The September 3, 2026 Patch for Fortnite has arrived, bringing with it a reworked Sweeper Shotgun, new Loot Hacks, new Overrides and Sprites, alongside numerous fixes.
This web page acts as a complete breakdown of the v42.10 Patch for Fortnite, together with a hyperlink to the total Patch Notes.
Loot Pool Updates
Unvaulted
- The Sweeper Shotgun returns
- Now fires in a typical shotgun unfold as an alternative of its earlier extensive sample
- Reload could be interrupted to fireplace as quickly as shells are loaded
- Quicker firing fee with the identical harm output
- Barely smaller magazine and shorter most vary
New Loot Hacks
- Caduceus Employees
- Scorpion’s Fight Package
- Wrecker Revolver
- Deadeye Assault Rifle
- Holo Tornado Assault Rifle
Steadiness Changes
- Pump Shotgun
- Barely elevated harm and equips quicker
- 8-Bit Shotgun
- Decreased harm and equips quicker
- Assault Rifle
- Barely decreased headshot harm multiplier
- Barely decreased harm at Mythic rarity
- Reloads barely slower
- Mega Buster
- Elevated projectile velocity
Gameplay Updates
New Match Overrides
- Huge Head Mode: Everybody has a giant head!
- Prop Hunt: Crouch and do not transfer for a number of seconds to show right into a prop.
- Motion Hero: Whereas mid-air, enter Hangtime when aiming weapons and deal elevated harm.
- Coming subsequent Thursday – Sharpshooter: Will increase weapon accuracy, reduces recoil and bloom.
New Sprites and QoL Enhancements
- New Sprites & Variants
- X-Ray Sprite (Design A Sprite Winner!): Periodically mark enemies in an space round you.
- Onigiri Sprite (Design A Sprite Winner!): Applies Overdrive after consuming or ingesting a consumable merchandise.
- Mega Man Sprite: Slip and slide round with decreased friction.
- Overshield Sprite: Grants Overshield, scaling with Sprite Stage.
- Mastering a Sprite now has an additional perk! As soon as a Sprite is mastered, the Sprite Mud value to resummon it’s decreased by half.
- A brand new Sprite Mastery monitor has been added, granting rewards and Gizmos for mastering Sprites.
- In 42.20, a brand new arcade-themed Again Bling can be added to point out off the Sprites you’ve mastered in Fortnite Override.
- Adjusted some Cheat Codes sequences.
- Mastery Mondays are again beginning September 7, 2026.
Bug Fixes & Enhancements
Normal
- Your cursor will now keep on the chosen merchandise when selecting Locker kind choices as an alternative of leaping to the highest of the display screen.
- Automobiles are now not incorrectly labeled with the Reload tag within the Locker.
- The Be part of Crew button on the Passes display screen is responsive once more.
- The Crew Types web page now not seems empty or exhibits content material from a beforehand considered Go display screen.
Cosmetics
- Fastened a bug the place Emotes may incorrectly be used whereas hovering with the Tails Sprite, inflicting character fashions to twist unnaturally.
- Fastened a bug that induced a number of Outfits (Evie, Undercover Kor, Wolverine, Indiana Jones and extra) to stretch unnaturally with misplaced heads and arms on the Starter Island.
- The Heatwave PJ Outfit now not performs reactive elimination audio when the Reactivity (Off) Fashion is chosen.
- Fastened visible clipping on the Twyn and Joey Outfits when utilizing their built-in Emotes.
- The Spider-Sense Emote now not incorrectly exhibits net results when used with Outfits aside from Spider-Man (Model New Day).
- The MrSavage Outfit now not loses its masks when the Reactivity (On) Fashion is chosen.
- The Millennium Falcon Glider’s hyperspace impact now not outlines areas of the map, creating visible noise when deployed.
- The Spacebound Carvers Pickaxe from the August Fortnite Crew Pack is now appropriately a part of the Crew Sequence.
- The Adanna of the Deep Outfit’s head now not disappears when considered from a distance.
Gameplay, Atmosphere, and UI
- Foyer Hack: INVALIDCHEAT is now not invalid.
- Cleared the 8-Bit Leaderboard of entries the place gamers acquired a excessive rating by invalid means, and scores earned in Customized matches now now not depend in direction of the Leaderboard.
- Gamers considered from a distance now transfer way more easily as an alternative of showing uneven at occasions.
- Fastened a motion bug that prevented sprinting when your Ahead Diagonal Angle setting (a.okay.a. double motion) was set increased than 70.
- Fastened a jittery motion animation attributable to sliding into or falling onto increase pads at Inexperienced Hill Zone, or canceling increase whereas stepping on one.
- Gamers rebooted by a teammate utilizing the Sonic Energy Sneakers will now not respawn with their digicam incorrectly zoomed in or out.
- The spectator digicam now persistently follows and facilities on gamers utilizing the Sonic Energy Sneakers’ Spin Assault.
- Opening the stock or map whereas charging the Sonic Energy Sneakers’ Spin Sprint now not leaves you caught in place.
- Fastened a bug that typically prevented hopping off grind rails at Inexperienced Hill Zone.
- The Tails Sprite now not leaves a persistent pulsing impact in your again that flashed extra intensely whereas aiming down sights.
- Fastened various Cheat Codes being troublesome or unattainable to work together with until standing at simply the best angle, showing invisible or not accepting inputs.
- Fastened a bug inflicting Storm Scout Sprite’s Overdrive impact to last more than anticipated.
- Mastering the Crown Sprite now appropriately grants its Cheat Grasp variant.
- The Sprite Summon button now not stays disabled after returning to Battle Royale from Reload.
- Pinging Tetris Rift blocks after their animation ends now not exhibits a placeholder icon.
PC
- Decreased enter latency when VSync is used, with the largest beneficial properties on AMD and Intel GPU configurations at 60 Hz.
- Additional optimized Efficiency Mode, permitting low-spec configurations to render at a noticeably increased decision with no additional GPU value and minimal visible distinction.
Cellular
- New Contact Digital camera Smoothing Setting
- Faucet To Dash From Standing
- Bug Fixes
- Auto Hearth and Purpose Help now set off persistently across the Stone Sanctum’s hidden maze partitions and doorways – now not blocked when you possibly can see an enemy, and now not triggering when you possibly can’t.
- The Cheat Code close to the ice cubes east of The Battlewoods now not seems underneath the bottom.
- The Secondary Motion button for the God Mode Llama now works appropriately, letting you employ the merchandise.
- The Battle Bus will now reliably seem and fly usually at first of Blitz matches on Android.
Full Patch Notes
If you happen to want to learn the Patch Notes in full, you are able to do so through the official Fortnite web sites v42.10 Patch Notes submit.