The weekly patch for Fortnite has rolled out and v8.30 brings a number of changes, including the inclusion of Reboot Vans and Buccaneer’s Bounty Event along with a slew of technical improvements.

Update v8.30 Patch Notes

SAVE THE WORLD

What’s New?

• Bombsquad Kyle
• Bolster your Hero’s armor with this new Legendary Constructor. This Hero is “The Bomb”.
• **Lost in Transit Beta Storm **
• Don’t get Lost.. in transit to this new Beta Storm. Locate the supply trucks and put them back on course!

Missions + Systems

• Beta Storm: Lost in Transit
  • We’ve lost our supply trucks; Find them and put them back on course!
    • You have 15 minutes to rescue 5 trucks and update their GPS’s to send them on their way. Some will be surrounded by the enemy, others will be under attack or need refueling.
    • Most of the area is covered in a storm and the safe area is on the move! Rescue all the trucks and survive the storm until evacuation.
• Eliminate and Collect is now in the normal mission rotation and no longer a Beta Storm.
  • Added 3 new possible bonus objectives.
    • Sniper Eliminations
    • Melee Eliminations
    • Trap Eliminations
  • Random encounters now start sooner and have less time between them.
  • Once the storm reaches its smallest point the encounters become much stronger.
  • Increased the required sample count objective:
    • Stonewood – Unchanged
    • Plankerton – From 15 to 20
    • Canny Valley – From 15 to 25
    • Twine Peaks –  From 15 to 30
• Bug Fixes
• Fixed an issue that caused the bomb to desync in Deliver the Bomb missions.
• Fixed an issue that prevented the Bomb from being interacted with if a player joined an in-progress Deliver the Bomb mission.
• Fixed an issue that prevented Launch the Rocket mission controls from being interacted with if BluGlo was deposited before Ray’s dialog was complete.

UI

• Abilities with charges now display a radial cooldown meter around the ability showing how much time is left before the next charge is ready.
• Abilities will now display the energy battery icon while unusable due to not having enough energy.
• Bug Fixes
• Fixed an issue where the Reward Info could no longer be accessed with a gamepad on the Expedition Hero picker screen.
• The “Craft Ammo” and “Set Minimum Value” for the slider buttons on the Summon Defender UI are no longer tied to the same gamepad button.
• Fixed an issue that caused the Research button to get stuck in place.
• The choice card packs from the Llama opening sequence will now show the appropriate color for Mythic Heroes.
• Fixed an issue that caused gameplay objects to display a 0 damage marker when being destroyed without actually taking damage.
• Fixed an issue that prevented the edit palette from being visible when editing a building piece.
• Fixed an issue with the ambient storm effects turning off while on the mission select map and a popup menu was active.
• Fixed an issue that prevented the crafting material count from properly updating during the tutorial.
• The Defenders sub-tab UI icons will no longer overlap the other UI elements.
• The launch button in the player lobby will appear disabled until a mission is ready for players to launch into it.
• Fixed a navigation issue with the gamepad on the Loot opening summary screen.
• Fixed an issue that caused players to have the incorrect banner and power level in the lobby and/or party manager.
• Fixed an issue that caused the Respawn UI to not appear properly if a player goes down but not out while in the party invite menu.
• Fixed an issue that caused the crafting tab to show incorrect crafting material quantities.
• Fixed an issue that caused the “retire” option to be displayed on inspected weapons.
• Fixed an issue that caused the Perk UI to be displayed when inspecting an unslotted collection book weapon.
• Fixed an issue that was triggering the “insufficient XP” error while claiming collection book rewards.
• Fixed an issue where the Commander Hero was missing from the Command tab screen after returning from a mission.
• Removed Prioritize Favorites, Collection Book Indicator, and Reset Indicator options from the More menu on the Resources screen.

Performance

• Bug Fixes
• Fixed an issue that caused a stutter when transitioning between abilities and melee attacks.
• Fixed an issue that caused players to hitch when loading into an in-progress mission.
• Fixed an issue that caused players to hitch when entering R.O.S.I.E.

