The folks over at Fortnite have finally released their first update for Season 6. The latest update, dubbed as 6.01, brings minimal over changes to the table as well as a host of bug fixes for the game. With update 6.01, players should now be able to experience the new Chiller pad and find a host of options to tweak your Playground gameplay experience from the ground up.
The star of this update has to be the new Chiller pads. After removing the bouncepads from the game, the folks over at Epic Games have decided to add a Chiller pad to enable players to freeze their enemies. Similar to many other death traps, the aim of the Chiller is to freeze your opponent into ice before killing them. In addition to that, players wouldn’t find it hard to hunt for these items as the Chiller drops in a stack of three throughout the game. Whether players use this to their advantage in competitive play has to be seen and assessed and rest assured that Epic is monitoring the behavior players to assess if the addition of the Chillers was a worthwhile or now.
Speaking of something worth a while, with update 6.01, Epic Games has made the gameplay experience that much more defined while you swerve through the Playground mode. As this update rolls out, expect to see a few custom options that would help you tweak the game according to your needs. For now, players should be able to tweak the intensity of gravity, time of the day, as well as the starting health. Later down the road, players should be able to see a few more options come down the line. Hopefully, they’ll add an option to enable friends to join a Playground session while it lasts.
Regarding bug fixes or performance improvements, it seems like there’s nothing here with this update. Stay tuned for the content update coming soon.
BATTLE ROYALE
LIMITED TIME MODE: PLAYGROUND
Playground Custom Options
- Added more options to Playground. Allowing you to change settings such as starting health, time of day, gravity, and more!
WEAPONS + ITEMS
- Chiller added.
- Common Trap.
- Can be placed on floors, walls, or ceilings.
- Drops in stacks of 3 in Treasure Chests, Supply Drops, Vending Machines, Supply Llamas, and floor loot.
- Applies icy feet to friends or foes, causing them to slide around with low friction.
Bug Fixes
- Fixed an issue that could cause vehicles to become uncontrollable.
GAMEPLAY
- Made improvements to the motion controls for the Switch to make it feel more accurate and responsive.
Bug Fixes
- Pets are now hidden along with your character when the camera is too close to you.
- Toys now respect the streamer mode setting for player names in minigame messages.
- Slightly increased the hitbox size on the Fancy Tomato to match its visual size.
AUDIO
- The following adjustments have been made to Glider audio tells:
- Muffled the audio if there isn’t a clear line of sight between you other gliding players.
Bug Fixes
- Fixed an issue where incorrect audio would play when a teammate was eliminated.
UI
Bug Fixes
- Added star ratings to the UI elements of all trap items.
MOBILE
Bug Fixes
- Fixed an issue where players occasionally couldn’t interact with items.
SAVE THE WORLD
HEROES
Bug Fixes
- Fixed an issue where Keep Out!!!’s damage area was smaller than intended.
WEAPONS + ITEMS
- Lead Sled Hammer added to the Weekly Store.
- A fast-swinging hammer that gains speed with each hit.
- Leap Attack: Heavy attack that jumps to the targeted foe and damages and knocks down nearby enemies.
- Available Wednesday, October 3 at 8 PM ET until Wednesday, October 10 at 8 PM ET.
- Obliterator Sniper Rifle added to the Weekly Store.
- A slow firing Sniper Rifle with high base damage and a heavy kick.
- Shots pierce through walls and husks alike, and can quickly obliterate structures.
- Available Wednesday, October 3 at 8 PM ET until Wednesday, October 10 at 8 PM ET.
Bug Fixes
- Fixed an issue where the Walloper Hammer sometimes wouldn’t do damage while using the Leap Attack.
- Fixed an issue that could cause a hitch while using the Leap Attack with the Walloper Hammer.
- Elemental visual effects on weapons are now hidden along with your character when the camera is too close to you.
