Starting today, November 1, drop into Fortnite Treasure Hunters: a new Island where you’ll search for mysterious loot, fight with powers straight from One Piece and collect new Sprites. The Straw Hat crew and A$AP Rocky’s crew are already here, and rumor has it they’re both after the same thing.
New Shores to Explore
Land ho! The new Crossbones Isle is built for 80-player matches. Climb into a cannon to launch yourself across and get to the action fast.
The $.$. Rocky: Step aboard and challenge A$AP Rocky as a Boss, then raid the deck for loot.
Lantern Lanes: Wind through a sprawling maze of lantern-lit streets, then choose your next route before another squad cuts it off.
Baratie Bay: Stop by the floating restaurant and stroll the waterfront around it.
Windmill Village: Windmills turn above this quiet seaside village, straight out of One Piece.
Loguetown: Roam the busy streets of this famous harbor town and see what turns up around every corner.
Arlong Park: Storm the fish-man stronghold and claim what’s inside.
Crew’s Cove: A ship waits beside a waterfall in this hidden cove. See what its crew left behind.
Plunder Port: Two ships sit docked here, and both are worth clearing out before you pick your next heading.
Fort Fortuna: Scale the walls of this fortress and search every rampart for your next upgrade.
Rubber Resort: Check in at a resort with its very own duck-shaped yacht.
Captain’s Cenote: Head up the mountain and discover the sinkhole pool at its heart.
New Weapons and Items Worth Getting Your Hands On
Gum-Gum Fruit: Transform into Luffy and stretch into battle. Throw long-range rubber punches, foot slams or charge up and send yourself flying.
Flame-Flame Fruit: Become Ace and turn up the heat. Pepper the competition with rapid shots, then finish with a Fire Fist.
Zoro’s Three Sword Style: Wield three katanas at once. Slash through close encounters and dash in to keep the pressure on.
A$AP Rocky’s Shock Rocket: Take the high ground. Use its Shock Rock charges to get airborne, then rain rockets down on anyone below. Available in non-Competitive play.
Usopp’s Slingshot: Pull back, line up your target, and let fly. Heavy rounds make this slingshot a marksman’s best friend.
Bundlebuss Repeater Rifle: Send a volley of bullets downrange. This fully automatic, fast-firing rifle is at its best at medium range.
Gilded Dragoon Shotgun: Make one good blast count. This single-fire shotgun trades mag size for big damage.
Explosive Cannon Ball: A big explosive cannon ball you can throw at your opponents or load into a Cannon. Available in non-Competitive play.
Nami’s Tangerine: Restore health and shields while getting a boost when moving through water. A little vitamin C goes a long way!
Meat on a Stick: Take a bite to heal up and keep healing for a short while after. Nothing like it to keep you going.
Wanted Poster: Spot one on a wall and tear it down - it turns into a Sprite Treasure Map that leads you to a buried Sprite Chest.
Captain’s Day: A$AP Rocky Arrives
It’s Captain’s Day on Crossbones Isle! A$AP Rocky has made port aboard The $.$. Rocky, and he’s not giving up the ship without a fight. Board the deck and challenge him as the Island’s first Boss - take him down and he can drop his Shock Rocket, along with the brand-new Lil' Flacko Sprite.
While you’re exploring, you might also turn up a mysterious Map Fragment. Where does it lead? That’s for you to find out - though a sharp-eyed sailor might notice it’s just one piece of something bigger. Keep checking back each Captain’s Day - there’s a new one every week.
New Arrivals Every Week
Week 2 - Lil Uzi Arrives (November 7): Lil Uzi and Cuddle Team Leader claim a fort of their own, while Buggy and the Megalodon crash onto the Island looking for trouble. New weapons, strange new Sprites, and plenty of firepower for the hunt.
Week 3 - Miku & Teto Arrive (November 14): Time to hit a different note. Hatsune Miku and Kasane Teto take over the Island’s resort and bring a few surprises with them - returning weapons, plus a leek you can wield!
Week 4 - Oscar Arrives (November 21): The hunt is getting fierce. Oscar sails in with a ship of his own and enough firepower to make his presence known - get your claws on his Frenzy Auto Shotgun.
