With Fortnite patch 14.50, the jetpack returned to the game, albeit with a new look: the Stark Industries booster. We tell you what we know.
With the arrival of patch 14.50 to Fortnite on Tuesday, November 3, a new item also arrived in the game. Or rather, an old one is back, but with a new look: the jetpack, now called the Stark Industries booster. We tell you everything we know about this object from Season 4 of the Battle Pass of Fortnite Chapter 2:
Fortnite: where to find the Stark Industries jetpack
As we say, this object was added to Fortnite Battle Royale with patch 14.50, although it is not the first time that a jetpack has been included in the game. From what we’ve been able to test, it appears to be a revised version of the old jetpack; we get the feeling that its refueling speed is slower, and that its total fuel capacity is less than that of the previous jetpack. We leave you a small video clip that we recorded using it just below:
This is the new Stark Industries propellant. It gives us the ability to fly for a limited time. At first glance I would say that it is more capado than the normal propellant of previous seasons; shorter flight time and longer reload time. # Fortnite # FortniteSeason4 pic.twitter.com/PQYe8I3aEY
– Rubén Martínez (@ruvenmb) November 3, 2020
As its name suggests, this jetpack, or propellant, allows us to fly for a limited time, which can be useful to advance relatively long distances vertically in a simple way, or surprise players who are in places far from us both in height and because there is a gulf between them and us.
New Tony Stark / Iron Man jetpack. # Fortnite # FortniteSeason4 pic.twitter.com/n5ajpuXdBP
– Rubén Martínez (@ruvenmb) November 3, 2020
Regarding where to find the jetpack, we can confirm that its location is random. Like any other type of loot, we can find it in multiple places, including inside supply drops that fall from the sky.
For the rest, and, as we said above, being a tool that we understand has been thoroughly revised with respect to its previous iteration, we do not believe that it alters the metagame drastically, especially in competitive modes, assuming that the jetpack is enabled on them.
Sources: Fortnite Battle Royale, own elaboration
