Refund System, Mushrooms, Shopping Carts Roll into Fortnite in Update v4.3
By Ford James ·
Patch v4.3 has brought a load of changes and additions as Fortnite continues to evolve, but rideable shopping carts and shield generating mushrooms are the highlights.
It’s patch day and along with a bunch of new skins and emotes, update 4.3 has introduced a lot of new changes to Fortnite. Shopping carts are undoubtedly the highlight though, ad they can be found “scattered across the world in various locations.” The thing is, they require someone to push, so hopping in one by yourself is useless. When you do have a buddy to escort you on your merry way however, you can shoot from inside the basket. Don’t go plummeting off mountains though, as fall damage is still enabled - the suspension isn’t that good.
Mushrooms have been added too, much like apples were introduced two weeks ago. They can be found in swampy and wooded areas, like Moisty Mire and Wailing Woods, and they grant players five shield points. If you manage to find 20 of them, you can get yourself full shields without a single potion!
Two new limited time modes are available now: Blitz v2 and Teams of 20 v2. The main change in Blitz is that the bus now flies across the map much lower, to allow players to hit the ground quicker. It also means that you can’t fly as far away, so players will be much more condensed than usual, especially since the storm comes in very quickly. As usual, all chests, loot and material drops have been increased. For the new teams of 20 mode, each team will have their own bus, meaning there will be five buses at once flying across the map.
In terms of bug fixes, traps will now deploy without waiting for the building piece they’re on to finish building, which is a huge help for players still trying to complete the trap elimination challenge. The annoying but minor issue where players will be spun around after exiting the battle bus has been fixed too, along with opened chests no longer appearing unopened from a distance.
The previously released-but-rescinded refund system for previously bought cosmetics has returned too, meaning you can now refund any item bought in the last 30 days. Be careful though, as you’re limited to three refunds in total, so be sure you want those v-bucks back before you go through with it.
You can read up on all of the patch notes on Epic’s official site, and you can see all of the upcoming skins and cosmetics here. Meanwhile, keep your eyes on this page here for links to our Week 5 Season 4 challenge guides when they come out tomorrow.