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You Can Now Hunt for Treasure Like a Pirate in Fortnite

Published Wed, 06 Mar 2019 11:40:01 -0600

Yes, with a map.

Fortnite's patch 8.01 update brings some interesting changes to the battle royale game, including maps to buried treasure. So, no, these maps don't just take you to known loot box locations, but reveal the location of hidden items. So, you can RP as a proper pirate in Fortnite now, if that's what you're into.

Epic Games has also taken Bottle Rockets out of the game and reduced the drop rates for the Infantry Rifle and Clinger.

Patch 8.01's major changes include:

Increased the angle at which you can slide down terrain without taking damage from 65 degrees to 75 degrees.
Limited Time Mode: Slide Duos
- Ice blocks on everyone's feet, infinite ammo Grapplers in everyone's inventory – a recipe for a slippery good time!
- Friction greatly lowered.
- Max run speed greatly raised.
- Falling damage removed.
- Infinite ammo Grapplers added to everyone's inventory.
- Weapons and Items
  - Buried Treasure
    - It's a map that is used to track down buried chests on the map.
      - Chests contain a trove of legendary loot.
      - X marks the spot! The chest must be dug up using a pickaxe.
      - There is a limit of one map held at a time.
    - Legendary Rarity.
    - Can be found from Floor Loot and Chests.
  - Reduced Infantry Rifle availability
    - Reduced the chance of receiving an Infantry Rifle from Chests from 14.41% to 13.39%
    - Reduced the chance of receiving an Infantry Rifle from Floor Loot from 2.41% to 2.24%
  - Reduced Clinger availability
    - Reduced the chance of receiving Clinger's from Chests from 9.42% to 5.52%
    - Reduced the chance of receiving Clinger's from Floor Loot from 1.27% to 1.02%
  - Vaulted
    - Bottle Rockets