Fortnite v9.10 update adds Hot Spots, new LTM rotations and Fortnite x Jordan Downtown Drop LTM

News by Lauren Aitken Former Guides Writer

Published on May 22, 2019

The v9.10 update is now available, so let's take a look at the changes coming this week.

Hot Spots have been added to Battle Royale and Creative. In each match, certain named locations will be marked in gold text on the map and you'll be able to find Loot Carriers that you can shoot down for additional high-quality weapons.

A new LTM rotation list has been added, with Sniper Shootout Duos, Unvaulted Squads and Close Encounters Squads now available over the next week. Jump in with some of your favourite standard vaulted items in a squad or battle it out with shotguns and jetpacks.

Shadow Bomb availability has been reduced, as have Combat Shotguns.

The Downtown Drop LTM by Jordan featuring creative artists NotNellaf & Tollmolia has been added to Creative. Launch off massive jumps, grind down city streets and collect coins to win the match. The Haunted Hills theme has also been added to prefabs.

Save the World sees new Space Rocks added and the Rex Jonesy hero.

Fortnite: Battle Royale

Weapons and items

Shadow Bombs
Reduced availability from floor loot from .835% to .677%
Reduced availability from chests from 4.65% to 3.98%
Reduced drop count from 3 to 2.
Shadow Bombs have seen a lot of late-game use, and we wanted to encourage risk vs. reward when picking the item up. By leaving maximum stack size the same & reducing availability, the item’s potential remains the same but swapping a spot for it early on is riskier.
Unvaulted Semi-Auto Sniper Rifle
Available in Vending Machines, Chests, and Floor Loot
Available in Uncommon and Rare variants
Since the Thermal Rifle and Scoped Revolver have both recently been vaulted, this week we wanted to bring back an oldie but goodie to round out the medium/long-range item line-up.
Combat Shotgun
Reduced the availability from floor loot from 2.015% to 1.409%
Reduced the availability from chest loot from 2.183% to 1.846%
When compared to other items of similar rarity, the Combat Shotgun was dropping a bit too frequently. This change will put it closer in line with other items.
Dropping part of a consumable item stack no longer interrupts using the consumable.
Shadow Bombs correctly leave the players inventory when no charges are left.
Shadow Bombs are consumed properly when quickly picking up a replacement item during activation.
Combat Shotgun now applies appropriate environmental damage falloff.
Ability to move is no longer lost if Rift-to-go was used with Balloons.
The Bush now correctly attaches to players in specific animations, such as skydiving.
Resolved inconsistent behavior while using Flint-Knock pistol during crouch.
Air vent audio is now correctly removed upon on destruction.
Boogie Bombs now properly prevent affected players from skydiving.
Camera issues when exiting a Mounted Turret have been resolved.
Remote Explosives will now open and close with doors they are stuck to.

Gameplay

Introducing Hot Spots!
Every match, select named locations will be marked in gold text on the map.
These Hot Spots represent the presence of Loot Carriers. Shoot down the carriers for additional high-quality weapons.
Minimum of one Hot Spot
25% chance for 2 Hot Spots
5% chance for 3 Hot Spots
Loot Carriers
Loot Carriers drop a weapon of Rare or higher quality along with two stacks of ammo.
Hot Spots will have between 12 and 16 Loot Carriers depending on the size of the location.
Equipping the blueprint to start building has improved in high latency situations.
Added crosshair dot while skydiving to allow for more precise map marking.
Fixed an issue with auto material swap canceling turbo build if the client can’t predict the material amount quick enough.
Updated Environmental and Cozy Campfire Trap collision to better allow players to walk over campfires.
Players can no longer fire/reload weapons while reviving a DBNO teammate.
Contrails are no longer stuck on the player if they dropped from the bus directly into a Slipstream.

Performance

Fixed a regression in level streaming performance introduced in v9.0. This should significantly improve loading times for buildings, and reduce instances of players landing on low-LOD meshes.
Reduced hitches shortly after landing, especially on lower-end hardware (e.g Switch)

Audio

Improved enemy jump sounds.
Reduced the time that it takes the enemy in-air audio loop to kick on, for better awareness of an enemy dropping in on you from above.
Boosted the volume of nearby footsteps and landing sounds of enemies not in line of sight.
Tighter spatialization of close-range pickaxe sounds from other players.
Added clearer sound when an enemy confirms an edit on a building piece within ~2 tiles of your position.
Removed glider audio tell for players traveling through a Slipstream.
Your emote music is now prioritized over other players emotes in the front-end.
Emote music is now full stereo when in the front-end.
Added a new Headshot + Shield Break sound, for when the two events occur at the same time.
Lowered the minimum velocity required to trigger a landing sound
Walking up on the edge of a building piece plays correct material specific footstep audio.
Enemy pickaxe sound now plays correctly from impact point and not from player using the pickaxe.
The Boom Bow’s fire sound has been fixed to not cut off when switching weapons immediately after shooting.
Firing weapons no longer lowers building sounds.

