Fortnite 7.01 update PATCH NOTES: Infinity Blade, Polar Peak changes, Close Encounters LTM

UPDATE:  update 7.01 has officially been released, as Epic takes the game offline for maintenance.

The news was announced alongside patch notes on Twitter: “Feel the cold creeping in? Downtime for v7.01 has begun! See what fate has in store in the Patch Notes.”

The update weighs in at 219MB on PC, 903MB on Mac, 662MB on PS4, 627MB on Xbox One, 322MB on Nintendo Switch and around 170MB on mobile.

ORIGINAL: Fortnite developer Epic Games has released update 7.01.

As teased by Epic Games earlier this week, the brand new Fortnite patch introduces the special Infinity Blade sword.

The Infinity Sword can be found at Polar Peak and grants users special bonuses.

The sword slash delivers big damage to players and even lets wielders leap great distances.

The wielder of the sword also receives increased health and shields, as well as health regeneration.

Elsewhere, the Close Encounters game LTM makes a return, while the Stormwing plane gets a tweak.

When the plane is shot down, players will now receive 25 damage from the explosion.

You can see the full list of update 7.01 patch notes below…

BATTLE ROYALE

LIMITED TIME MODE: CLOSE ENCOUNTERS

Summary

• Close quarters combat with Shotguns & Jetpacks!

• Mode Details

• The only weapons in this mode are Shotgun variants.

• Jetpacks & Heavy Shotguns can be found in chests & Supply Drops.

• Other Shotgun variants are spawned as floor loot.

• The Storm moves in more quickly than normal at mid to late game.

• Typical match length is about 15 minutes.

• Stats are enabled for this mode.

WEAPONS + ITEMS

Infinity Blade

• This Mythic melee weapon can be found on Polar Peak.

• Primary Fire delivers a powerful sword slash. It deals big damage to enemies and destroys structures in one blow (75 damage to players).

• Alternate Fire allows the player to leap great distances, destroying objects in its path. Upon landing, it delivers damage and a knock-up to nearby players (25 damage).

• The wielder of the sword is also granted additional abilities:

• An increased pool of max Health and Shields (200 Health/200 Shields).

• Regeneration of effective Health over time up to max Health and Shields (1 HP per second).

• An instant burst of effective Health upon elimination of an enemy (50 HP).

• Increased movement speed (130%).

• The first player to pull the Infinity Blade from its pedestal will be instantly healed to full Health and Shields.

• If a player picks up the Infinity Blade, all other inventory items aside from building materials will be dropped.

• When the wielder of the Infinity Blade picks up an item (aside from building materials), the Infinity Blade will be dropped.

• The Infinity Blade will be dropped when the wielder is knocked out or eliminated.

• Only one Infinity Blade will appear per match.

GAMEPLAY

X-4 Stormwing

• When a plane is shot down, the driver and all passengers of that plane will now take 25 damage from the explosion.

Bug Fixes

• Speculative fix for players moving after being eliminated.

Fixed players being ejected from vehicles if they lost the icy feet effect.