Fornite update 1.8 is live and brings with it a Halloween event along with new content and upgrades to both Save the World and Battle Royale.


Dubbed Fortnitemares, update 1.8 introduces fun Halloween content to Fortnite’s PvE starting today.

Here, Save the World players will partake in original story missions across the new Hexsylvania area. There, they will encounter new Halloween creatures, weapons, and other spooky content.

The update also brings leaderboards and Season Levels to Battle Royale, player progression, cosmetic items for heroes, and quality-of-life-improvements. Many of the changes were outlined earlier this month.

Along with the aforementioned, new outfits, gliders and pickaxes are available in the item shop.

Patch notes for Fortnite Battle Royale and the updated Save the World content are posted below along with general update notes straight from Epic Games.

Fortnite – Battle Royale update 1.8

Highlights

• Introducing “Slurp Juice,” a regeneration potion that grants 1 health and 1 shield per second for 25 seconds.
• You can now customize your character, banner, and equip any cosmetics in the new Locker menu.
• Settings have been reset for all players.
  
  • This is a side effect of the setting changes we made in this update.
  • We will work on improving this process for future updates.
• Voice chat comes to Xbox One and PlayStation 4.
• Players will now auto-pickup ammo, building resources, and traps.
• New graphics are visible to players who are caught outside the Storm safe zone, and the storm wall visuals have been updated.
• New Halloween skins are on sale in the newly implemented store, and will only be available until 11/4.
  
  • Use V-bucks to purchase items from the store.
  • Character Skins
    
    • Skull Trooper
    • Ghoul Trooper
  • Weapon Skins
    
    • Reaper Skin – Pickaxe
• The new “Combat Pro” controller config is aimed at keeping the user’s thumbs on the sticks as much as possible so they can make fast weapon swaps and build quickly.

Slurp Juice

• Slurp Juice is a regeneration potion that grants one health and one shield per second for 25 seconds. Slurp Juice can heal players all the way up to 100 health. These can be found in the same locations as other consumables and you can stack up to two of them.

Item Shop

Players can now purchase a unique array of outfits, gliders and pickaxes in the new item shop.

• Offers will rotate on both a weekly and daily basis
• All items sold are cosmetic only and do not grant any competitive advantage
• Purchased items can be equipped in the new locker screen prior to starting a match
• NOTE: Purchases from the Battle Royale store do not carryover to the Save the World mode.

Locker

Players can customize their character’s appearance in the new Locker menu with the following options:

• Set your banner image and color
• Equip any purchased outfits, gliders or pickaxes

 

Leaderboards

Rank up against other players and friends in the following categories:

• Total Wins
• Solo
  
  • Top 10
  • Top 25
• Duo
  
  • Top 5
  • Top 12
• Squads
  
  • Top 3
  • Top 6

There are currently two types of leaderboards:

• Division leaderboard
  
  • A division is a group of 50 active players competing against each other to see who will take top the spot.
  • You are automatically assigned to a new division each week.
  • Each match type (Solo, Duos and Squads) gets its own separate division.
• Friends leaderboard
  
  • Compare yourself to your friends by turning on “Friends Only” on the leaderboard screen.

All leaderboards reset weekly on Wednesdays. Only players on your platform are included in the rankings. Expect improvements in upcoming releases.

Season Levels

• Seasons will give the player a chance to level-up their character and earn unique seasonal rewards and banner flair.
  
  • The first season will give players a chance to level up to 100, with player level displayed on their banner.
  • Banner flair is awarded in levels 2-49, giving players an additional way to show off their mastery.
  • There are 2 unique rewards that will be provided in the first season. These will only be earned by seasonal progress and cannot be obtained by other methods at this time:
    
    • Level 10 – Unique seasonal banner
    • Level 25 – Unique seasonal glider
• Players can boost their seasonal levels by participating in Daily Challenges.
  
  • A new challenge will be provided each day with the ability to have up to 3 active challenges in total
  • Completing Daily Challenges will provide the player with seasonal level XP

Posted: Oct 28, 2017 8:50 pm
Related Forum: PC Gaming Forum

Source: https://www.vg247.com/2017/10/26/fortnite-halloween-event-and-major-battle-royale-upgrade-are-live/