Fortnite v7.30 patch notes: Chiller Grenade added, Bolt-action Sniper and other weapons vaulted

The v7.30 update for Fortnite Battle Royale went live on PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch and mobile on January 29. Here’s what Epic Games has in store for you when the downtime ends and you install the latest patch.

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The Fortnite developers have been hard at work so far in 2019, already releasing a huge v7.10 Content Update followed by the v7.20 patch on January 15 and another Content Update just last week.

Even before it went live, a good amount of information relating to the v7.30 update had already been revealed. In this article, you can find all of the important v7.30 information as well as the full patch notes.

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What’s new?

Chiller Grenade

One thing we knew for certain ahead of time was that an all-new Chiller Grenade would be added to the game in the v7.30 patch – it was announced via the in-game news feed on January 28.

The description for from the announcement said: “Give your enemies cold feet with this winter blast,” so the general consensus within the Fortnite community was that it’ll work a lot like the Chiller trap and turn the feet of opponents into ice so that they can’t move properly.

Now we can share the official patch notes for the Chiller Grenade that were released on January 29:

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Chiller Grenade

• The Chiller Grenade will knock players back, causing them to slide along the ground.
• Allies, enemies, and vehicles hit with the Chiller Grenade will slip around with icy feet/wheels for a duration of 7 seconds.
• Drops in stacks of 3.
  • Max stack size of 6.
• Common rarity.
• Can be found from Floor Loot and Vending Machines.

The Chiller Grenade was announced on January 28,

Vaulted weapons and items

The v7.20 Content Update saw the Quad Launcher, Grappler and Port-a-Fortress vaulted. With so many items removed just a week ago, we were not expecting to see anything else removed in the v7.30 patch.

Of course, this is Fortnite so anything is possible and we’re shocked to announce that the Bolt-action Sniper Rifle, Burst Rifle, Heavy Shotgun and SMG have ALL been vaulted!

The suppressed SMG has been unvaulted.

• Vaulted
  • Bolt-action Sniper Rifle
  • Burst Rifle
  • Heavy Shotgun
  • SMG
    • Common, Uncommon, and Rare
• Unvaulted
  • Suppressed SMG
    • Common, Uncommon, and Rare

The removal of the Bolt-action Sniper will shock the Fortnite community.

Ice Storm Challenges

If you haven’t completed all of the Ice Storm challenges yet, you’re too late. The v7.30 update brings an end to the limited time event and it sounds like the Ice Legion will also be disabled.

Skins and cosmetics

Other new content to look forward to, as always, will be skins and various other cosmetics. 

You can check out our collection of all the leaked outfits, pickaxes, gliders and more from the v7.30 patch files for more information.

Time is up for the Ice Storm challenges.

Editing features

One of the most popular changes, or attempted changes, in the initial v7.20 update was the addition of faster editing of builds without delay.

Unfortunately, some unforeseen issues meant that the developers had to disable it shortly after and fans have been waiting to hear more ever since.

Now, we can confirm that the new feature is back:

Edit Delay

• Re-enabled client-side editing improvements.
• These were turned off in 7.20 due to an input bug they were causing.

The new editing function could make a return in v7.30.

v7.30 Update patch notes

The patch notes for the new Fortnite update, as is often the case, were released shortly before it went live in-game. The remaining notes that have not been discussed above are as follows:

LIMITED TIME MODE: SOLID GOLD

SummaryAll things that glitter are gold in this Limited Time Mode! All weapon spawns are Legendary with increased material gathering. Drop in now and earn that Victory Royale.

Mode Details

• All weapon drops are Legendary.
• Increased amount of materials received from gathering. 

WEAPONS + ITEMS

• Cozy Campfire – Updated Visuals
  • We’ve updated the visual effects of Cozy Campfires to more clearly indicate when a campfire is in use or burnt out.

The Cozy Campfire has received a small update.

Bug Fixes

• Balloons no longer collide with vehicles.
  • This resolves an issue where vehicles could be damaged when using Balloons while on a vehicle.

GAMEPLAY

• Memory and networking optimization for Apples and Mushrooms.
• Added unique vehicle specific messages in the feed when players are eliminated or downed.

• Fixed Boogie Bombs not affecting players that are wearing the Sneaky Snowman when struck on exposed legs/feet.
• Fixed Sneaky Snowman’s last charge breaking away right after applying if another Sneaky Snowman is present in a different inventory slot.
• Fixed an issue where the glider would auto-deploy closer to the ground than expected when holding glider redeploy from the bus.
• Fixed the X-4 Stormwing’s health bar occasionally not displaying.
• Fixed an issue where players could get stuck in a Sneaky Snowman if it landed next to them.
• Increased the amount of materials gained from looting Chests and Floor Loot from 20 to 30.
• Increased the number of materials received from Supply Drops from 40 to 60.

Bug Fixes

• Aim assist now targets enemies on vehicles rather than the base of the vehicles they’re occupying.
• Quickly switching to Traps then weapons on gamepads no longer causes players to shoot or swing pickaxes.
• Supply Drop balloons now take environmental damage, including damage from explosives or biplanes gun.
• Fixed instances of a free wall piece showing as placeable but not building.
• Fixed player cameras from becoming distorted when another player enters a Zipline.
• Fixed an issue where the magnet on the Zipline could be invisible on use.
• Fixed an issue where boost visual effects could appear while operating a vehicle near a Zipline.
• Players can now properly progress through and complete the Week 4 “Use an X-4 Stormwing plane in different matches” Challenge.
• Screens no longer shake uncontrollably after after walking on icy surfaces.
• Players will no longer lose the ability to turn the X-4 Stormwing after hitting terrain/structures.

