Fortnite's very recent eighth season paved the way for a great number of new additions. But now, Epic Games is ready to unleash even more content.
The studio behind the wildly popular Fortnite Battle Royale game has released another update that brings previously teased and is fitting of the season's pirate theme. This of course refers to Patch 8.01, which officially introduces players to a new Buried Treasure item, a Limited-Time Mode, and much more.
Buried Treasure
As Epic Games details in its patch notes, Fortnite now lets players hunt for treasure. Buried Treasure specifically refers to a Legendary item, only that it takes the form of a map, which players must use to uncover loot hidden across the island.
Players can only hold one map at a time, however, and any player who successfully finds a chest will be rewarded with Legendary loot. Once the player arrives at the target location, they must then unearth the treasure using a pickaxe.
Limited-Time Mode
Buried Treasure might be the biggest addition in this new update, but Epic Games has thrown in a bunch of smaller additions that make the overall experience even better. Slide Duos, for starters, is now the new Limited-Time Mode. This allows players to slide around virtually everywhere with the run speed increased but the friction "greatly lowered." Plus, there's no fall damage now — and best of all, players are getting a Grappler with unlimited ammo.
Fortnite 8.01 Patch Notes
The above-mentioned enhancements are just some of the new additions in this latest Fortnite update. Below are Epic Games' full patch notes:
Gameplay
Increased the angle at which you can slide down terrain without taking damage from 65 degrees to 75 degrees.
Limited Time Mode: Slide Duos
Summary
Ice blocks on everyone's feet, infinite ammo Grapplers in everyone's inventory - a recipe for a slippery good time!
Mode Details
Friction greatly lowered.
Max run speed greatly raised.
Falling damage removed.
Infinite ammo Grapplers added to everyone's inventory.
Weapons + Items
Buried Treasure
It's a map that is used to track down buried chests on the map.
Chests contain a trove of legendary loot.
X marks the spot! The chest must be dug up using a pickaxe.
There is a limit of one map held at a time.
Legendary Rarity.
Can be found from Floor Loot and Chests.
Reduced Infantry Rifle availability
Reduced the chance of receiving an Infantry Rifle from Chests from 14.41% to 13.39%
Reduced the chance of receiving an Infantry Rifle from Floor Loot from 2.41% to 2.24%
Reduced Clinger availability
Reduced the chance of receiving Clinger's from Chests from 9.42% to 5.52%
Reduced the chance of receiving Clinger's from Floor Loot from 1.27% to 1.02%
Vaulted
Bottle Rockets
Events
New Tournament: Gauntlet Solo Test Event & Gauntlet Duo Test Event
We are running a new type of tournament as a test of several format updates.
Extended Hours: This event consists of a single session which lasts until March 9th 00:00 GMT.
Due to the extended hours for this event, Duo players will each have their own score that remains when changing partners.
Note: Due to the playlist featuring matchmaking based on your score, the quality or availability of matches may differ at certain times of day.
Updated Scoring:
Match Limit: None
Bus Fare: -2 Points
Each match played will reduce your score by two points in the form of a 'Bus Fare' at the start of the match.
Tournament scores cannot go into the negatives - at the end of a match, if a player has a negative score for the tournament then their score will be reset to zero points.
Victory Royale: +3 Points (+10 Total)
2nd - 5th: +2 Points (+7 Total)
6th - 10th: +2 Points (+5 Total)
11th - 25th: +3 Points (+3 Total)
Each Elimination: +1 Point
Matchmaking:
Players are still matchmade against opponents with similar point totals.
Matchmaking will wait for up to 8 minutes before creating a match with the closest players available.
Matchmaking will search in a considerably wider points range after 4 minutes of searching.
At the conclusion of the Gauntlet Test Event, the Top 5% of players based on their final score will unlock the 'Gauntlet Finals' tournament.
New Tournament: Gauntlet Solo Finals & Gauntlet Duo Finals
Scheduled 3-hour event, check tournament in-game for your local time.
Note: NA East and NA West are now separate for scheduled tournaments, and no longer share a leaderboard.
Scoring:
Match Limit: 10 Games
Victory Royale: +3 Points (+10 Total)
2nd - 5th: +2 Points (+7 Total)
6th - 10th: +2 Points (+5 Total)
11th - 25th: +3 Points (+3 Total)
Each Elimination: +1 Point
Top 3000 players in each server region will advance to Round 2 on Sunday during same time block.
Audio
Improvement to the standard AR sound so that it's not overbearing on the shooter.
The sound made when a player destroys a structure is now louder when instigated by enemies.
Footstep audio blends in the above/below layers, rather than binarily switching between them.
Footstep occlusion traces from the head of enemies when they're above or below.
Reduced the volume of the Season 8 Victory Umbrella.
The Season 8 Victory Umbrella now uses the correct sound on Mobile/Switch.
Mobile
Bug Fixes
Fixed an issue when pressing the fire button with 2 fingers causes fire action to continuously loop.