Mastery Monday Returns: Double Up on Your Sprites
Mastery Monday is back - every Monday from 9 AM ET, earn 2x Sprite XP and 2x Sprite Dust all day long. There’s more on the table this Season - Sprite Chests and Wanted Posters appear across the Island in bigger numbers. The perfect excuse to spend a Monday hunting Sprites!
New Sprites on Deck
Meet the newest Sprites ready to join your crew - and keep watch from the crow’s nest as more are on the horizon:
Halfpeel'd: Marks elims on the map. Detection range grows with each level.
Re-Pete: Faster reloads with a chance to refund ammo.
Barry O'Fish: Spend less stamina while sprinting in water. Gain Slap effect at max level.
Exmarks: Reveals nearby Treasure Maps and Wanted Posters. Spawns a Treasure Map at max level.
Plundarrgh: Open Chests for increased Pickaxe and movement speed.
Chester: May spawn extra loot from Chests and cancels fall damage.
Wayfinder: Reveals nearby Sprites and spawns extra loot from Buried Chests.
Kelper: Restores health over time while in water. Bigger heals with each level.
Lil' Squibbly: Jump into fishing holes to catch fish and score bonus loot.
Lil’ Flacko: Creates a small shockwave on landing, knocking back opponents.
Sweet Dreams: Dream Sprite’s distant cousin. Grants a random item with each level-up, bursting with Mythic loot at max level.
New & Returning Variants
Fortune Sprite: Reveals nearby Chests.
Cursed Sprite: Increases your chance of finding rare Sprite variants, but water damages you.
Gold Sprite (November 12): Gain bonus XP from eliminating opponents.
Sprites Quality-Of-Life Improvements
Sprites from this Season can now be viewed in numbered order in the Sprites screen.
Sprites now display a Sprite Stamp showing how you acquired them.
The View Info screen explains what each Stamp means.
Sprite Mastery Track Is Back
Master new Sprites to earn Lucky Locators, Golden Fireworks and other Gizmos, with a new page unlocking every week. Find it under the Treasure tab in the Lobby.
The Sprite Mastery Strongbox Back Bling upgrades as you progress, and mastering 40 Sprites earns you the Navigator's Nosedive Umbrella.
New Ranked Season, Rewards and Rank Icons
A new Ranked Season begins in Battle Royale! Fight your way back up the ladder and claim new rewards along the way:
Gold: AHOY! Emoticon
Platinum: By Order of Geno Loading Screen
Diamond: This Must Be the Spot Spray
Elite: Par-Rot Back Bling
Unreal: Double-Duty Duelist Pickaxe
The top-tier ranks are also getting a fresh look for the Season - Elite ranks carry the compass, Champions fly the Peely Roger, and Unreal shines with the Gem Llama. The new icons are rolling out starting with the Lobby, Leaderboards, Quests tab and post-match rank up screen, and they’ll appear in more places with the next major game update.
One Piece: Zoro & Buggy Competitive Cups
The One Piece celebration continues with two new cups - top regional performers in the One Piece: Zoro Cup (November 6) and the One Piece: Buggy Cup (November 13) can earn the Roronoa Zoro and Buggy Outfits and their accessories, plus a Fortnite x One Piece: Treasure Box in eligible countries.
Keep an eye on the Fortnite Competitive page and the Compete tab in-game for full details and official rules.
Loot Pool Updates
Unvaulted
Sentinel Pump Shotgun
Auto Shotgun
Flint-Knock Pistol
Sidearm Pistol
Machine SMG
Tactical SMG
Hammer Assault Rifle
Zipline Deployer
Overdrive Grenade
Consumables: Slurp Juice, Shield Fish, Jellyfish, Slurpfish, Hop Flopper, Spicy Fish
Later in the Season:
Lever Action Shotgun, Frenzy Auto Shotgun, Flapjack Rifle
Balance Adjustments & Quality-of-Life Updates
Chests now refill over time, so you can open them again after a while. The hunt never runs dry!
Gold Bars have been vaulted:
Follower services are now free.
Vending Machines have been removed. Pocket-O-Matic’s remain available in Zero Build.
Available Pocket Items:
Shockwave Grenade, Port-A-Bunker, Shield Bubble Jr.
