Fortnite Heads to the Wild West

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While last week’s Fortnite update brought along mouse and keyboard functionality, this week’s content part of update 6.30 doesn’t make any major changes. Instead, we get the start of another Limited Time Mode, plus there are new weapons for both Battle Royale and Save The World.

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In the new Wild West Limited Time Mode, players get to use weapons from the frontier era as they battle to be the last man or team standing. This includes Dynamite, which after a few teething problems has returned to the game. Save The World players aren’t left out as there’s a new Ghost Pistol that can fire through structures. There aren’t many other bug changes and fixes, but you can find the full patch notes in the spoilers below if you’re interested.

Battle Royale
Limited Time Mode: Wild West

Summary
Fight for the Victory Royale using a limited set of weapons and items such as Hunting Rifles, Shotguns and Dynamite.

Mode Details

  • Available Weapons
    • Hunting Rifle
    • Pump Shotgun
    • Double Barrel Shotgun
    • Six Shooter
*    Available Items
     *    Campfire
     *    Bandages
     *    Medical Kits
     *    Dynamite
       *    Slurp Juice
  • Supply Drops can contain
    • Epic Six Shooters
    • Legendary Double Barrel Shotguns
    • Slurp Juice

Weapons + Items

  • New Weapon: Dynamite
    • Uncommon rarity, found in stacks of 3.
    • Available from floor loot, chests, Vending Machines, Supply Llamas, and Supply Drops.
    • 70 damage to players and 800 damage to structures.
    • Explosion is in the shape of a flat cylinder
      • 1600 units in diameter and 384 units in height.
    • Initiating a throw will start a 5-second fuse that can’t be canceled.
    • Throw range is shorter than standard Grenades.
  • Mounted Turret Changes:
    • Headshot Multiplier
      • Reduced from 2.0x to 1.5x
    • Time To Overheat
      • Reduced from 10 seconds to 6 seconds

Events

  • New Tournament: Scavenger Pop-Up Cup Duos
    • Scavenger game mode adjustments:
      • Material cap reduced from 500 to 300.
      • Drop count of Clingers and Grenades increased from 3 to 5.
    • Safe zone changes
      • Reduced the radius of Circle 3 from 20000 to 15000
      • Reduced the radius of Circle 4 from 10000 to 7500
      • Circle 4 is now the first circle partially outside of the previous safe zone (was circle 5)
      • Increased chances of supply drops in later circles
      • Circle 9 now travels twice as far but takes twice as long to close

Save The World
Heroes

  • 8 Bit Demo returns to the Weekly Store.
    • Explosives expert who groups enemies with Decoy before finishing them with a hail of missiles.
    • Available Wednesday, November 21 at 7 PM EST until Wednesday, November 28 at 7 PM EST.

Weapons + Items

  • Ghost Pistol added to the Weekly Store.
    • A slow firing pistol that shoots ghostly projectiles that pass through walls and enemies.
    • Available Wednesday, November 21 at 7 PM EST until Wednesday, November 28 at 7 PM EST.

The content part of update v6.30 is available now.