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Time to lock in - v40.30 brings new Rivalry Ranks, more controls for Custom match hosts, and a batch of fixes and improvements. Read on for the full rundown:

⚔️ Keep Building Your Rivalry Streak and Unlock New Rewards

In today’s game update, new rewards have become available. You’ll be able to keep your existing Rivalry win count while chasing new Rivalry status alongside it:

🟣 Rivalry Master: Win 150 Rivalries

🔵 Rivalry Grandmaster: Win 500 Rivalries

🔴 Rivalry GOAT: Win 1,000 Rivalries

Keep stacking those Rivalry W’s! New mastery umbrella styles are coming in v40.40 to unlock after you hit Rivalry Master.

⚙️ New Admin Panel Tool for Your Custom Lobbies

We’ve implemented several new Custom Matchmaking features to give Custom lobby hosts more control over their Battle Royale sessions.

With today’s update, Custom lobby hosts can access a new Admin Panel in non-competitive BR modes (including Zero Build) - only available to the player who starts the match. While in a match, open the Sidebar > Menu > Admin Panel to adjust the following:

Enable God Mode and become invulnerable as the admin/host
Set the Health and Shield values for everyone
Change the Time of Day and the speed at which it progresses (can be 0)
Pause and unpause the Storm
Change the Storm radius and how long it takes for the first circle to close in
Send troublemakers back to the Lobby

✅ Bug Fixes & Improvements

This update includes numerous bug fixes across Fortnite. Here are a few notable ones we’ve seen reported by the community that we’ve fixed up:

General

Battle Pass rewards can now be claimed on the post-match screen after consecutive matches
Arcane Jinx’s braids are now the correct length
The 'Shade' Style of Ascendant Midas' Golden King's Cape no longer appears with missing textures
Back to the Future Time Machine engine and gear shift audio now play as expected
Nyanja’s eyes no longer appear overly bright
Navigation on the Passes tab now works correctly after exiting Bonus Rewards
Fixed a visual issue with the Lightyear Wings Back Bling not appearing correctly on all Outfits
Removed a visible seam on Lady Windfrost's left ear (pointed ear enjoyers stay winning)
Selecting the Battle Royale and Reload Ranked tiles on the Compete tab no longer redirects you to Unranked
The Tournament Eligibility Check window now displays the required Rank more clearly when the requirement is not met
Fixed an issue where some players using controllers could experience a temporary loss of functionality after navigating to the Bonus Rewards section of the Battle Pass
Fixed additional clipping, jittering and texture issues affecting Outfits and Kicks, such as:
- Lover Girl Laufey’s hair clipping into her shoulder
- Snoop Dogg’s undershirt clipping through his jacket
- Jagged edges on the Nike Shox TL 'Red Strobe' Kicks

Gameplay

Fixed an issue causing certain Car Bodies to appear or behave incorrectly. Previously disabled Car Bodies have been re-enabled
Back to the Future Time Machine engine and gear shift audio now play as expected
Port-A-Bunkers no longer spawn under the ground 🎉
You can aim, shoot and use consumable items at the bottom of an Ascender at New Sanctuary again
Fixed an issue where picking up a downed player mid-roll could sometimes teleport them under the terrain to a horrible, horrible end

Improved memory efficiency, which may help increase stability
Fixed an issue where the mouse cursor could move to another monitor during gameplay after Alt-Tabbing in Fullscreen Mode
The Fortnite client window no longer incorrectly moves to the center of the screen when loading into Battle Royale matches

Mobile

Interacting with NPCs and purchasing from Vending Machines now takes fewer steps
- Next time you interact with an NPC or a Vending Machine, take a look and let us know how it feels!
Turbo Building no longer stops when already holding another “Place” button
Aim Assist now applies correctly when Auto Fire is disabled, including certain weapons like Pump Shotguns
Players on iOS are no longer incorrectly muted upon entering or returning to the game

For other fixes and improvements in v40.30, check out this post.

We’re keeping an eye on reports across social media and community spaces - please keep them coming as we work to fix them.

See you in the new game update!

The BR Dev Team

Woohoo! We love Port-A-Bunkers being fixed! 🥳

this really was our Fortnite Battle Royal v40.30 patch notes

BONJOUR EPIC GAMES !

Je tiens a vous dire que des problème de matchmaking (surtout pour Steal A Brainrot) sont défectueux !

Par exemple on joue avec des amis mais ils veulent nous voler en partie privée, alors je quitte la partie et le groupe, puis je fais une autre partie privée SEUL. MAIS quand j'arrive, je REVIENS avec mes amis voulant me voler ALORS que meme si JE LES ENLEVE D'AMIS, JE REJOINS QUAND MEME LA PARTIE ! S'il vous plait réglez ce problème ! Merci.

How the hell is it possible that the random bug that kicks you out of the game, freezing the match while you can still hear your teammates, is still in the game (bug introduced on chapter 3 btw)? Even worse, it's the only online game I've ever experienced this in, and to top it all off, there's no option to rejoin the game. You guys are so lazy and irresponsible with the game that you even delete bug reports. There are thousands of bugs that have been around for chapters, and you do nothing about them. On top of that, you often lie about fixing some bugs when they're still there. I wish Tim Sweeney would never wake up and stop running the game in such a vile and disgusting way. What a horrendous and greedy person! Imagine trampling all over the players who make you richer and richer? The game's maintenance is pathetic in every way.

It's not easy to manage a BIG GAME. You only have to try to see, but you can't; being a developer of a big video game like Fortnite is incredibly complicated.