Gaming legends join the fight with new POIs, a refreshed loot pool and a whole new generation of Sprites in tow. Hack your loot, punch in Cheat Codes, and bend the entire lobby to your will by activating Match Overrides. Welcome to Fortnite Override.

New Map Updates

Uncover the secrets of the ancient Stone Sanctum, keep your speed up through Green Hill Zone loops and explore Reality’s Reign to see where all those pipes and power cables lead.

New Weapons & Items

This Season brings a lineup of new weapons, items and abilities inspired by some of the greatest icons in the history of gaming. Here’s what you can get your hands on:

• Sonic Power Sneakers: Charge a grounded Spin Dash or perform an airborne Spin Attack
• Mega Buster: The legendary arm cannon fires single energy pellets, quick-charged shots, or long-charged explosive projectiles, even while sprinting or slide-boosting
• 8-Bit Shotgun: An automatic shotgun designed like a retro 8-bit console. Features game cartridge reloads, pixel effects, and an integrated real-time scoreboard system that tracks combo multipliers
• Midas' Masterpiece: A single-fire golden pistol that packs a high-damage punch, capable of eliminating foes in a single headshot. Should you be the lucky player to grab it when it spawns, use it wisely: ammo is limited
• Tetris Rift: Rift in Tetris pieces, culminating in the iconic 4-line Tetris clear splashes a large AOE heal
• 1-Up Token: Respawn with your full inventory after you’ve been eliminated
• God Mode Llama: Tap into the true power of the Llama to become an Unstoppable Wrecking Ball
• & more exciting collaborations to come later this Season!

Loot Pool Updates

Unvaulted

• Pump Shotgun
• Assault Rifle 
• Ranger Assault Rifle
• Drum Gun
• Minigun
• Tactical Pistol
• Dual Pistols
• Oni Shotgun
• Flare Gun
• Bass Boost
• Overdrive Grenade
• Chug Splash

New Gameplay

Check out all of the new seasonal gameplay systems below:

Lobby Hacks
Found a Lobby Hack code online? Input the code in the new ‘Admin Panel’ in your Battle Royale Lobby to hack your game, granting you XP and Sprite Dust, warping reality for your squad, and even dropping rare Sprite variants! 

Loot Hacks
Spend Sprite Dust to hack loot in your match, customizing what drops. Hacked items have a chance to drop from Chests when opened, unique to your own boosts. Reset your Loot Hacks configuration any time with Sprite Dust.

Cheat Codes
⬆️⬆️⬇️⬇️⬅️➡️⬅️➡️ In a match, look out for Cheat Codes hidden across the Island: tucked into POIs and sprayed on walls. Interact with one and enter the Cheat Code to free a Sprite ally.

Match Overrides

Override Consoles appear in every match and let you rewrite the rules for the entire server, but you have to get there first. Once claimed, your name displays around the console base, so the whole lobby knows who’s in control. Rare and Mythic Squad Overrides only benefit the first squad to claim them, but beware that claiming one broadcasts your squad’s location on the map. Overrides include:

• Sonic Speed - Increase your sprint speed over time
• More XP - Gain more XP from eliminations, looting and surviving the Storm
• Loot Hack - You'll get a loot hack item from the next Chest you open
• Extra Life - Respawn when on the brink of elimination one time
• Big Fish - Makes all Fishing Holes golden
• Constant Heal - Gain constant health and shield regen over time when not in combat
• Infinite Stamina - Gain infinite stamina
• Headshot - Deal increased headshot damage
• Overshield - Gain extra, or a new Overshield
• Speed Shooter - Your weapons fire and reload faster
• Big Loot - Higher chance to get Epic or Legendary loot from Chests
• Power Pickaxe - Pickaxe hits deal massive damage

A Whole New Generation of Sprites

The Sprites you collected in Season 3 are immortalized in the new Sprite Garden launching tomorrow, and a whole new generation of Sprites can be found on the Island in Season 4.

