Fortnite update 5.40 early patch notes: Suppressed assault rifle and weapon skins

early patch notes for the upcoming 5.40 update have revealed the suppressed assault rifle is coming to Battle Royale.

Fortnite fans are set to receive a content update this week following the release of update 5.40 last Thursday.

Fortnite update 5.40 brought with it the High Stakes event as well as the Getaway LTM and Wild Card outfit.

It also introduced the new Grappler item and added the Dusty Diner location to the Fortnite Battle Royale map.

Soon after that update was launched, dataminers rummaged through the Fortnite game files to find out what could be coming to Battle Royale next.

And they found proof of a new weapon skins mode that could get activated in Fortnite content update 5.40.

The Fortnite Battle Royale Leaks Twitter account posted: “* LEAK * Looks like Weapon Skins may make an appearance to the game!”

This new feature could be getting hinted at in the preview teaser image for the Fortnite suppressed assault rifle.

Fortnite content update 5.40 patch notes

Fortnite content update 5.40 patch notes – Early patch notes revealed for the next content update (Image: EPIC GAMES)

The new weapon is being teased when players login and is labelled as “coming soon”, which means it should be coming with Fortnite content update V5.40.

But Fortnite fans have noticed something interesting about the teaser image showing the soon-to-be-released weapon.

The Fortnite suppressed assault rifle looks to have a camo skin on it, which may be a sign weapon skins are coming with the upcoming content update.

Other mysterious folders found in the game files for Fortnite update 5.40 included a pets folder and a music packs section.

Fortnite content update 5.40 patch notes

Fortnite content update 5.40 patch notes – Here’s the new suppressed assault rifle (Image: EPIC GAMES)

The latter has sparked speculation that the original game music for Fortnite could be reappearing soon.

The Fortnite Battle Royale Leaks Twitter account posted: “Music Packs? Will OG Music make a return as a Customizable feature?”

Customisation options for the Battle Bus were also hinted at in the leaked game files for Fortnite.

One other feature that could be added with Fortnite content update 5.40 is the ability to remap buttons.

Fortnite content update 5.40 patch notes

Fortnite content update 5.40 patch notes – Weapon skins could be added soon (Image: EPIC GAMES)

This was announced back in May 2018 and last week an update was posted on the Fortnite Battle Royale Reddit page.

Epic Games are hard at work on it at the moment and it could possibly be ready in time for the Fortnite content update 5.40.

However, it sounds like it will more likely launch in a later Fortnite patch.

In a post online, Redditor AaronAtEpic said: “We’ve been hard at work trying to finalise custom bindings for our controller users and Edit will be an action that you’ll be able to bind by itself without having to hold a button.

“With that being said, u/EpicDustyDevo and I have been thinking through how to get the edit action faster, since it’s become an issue and we’ve run out of buttons.

“I think we have something that will make everyone happy, even those who aren’t going to do custom bindings will still benefit from it.”

Fortnite content update 5.40 patch notes

Fortnite content update 5.40 patch notes – Content update follows on from 5.40 release (Image: EPIC GAMES)

He went on to explain: “The edit hold timing is currently 0.25s. We’ve made a change internally to reduce that to 0.15s for the Builder Pro configuration.

“We’ve also reduced Old School, Quick Builder, and Combat Pro to 0.2s. Once this goes out, we’ll have to ability to hotfix the value and tune it in case it’s too fast and is causing accidental editing.”

​The Redditor and Epic employee added: “Finally, we know it’s taken a long time to get custom bindings out there but bear with us.

“Unfortunately, it’s not a easy thing to go from not having custom bindings to then creating the system to have custom bindings.

“We do have amazing talent here at Epic that make things look easy sometimes, but something that changes inputs into our game shouldn’t be rushed. I hope you understand.”

Fortnite content update 5.40 patch notes

Fortnite content update 5.40 patch notes – The most recent update introduced a new weapon (Image: EPIC GAMES)

Elsewhere in the Fortnite Trello board Epic Games listed one Save The World issue as being fixed in the next release.

This issue is “the “Keen Eyes” perk isn’t properly lighting up loot / treasure chest on the map”.

Epic Games has not officially confirmed the Fortnite content update 5.40 launch yet nor have they revealed a release time.

However, it is likely to launch on Tuesday September 11 2018 and – judging by past releases – won’t require any server downtime.