Fortnite Season 6 Patch Notes And Community Reaction - Pets, Shadow Stones, Emotes
By Jesse Collins ·
Fortnite dropped Season 6 today and there's a ton to unpack. The fans and community agree wholeheartedly.
Fortnite Season 6 launched today and the fans were treated to a novel-sized patch notes list this morning. While there’s a ton of detail, the fans are definitely talking about some of the bigger changes made going into this season.
This is big enough that some people are putting down other games to jump into the initial Season 6 matches, such as Dusty on Twitter. Poor Spider-Man. But, at least Dusty can play with Xbox and Switch users this time around.
This new Fortnite season got me like pic.twitter.com/XK6NHG9TYi
— Dusty (@DustyTheKid21) September 27, 2018
Shadow Stones
A new feature coming into Season 6 is Shadow Stones, which appear throughout the map (which we detail where to find them here). When used, they render your player character nearly invisible to other players, allow players to jump much higher, and take zero fall damage.
To keep the balance, no items or weapons can be used while using a shadow stone. While feeling similar to the Avengers Infinity War Thanos event, it’s a much more toned down appeal. While Thanos had powers and attacks, shadow stone users don’t, but they can phase directly through walls.
Could it be another Infinity War reference? FortNite FTW thinks so.
Shadow stone intensifies via /r/FortNiteBR https://t.co/s8jwWtfsIs pic.twitter.com/XTFwDVyq9Y
— FortNite FTW (@FortNite_FTW_) September 27, 2018
Some players, like sam, aren’t so sure it was even a good idea in the first place (Warning: NSFW language below).
am i the only one that thinks that the shadow stones are the dumbest things fortnite has put in
— sam (@safinity) September 27, 2018
“Yeah I’m gonna get back into fortnite”. *Looks at patch notes for #Season6Fortnite* pic.twitter.com/ooxIqq058G
— Exodus (@ItzzExodus) September 27, 2018
Tyler “Ninja” Blevins tried it out this morning and used his first shadow stone to sneak up on a player for a kill.
Pets
No, seriously, Season 6 brings pets to the fray, riding around with the players in backpacks. So far, a dog (Bonesy), a chameleon (Camo), and a dragon (Scales) have all been released with this update, available at multiple tiers for the season and different colors for each. What do they do? They look cute and react to situations and wins. Better than nothing.
Samara Redway on Twitter showed the same excitement we did when she found out.
THERE ARE NOW PETS IN FORTNITE. I REPEAT. PETS. IN. FORTNITE. THIS IS NOT A DRILL
— Samara Redway (@samararedway) September 27, 2018
Some fans hope this isn't a case of Nintendogs or Tomogatchi, hoping they don't need to feed them. We see it more like Neopets when it comes to care, ourselves.
I just hope my pets in Fortnite don't suffer the same fate as my Nintendogs
— Lachlan ⚡️ (@LachlanYT) September 26, 2018
Weapons and Projectiles
Alright, look. Weapons are bound to change when there's a major update, so they did over haul a couple major things, including vaulting a ton of weapons. Impulse Grenades, Remote Explosive, Suppressed SMG, LMG and Bouncers have all been vaulted in most modes, except for in Playground. That means players can still enjoy them on their free time, but not where it counts. Double Barrel Shotgun damage took a major hit and has been reduced from 143 (Epic)/150 (Legendary) to 114/120. Additionally, the Grappler uses have been reduced from 15 to 10.
One other major change is that console players using a mouse and keyboard are now put into PC matchmaking lobbies instead of with console players, keeping the balance. This only really affects PS4 players at the moment, but Xbox is introducing mouse and keyboard capabilities in October for other games, meaning Fortnite is likely to follow along soon enough.
While some are really happy with the changes to weapons...
wow fortnite actually did a good patch again.. C4s ARE GONE
— ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤjustin (@tropicalpunched) September 27, 2018
... others are not as happy with them.
Patch notes overall very solid. I'm irritated by suppressed smg removal and inconsistent tac shotgun damage. Please fix soon. Keep up the good work team Fortnite!
— FreshLike98Moss (@FreshLike98Moss) September 27, 2018
@FortniteGame vault the whole game in the next patch #fortnite #FortniteSeason6 pic.twitter.com/tSTlLNCnG3
— Mahmood (@M7mood26) September 27, 2018
I wake up, read the Fortnite patch notes just to see that they nerfed the Double Barrel Shotgun, as soon as we get a decent shotgun they nerfed it instantly ?
— Itachi Uchiha (@ItachiTheGod_) September 27, 2018
Emotes - Drop the Mic, BTS
Several emotes are available via the tier list and shop, but a couple are being more talked about than others by the community, especially some moves based on popular South Korean boy band BTS. But, that's not all, of course. Another emote being talked about is Drop The Bass.
The new ‘Drop the Bass' emote is lit ??
— Fortnite Funny (@FortniteFunny) September 27, 2018
(via @The1Jaren) pic.twitter.com/6b960TlAIZ
But, BTS has the most people hyped, having the band just shown up on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon only two days ago. Did Epic Games have this planned or was this always in the cards?
SOMEONE SPOTTED BTS' DANCE MOVES ON FORTNITE, I CAN SEE MIC DROP REMIX, BST AND FIRE UGH BTS' IMPACT
— ? (@ILOVEPARKJIMlN) September 27, 2018
pic.twitter.com/dJjIyPSF56
Skins and Map
We touched on the substantial changes to the map in a separate article, which can be checked out here. We also talked about the skins that were leaked earlier this week. In the mean time, we leave fans with a heartwarming moment that will make any John Wick fan happy.
Fortnite reunited them... ❤️
— B/R Gaming (@BRGaming) September 27, 2018
(via besart.fer/Instagram) pic.twitter.com/Gd0X4q0IPU