• Klombo Sprite - A loyal friend returns, but is very rare to find. Grants random items at each level. You can only level it up by using consumable items that give Health or Shield.
• Sonic Sprite - Gotta Go Fast! Sprint faster.
• Tails Sprite - Hover with the Help of Tails!
• Shadow Sprite - Automatically reload weapons over time even when unequipped.
• Jackrabbit Sprite - Perform another jump while mid-air.
• 8-Bit Sprite - Find an 8-Bit Shotgun in your first Chest and gain a score multiplier for it.
• Crown Sprite - Gain extra Crown Wins after getting a Victory Royale. You can only level it up by winning matches.
• Adventure Sprite - Upgrade a random item in your inventory at each Level.
• Bush Sprite - Spawns a Bush on you after a duration. At max Level, gain a Bush on elimination.
• Jonesy Sprite - After a short duration, recover some Health or Shield after being damaged.
• Killswitch Sprite - Enter Hangtime with improved accuracy.

Sprites Quality-Of-Life Improvements

• You can now see in-match whether you’ve already collected a Sprite - no more guessing mid-fight.
• A Sprite’s name now appears when you’re near it, so you know exactly who you’ve found. 
• Summoning rare Sprites and variants now costs less Sprite Dust.
• Reduced the button-hold time needed to summon a Sprite, getting your companion into the action quicker.

New Gizmos

If you haven’t been around when they first appeared, Gizmos are consumable items that give you quick ways to shortcut and supercharge your Sprite extractions. Available all Season long!

A whole new batch of Gizmos drops this Season: 

• Cheat Code Locator - Locates the nearest Cheat Code.
• Extraction Accelerator - Silently initiate a nearby Extraction Site, summoning the Extraction Crate instantly.
• Llama Supply Drop - Call in a boosted, llama-themed Supply Drop at your current location.
• Spicy Taco - Heal up and gain a speed and stamina boost. Consume with your squad for a Taco Time party.

Golden Hours and Weekly Events Start August 22

Gold Sprite variants are being hacked in! Jump in on Saturday, August 22 from 2-4 PM ET and again from 9-11 PM ET to experience the return of Power Hours.

Drop in with an additional Portable Extractor item to help you collect, a 1-Up Token, and a higher chance of finding Midas' Masterpiece. Keep an eye on our social channels for weekly roadmaps of all the upcoming activities every Sunday for the remainder of the Season.

New Ranked Season & Rewards

Battle Royale ranks have reset for the new Season. Fight your way back up the ladder and claim the new rewards as you climb:

• Gold: Phantom Spray
• Platinum: Override Counter Back Bling
• Diamond: Beastly Battle Bus Loading Screen
• Elite: The Hack ‘n Slasher Pickaxe
• Champion: Overridden Wrap
• Unreal: The Unrealizer Pickaxe

Sprites Enabled in Ranked

With the new Season launch, Sprites have joined the fight in Ranked Battle Royale. You can collect them and they’ll keep you company, but their gameplay powers have been disabled to preserve competitive integrity.

Update (August 28): Sprites have been vaulted in Ranked Battle Royale while we evaluate whether gathering Sprites makes sense for the Ranked loot pool.

Quality-of-Life Improvements

New Quests Tab
The Quests tab has a fresh look! Existing and new categories now live in one scrollable view, with an updated Sidebar so you can jump right into any category. Collections is now built into the Quests view too, so tracking your Characters, Victory Royales, Match Elims and other Accolades no longer requires switching tabs.

PSA: The updated Quests tab is rolling out over time - some players may not see it right away.

Fog of War Overhaul
The map’s fog now lifts in smaller pieces. Instead of entire POIs at once, individual landmarks reveal as you visit them, so your map reflects exactly where you’ve explored.

For bug fixes, improvements and known issues in 42.00, check out this post.

Today’s update brings back a reworked Sweeper Shotgun, drops new Loot Hacks to customize, new Overrides to break the rules, new Sprites and Sprite improvements, bug fixes and more.

