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Chapter 4 of Fortnite is here and we have been enjoying the new update so far, as we go into the next event: The Winterfest. Alongside the Winterfest update, which will add plenty of fun goodies to the game, we are also expecting a patch to fix some issues in the game.
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The patch notes have now officially been revealed, as they were released alongside the information regarding the aforementioned Winterfest. Here is everything we know about Patch v23.10:
Fortnite Patch v23.10 Release Date
The latest patch is set to release on the 13th of December, although some of the information below is also referring to the hotfixes done on the 9th of December.
Fortnite Patch v23.10
BALANCE CHANGES
These balance changes were done on the 9th, but they have been outlined in detail below in case you missed them:
- Reduced the time it takes to capture a POI.
- Improved the Tactical Pistol’s accuracy and recoil.
- Improved the Maven Auto Shotgun’s fire rate and accuracy.
- Reduced the Thunder Shotgun’s equip time.
- Reduced the Ex-Caliber Rifle’s player damage and hipfire accuracy, and greatly reduced its environment damage.
- Increased the recharge time of the Shockwave Hammer’s bounce.
- Light Ammo now drops in stacks of 20, up from 18.
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Also, in the v23.10 patch, we have increased the amount of materials harvestable from many large stone objects around the Island.
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MAJOR BATTLE ROYALE BUG FIXES
- For PC players, we have fixed an issue causing the rebinding of Reality Augments to only be available during a match.
- Voice chat settings changed in the Sidebar will now save correctly.
- Fixed an issue causing Overshield damage numbers to appear white.
- The Shockwave Hammer will no longer deal damage to players through structures/builds.
- Mobile players can now swipe through the Battle Pass and are no longer restricted to only pressing the arrow keys.