Heroes

• Introducing Bombsquad Kyle, a new Legendary Constructor!
  • Standard Perk: Bomb Suit
    • Increases Armor by 22.
  • Commander Perk: Bomb Suit+
    • Increases Armor by 66.
  • Available in the Event Store on April 10 at 8 PM Eastern Time.
• Reorganized Blakebeard’s crew page in the Collection Book.
• Added Bombsquad Kyle to the Stowaways section of the Collection Book.
• Bug Fixes
• Fixed an issue where using Avast Mateys as a Commander Perk wasn’t being displayed as Avast Mateys+.
• Fixed an issue where cannonballs fired from R.O.S.I.E. weren’t being teleported by the Teleporter Gadget.
• Fixed an issue that allowed Boom Base to be damaged by Anti-material Charge and Bull Rush.
• Fixed an issue that prevented the item details from properly updating when swapping Hero Loadouts.
• Fixed an issue that prevented Commander Perks from being added into tooltip calculations.
• The All Stats screen now correctly updates when the Tough Traps Hero Perk is removed
• Fixed the ability description text getting cut off in the Hero inspect details panel.
• Kunai Storm eliminations with Kunaihiliation now correctly contributes towards Kunai Collection. (That’s a lot of Kunai!)
• Fixed an issue where Overbearing didn’t grant a damage increase and Overbearing+ didn’t grant additional range.
• Fixed an issue with the tooltip for Goin’ Coconuts+ displaying the incorrect damage bonus value.

Weapons + Items

• Double Boiler – Steampunk Shotgun
  • Fires two slugs with medium accuracy and range, but has a reduced ammo capacity and a longer reload time.
  • Available on the Weekly Store on April 10 at 8 PM Eastern Time until April 17 at 8 PM Eastern Time.
• Bug Fixes
• Fixed an issue that caused the Teleporter to appear on the Victory screen if held by a player.
• Added the missing reticle center dot to Cannonade and Jack’s Revenge.
• Fixed a bug with the 6th perk of the Bundlebuss and Mercury LMG causing them to deal more damage than intended.
  • These weapons have been made eligible for a reset.
• Fixed an issue that caused The Baron to not provide correct materials when recycled.
• Fixed an issue that caused Sir Lancelot’s Joust to be able to carry minibosses.
• Fixed an issue where Sir Lancelot’s Joust would bounce off enemy acid pools.
• Fixed an issue that allowed Joust to go through T.E.D.D.Y.
• Fixed an issue where the Steampunk Shrapnel perk failed to deal damage when the primary target was eliminated in the same shot.
• Fixed an issue that sometimes caused Energy to spike up while using Steam Thrasher’s heavy attack: Maelstrom.
• Fixed an issue where Steam Thrasher’s heavy attack: Maelstrom would not deal damage on first and last swing.
• Fixed an issue that caused the level up UI to appear on a crafted Broadside Trap.
• Fixed an issue where the Broadside trap cannonballs weren’t being blocked by a Super Shielder’s shield.
• Fixed an issue where the Broadside traps cannonballs were being blocked by the player if they were playing a Constructor.
• Fixed an issue where incorrect perks could be slotted into Jack’s Revenge 2nd and 5th perk slots.
  • Resources have been refunded to players who’ve had these slots cleared.
• Fixed an issue that caused heavy attacks to not deal damage properly.

Gameplay

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• Added separate controller sensitivities for building and editing structures.
• Bug Fixes
• Fixed an issue where players would have no Hero abilities when rejoining a mission in progress if the game was closed before exiting the zone.
• The Autumn City zone no longer has missing walls and/or textures.
• Fixed an issue that caused a level 1 pickaxe to be visible during the intro cinematic.
• Fixed an issue that caused player clients to crash when traveling to the lobby after joining a friend’s party that is already in the zone.

Enemies

• Bug Fixes
• Fixed an issue that caused the Storm King’s weak point health bars to be visible when they could no longer be damaged.

Audio

• Updated the audio for Med Bot reviving player.
• Bug Fixes
• Fixed an issue where sound effects were missing when picking up the same item type multiple times.
• Fixed an issue that caused down but not out music to play longer than it should.
• Fixed an issue that caused the end of day audio loop to be stuck on as player score increases.
• Fixed an issue where the Ninja jump sound effects would not properly play from other player’s perspectives.
• Reduced volume of ambient jungle music in the Pirate Cove.