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Fortnite – 12.61 patch notes: changes and what's new

May 26, 2020
Fortnite - 12.61 patch notes: changes and what's new
Written by: Chris Watson
May 26, 2020
Updated on May 26, 2020
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Chris Watson is a gaming expert and writer. He has loved video games since childhood and has been writing about them for over 15 years. Chris has worked for major gaming magazines where he reviewed new games and wrote strategy guides. He started his own gaming website to share insider tips and in-depth commentary about his favorite games. When he's not gaming or writing, Chris enjoys travel and hiking. His passion is helping other gamers master new games.
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Patch 12.61 arrives in Fortnite. We tell you what are the most important changes and news of this Fortnite Chapter 2 content update.

On Tuesday May 26, 2020 patch 12.61 arrived in 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 new cosmetic items from Fortnite patch 12.61

Although few, Fortnite Battle Royale patch 12.61 has brought with it the following new cosmetic items:

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All new cosmetic items in patch 12.61

Of all of them, we highlight the dance "Toosie Slide", by the singer Drake. Will you be the next to have an event inside Fortnite, like Travis Scott and Astronomical?

Another skin that has leaked is Agent Jonesy:

Bug fixes and fixes for Fortnite patch 12.61

As usual, patch 12.61 brings with it the correction of various game bugs. Epic Games has not released patch notes as such, but instead, as usual, they have posted this information on their Trello, a platform where developers publicly show what the game's main issues are and what they are doing. to give you a satisfactory solution:

General arrangements

  • There were several problems showing the support tab to a creator. These issues have been addressed with this content update.
  • Prior to this patch, Fortnite stability existed in Windows 7. It has worked to prevent various errors and stops in the game in this operating system.

Specific Fortnite Battle Royale fixes

  • Fixed a bug where players would get stuck on a black screen in Operation: Infiltration game mode.
  • Dragonfly hang glider was disabled on competitive playlists because its animation made it difficult to shoot the player using it, giving it a crucial advantage. It has been re-enabled and can be used again.
  • Due to the previous bug, Epic Games allowed a refund for the Dragonfly hang glider. However, a separate error prevented the reimbursement of the payments corresponding to this purchase. It has been fixed.
  • The indicators of where they shoot at us pointed to wrong directions. It has been fixed.

More leaked data about the Season 2 finale event

This patch is the last one that will be before the event of the end of Season 2 of Fortnite Chapter 2, which will be held on Saturday, May 30 at 20:05 in Spain. Thanks to the iFireMonkey dataminer, we know that, at some point in it, we will be underwater:

We also know that the hatches will open, and there will be teleports and turbulence:

It will have its own game mode, called "The Device":

Apparently, Midas's plan will be to try to challenge the Storm with his Last Judgment Device. The full audio of the event has also been filtered:

Free additional styles for Maya's backpack and pickaxe

Another novelty in patch 12.61 is that the Specialist Pick and the Arroyo Backpack have received additional styles that we'll get for free the next time we log into Fortnite Battle Royale:

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We will get these items automatically when we log into Fortnite Battle Royale

The Storm behaves strangely

We have found that the Storm does not work as it "should" in normal game modes, but it does work as usual in Arena game modes. The first circle is extremely large. So much so, that it covers the entire island. We believe this is because the Midas plan has been put in place, and you want to stop the Storm:

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Capture taken on 05/26/2020 playing En Solitario

Source: Fortnite official Trello, Twitter / lucas7yoshi, Twitter / iFireMonkey, Twitter / polaqwym, own elaboration

About author

Chris Watson is a gaming expert and writer. He has loved video games since childhood and has been writing about them for over 15 years. Chris has worked for major gaming magazines where he reviewed new games and wrote strategy guides. He started his own gaming website to share insider tips and in-depth commentary about his favorite games. When he's not gaming or writing, Chris enjoys travel and hiking. His passion is helping other gamers master new games.
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