Patch 12.50 is coming to Fortnite. We tell you what are the most important changes and news of this Fortnite Chapter 2 content update.
On Wednesday April 29, 2020 patch 12.50 hit Fortnite. This Fortnite Battle Pass Chapter 2 Season 2 content update brought several changes and new features. In this news we collect them, and we also give you the patch notes:
All Fortnite patch 12.50 skins and backpacks
With the arrival of this new patch, new skins and new backpacks were also added to Fortnite Battle Royale. These are all these new items added to the game through this content update:
Skins / Backbling v12.50 pic.twitter.com/Ln0qlpixVX
– Lucas7yoshi // Fortnite Leaks (@ Lucas7yoshi) April 29, 2020
All the gestures, spikes, wrappings and new styles of Fortnite patch 12.50
Other items of interest also added through Fortnite patch 12.50 are new gestures, new spikes, new wrappers, and new styles for various skins like Gold:
everything else pic.twitter.com/O1YwRRy2D3
– Lucas7yoshi // Fortnite Leaks (@ Lucas7yoshi) April 29, 2020
Bug fixes and fixes for Fortnite patch 12.50
As always, patch 12.50 brings with it the correction of various game bugs. Epic Games has not released patch notes as such, but instead has posted this info on their Trello:
General arrangements
- Fortnite suffered unexpected drops in resolution and frame rate after patch 12.41. This has been fixed.
Specific Fortnite Battle Royale fixes
- Local challenges did not appear when entering a new area of the map. Yes now.
- Skye's Adventure "Block Damage with a Kingsman" challenge did not count progress correctly. Yes now.
Fortnite Party Royale: new map and new game mode leaked
References to a new map and a new game mode: Party Royale have been found among the new Fortnite patch 12.50 files.
think this is the party royale pic.twitter.com/GXVM8PAkwz
– Lucas7yoshi // Fortnite Leaks (@ Lucas7yoshi) April 29, 2020
According to an email sent by Epic Games to various data miners such as lucas7yoshi, Party Royale would be "a stress-free space in which to leave weapons behind."
nothing in the email about not being allowed to share this
also some party royale pic.twitter.com/MEPrrlTNaM
– Lucas7yoshi // Fortnite Leaks (@ Lucas7yoshi) April 29, 2020
The first tests regarding this game mode are planned to start on Friday May 1 at 9 PM EST.
Source: Twitter / lucas7yoshi, official Fortnite Trello, own elaboration
