Epic Games has released the Fortnite update 3.17 May 25 patch, or what the studio calls the v16.50 title update. This brings a slew of fixes, changes, and of course, new stuff into the game that players can see listed below.
Fortnite Update 3.17 May 25 Patch Notes (v16.50):
The official Fortnite Trello board has not been updated yet, but here are the confirmed stuff incoming:
v16.50 brings:
- A fan favorite comes back out of the vault
- Survey and oversee larger spaces in
- Spend your Bars BIG in the next Wild Week starting June 3!
Fixes (via Trello board):
General:
Player-built structures have reduced visuals in PC Performance Mode.
Description
We’re aware of an issue where player-built structures appear with a reduced visual state (“bubble-wrapped”) in the PC Performance Mode alpha.
Just-added friends wrongly appearing offline.
Description
Friends you just added may wrongly appear offline in your friends list.
Battle Royale:
Moving left in the inventory on controller skips the last weapon slot.
Description
When trying to move or rearrange your inventory while using a controller, moving left from the first weapon slot will skip the final weapon slot.
Description
We’re investigating an issue where the “Recent Islands” list does not update after entering an Island.
The ocean is invisible in the minimap.
Description
We’re investigating an issue that is causing the ocean to appear invisible on the minimap.
A game not starting if player is in Phone Booth.
Description
If the player is in the Phone Booth during pregame’s auto start countdown, the game won’t start until the player exits the Phone Booth.
Fortnite v16.50 Datamined Info:
All the new cosmetics! (via @FunGamesLeaks) pic.twitter.com/8HqlJmLeME
— HYPEX (@HYPEX) May 25, 2021
https://twitter.com/HYPEX/status/1397103863430270977
LOKI SPOTTED IN THE LOADING SCREEN! (via @gameshed_) pic.twitter.com/docls0JgmE
— HYPEX (@HYPEX) May 25, 2021
New Skins InGame! pic.twitter.com/hvqTBl2XbS
— HYPEX (@HYPEX) May 25, 2021
New Emotes! pic.twitter.com/jYmcp8WRS4
— HYPEX (@HYPEX) May 25, 2021
Some new "Foreshadow" stuff! pic.twitter.com/OizWyGZuRy
— HYPEX (@HYPEX) May 25, 2021
A New item got added this update with the codename "AwfulDuck" Here's other things related to it + this icon:
– Phosphorus
– Warm Up
– Beam
– Rez Out And In
– Player Pulse
– Warning pic.twitter.com/CXSX0d9fsf— HYPEX (@HYPEX) May 25, 2021
Some alien related sounds (read previous tweet) pic.twitter.com/fNv9xB0Nk1
— HYPEX (@HYPEX) May 25, 2021
Looks like the "Alien" items will bring back the Teleport Hiding Props in some form, like the ones we had all over the map in Season 2 to teleport around!
— HYPEX (@HYPEX) May 25, 2021
ICYMI: Bella Poach will get her own emote soon and its most likely related to her new song:
– "I'm not built for you. Dance moves by Bella Poarch."
— HYPEX (@HYPEX) May 25, 2021
You will soon be able to search for people while gifting! (probably already ingame) pic.twitter.com/pG4vpe25hQ
— HYPEX (@HYPEX) May 25, 2021
The FNCS skin will be exclusive to this FNCS (item shop) Also they will bring back some item(s) that didn't return for more than 1000 days which is gonna be one of these:
Raptor Glider (1029 Days)
Piledriver Pickaxe (1007 Days)
Drumbeat Pickaxe (995 Days)— HYPEX (@HYPEX) May 25, 2021
We’ll be updating this section as more info surfaces (datamining takes time!), so refresh this post throughout the day to know more.