Loot Pool Updates

Unvaulted

• The Sweeper Shotgun returns, freshly tuned up for Override!
  • Now fires in a standard shotgun spread instead of its previous wide pattern
  • Reload can be interrupted to fire as soon as shells are loaded
  • Faster firing rate with the same damage output
  • Slightly smaller mag and shorter maximum range

New Loot Hacks

Hack your loot and make it your own with a new pool of Loot Hacks to unlock, upgrade, and customize.

• Caduceus Staff
• Scorpion’s Combat Kit
• Wrecker Revolver
• Deadeye Assault Rifle
• Holo Twister Assault Rifle

Note: Sprite Dust spent on Loot Hacks can be freely reset and respecc’d in each set, but does not transfer to the next Loot Hack refresh.

Loot Hacks has been great at introducing fun & unique gameplay options from Fortnite's past you can tailor to your own preference, but we're seeing it lead to too many high-powered weapons too often. We've adjusted the quality cap for weapons, meaning you will now hack in Rare to Legendary loot, rather than Epic to Mythic. 

Balance Adjustments

In today's update, we're making a few targeted tweaks to give the Pump more pump while reining in the Assault Rifle and 8-Bit a tad now that new Loot Hacks are here to shake up the loot pool. 

• Pump Shotgun 
  • Slightly increased damage and equips faster
• 8-Bit Shotgun
  • Reduced damage and equips faster
• Assault Rifle 
  • Slightly reduced headshot damage multiplier
  • Slightly reduced damage at Mythic rarity
  • Reloads slightly slower
• Mega Buster
  • Increased projectile speed

Gameplay Updates

New Match Overrides

• Big Head Mode: Everyone has a big head!
• Prop Hunt: Crouch and don't move for several seconds to turn into a prop.
• Action Hero: While mid-air, enter Hangtime when aiming weapons and deal increased damage.
• Coming next Thursday - Sharpshooter: Increases weapon accuracy, reduces recoil and bloom.

If you missed our hotfix last week, Match Overrides are now more likely to appear 2-3 times in a match, and Squad Only Overrides are also slightly less common. 

New Sprites & Quality-Of-Life Improvements 

v42.10 introduces the first two of our five Design A Sprite winners - Avila215 and Enorull!

Alongside new Sprites, mastering your collection has received a boost - it's now easier to resummon mastered Sprites and there’s a new Mastery track of rewards.

• New Sprites & Variants
  • X-Ray Sprite (Design A Sprite Winner!): Periodically mark enemies in an area around you.
  • Onigiri Sprite (Design A Sprite Winner!): Applies Overdrive after eating or drinking a consumable item.
  • Mega Man Sprite: Slip and slide around with reduced friction.
  • Overshield Sprite: Grants Overshield, scaling with Sprite Level.
• Mastering a Sprite now has an extra perk! Once a Sprite is mastered, the Sprite Dust cost to resummon it is reduced by half - making it easier to bring your favorite power into every fight.
  
• A new Sprite Mastery track has been added, granting rewards and Gizmos for mastering Sprites. Each update will add more rewards to the track!
  • In 42.20, a new arcade-themed Back Bling will be added to show off the Sprites you’ve mastered in Fortnite Override.
• We've adjusted some Cheat Codes sequences so they feel more natural to input.
• Mastery Mondays are back starting September 7 by popular demand - a perfect time to upgrade your Sprite roster.

Power Hours: Cheat Master Sprites This Weekend

Hungry? This Saturday, September 5, Power Hours come with a side of everything - Cheat Master Sprites are boosted (including the new Sprites that arrived this update), and everyone drops in with a full meal in their pockets, ready to snack on the go.

🕑 Starts at 2 PM ET - 4 PM ET | 6 PM UTC - 8 PM UTC
🕘 Again at 9 PM ET - 11 PM ET | Sunday, 1 AM UTC - 3 AM UTC
🍱 Everyone drops in with one Golden Apple, two Jellyfish and three Peppers 
🎮 Cheat Master Sprites appear more often
🪙 1-Up Tokens and Portable Extractors may drop from Chests 

✅ Bug Fixes, Improvements & Adjustments

General

• Vehicles are no longer incorrectly labeled with the Reload tag in the Locker.
• The Join Crew button on the Passes screen is responsive again.
• The Crew Styles page no longer appears empty or shows content from a previously viewed Pass screen.

