The latest update from Fortnite brings you new ways to fly

The Fortnite 6.21 update is now online and, as always, Epic Games has released release notes to introduce new additions, gameplay changes, and some things that are disappearing. But the most important news this week are the balloons that will make you and your teammates lighter than the air.

The balloon is now available in Fortnite: Battle Royale, allowing you to rise in the air by giving you new ways to send your enemies. Meanwhile, on the Fortnite co-op side, Save the World mode now offers a new ghost hero who launches smoke bombs.

Up, up and away

Balloons can appear everywhere you can find loot, including chests, llamas, drops of loot and regular laying sites. They come in groups of 20 and you can use your main fire button to inflate a balloon and the secondary fire to release it. When you inflate five balloons, you will start to float upwards and you can use the directional controls to fly. When you want to go down again, simply release the balloons until you have less than five.

It remains to be seen how the balloons will affect the matches, but until now it has been a lot of fun to try them.

You will also be able to redeploy your kite when you jump from a height of three floors or more. Epic released this feature last week and decided to let it continue. For items removed from Fortnite, the list includes the semi-automatic sniper, the double guns and the guided missile launcher. They may resurface in subsequent updates, but for now, they will go into the vault and you will only be able to find those items in Playground mode.

New ninja hero in Save the World

Epic also announced a new playable hero in the Save the World cooperative mode, named Dim Mak Igor. As part of the Ninja Hero class, this character allows you to cast smoke bombs on your enemies and you can resist damage when you upgrade to Shadow Stance.

There were also several changes to the missions and game systems in the release notes. Check out the full list of release notes here:

Playground

Bug fixes

• Updated names of grenade Port-A-Challenge.
• Improved clarity of where to throw the Port-A-Challenge grenades.

Weapons + Objects

• Balloons added
  • Epic rarity
    • Comes with 20 deployable balloons.
      • Allows the player to defy gravity by holding up to 6 balloons at a time.
      • Main fire button to inflate a balloon, secondary fire button to release a balloon.
    • Can be found in floor booty, chests, supply drops, supply lamas and vending machines.
    • NOTE: Do not float too high for too long, balloons only last a long time at maximum build height.
• grappler
  • When you cling as a passenger, the speed of your vehicle is taken into account in the grip strength.
    • This only happens in cases where the vehicle speed will be a net gain to grab the force.
  • If you are a passenger, the vehicle will move in a straight line to its destination rather than following a circular arc.
• Vaulted
  • Semi-automatic Sniper
  • Guided Missile
  • Double guns
    • These items will remain available in Playground mode.
• 25% of the blast damage will now penetrate through structures and the environment.

gameplay

Glider re-deploy

We have completed our first week of using Glider Re-deploy in all modes. During this time, we collected internal data and monitored your constructive responses. We understand that not all players agree with this change, but we want to continue with this feature in the game based on the observed positive results.

This feature remains available, we will begin to modify its functionality in terms of quality of life. First of all, priority will be given to the glider audio in relation to the audio of the weapon in certain ranges. This will begin in v6.21. We also plan to add additional changes in future updates.

Thank you for the discussion and the comments you provided. Please continue to let us know how we can improve this feature, comment on its effects during matches and any other comments you may have while we continue to work on the Re-deploy glider.

Additional game changes

• Grass updates more frequently result in more fluid animation.
• Added support for Nintendo Switch Pro controller and new versions of PS4 and Xbox One controllers on Mac

Bug fixes

• Fixed a problem where picking up a trap could cause a hitch.
• Some links will no longer prevent the use of the map in full screen and spectator actions.
• Fixed the delay between the use of several small shields.
• Issue resolved: The inventory could remain stuck when using the grappling hook when recovering an object.
• The zoom on the map with the trigger buttons will work again on Switch.

l & # 39; Audio

• Increased crossbow fire sounds.
• Reduced volume of cubic monsters and dynamic spawners.
• It is now easier to hear the gliders when shooting or harvesting.

Bug fixes

• Fixed sniper shots that produce incorrect impact sounds when you hit cube monsters.
• Music Correction Boogie Bomb does not play for Cube Monsters.

Replay system

Bug fixes

• Fixed a bug causing Quad Launcher rocket explosions to reset when scrubbing replays.

Mobile

• Optimization to reduce hitch on Android phones using Vulkan.
• Alignment slider on the value added to the Palette Layout tool.

Bug fixes

• Widgets whose editable visibility should not have been displayed will now be correctly hidden.

Missions + Systems

• All material rarities Perk-UP and RE-Perk are now distributed from mid-Plankerton and beyond.
  • This applies to Miniboss Mission Rewards and Mission Alerts.
• Perk's Caches
  • New cache type that can delete both RE-Perk and Perk-UP.
  • Will begin to appear in the middle of Plankerton.
  • These can fall mini-bosses and treasure chests.
• Volcanic and Vortex modifiers can now appear on mini-bosses.
  • The Vortex modifier allows the enemy to use a lightning bolt of energy to attract the heroes towards him.
  • The Volcanic modifier causes the ground to break under a player, causing massive damage.
• Adjustment of the Mutant Storm mission board to ensure that only one of the three modifiers could possibly appear in a mission.
  • Acidic pools, smoke screens and slowing pools.
• The Fearless Death modifier now applies an increase in enemy attack damage as well as an increase in speed.

Hero

• Dim Mak Igor – Doctor Ninja of the plague.

Bug fixes

• The Goin Commando Boomstick bonus now correctly inflicts energy damage.

gameplay

Bug fixes

• Fixed a problem that prevented the Adrenaline Rush upgrade from reviving allies.
• When placing traps or using BASE with benefits or attributes that enhance the maximum health of construction parts, construction parts are no longer blocked with "Repair 1" instead of allowing you to upgrade.
• Fixed a possible crash when leaving the box on Xbox
• The correct mission information now appears for group members in the lobby of the zone.
• The defenses built around the storm trap are destroyed when it is placed after.

enemies

Bug fixes

• Taker now correctly repels players with a dive attack.
• The outline of the pumpkin hulls now appears correctly.

IU

Bug fixes

• The area selected by the party leader is now correctly replicated to other players in the lobby.
• The Halloween themed background now appears correctly on the Fortnitemares quest card in the Playback tab.

l & # 39; Audio

• Added sound updates for the voting system with Mission Control.

Bug fixes

• Fix the problem with the explosion Disintegrator does not seem to play consistently.
• Resolved the problem of persistence of combat music at the end of Fight the Storm missions.
• Fixed the problem with Husk Bee Hive damage damage seems to not play consistently.