PLAYGROUND

• The Guided Missile has been removed from Playgrounds.
• Removed the Spiky Stadium Supply Drop.
  • This will remove the ability to loot the Spiky Stadium as well as Impulse Grenades.
  • This was done due to an issue that was sending players back to the Lobby.

EVENTS

• New Tournament Added: Architect Pop-Up Cup (Solo, Duo, and Squads)
  • Settings from previous Pop-Up Cup tournaments still apply to this tournament.
  • Within this mode, player built structures can now be edited by any player, regardless of team status.
    • This is an experiment that we’d like to try out in this testing environment, but aren’t quite sure of the full impact. We’d love to hear feedback from your experiences playing with this change.
• Tournaments may now feature leaderboards for each event session, highlighting top performers.
• Participating in tournaments now requires a minimum account level of 10.

PERFORMANCE

Bug Fixes

• Smoothed out drops in framerate that could happen with large changes in view direction and rendered character counts.

AUDIO

• Added a fuse sound to the Grenade.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed emote music overlapping with lobby music depending on the way volume sliders were configured.

UI

• Show total party eliminations on the HUD if your team wins.
• Added additional models to the “Cycle Models” list when viewing Wraps in the Battle Pass or Item Shop.
• The party colors have been restored to Blue, Red, Purple, and Yellow.  To distinguish players in LTMs like Food Fight.
  • There are new icons for non-squad teammates and the opponent icons on the minimap.
• Rotating the camera on the Battle Bus no longer has an oscillating/swimming effect on the minimap.
• Fixed an issue in the Net Debug UI that would cause it to show a ping value that was too high.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed issue where weapons were not equipping when double-clicking in the inventory after swapping their quickbar slots.
• Fix an issue where teammates scores would not be displayed.
• Fixed incorrect elimination count information occurring in large team modes.
• Fixed player sorting order in the player reporting UI.
• Fixed an issue where some of the leaderboard UI could sometimes blink repeatedly.
• Fixed an issue where the ‘Spectator’ button in the Player Reporting menu would only select the first player you spectated.
• Fixed an issue where the playlist selection screen could sometimes show an incorrect selection after leaving a party.
• Fixed a display issue with the item pick-up prompt that would sometimes occur after opening an ammo box.
• Fix lobby preview lengths of Pumpernickel, Running Man, Dance Therapy, and Hot Marat emotes.

ART + ANIMATION

• Celebrate Super Bowl LIII with new Los Angeles Rams and New England Patriots uniforms added to the Fourth Down Outfit set. Drop in and represent your favorite team!
  • All players who previously purchased the Fourth Down set will be granted these variants.

REPLAY

Bug Fixes

• Fixed weapon animations playing twice for each shot fired in replays.
• Fixed an issue where camera/lens settings could display incorrect initial values.
• Fixed an issue where attempting to play an out of date replay selects another replay.
• Fixed players appearing jittery while using Ziplines in replays.
• Fixed Boombox music not playing when watching replays.

SOCIAL

• The Streamer Mode setting has been replaced with two separate settings:
  • Anonymous Mode
    • This will display your name as “Anonymous” to all players that are not in your squad.
    • Your account info will still be attached to reports submitted by other players using the Player Reporting feature.
  • Hide Other Player Names
    • This will display all other player names as “Player” unless they are in your squad.
  • Neither of these settings will be functional when playing in a Tournament match.

Bug Fixes

• Party Invite Notifications will now appear when in the Game Mode select screen.  Accepting the invite from the notification will take you to the proper game mode and join the party.
• Fixed an issue that could cause some party members to fail to matchmake with a “Version Mismatch” error if a party member joined, readied up, and matchmaking was started in rapid succession.

Mobile players that don’t have a controller will be at a disadvantage after the v7.30 update.

MOBILE

• Mobile Controller support
  • Android: most of Bluetooth controller adapters, such as Steelseries Stratus XL, Gamevice, XBox1, Razer Raiju, and Moto Gamepad.  
  • iOS: MFi controllers, such as Steelseries Nimbus and Gamevice.
  • Disabled phone vibration if a gamepad attached.
• 60Hz on select Android models
  • We are rolling out 60Hz support (to be enabled in settings) on select Android devices. We have been working with our partners on optimizations and are rolling this out initially on the following specific models.
  • Samsung Galaxy Note 9 (USA variant)
  • Huawei Honor View 20
  • Huawei Mate 20 X
• Added audio visualization icons for vehicles and Balloons

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue causes players to be unable to build multiple structure types while simultaneously holding down the build button and changing build types.
• Fixed Harvesting Tool button no longer swaps back to the previously selected weapon
• Fixed Multiple simultaneous button presses on mobile can disable the fire button
• Fixed No padlock icon appears on the directional pad when locking with auto-run on mobile.
• Fixed Several UI buttons having lower resolution than the other buttons.

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