Fortnite patch v6.22 adds Heavy Assault Rifle, Team Terror and Blitz LTEs

News by Lauren Aitken Former Guides Writer

Published on Nov. 6, 2018

The Fortnite v6.22 patch is now available and brings with it some new changes.

The v6.22 patch comes a day early this week and features the Heavy Assault rifle and two new Limited Time Events for Battle Royale: Team Terror and Blitz.

Team Terror has you play in two teams of 32 with the aim of defeating various monsters around the map as well as the other team.

Blitz is a faster-paced version of Battle Royale, in which the match begins with the storm moving towards the island and the delay between each circle is shorter than normal. Matches will be 15 minutes long or less, with extra loot and resources around the map.

Fortnitemares Part 2 continues in Save the World, where you can complete the epic storyline of Hexsylvania and challenge Vlad. The New Mythic Ninja - Werewolf Dire hero is also now available with improved Nightstalker abilities.

The Pumpkin Launcher is now back to being a standard Rocket Launcher and balloons will now be a little harder to come by.

Fortnite Battle Royale patch notes

Limited Time Event: Team Terror

Summary:

Monsters have invaded the Battle Royale island! Two teams will battle it out as Cube Monsters monsters join the fight. Defeat the other team to earn a Victory Royale.

Mode Details:

Two teams of 32 players. Eliminate the other team to win.
Monster spawners are scattered throughout the map and also appear each time the storm closes in to a new circle.
Monsters can drop weapons or ammo when destroyed. Gold monsters and monster spawners drop Legendary items when destroyed.
Farming resources increased 75% over default.
Increased floor loot spawn likelihood by 15%.
Floor loot spawns double ammo.
Ammo boxes spawn triple ammo.
Chests spawn double ammo & consumables.
Supply drops spawn double ammo, and an extra consumable, resource drop and trap.

Limited Time Event: Blitz

Summary:

Blitz is a faster-paced version of Battle Royale. The match begins with the storm moving towards the island, and the delay between each circle is shorter than normal, creating matches that are 15 minutes long or less. The map also has extra loot and resources. Profile Stats count in this mode, so fight hard for the Victory Royale!

Mode Details:

The storm is already moving in at the beginning of the match, choose your landing spot carefully!
Wait time between storms is significantly shorter than usual; maximum match length is 15 minutes.
Increased chances of treasure chests spawning from 50-70% to 80-90%.
Increased chances of ammo boxes spawning from 65-80% to 85-95%.
Reduced empty floor loot spawn chance from 21.5% to 3.55%
Resource harvesting amounts increased by 50%.
Increased materials found on the ground from 30 to 60 per instance.
Increased number, spawn rate & the descent speed of Supply Drops.
Increased number of llamas spawned by 4x.
Removed shopping carts.

Weapons and items

Heavy Assault Rifle
Can be found in floor loot, chests, Vending Machines, and Supply Drops
Available in Rare, Epic and Legendary Variants
Deals 44 / 46 / 48 damage
3.75 Fire Rate
Has a magazine size of 25
The Pumpkin Launcher has been reverted back to the standard Rocket Launcher.
We've reduced the spawn rate of Balloons from 12.2% to 2.3%.

Gameplay

Storm max damage cap changed back to 8 damage from 10 damage.

Bug Fixes:

Players hit by a Boogie Bomb while holding Balloons will no longer have physics issues. They will now properly drop the Balloons.

Fortnite Save the World patch notes

Missions and systems

Fortnitemares Part 2 quests are now available!
Complete the epic storyline of Hexsylvania.
Now includes the Vlad miniboss and the final fight to put him to rest.

Bug Fixes:

Fixed an issue where the quest Supply Run would improperly launch players into Hexslyvania resulting in quest items not spawning.
Fixed an issue where two survivors could possibly spawn next to each other in the same camp.

Heroes

New Mythic Ninja - Werewolf Dire
A wild Ninja that becomes more fearsome and energetic at night.
Available in the Event Store November 7th at 7 PM EST.
New Perks:
Nightstalker - During Evening and Night, gain 25% bonus movement speed.
Midnight Stalker - Increases the movement speed bonus of Night Stalker by an additional 25%.
Abilities cost 50% less energy during Evening and Night.
New Legendary Outlander - Sanguine Dusk
Uses Phase Shift to steal health from enemies.
Available as a quest reward from Fortnitemares Part 2.
New Perks:
Phase Siphon - Phase Shifting through enemies deals 11 base damage and heals 6 base health.
Super Siphon - Increases the healing of Phase Siphon to 32 base health.

Bug Fixes:

Fixed an issue where glowing effects on Ninja characters would stop glowing after entering Shadow Stance.

Weapons and items

The Candy Corn LMG is now available as a quest reward from Fortnitemares Part 2.
A heavy, festive weapon with a huge magazine full of candy shaped bullets. Most effective at mid-range engagements when aiming down sights from a fixed position.
Weapon Perk: Eliminating enemies with this weapon can spawn healing candy pickups.

Gameplay
Bug fixes:

Reviving defenders will no longer leave them indestructible but unable to shoot or take any action.
Re-summoning a revived defender will no longer leave an invisible, indestructible copy of the defender behind.

UI
Bug Fixes:

Fixed an issue that caused players to appear in your lobby even after they have left.
This may have caused incorrect power level restrictions on missions.

Audio