Fortnite Patch Notes Fix Plane Bug, Introduce Creative Island Codes

Today’s Fortnite patch isn’t a huge one when it comes to Battle Royale, but there’s some crucial changes. Of course, the big one is the introduction of the Infinity Blade sword found at Polar Peak that grants the holder some powerful abilities. But what about everything else in the patch? There’s a few things to cover across both Fortnite Battle Royale and Fortnite Creative, so strap in.

Close Encounters LTM

The Close Encounters limited time mode has returned to Fortnite! If you haven’t played it before, it re-introduces Jetpacks to the game, and the only weapons available are the multiple types of shotgun. The fight is taken to the skies and the storm moves in quicker than normal, so games finish sooner. It’s worth having a few different types of shotgun in your inventory at any one time, for different scenarios since you can’t carry any automatic weapons.

Bug Fixes

There’s three major bug fixes with this patch. Firstly, when a plane is shot down, the pilot and any passengers will now take 25 damage from the explosion which is a huge change, although it should probably be higher than 25.

One common bug that became infamous in Fortnite was that players would sometimes continue moving after being killed. That issue has now been fixed, as has the one that would eject players from vehicles if they had the “icy feet” effect when they got in.

Creative Featured Islands

There’s a few huge changes and additions to the new Creative mode. To start with, The Block that came down and flattened Risky Reels? It’s now available as a fifth island in Creative, so you can build your submissions on the exact foundation it would appear in-game if chosen.

There’s now also four featured island rifts that will showcase various creations from the community. The original creator - not the player who’s lobby it is - sets the rules though, so you can’t play around altering other player’s creations.

Finally, Island Codes are now a thing. These are codes that you can input before you load up an island, to give you a specific island with a creation already built. They’re not available to everyone yet though unfortunately, only a limited number of content creators have access right now. It will gradually expand though, and Epic has said that they may reach out to creators of popular builds on social media to offer them the ability to publish their creation as a code.

On top of all of that, there has been a number of new prefabs and devices added to Creative Mode, some gameplay changes, new settings, and more. Check out the full list of everything included in patch v7.01 here.

In other Fortnite news, TSM has picked up a junior squad!