Golden Apple:
Now grants 40 Effective Health points instead of 50 HP - any healing beyond your max HP spills over into your Shield.
Its low-gravity effect now lasts slightly longer.
You can now find it in Produce Boxes a little more often.
✅ Bug Fixes, Improvements & Adjustments
General
Fixed a scenario where you couldn’t rejoin a match as a spectator if you reconnected shortly after disconnecting.
Fixed a scenario where matchmaking from inside a match could disconnect you.
Fixed an issue where your party could get stuck waiting after everyone readied up if someone was still loading out of the previous match.
Fixed custom controller movement feeling less responsive than intended at low stick input.
Removed a placeholder entry from the Controller Mapping settings.
Fixed tournament bookmarks not updating correctly when added or removed in the Compete tab.
Fixed an issue where the Emote Wheel could show the wrong icons when switching between the Emotes, Comms, and Jam Loops tabs.
Fixed an issue where rapidly selecting the Passes tab could make it unresponsive to controller input.
Discover
Pressing Back at the bottom of Discover and quickly scrolling down no longer makes some tiles briefly glitch out.
Right-clicking the “View All” button no longer locks up the UI and scrolling.
Cosmetics
Fixed the endoskeleton skull not appearing on the Freddy Fazbear Outfit’s Full Damage Style.
Fixed unintended white marks appearing on the back of the Freddy Fazbear Outfit’s arms.
The Mortuus X Outfit’s Titanium Legacy Style now displays its intended white coloring instead of light purple hues.
Fixed a Shop issue where Pumpkin King & Sally Bundle owners saw its Banner listed as not owned, and attempting to claim the already-owned item could then cause a crash.
Fixed the Slender Tendrils Pickaxe clipping through The Slender Man Outfit’s sleeves.
Fixed the Cuddlz Back Bling appearing flattened when equipped on the Vagatha Outfit.
Fixed the Princess Charlie Morningstar Outfit raising only one finger instead of two during the Headbanger Emote. Rock on!
Improved the Ryu (Street Fighter 2026) Outfit’s headband movement to reduce clipping, especially on lower graphics settings.
Fixed the cape clipping through the trenchcoat on the Addison Rae Outfit during jumps and crouches.
The Penny Outfit’s hair no longer clips while playing the Go Live Emote.
Fixed Custom Styles not saving consistently on the Net Protector Outfit.
Wearing the Megalo Stompers Kicks no longer causes the Leon S. Kennedy Outfit’s ankles to appear shrunken.
Fixed the Krypto Sidekick’s cape sometimes flickering in the Locker and Lobby.
The Champion’s Snapsword Pickaxe no longer incorrectly displays as a default one in matches.
Fixed camera lag that could occur while using the Nightrave Emote.
Fixed clipping on the Knightmare Outfit’s chain and skirt during Emotes.
The Light Cycle Glider’s deploy animation now plays correctly.
Gameplay & Performance
Made improvements to significantly reduce load times when opening the Sprites tab.
Fixed an issue where close-range bullet impact sounds could sometimes only be heard when the shooter was very close to you.
Fixed an issue where rebooting a teammate at a Reboot Van could be interrupted and not complete.
PC
New game installs on PCs with integrated graphics now default to the Performance rendering mode.
Dynamic 3D Resolution is now on by default for new game installs, and stays off on setups that don’t support it.
You can now use Dynamic 3D Resolution together with DLSS technology.
Fixed the game window not updating its scale when moved between monitors with different display scaling.
Fixed an issue where modifier keys like Shift or Ctrl could get stuck sometimes.
Fixed a crash related to graphics software.
Mobile
Fixed several crashes on Android to improve stability.
The Pocket Item now has its own slot in the HUD Layout Tool and can be moved and resized independently, instead of staying attached to the Quickbar.
Fixed an issue where Auto Fire could activate for a moment when hiring a Follower you were aiming at.
Fixed the Pocket Item slot disappearing from the HUD when moving or dropping Utility Items in the last two inventory slots.
For other fixes, improvements and known issues in v43.00, check out this post.
Gather your crew, and we’ll see you on Crossbones Isle!
The BR Dev Team
