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Stephany Nunneley
Wednesday, January 15, 2020, GMT
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This year's first update has landed as a Fortnite player and brings weapon grading.
v11.40 broadcast live in Battle Royale Fort night You can now lay the Assualt rifle on its side and turn it into a heavy assault rifle for use in non-competitive playlists.
Upgrade options may be completed in "Upgrade Machine" and may be extended to other weapons in the future.
Weapon upgrade introduction!
Use the upgrade station to convert your AR to heavy AR. View now. pic.twitter.com/v0XAzyb7Ji
-Fortnite (@FortniteGame) January 15, 2020
Elsewhere in the update, Epic has also reduced the m aterial cost of upgrading weapons at Upgrade Machines. It also added the following items to the Battlefield Lab: K Stone Pistols (normal and rare), Shockwave Grenades and Impulse Grenades.
iPad Pro now supports 120 FPS, and the clickable fingertip buttons L3 and R3 are now available on supported iOS controllers.
A small bug fix has also been applied:
- The player's Star Wars Achievements are back in the old timeline.
- Resolved an issue involving the "F" key that could not move normally after direction remapping.
- Addressed issue that involves quick editing that causes the player to remain in Edit mode.
- Falling in hiding no longer causes the crosshairs of the Bolt-Action sniper rifle to disappear.
- The solution to the problem involving "visiting different bus stops in one race" and the Toxin Challenge did not track the progress of some bus stops.
- Spectrum Contrail changes color again while in motion.
- Continuing improvements regarding FPS declines and mobile device hookups.
- Addressed issue that involves mobile players getting stuck in a loop on the Select Shooting Mode screen.
- Addressed issue that involves console players not being able to proceed with the gifting process if Two-Factor Authentication is not enabled.
While waiting for the start of Season 2 of Chapter 2, there are several Overtime Challenge Complete in the next few weeks. You will be responsible for finding and destroying buckets, trucks and silos on the map. If you need help finding them, we are here for you. Just click on the link.