Epic Games has released the Fortnite update 01.000.026 patch or what the studio calls the v16.40 update. This will also show up as the Fortnite update 3.16 title update for last-gen console gamers. You can check out the changes and datamined content down below.
Fortnite Update 01.000.026 Patch Notes (v16.40):
v16.40 pays tribute:
- Line ‘em up and knock ‘em down with the Exotic Marksman Six Shooter
- New summer-themed additions in Creative
- Catch a win in the next Wild Week starting May 13
- As part of this update, we’ll be vaulting the Exotic shotgun The Dub
Once the list of fixes are released by Epic, we’ll update the post accordingly,
Here are the fixes via the Fortnite Trello board:
General:
Visual issues on Toon Meowscles and similarly-styled Outfits on certain platforms.
Description
We are aware of visual issues with the Toon Meowscles and similarly-styled Outfits on Nintendo Switch, the PC Performance Mode alpha, and Android.
Cannot create system-level parties between PS5 and PS4 when playing Fortnite.
Description
When playing Fortnite, players cannot create system-level parties that include players on both PS5 and PS4.
Workaround
Players on PS5 and PS4 can still party up together using the in-game party system
Trail color of the Harmonic Axes Pickaxe doesn’t always match the selected Style.
Description
The trail color when swinging the Harmonic Axes Pickaxe doesn’t always match the selected Pickaxe Style.
Battle Royale:
Landing at a different location than intended.
Description
Players will rarely find themselves dropped at a different location than where they were gliding towards after jumping out of the Battle Bus.
Long-pressing the Inventory Button selects first Craftable item.
Description
When long-pressing the Inventory button to pull up the Crafting tab, players may sometimes see their first Craftable item selected instead of their equipped item if they have multiple craftable Items in their Inventory.
“Hunt Wildlife” Quest not tracking progress properly.
Description
The “Hunt Wildlife” Quest is currently not tracking progress properly.
Creative:
HUD displaying incorrect memory cost before placing device or Gallery.
Description
Before placing a Device or Gallery, the pre-placement HUD displays the incorrect memory cost.
Workaround
The correct increase in used memory before placing a device or Gallery can be seen in the Memory Used bar.
Build not properly editing when building/editing fast in Creative.
Description
Rapidly editing / triple editing builds will sometimes not properly edit the selected piece in Creative Mode.
Prop-O-Matic features not functioning correctly.
Description
We’re investigating an issue that is causing the Prop-O-Matic features to not function correctly.
“Recent Islands” list does not update.
Description
We’re investigating an issue where the “Recent Islands” list does not update after entering an Island.
Small white boxes appears on Consumable thumbnails.
Description
We’re investigating an issue that is causing small white boxes appears on Consumable thumbnails.
Mobile:
Players cannot change their custom controller settings while playing Nintendo Switch in docked mode.
Description
In docked mode, players are shown a ‘Keep These Video Settings?’ message and are unable to change their custom controls.
Fortnite v16.40 Datamined Content:
New Cosmetics Via @FunGamesLeaks pic.twitter.com/JgQc216A09
— HYPEX (@HYPEX) May 11, 2021
New Fishing & Clapboard Creative Devices pic.twitter.com/qcIUnYjtWZ
— HYPEX (@HYPEX) May 11, 2021
New Catwoman Skin (via @HYPEX) pic.twitter.com/Mtybwi7oVX
— Shiina (@ShiinaBR) May 11, 2021
Another New Pack "Next Gen" Pack! pic.twitter.com/m5fHylRzbT
— HYPEX (@HYPEX) May 11, 2021
Closer look at some more skins In-Game!
(2nd & 3rd screenshot by @HYPEX) pic.twitter.com/29FTjbVfhR
— Shiina (@ShiinaBR) May 11, 2021
New Weapons! pic.twitter.com/u1JGnqu0Ds
— HYPEX (@HYPEX) May 11, 2021
More Skins InGame! pic.twitter.com/wV7AFBN7fg
— HYPEX (@HYPEX) May 11, 2021
New Skins InGame! pic.twitter.com/hVnKQvKaXC
— HYPEX (@HYPEX) May 11, 2021
New POI under Flush Factory! pic.twitter.com/Cw3tmZQ4om
— HYPEX (@HYPEX) May 11, 2021
New Pack! pic.twitter.com/C6sKJ3drWG
— HYPEX (@HYPEX) May 11, 2021
New Umbrella for the Daybreak LTM! pic.twitter.com/BZe04ozq4Y
— HYPEX (@HYPEX) May 11, 2021
Missed this: This week's Crew Bonus Reward! pic.twitter.com/36YVhNv2Xf
— HYPEX (@HYPEX) May 11, 2021
You can now unlock Golden Lara Croft by going to Female Oro's island and collecting "her" golden scar! pic.twitter.com/CoBxCDVOjJ
— HYPEX (@HYPEX) May 11, 2021
– The Bunker Chests Min/Max Spawn Percent have been buffed from 60% to 80%!
– The Shockwave + Car combo has been patched!
— HYPEX (@HYPEX) May 11, 2021
Here's the emotehttps://t.co/YdVOMN7KiB
— HYPEX (@HYPEX) May 11, 2021
There's some new healing activities being added for NPCs, the idea is that when you approach an NPC they would say one of these and the more you emote the more you heal! (you don't have to own the emote obviously) pic.twitter.com/WM6OfLgpqE
— HYPEX (@HYPEX) May 11, 2021
Update: That seems to be it for the fixes and datamined content.
Creative is developing nicely. Creative mode will take Fortnite well into the future. But Creative map building needs MORE memory to build new worlds!! 100k is no longer enough to build larger maps.