Epic Games hat Patch 2.3.0 für Fortnite veröffentlicht, der Bugs beseitigt, Optimierungen durchführt und u.a. den Mutant Storm Event zurückkehren lässt. Die kompletten englischen Patchnotes dazu lesen sich so:

Battle Royale

Gameplay

• Added AutoRun!
• Input defaults for PC are “=” and “NumLock”
• Input defaults for controller is double-clicking the left stick.
• Added a setting to disable aim assist on consoles.
• Remapped weapon binds on AZERTY keyboards to the top row number keys.

Bug fixes

• Wooden power poles no longer block building.
• Spike Traps found in Supply Drops will now stack with other Spike Traps found elsewhere.
• The Spike Trap’s effective range will now more accurately match the distance of the spike animation. The damage area was previously too large.
• Fixed an issue which prevented the Shield Potion and Slurp Juice visual effects from playing when the player is already shielded.
• Fixed an issue that made Cozy Campfires appear to be active after they have expired.
• Fixed an issue which caused collision of eliminated players to persist for too long.
• Fixed an issue which allowed players to hide inside of supply drops if the supply drop landed on a crouched player.
• Fixed an issue which allowed players to pass through walls as they edited them.
• Optimized the speed at which players can cycle building pieces under poor network conditions.
• Fixed an issue which caused dropped items to fall off the edge of the map and spawn near a living player.
• Kicking a basketball through a soccer net no longer counts as a goal. Soccer balls still count.

Weapons

Bug fixes

• Improved the accuracy of grenade arcs.
• Fixed an issue which allowed players to switch between two scoped weapons without leaving the scoped view.
• Player’s weapons will no longer disappear for a short time after the effects of the Boogie Bomb wear off.
• Reduced the delay between throwing a grenade and switching to another weapon.

General

• Shadowplay Highlights now records player knockdowns (DBNO).
• Quitting a match early will no longer award stat or challenge progress. Progress will only be awarded when a player leaves after they are eliminated or have won.

Bug Fixes

• Players can no longer purchase the Battle Pass x10 Tier bundle when at or above Battle Pass tier 65.
• We fixed this on January 19th and affected players have been compensated.
• Fixed an issue which allowed items in the locker to rotate on the wrong axis while spinning them.
• Fixed an issue which caused the client to lock up after ALT-TABing on PC.
• While spectating, players will now be returned to scoped view when the spectated player switches between scoped weapons, instead of being pulled into third-person view.
• Brick building effects have been fixed.
• Players can now mute party members from the lobby screen.
• Players banned from voice chat can no longer use it on the lobby screen.

UI

• Added Auto Decline Friend Requests as a new option for PC players to the Social Widget.
• When enabled, friend requests will be auto-declined. Enabling this option will decline all pending friend requests.

Bug Fixes

• Friend and Party invite notifications will now correctly appear for Battle Royale players that have never played Save the World.
• You no longer open the fullscreen map while spectating a player with report menu up,
  This issue only occurred if a player was using the “Combat Pro” controller config.
• The radial emote menu will no longer persist after the warm-up phase if left open.
• Characters pose no longer resets after opening the news widget.
• The ping value displayed in the Net Debug Stats UI is now more accurate. It will appear higher than before for all players.

Audio

• Lowered volume of bus music and the sound played when jumping out of the bus.
• Lowered volume of wind sounds played during skydiving and gliding.
• Lowered the volume of gunfire, footsteps, and impacts during warmup phase.
• Removed the “Caw” sound layer from the Death Valley pickaxe.
• Removed some layers from the new pickaxe sounds that could be mistaken for bullet whiz-bys

Bug Fixes

• Music from dance emotes will no longer overlap.
• Loot chest audio is no longer hushed by pickaxe impact sounds.

World

• Added more loot spawns to Haunted Hills.

Bug fixes

• Fixed missing collision on junkyard crane.
• Fixed two areas where players could hide under the terrain by the edge of the river.
• Fixed a section of the Moisty Mire water that did not slow players down.
• Fixed a mine cart in Shifty Shafts that could not be destroyed.
• Fixed an issue causing the soccer stadium to sometimes not load in properly.
• Fixed a seam in the terrain near Flush Factory that allowed players to see through the map.
• Added collision to pillars in Haunted Hills so players can no longer hide inside them.
• Scoring a goal in the Soccer stadium will now show proper visual effects.