Changed "Return To Lobby" to "Leave Match".
Adjusted the “damage” color when taking shield damage back to an increased-contrast version of the original.
The intent is increased readability of current shield value immediately after taking damage, but red was causing players to believe they were taking more damage than they were.
Party Leaders who left their party’s current match could start a new match and take the entire party with them.

Spectating

Focus no longer changes when watching a server replay during the bus phase.
Watching live games will no longer change players when joining the Battle Bus.

Mobile

Removed the HUD when respawning.
We’ve made improvements to the UI by adding an exit button to the following:
Squad Formation in the lobby
Playground Match Options
Events screen
Removed vibration toggle settings for devices that do not support vibration.
Players ammo count now correctly displays in all languages.
The Mini Map has been adjusted to fit correctly in large team LTM’s.
Bluetooth headset sound quality has been improved.
The interaction loading bar no longer progresses counter-clockwise.
Start Game widget in Creative no longer overlaps with the inventory hot bar.
Phase Mode Button now correctly displays in Creative.
FPS counter not being fully displayed on curved screens.
Emote audio now plays for the full duration on the Nintendo Switch.
Scoped weapon fixes:
ADS perspective could remain on-screen when switching weapons.
Player's view could be inverted when aiming.

Fortnite: Creative

Islands

Creative islands are now displayed in the minimap as well as the fullscreen map.
Players are now able to change the island slot in their personal rift even after visiting an island with a high memory cost.

Gameplay

New “Fastest Time to Win” setting
Each round a winning time sets the new time limit for the following round.
After all rounds the winner is the team with the lowest time to win a round.
Added Time limit options of 6, 7, 8, 9, and 12 minutes.
Wrong team can no longer be declared the winner of a round.
Players will now correctly spawn to spawn pads or checkpoints rather than in the air.
Lobby music will no longer play on a continuous loop after winning a game.
Players no longer need to press the same button twice in order to perform certain actions with a controller.
Weapons will now be granted by the Team Settings & Inventory Device even after Team Rotation.
Floor traps are now deleted along with their supporting floor even when a ramp is built over it.
The pickaxe no longer swings involuntarily when swapping to the Phone while swinging.
Jitter no longer appears on multiple assets on featured islands.
Creatures are able to move through archways from the Jungle Temple set.
The island owner is no longer automatically declared the winner of a game as long as they have more health than the opponents.
The winner of a game is now determined by Scoreboard Stat 1 rather than the total highest score.

Creative tools and phone

The Phone will now target Barrier Devices for deletion.
Old school and quick builder controls now function correctly with the Phone.
The axis is no longer missing when rotating an object with the Phone.
Players can select the Phone now when using a custom control scheme on Switch.
Players can no longer destroy Holoscreens without permission while on another player’s island.

Prefab and galleries

Added 6 New Prefabs
Haunted Hills Haunted Tomb
Haunted Hills Grim Ruins
Haunted Hills Abandoned Dwelling
Haunted Hills Hillshade House
Pirate Fort
Tomato Temple
Added 5 New Galleries
Haunted Hills Gallery
Haunted Hills Prop Gallery
Haunted Hills Nature Gallery
Tomato Temple Prop Gallery
Catacombs Floor Gallery, which features catacomb floors mixed with dirt and mud.
Added pieces to the Indestructible Gallery
More indestructible wall variants
Indestructible Ground Tiles
Indestructible Volcanic Rocks
Indestructible Hover Platform
Indestructible Neo Tilted Basketball Hoop
The Basketball Hoop, from the Neo Tilted Prop Gallery, was replaced with a destructible version and the non-destructible version was added to the Indestructible Gallery.
The Ruined Shops prefab name was changed to No Sweat Insurance Building.
Grass no longer clips through the Rubble Piles from the Scorched Gallery.
The following pieces no longer disappear when trying to copy/paste: Lucky Landing Roof Corner, Arctic Base Hangar Roof, and Hangar Roof Trim.
Added player collision to the Mansion Rug, giving it the same properties as other props.
Increased the preview volume size for the Neo Tilted Prop Gallery.
Corner Diner Counter in the No Sweat Insurance building (formerly known as Ruined Shops) can be copied and pasted now.
The Factory Walls Gallery and the Parkour Gallery blue preview volumes fit within their respective gallery sizes now.
Objects from the Military Lights Gallery no longer display a black bar when viewed from behind on mobile.

