Fortnite: Battle Royale 1.6.4 Patch Released

Fortnite’s Battle Royale mode has just received its latest patch, implementing buffing the assault rifle and fixing a couple of bugs.

The assault rifle will now have greater accuracy at first hit but also greater inaccuracy if you keep your finger on the trigger. The issue of PS4 Players experiencing a login bug has also been addressed, as well as rendering crash for Xbox One players.

Check out the full patch notes below:

UPDATE – 1:00pm EDT:  Supply Drops and Duos are coming next week, along with a detailed blog breaking down our thoughts and goals on weapon accuracy. Expect leaderboards the following week.

BATTLE ROYALE

• Balance
  • Adjustments to Assault Rifle.
    • White
      • Increased maximum accuracy by 10%.
      • Increased minimum accuracy by 22%.
      • Increased reload rate by 10%.
    • Green
      • Increased maximum accuracy by 8%.
      • Increased minimum accuracy by 20%.
      • Increased reload rate by 8%.
    • Blue
      • Increased maximum accuracy by 5%.
      • Increased minimum accuracy by 17%.
      • Increased reload rate by 5%.
    • Purple
      • Increased maximum accuracy by 3%.
      • Increased minimum accuracy by 14%.
      • Increased reload rate by 3%.
    • Orange
      • Increased minimum accuracy by 11%.
  • Optimal accuracy is achieved by aiming while crouching without movement.
• Polish and Bug Fixing
  • Fixed an issue that caused a party to be unjoinable after the Host had left it.
  • Fixed issues with players joining lobbies.
  • Fixed a couple of server crashes.

PS4 ONLY

• Fixed an issue that caused login failure after completing the login queue.

XBOX ONLY

• Fixed a frequent rendering thread crash that was seen on Xbox.

Fornite Battle Royale is out now for PC, PS4 and Xbox One.