Fortnite has been undergoing one of its best periods in recent memory, as with the new season releasing, theres a ton of content for players to check out.
Now, we're gearing up for the brand new update for the new season, and we're going to dive into all we know about Fortnite Update V23.30.
Here we go!
Release Date
The new Fortnite update drops on the 31tst January 2023 at 9AM GMT.
Update Size
Here are the file sizes for the new Fortnite update:
- PS4 - 4.93GB
- PS5 - 6.43 GB
- XBOX ONE - 5.01 GB
- XBOX SERIES X - 5.48 GB
- PC - 9.97GB
- SWITCH - TBC
- ANDROID - TBC
Patch Notes
- Hiding Prop Gallery Devices being added
- Crowd Volume Device being added
- New augments being added
- New Dragon Ball skins
- Dragon Ball themed Battle Bus
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New Daily Quests
- Emote at different Named Locations in the same match
- Travel distance vertically
- The icon for the accolade related to using the Spider-Man's Web Slingers have been re-added this update.
- Part 3 of the Oathbound Voice Acted Questline has been added to the files.
- A lot of the glitches with hats not properly being on skins has been patched this update
- Epic Games made it more obvious for when you have shuffle enabled/disabled
- You can now spawn the Jellyfish Wildlife in creative
- Wind currents will be disabled in Battle Royale/Zero Build for the duration of v23.30.
- The Forecast Reality Augment has been adjusted to only show the next three Storm circles after being selected, instead of showing all future Storm circles.
- From v23.30 and onwards, Battle Royale Chapter 4 Season 1 Weekly Quests will no longer expire after a week. They will remain until the end of Season, meaning players can complete a set of Weekly Quests anytime until Chapter 4 Season 1's end date.
- The Guardian Shield now blocks the Deku’s Smash ability.
- Updated the icons for being Away/Offline
- Epic Games has redone the avatar portraits in the friends list to now be the skins featured image
- Epic Games has changed the UI for saving/re-naming a preset
Map
- Rebel and Inferno are now NPCs on the island
Shop
New Shop Assets in v23.30: pic.twitter.com/8zL52IOH2I
— iFireMonkey (@iFireMonkey) January 31, 2023
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New/Re-Added Shop Tabs
- Dragon Ball (x5)
- Rep Your Team (x3)
- Referees (x3)
- Love is in The Air (x8)
- Jonesy
- Tales from the Animus
- Hero Gear
- Customize Your Hero!
- Squad Origins
- Styles from every season in Chapter 1
- Squad Origins Bundles
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SypherPK's Backbling & Pickaxe has a new variant
- Oni's Curse (Full Reactive)
- Sypher's Scimitar (Full Reactive)
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Skins
Piccolo and Son Gohan skins! pic.twitter.com/fjMOIApPjo
— iFireMonkey (@iFireMonkey) January 31, 2023
Sylvie Skin pic.twitter.com/qs7PcApMfl
— iFireMonkey (@iFireMonkey) January 31, 2023
Winter Warrior Fennix pic.twitter.com/vz6tjHUA0A
— iFireMonkey (@iFireMonkey) January 31, 2023
Chase Skin pic.twitter.com/f9tkBHRmoH
— iFireMonkey (@iFireMonkey) January 31, 2023
Cosmetics
Piccolo's Cape and Turban Backbling pic.twitter.com/ooAZFm3ZV9
— iFireMonkey (@iFireMonkey) January 31, 2023
Gohan's Cape Backbling pic.twitter.com/iwTpE1bh2l
— iFireMonkey (@iFireMonkey) January 31, 2023
Piccolo's Demon Symbol Backbling pic.twitter.com/Z8tJ6PmQzk
— iFireMonkey (@iFireMonkey) January 31, 2023
Groaker Backbling
— iFireMonkey (@iFireMonkey) January 31, 2023
You can disable the ability for Groaker to Groak. pic.twitter.com/rRbEpOADmK
Arctic Foxpack Backbling pic.twitter.com/fJD9rCxxDa
— iFireMonkey (@iFireMonkey) January 31, 2023
Slipstream Logo Backbling pic.twitter.com/eRswmcFTeX
— iFireMonkey (@iFireMonkey) January 31, 2023
Gohan's Beast Axe & Piccolo's Handheld House Pickaxes pic.twitter.com/bmx2eY8nS3