Devices

Added Grind Power Up Device:
Allows players to slide on any surface and applies spark effects to the player’s feet.
Effect Duration: 3 seconds, 5 seconds, 10 seconds, 20 seconds, 30 seconds, 1 minute, 2 minutes, 5 minutes, Infinite (Default: 3 seconds)
Disables Effect on Pickup: On, Off (Default: Off). If On, if the player has the Grind effect active on them, collecting this power up will cancel it immediately.
Pickup Radius: On touch, .25, .5, .75, 1, 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3, 3.5, 4, 4.5, 5 (Default: On touch)
Time to Respawn: Never, 5 seconds, 10 seconds, 15 seconds, 20 seconds, 25 seconds, 30 seconds, 45 seconds, 1 minute, 1.5 minutes, 2 minutes, 3 minutes, 4 minutes, 5 minutes (Default: 15 seconds)
Added Color Changing Tiles Device
Prop floor tile that will change to the team color of the player who touches it.
Starting Team: Neutral, 1-16 (Default: Neutral)
Time Until Reverting: Determines how long the tile will wait before beginning to revert to its original color.
Never, 1 second, 2 seconds, 3 seconds, 5 seconds, 10 seconds, 20 seconds, 30 seconds, 40 seconds, 50 seconds, 1 minute, 2 minutes, 3 minutes, 4 minutes, 5 minutes, 6 minutes, 10 minutes, 15 minutes, 20 minutes, 30 minutes, 1 hour (Default 1 second).
Score: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 40, 50, 60, 100, 500, 1000, 2000, 5000
Steal Score: Yes, No
Added additional options to the Explosive Device.
Time to Detonation from Game Off, Start: 3 minutes, 4 minutes, 6 minutes, 7 minutes, 8 minutes, 9 minutes, 12 minutes, 15 minutes, 20 minutes (Default: Off)
Proximity Delay: When proximity detonation is triggered, wait a set amount of seconds before exploding.
Options: Off, 1 second, 2 seconds, 3 seconds, 4 seconds, 5 seconds, 10 seconds, 20 seconds, 30 seconds, 1 minute (Default: Off)
Added additional options to the Capture Device
Player Capture: Allows players to score points by remaining inside the capture area.
On, Off (Default: Off)
Each Player - Each player in the capture area earns points toward their team’s score.
One Player Per Team - Only one player from a team inside the capture area earns points toward their team’s score, regardless of how many other players from that team are in the area with them.
Player Capture Time: A player will earn points for their team each time they remain in the capture area for this length of time.
1 second, 5 seconds, 10 seconds, 30 seconds, 1 minute, 5 minutes, 10 minutes (Default: 1 second)
Added additional options to the Pinball Bumper
Knockback: Mega High
Added additional options to the Collectables Gallery
Added new object options: Amber Pyramid, Blue Pyramid, Cylinder, Shoe, Basketball.
Coin Object: Allows you to change the type of object to be collected without having to delete and replace the object.
Ambient Audio: On, Off. (Default: On)
Consumption Rule:
Self - when the coin is collected, it disappears for the collecting player, but remains for everyone else. (Default)
Team - when the coin is collected, it disappears for everyone in the collecting player’s team but remains for players from other teams.
Everyone - when the coin is collected, it disappears for all other players.
Added additional options to the Objectives Gallery
Added 3 additional Objective objects: Cylinder, Box, Sphere
Visible During Games: On, Off (Default: On)
Added additional options to the Item Spawner
Run Over Pickup: Determines whether the item can be picked up by running or driving over it rather than using the interaction key.
On, Off (Default Off)
Item Visibility: Adjusts the size and height of the item’s projected image to make it more easily visible, especially from a distance.
1x, 2x, 3x, 4x, 5x (Default: 1x)
Added additional options to the Creature Manager:
Damage to Environment: None
Score: None
Barrier Devices display correctly if a player is standing by them before a game starts.
Pinball Flipper knockback effect now activates after the first bump.
Resources can now be capped in the Team Settings & Inventory Device. The setting is called “Maximum Building Resources”.
The “Very Low” gravity setting in the Team Settings & Inventory Device no longer requires a player to die before it is applied.

