Fortnite Anakin Skywalker Outfit

The Chosen One himself.

PADMÉ AMIDALA

Fortnite Padmé Amidala Outfit

In addition to the default Style, the Padmé Amidala Outfit comes with the battle-worn Geonosis Combat Style.

501ST TROOPER AND 212TH BATTALION TROOPER

Fortnite 501st Trooper and 212th Battalion Trooper Outfits

501st Trooper, an elite member of the 501st Legion, and 212th Battalion Trooper, a specialized attack trooper serving under General Kenobi.


MORE IN V24.30: NEW AND RETURNING REALITY AUGMENTS

v24.30 introduces four new Reality Augments:

TRACKER’S ARMORY

Fortnite Tracker's Armory Reality Augment

Grants a Flare Gun and Shadow Tracker Pistol.

DESPERATE RELOAD

Fortnite Desperate Reload Reality Augment

Your Pistols will reload faster when reloaded with an empty clip.

STEADY HANDS

Fortnite Steady Hands Reality Augment

Your Marksman Rifles will have reduced recoil.

SMG SIGN OFF

Fortnite SMG Sign Off Reality Augment

The last three bullets of your SMG magazines will deal bonus damage.

Along with these new Reality Augments, four make their return: First AssaultBush WarriorForecast, and Mythic Munition!

AUTO CONFIRM EDITS

In v24.30, an Auto Confirm Edits setting has been added to Fortnite’s “Game” settings and replaced “Confirm Edit on Release.” With this new setting toggled to “Both,” you’ll be able to confirm edits and reset edits automatically as opposed to manually confirming edit selections.

MOBILE IMPROVEMENTS

New Weapon settings for touch enable mobile players to do more with fewer fingers or button presses:

  • Combined ADS + Fire: The main Fire + Look button will also aim down sights. Firing begins once the transition into ADS is complete. Other fire buttons will still work as normal.
  • Release to Fire: When using scoped semi-automatic or single shot weapons, the main Fire + Look button will fire when released instead of when pressed. This means players can aim down their scope, line up their shot, and fire their weapon all with one button press. Other fire buttons will still work as normal.
  • Continuous Fire: Semi-automatic weapons will fire repeatedly while any fire button is held.

BALANCE CHANGES

In case you missed it, we’ve recently made the following balance changes:

  • Storm Circles 6 and 7 now move further into the Storm as the safe zone shrinks. Storm Circles 8 and 9 now begin moving earlier and travel further. Storm Circle 12 takes longer to close.
  • We’ve vaulted the Game Time Reality Augment and reduced the probability of Chug Splash loot.
    • We will continue to monitor the impact of healing items and matches that end in “heal-offs.”

COMPETITIVE NOTES

  • Force abilities, Jedi Padawan and Sith Apprentice Lightsabers, and DC-15 Blasters are currently not included in Arena or tournaments. We’re investigating possibly including these abilities and items in Arena and tournaments after FNCS Major 2 concludes.

MAJOR BUG FIXES

  • Fixed an issue where large rocks on the Island were not providing as many materials as intended when harvested.
  • Fixed an issue where using ODM Gear would sometimes cause a player to fly even if no longer using the item.
  • Back Blings no longer appear detached on the Highwire Outfit.
  • Fixed an issue where the Starter Island timer did not go down properly.
  • Fixed an issue that caused a long load time to occur when entering a match with the DirectX 12 rendering mode enabled.
  • Trunks and tree branches no longer appear to move erratically when playing Fortnite on mobile or PC Performance Mode.
  • The majorest bug fix: the Infinite Dab Emote wasn’t looping for 15 hours when performed in the Lobby. This is fixed and it now loops for 16 hours.

As one might expect. Epic Games has not released the official patch notes just yet, though that should be changing very soon.

Fortnite Update v24.30 Datamine:

Same with the patch notes, once more datamined content is unearthed, we’ll be sure to update the article with the info, so hit refresh from time to time. Once it’s done, we’ll post an “Update” on the article headline to reflect that changes have been made and finalized.

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