Fortnite Override powers up again in v42.20 with KINGDOM HEARTS, Rebecca’s Guns, refreshed Loot Hacks, new Match Overrides, Sprites and a round of improvements and bug fixes. Details below!
Loot Pool Updates
New Weapons
Kingdom Key: Unleash a flurry of melee combos and call down a shocking bolt on your opponents.
Sea Salt Ice Cream: This salty-sweet treat gives you and nearby teammates a health and shield burst.
Rebecca’s Guns: Double the guts and carnage with the dual-wielded Assault Rifle/SMG combo! Track down the Exotic version for ricocheting bullets.
New Loot Hacks
Loot Hacks have refreshed! A new lineup of weapons and items is now hackable (who said Mammoth Pistol?):
Hyperburst Pistol
Mammoth Pistol
Reaper Sniper Rifle
Deadeye DMR
Flowberry Fizz
Rocket Ram
New Pocket Item Options in Zero Build
We’re bringing more teamplay to the Pocket Item rotation: the Shield Keg offers healing to share, the Rift-To-Go covers team mobility, while the Shield Bubble Jr. gives you reliable cover on demand.
Gameplay Updates
New Match Overrides
Recovery (Squad & Match-Wide): Eliminating a player with any weapon drops healing orbs.
Level Up (Squad): Spawns a Mythic Kingdom Key for each squad member at their current location.
Dynamic Storm: The fewer players left standing, the faster the Storm closes in.
Super Shot: While firing bullets, your weapon will occasionally launch a rocket instead. BOOM!
Big Boom: Land from a height with no fall damage, dealing area-of-effect damage to opponents. The longer the drop, the bigger the explosion.
Healing Overdrive: Healing triggers the Overdrive effect. Patch up and get back in the fight faster!
Coming next Thursday, September 24:
Suppressing Fire: All ranged weapons have increased mag size and infinite ammo.
Health Siphon: Dealing damage restores your health.
New Mid-Match Objective
Tetris Tower: Climb a tower made of Tetris blocks and claim the reward at the top. These can appear all over the Island, so keep an eye out!
New Sprites & Improvements
Four new Sprites have been hacked into the Island - including Pine & Kiri’s #DesignASprite winner: Pond Sprite!
Pond Sprite (#DesignASprite Winner!): Jump shortly after landing to launch a Super Jump - higher and more often with each Sprite Level!
Crash Bandicoot Sprite: Perform a spin attack while midair, damaging and knocking back nearby opponents.
Blinky Sprite: Taking damage cloaks you for a short time, making you harder to spot.
Birthday Sprite (available starting Saturday, September 26): Chests have a chance to serve up slices of cake when opened - at max Sprite Level, elims can too! 🎂
New Sprite Mastery Back Bling: A new retro-style Pixel Sprite Trainer Back Bling is up for grabs! Extract 30 Sprites to earn the Back Bling and show off your favorite mastered friends everywhere you go.
Cheat Code Rarity Update: Cheat Codes have gotten a bit too predictable, and finding rarer Cheat Codes wasn't as exciting as it should be, so we're switching up how they drop Sprites.
Sprites of any rarity can now be found in any Rare (blue) or Epic (purple) Cheat Code.
Epic Cheat Codes have significantly increased chances of variants and higher-rarity Sprites.
Legendary (orange) Cheat Codes are guaranteed to drop a variant Sprite, with an emphasis on higher-rarity ones.
Sprite hunting odds have also been improved - the longer you go without finding a new Sprite, the better your chances of getting a variant you don't already own.
New Mastery Track Rewards: New pages of the Mastery Track have been added, including a new Pixel Polli Outfit! And look forward to more, with an even more pixelated Style arriving in a future update this Season when mastering 70 Sprites.
And next Thursday, September 24, Bounty Hunter Sprite variants join the fray… These combat-hungry Sprites have a chance to appear when you eliminate opponents, leveling up only from eliminations. Rack ‘em up!
KINGDOM HEARTS Power Hours This Weekend
Drop into the KINGDOM HEARTS Power Hours this Saturday, September 19 - everyone starts with the Kingdom Key and a Sea Salt Ice Cream!
🕑 Starts at 2 PM ET - 4 PM ET | 6 PM UTC - 8 PM UTC
🕘 Again at 9 PM ET - 11 PM ET | Sunday, 1 AM UTC - 3 AM UTC
💙 Everyone drops in with the Kingdom Key and a Sea Salt Ice Cream
👾 Hacker Sprite variants appear more often
🪙 1-Up Tokens and Portable Extractors may drop from Chests
Battle Royale & Zero Build Latency Improvements
To improve latency across the regions, we’re rolling out a new way to matchmake. Instead of picking between separate regions, you can now select a preferred subregion in real time - no game restart needed.