UI and social

Added options to the UI Settings menu for showing round winner screen and scoreboard screen during rounds based games.
Added new screen to show the winner of a game.
The main Battle Royale island’s map is now visible in Creative.
Friend list panel will now display on iOS.
Players will no longer be unable to open the main menu after opening social panel and scoreboard UI simultaneously.
The button for Phase Mode will now appear on mobile.
Server time is no longer displayed while playing a game.
The “Start Game” widget no longer overlaps with the inventory bar on mobile.
The score displayed at the end of a round now displays the summary of all rounds.

Fortnite: Save the World

Missions and systems

New Wargames simulation: Space Rocks
Meteors will rain down on your base In this new War Games simulation.
Players will face a quick flurry of meteorites or one massive meteor at the end of each wave. Be sure to blast those meteors out of the sky or build some shelter!
A new Wargames simulation means more chances for Event Tickets, a new banner, and more variety to the Daily Quests.
The button UI will no longer appear incorrectly on the Evacuate the Shelter building.
Event tickets shown on the X-ray Llama UI will change to the new event ticket type when the previous event has ended.
The UI will now display the correct items / manuals received after completing a transform.
Note: Transform never gave the "base" 1/4/9 training manuals/designs that you get when you recycle an item, but a UI bug was introduced that incorrectly showed that you would obtain these items.
A gift box will be granted to each player who used the Transform feature from release v7.40 until now which grants the missed manuals that the UI indicated.
Fixed an issue that prevented players from starting the Canny Valley 10 Storm Shield Defense.

The Wargames reward UI for Twine Peaks has changed from "Rare PERK-UP!" to "PERK-UP!" to more accurately reflect that a PERK-UP! of varying rarity may be received.
All mission modifier lists will now properly display the accurate number of modifiers.
Previously, only 4 may have been shown even if more were active.
The scrollbar on the confirm recycle UI now functions correctly when using a gamepad.
Spamming the Replay button will no longer cause the quest reward voiceover to repeatedly play.
The Armory tab will no longer show an exclamation point notification if the Transform or Collection Book menu options have unseen or locked items.
The Minimap no longer appears solid white before Ray's voiceover plays during the start of a mission.
Menu navigation now functions properly after canceling a mission search while using a controller.
Players will no longer get stuck in the expeditions reward screen if attempting to claim rewards while matchmaking or in an active lobby.
Fixed an issue with the Quest Event expanding and getting stuck which caused it to be non navigable on consoles.

Performance

Reduced hitching in various parts of the front end including:
Opening the expedition slot or squad slot menus
Assigning a Hero to a loadout
Navigating items on the transform screen
Using an XP boost
Upgrading gadgets
Improved client loading to prevent hitching during gameplay.
Improved performance data collection to help identify performance issues in the future.

Heroes

We’ve added a new Hero to the Event store: Rex Jonesy stomps into battle!
Standard Perk: Saurian Might
Every 1 second, adds 3% of Current Health to Damage of next Ranged Weapon hit.
Commander Perk: Saurian Might+
Every 1 second, adds 9% of Current Health to Damage of next Ranged Weapon hit.
Available in the Event Store on May 22 at 8 PM Eastern Time
Constructor’s B.A.S.E no longer applies its effects to destroyed building pieces.
R.O.S.I.E will no longer detonate Proximity Mines when placed near them.
Shockwave will no longer cost stamina and trigger the cooldown if the ability is interrupted.
Decoy will no longer AOE damage allies when using the Your Move, Creep perk.
The Phase Forward perk now correctly applies the full movespeed bonus.
Bull Rush no longer targets ally players and NPCs.
Shock Tower now targets enemies that are behind low walls.
Shockwave no longer gets stuck in its animation.
T.E.D.D.Y now has a proper cooldown when cast with less than 60 Energy.
The In A Pinch perk no longer has persisting VFX after changing weapon mid-reload.
The Hunter’s Instinct perk’s life leech properly applies to melee attacks rather than all attack types.
Anti-Material Charge can no longer pass through T.E.D.D.Y.
Phase Siphon no longer applies healing effects when phasing through allies.
Phase Siphon now shows the correct healing value when used as a Commander perk.
Blakebeard the Blackhearted’s cannon can no longer hit the Storm King multiple times.
Outlander abilities are now properly granted cooldown reduction when used with 1 charge fragment.

Weapons and items

Cozy Campfire durability properly resets when reloaded from a previous Wargames / SSD mission.

Gameplay

Trap Durability is now properly restored to its pre-mission value when failing a Wargames or Storm Shield Defense mission.
Note: We’re working on a fix for resetting durability when a mission is successfully completed.
Players will now be eliminated when falling off the world in Plankerton Storm Shield zone.
Objects can now be spawned without a long delay.
The Craft and Slot option now slots an item properly after crafting has been completed

Audio