Cosmetics

• Fixed a bug where Emotes could incorrectly be used while hovering with the Tails Sprite, causing character models to twist unnaturally.
• Fixed a bug that caused several Outfits (Evie, Undercover Kor, Wolverine, Indiana Jones and more) to stretch unnaturally with misplaced heads and arms on the Starter Island.
• The Heatwave PJ Outfit no longer plays reactive elimination audio when the Reactivity (Off) Style is selected.
• Fixed visual clipping on the Twyn and Joey Outfits when using their built-in Emotes.
• The Spider-Sense Emote no longer incorrectly shows web effects when used with Outfits other than Spider-Man (Brand New Day).
• The MrSavage Outfit no longer loses its mask when the Reactivity (On) Style is selected.
• The Millennium Falcon Glider's hyperspace effect no longer outlines areas of the map, creating visual noise when deployed.
• The Spacebound Carvers Pickaxe from the August Fortnite Crew Pack is now correctly part of the Crew Series.
• The Adanna of the Deep Outfit's head no longer disappears when viewed from a distance.
  

Gameplay, Environment, UI

• Lobby Hack: INVALIDCHEAT is no longer invalid.
• Cleared the 8-Bit Leaderboard of entries where players got a high score by invalid means, and scores earned in Custom matches now no longer count towards the Leaderboard. 
• Players viewed from a distance now move much more smoothly instead of appearing choppy at times.
• Fixed a jittery movement animation caused by sliding into or falling onto boost pads at Green Hill Zone, or canceling boost while stepping on one.
• Players rebooted by a teammate using the Sonic Power Sneakers will no longer respawn with their camera incorrectly zoomed in or out.
• The spectator camera now consistently follows and centers on players using the Sonic Power Sneakers' Spin Attack.
• Opening the inventory or map while charging the Sonic Power Sneakers' Spin Dash no longer leaves you stuck in place.
• Fixed a bug that sometimes prevented hopping off grind rails at Green Hill Zone.
• The Tails Sprite no longer leaves a persistent pulsing effect on your back that flashed more intensely while aiming down sights.
• Fixed a number of Cheat Codes being difficult or impossible to interact with unless standing at just the right angle, appearing invisible or not accepting inputs.
• Fixed a bug causing Storm Scout Sprite’s Overdrive effect to last longer than expected.
• Mastering the Crown Sprite now correctly grants its Cheat Master variant.
• The Sprite Summon button no longer stays disabled after returning to Battle Royale from Reload.
• Pinging Tetris Rift blocks after their animation ends no longer shows a placeholder icon.

Mobile 

New Touch Camera Smoothing Setting

Back in July (v41.20) we changed how camera rotation feels with touch input. Thanks to your feedback, we reverted it and went to work on giving you more control.

That control now arrives in the form of a new Touch Smoothing setting - you can find it under Touch and Motion.

It defaults to 50%, which matches the v41.20 change. If you prefer the original feel, you can set it to 0%. If you’d like smoother camera rotation, slide it up and let us know what works best for you!

Tap To Sprint From Standing

Tapping the Sprint button while standing still now starts you sprinting in the direction you're facing (with Auto-Run enabled). Previously, you had to be moving before sprint would kick in.

If you run out of stamina mid-sprint, you’ll keep auto-running - tap the Sprint button again to start sprinting when your stamina recovers.

Bug Fixes 

• Auto Fire and Aim Assist now trigger consistently around the Stone Sanctum's hidden maze walls and doors - no longer blocked when you can see an enemy, and no longer triggering when you can't.
• The Cheat Code near the ice cubes east of The Battlewoods no longer appears under the ground.
• The Secondary Action button for the God Mode Llama now works correctly, letting you use the item.
• The Battle Bus will now reliably appear and fly normally at the start of Blitz matches on Android.

For other fixes, improvements and known issues in 42.10, check out this post.

See you in the new update!
The BR Dev Team