The game will look for a match in your preferred subregion first. If there aren’t enough players queuing at that moment, it’ll expand the search so you can get into action faster while still ensuring fairness. Choosing Auto is the best option for most players that use this setting - it's designed to balance fairness, queue times and latency.
If you’re in a party, matchmaking will be based on the preference of the player who starts the queue. That said, we’re exploring more options for parties and more subregions down the road.
North America Region Merge
As part of this change, NA-West, NA-Central and NA-East have merged into a single NA region with multiple subregions you can choose from. You'll still have a say in where you play - and matchmaking across one bigger region means faster queues and fairer matches for NA players.
Find the new Subregion Preference section under Settings > Game > Language and Region. If you’re having latency issues, check our updated Latency and Ping Troubleshooting article for tips.
Note: Ranked uses the new subregion system as well. Competitive matchmaking remains unchanged for now - you’ll still be able to choose between the NA-West and NA-Central regions.
✅ Bug Fixes, Improvements & Adjustments
General
Completed Sidekick Quests no longer reappear in the Quests tab.
Cosmetics
Updated the Lush Life Emote’s audio to better match the music with Zara Larsson’s choreography.
Emote owners will be able to refund it without spending a Return Ticket if they prefer.
The Chrome Punk Outfit’s head no longer appears golden/orange instead of its intended chrome finish.
The Cosmic Armor Singularity Styles, including Helmet On/Off, now appear consistently when previewing the Outfit.
The Lunar Rings Contrail now displays its intended colors.
The Eclipse Outfit's Night Style now applies to the full Outfit instead of just the head.
The Heart-rizon Emote’s heart now displays its correct texture.
The Wrixel Outfit's right arm no longer partially disappears during a slide boost with the Mega Buster.
The Rush Sidekick's limbs no longer appear jagged or stretched, especially when sitting.
Fixed lighting on toon-shaded Wraps appearing too dark when previewed in the Locker.
The T-800 Outfit's arms no longer appear distorted when certain Pickaxes are equipped.
Fixed the Nimbus Cloud (Kintoun) Glider's animation playing out of sync when first previewed in the Locker.
The Hatsune Miku Outfit's hair no longer clips through the Claptrap Back Bling when equipped.
Fixed pants on several Outfits (e.g. Lt. Ripp Slade) clipping with larger Kicks (e.g. MSCHF Big Red Boot)
Fixed the Spider-Man (Brand New Day) Outfit showing socks over medium-sized Kicks (e.g. Converse Chuck 70 Hi Canvas 'Enamel Red').
Big Mouth Outfit's eyewear no longer appears misplaced during certain Emotes (e.g. Trinity’s Kick, Full Googly).
The Kinetic Catalyst Outfit's left hand and leg no longer jitter during idle animations on iOS and Nintendo Switch.
The Catalytic Case Back Bling no longer clips through the Kinetic Catalyst Outfit while skydiving.
The Armadillo Outfit's mask no longer appears detached.
Added missing set names for the Hammy and Fractal Cat Sidekicks when viewed in the Locker.
Gameplay & Environment
Fixed an issue with the 8-Bit Shotgun shooting through walls when clipped through them.
Ammo spawned from Loot Hack drops no longer needs to be picked up manually.
Reboot Vans now correctly reboot your teammates when the reboot progress completes.
Fixed an issue where players could carry a downed teammate while using Sonic’s Power Sneakers’ Spin Dash.
Vending Machines now grant Sonic Power Sneakers consistently.
You’ll no longer take fall damage when canceling Sonic’s Power Sneakers’ Spin Dash right before jumping off a slope.
Fixed an issue where other players’ Sprites could sometimes be seen through walls.
The Adventure Sprite's effect no longer swaps your equipped item when your inventory is full.
Mega Buster shots now correctly break glass surfaces and display impact effects when firing at water.
Fixed a rare bug where you could damage yourself while disguised as a prop.
The map is now correctly centered while on Starter Island.
Fixed flickering textures along walls at Stone Sanctum.
Fixed a floating patch of grass near Reality's Reign.
PC
Fixed an instance causing the ESP-INIT-001 error to appear when launching the game.
Fixed several crashes that could occur when closing the game.
Mobile
Dual-wield Pickaxes now consistently trigger Auto Fire with touch input.
Fixed an issue where launching the game with your iOS device muted could leave audio missing even after unmuting.
For other fixes, improvements and known issues in 42.20, check out this post.
See you in the new update!
The BR Dev Team
