Epic Games Temporarily Disables Slurp Juice After v5.10 Patch
By Nicholas Barth ·
The recently buffed Slurp Juice in Fortnite has now been temporarily disabled by Epic Games due to an issue that the developer has discovered with the Slurp Juice.
UPDATE: 1:01 PM PST - 7/24/2018
Accroding to a report by Fortnite Insider, the issue that looks to be the cause of concern with the Slurp Juice for Epic Games that led to it being temporarily disabled was a glitch that allowed players to attain the healing effects of the item but keep it in their inventory, thus allowing for infinite health and shields. You can see the bug in action below.
Original Story
The recent v.510 content update that was patched into Fortnite Battle Royale by Epic Games on Tuesday, July 24th saw the Slurp Juice healing item receive a major buff to its healing ability that looked to have made the item a much more viable choice for players to have in their inventories. However, Epic Games has announced that due to the discovery of an issue with the revamped Slurp Juice in Fortnite, the item has now been temporarily disabled until a fix is implemented.
The news of the disabling of the Slurp Juice healing item in Fortnite came from the official Twitter account for Fortnite.
Due to an issue discovered with Slurp Juice, we've temporarily disabled it as we investigate the cause and work towards a fix.
— Fortnite (@FortniteGame) July 24, 2018
Epic Games has made a major change to the Slurp Juice in the v5.10 content update that saw its original power of giving one health point and shield every second for 25 seconds be changed to granting "1 health every 0.5 seconds, up to a total of 75. If health is full, shield will be granted instead". It is unclear if the change made to the item was the cause of the issue Epic Games had discovered or if it was related to another aspect of the item.
Temporarily disabling the Slurp Juice healing item was not the only removal of content from the popular battle royale game of Fortnite after the v5.10 patch had been implemented, as Epic Games announced earlier on Tuesday, July 25th that the infamous C4 remote explosives would also be disabled for a temporary amount of time in order to fix an issue with the remote explosives.
At the time of writing, Epic Games was not able to give a specific timetable for when players could expect to see the newly improved Slurp Juice healing item make its return to Fortnite.
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(cover photo courtesy of Epic Games)