Having teased it earlier this week, it has now been confirmed that a new Fortnite Battle Royale patch is being released.
Epic Games skipped the usual Tuesday maintenance update routine and instead waited until Wednesday, August 15.
Fans already know that a new weapon is being added to the game this week, with the development team posting the news earlier this week.
The Heavy Sniper Rifle looks set to be a beastly new weapon for those who can wield, with leaked stats suggesting it could be a game-changer.
Fans will learn more about it later today, with the new Fortnite update 5.21 now confirmed for launch.
Epic Games will plan to release the new content update at 9am in the UK, with patch notes expected to be released soon after.
The good news is that Fortnite Battle Royale will not require any downtime, so fans look set to avoid a lot of disruption.
“Set your sights on the v5.21 update! Available tomorrow, August 15 at 4 AM ET (0800 GMT),” a message from Epic Games reads.
“There will be a client update but no downtime.”
Server downtime usually means the game is going offline for several hours until scheduled maintenance has been completed.
But as noted above, Fortnite players will need to update their game on all platforms before they have access to live servers again.
The bad news, however, is that today’s update will not include a massive amount of bugfixes.
As a content update, 5.21 will be focused on adding new stuff to the game, perhaps even launching with a new LTM.
This could mean the return of a Sniper-centric mode, albeit, with a new twist to help keep things interesting.
There’s also bound to be a few other surprises hidden in today’s update, perhaps even something that hasn’t been found and leaked by data miners.
More details will be shared by the development team tomorrow, as Epic Games usually like to release new trailers for any significant new content.
And fans won’t have to wait long for the next big event to arrive in Fortnite Battle Royale.
Because tomorrow, August 15, will see the launch of new challenges for battle pass owners.
The new week 6 challenges have been leaked online, meaning fans get a closer look at what’s coming next.
From what has been revealed this week, it looks like Fortnite fans will be searching for big stone heads, as well as completing time trials.
They will also need to score Minigun or Light Machine Gun eliminations and take out opponents at Tilted Towers:
- Deal headshot damage to opponents (0/500)
- Harvest building resources with a pickaxe (0/3000)
- Search where the Stone Heads are looking (0/1)(HARD)
Battle Pass:
- Search Chests in Lonely Lodge (0/7)
- Complete timed trials (0/5)
- Minigun or Light Machine Gun eliminations (0/2)(HARD)
- Eliminate opponents in Tilted Towers (0/3)(HARD)
Fortnite Battle Royale is a free-to-play game developed by Epic Games currently available to download on PS4, Xbox, Nintendo Switch, PC, Mac and Mobile.