The April Fools update is active for 24 hours only from April 1st 5:30 AM ET to April 2nd 5:30 AM ET.
🔍 Big Heads - Players have enlarged heads. How does that work on Peely? We had to get a bit creative.
👉👉 Finger Guns - Special finger guns go pew pew.
👥 Shoulder Riding - Players can ride on teammates' shoulders with multi-stacking capability (infinite, if your balance is good enough?).
🤠 Llama Riding - Rideable Llamas have appeared around the Island. Yeehaw!
💥 Fall Damage Immunity - Instead of taking fall damage, players make a splat sound when landing.
All April Fools fun is included in Unranked Battle Royale and Blitz. Everything except for Big Heads is included in Unranked Reload. The April Fools update stays in Blitz til April 8! 🎉
General Fixes and Improvements
⚖️ We’ve made some balance improvements:
Chaos Reloader Shotgun
⬇️ Body shot damage has been slightly reduced
🔄 Reload speed is now consistent across all rarities
🟨 Mythic damage now matches Legendary rarity
Twin Mag SMG
🎯 You’ll now see less spread while firing, jumping, sprinting and sliding
↔️ Spread has been slightly increased while crouching
Added Text-To-Speech and Speech-To-Text options in English. Enable these options in the 'Communication' Settings tab to have messages read aloud and use your mic to dictate text chats.
Fixed an issue where Slapperoni Pizza could grant the Slap effect without consuming a slice.
You’ll no longer get stuck under the terrain when using the Particle Accelerator with the Overdrive Grenade effect.
Using a Zipline near Latte Landing will no longer send you flying without fall damage immunity.
The Season X Umbrella no longer causes gray placeholder textures while gliding.
Equipped Pickaxes will no longer appear with missing textures after a player is revived or rebooted.
Fixed a visual issue where Axo’s “Midnight” Style could display unintended Outfit elements.
Hades’ facial expressions now animate correctly when using the Underworld Anger Emote.
The Overlay Contrail is again available in players' Lockers.
[Reload] Morphite weapons no longer display incorrect ammo count on the Quick Bar.
Fixed an issue where some Gliders could display incorrect Styles or replace equipped Back Blings.
With optimizations made to DirectX 12 and Performance Mode in this update, the DirectX 11 option under Rendering Mode video settings has been removed. Your selected setting has been updated to match your system specs.
Fortnite Mobile v40.10 Improvements
🎛️ More HUD Layout Slots
We’ve heard your feedback on wanting more flexibility around HUD layouts - you can now save up to 12 custom HUD layouts in the HUD Layout Tool, allowing you to try out different setups without needing to overwrite the existing ones.
🔍 Rivalry Ranks Easier to Read
The Rivalry rank display is now larger and easier to read across devices.
Bug Fixes
Text chat is now available again in Fortnite OG matches.
Tap the Text Chat icon in the upper-right and join the conversation!
Vehicle Radio buttons can now be re-added after being removed from the HUD Layout Tool.
Fixed an issue where Aim Assist could trigger without active input when Auto Fire is enabled.
Storm Surge Damage Threshold indicator now correctly appears during Competitive matches.
The Dash icon no longer incorrectly appears on the Glider button after entering a Rift.
While in a party, the Chat and Microphone buttons no longer appear duplicated on the Showdown tab.
Fixed an issue where chat message and group invite push notifications were unintentionally turned off for players who had opted in to receive push notifications.
You can change your preferences anytime in Settings > Account and Privacy > Social Push Notifications.
[Blitz] The Lawless Slap Jug can now be used directly from the Quick Bar.
[Blitz] Accolade, Quest, and XP notifications now appear on the left side of the screen, no longer overlapping with level-up and reward widgets.