— iFireMonkey (@iFireMonkey) January 31, 2023
Capsule No. 576 Glider
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Red Ribbon Army Aircraft Glider pic.twitter.com/BVUVxKJF1N
We are getting BOTH versions of the Stay Emote pic.twitter.com/UkcVbaPrtl
— iFireMonkey (@iFireMonkey) January 31, 2023
Gohan Beast & Orange Piccolo Sprays pic.twitter.com/v6Zz1oajBC
— iFireMonkey (@iFireMonkey) January 31, 2023
AMIE 1.0 Loading Screen: pic.twitter.com/BLlDcwAEFY
— iFireMonkey (@iFireMonkey) January 31, 2023
Gohan & Piccolo Loading Screen pic.twitter.com/6bas0aIFuq
— iFireMonkey (@iFireMonkey) January 31, 2023
Cosmos Wrap
— iFireMonkey (@iFireMonkey) January 31, 2023
Crushin' Wrap
Groak'd Wrap
Outfoxed Wrap pic.twitter.com/c5ZATJqk6w
Slipstream Style Wrap pic.twitter.com/rnYpoIYY8t
— iFireMonkey (@iFireMonkey) January 31, 2023
Weapons
- The Kamehameha and Nimbus Cloud (Kintoun) items will remain in Battle Royale/Zero Build until v23.40.
A mythic version of the Tactical Pistol has been added to the game and is obtained VIA the "Mythic Munition" augment.
— iFireMonkey (@iFireMonkey) January 31, 2023
Image VIA @ShiinaBR pic.twitter.com/y8eN0BGQT6
New Augments added in v23.30: pic.twitter.com/eZ8ToxituE
— iFireMonkey (@iFireMonkey) January 31, 2023
Tigger v2 / Trigger Attribute v2 Devices pic.twitter.com/KQPrNXanmc
— iFireMonkey (@iFireMonkey) January 31, 2023
Creative
- The total memory limit for published islands is still 100K – but when you are in Create mode on your islands, you can now place and move props normally up to 115K total memory.
New Creative things: pic.twitter.com/g41ELO77ii
— iFireMonkey (@iFireMonkey) January 31, 2023
New Creative Galleries: pic.twitter.com/R1OZGJEzdV
— iFireMonkey (@iFireMonkey) January 31, 2023
More Creative Galleries: pic.twitter.com/XRKXRkpks7
— iFireMonkey (@iFireMonkey) January 31, 2023
Bug Fixes
Here are the issues looking to be fixed in the next update:
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General Issues
- Players are unable to claim the Exile variation of the Mind's Eye back bling
- Physics on Joni the Red's coat are no longer functioning.
- Battle Hound and Molten Battle Hound Helmet visually incorrect.
- Players are getting a blue lobby background
- Bonus Rewards 'Pre-requisite Not Met' Issue
- The Sparkle Specialist outfit is not reflective and shiny.
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Battle Royale Issues
- Fall damage when Sliding with the Shockwave Hammer
- Unable to emote after a Victory Royale
- Red dot missing when scoping with Red-Eye Assault Rifle
- The "Party Time" Augment has been temporarily disabled.
- The "Shotgun Striker" Augment is temporarily disabled.
- The "Aerialist" Augment has been temporarily disabled.
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Creative Issues
- Wildlife takes fall damage with fall damage set to off
- Placing a prop and switching to the pickaxe at the same time places an invisible prop
- Players can build in Mutator Zone Devices with "Allow Building" set to "No" in certain instances
- Props attached to prop manipulator devices can show in game despite the device being disabled
- Props may turn green while selecting after placing them under terrain
- Sequencers do not always play correctly when set to infinitely loop
- When entering the menu, navigating the menu with a controller will send the cursor back to the top of the menu.
- Tiles can become invisible in color switch game mode
- Save Device may reset player scores and other stats
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Save The World Issues
- Terrain issues in Autumn Foothills biome
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Mobile & Cloud Gaming Issues
- Battle Pass button confirm sound sometimes play on an initial button press with touch
- The Falcon Scout continues going up or down without pressing anything