Save the World

• Mutant Storm event returns!
• This storm season, Mutant Storms will appear in greater numbers.
• Mutant Storm mission alerts award Storm Tickets in addition to the Evolution Materials that they usually drop.
• Quota: 10 per day.
• Up to 5 Mutant Storms are available at a time in Stonewood, and up to 25 Active Storms are available at a time in Plankerton, Canny Valley, and Twine Peaks.
• Purchased upgrade Llamas award Storm Tickets.
• All missions will continue to award Seasonal Gold, and Daily Quests will continue to award Daily Coins.
• Seasonal Gold will reset once the Spring Event starts, planned for early February.
• Most Event Quests award Storm Tickets.
• Some Event Quests award V-Bucks.
• Hydraulic Weapons and Storm Zone Heroes have returned, and are available in the Storm Llamas during this event.
• Event Store has been updated!
• The Legendary Hydra Transform Key is available in the Event Store!
• The Event Store also offers Legendary Constructor BASE Hype.
• The Event Storm Llama also has a chance of awarding this hero.
• Since we’re reintroducing the Legendary Hydra with this Mutant Storms event, it can now be recycled, put in the Collection Book and consumes inventory space.
• For every 1,000 unspent Snowflake tickets, a Holiday Survival Llama will automatically be granted and can be found in the Loot Tab. All remaining tickets will be lost.

Mini-bosses

• Mini-bosses are still present on the map, but the number of mission alerts have been reduced from the Holiday event.
• Up to 3 of these Mini-Boss mission alerts can appear in Stonewood at a time and up to 6 at a time in Plankerton, Canny and Twine.
• Quota: 3 per day.
• These Mini-boss alerts have replaced the old generic Mission Alerts that used to be on the map. As a result:
  Mini-boss Alerts can now be played in higher-difficulty missions that you have not unlocked yet.
• Mini-boss Alerts reward a wide array of items, including transform keys, schematics, survivors, and more!
• Return of “Mini-Boss” Quests:
  Awards Seasonal Gold currency and is repeatable.
• Seasonal Gold currency can be used to purchase items from the Event Store.
• This currency only lasts for a season, so spend it while you can!

Gameplay

• Added Auto-Run!
• Input defaults for PC are “=” and “NumLock”.
• Input defaults for controller is double-clicking the left stick.
• Adjusted several weapon Perk rolls
• Break shotguns can no longer roll Rate of Fire perks
• VinderTech Rocket Hammer can now roll Energy and Elemental perks
• VinderTech and Vacuum Tube sniper rifles can now roll perks that trigger a small explosion of damage after headshot kills.
• Standardized the damage melee weapons do to the environment.
• Melee weapons previously varied from 20%-70% of weapon damage depending upon the weapon type and the target material.
• All weapons are now set to a flat 50% of weapon damage against wood and stone, and 20% versus metal.
• Pickaxes remain unaffected.

Bug Fixes

• Lightning Pistol now correctly shows up as part of the Vacuum Tube weapon set.

Heroes

Balance

• Increased the duration of Keep Out to 10s to match the tooltip. Reduced the damage per tick from 20% of grenade damage to 15% of grenade damage as a result.
• Increased the damage of Cluster Bomb explosions from 20% of grenade damage to 25%

Bug fixes

• Frag grenades and cluster bombs will no longer fall through water, which caused Soldier’s to be unable to throw a second grenade.
• Fixed an issue that was causing TEDDY to have reduced range while firing.
• Fixed Overbearing Perk so that it properly extends the range of TEDDY.

UI

• Added Auto Decline Friend Requests as a new option for PC players to the Social Widget.
• When enabled, friend requests will be auto-declined. Enabling this option will decline all pending friend requests.
  Added count indicator to collection book slots.
• Added XP counts to the Collection Book Rewards schedule.
• Added total count to “root” rows on the collection book nav.
• Power widgets now show buffed power glow when buffed from party members.
• “Warcry” tooltip now properly displays the melee attack speed bonus.
• Updated the description of Seasonal Gold to clarify that it is a temporary currency that will be reset at the end of the season.

Bug fixes

• Consumable item transform keys can now only create items that match the rarity of the key.
• This will prevent players from accidentally using a high-rarity consumable transform key to create a low-rarity item.
• Mission alert rewards will no longer show in the objectives menu in-game when the player had already collected the current mission alert or reached their quota.
• Buying Llamas during the tutorial will no longer cause the UI to have display issues.
• Fixed a visual issue that made it look like Survivor power levels weren’t increasing after leveling them up.
• Fixed an issue that was causing large font power levels to appear where teammates names should go.

Art/Imagination

• Blinking lights on the Vacuum Tube weapons have been boxed up and put into the attic until next year. The lights have returned to their default orange colour.
• Energy weapons no longer appear completely blue.