Fortnite v7.20 update adds Sneaky Snowman and Sniper Shootout LTM, vaults Quad Launcher, Port-a-Fortress and Grappler

News by Lauren Aitken Contributor

Published on Jan. 22, 2019

Fortnite v7.20 received a content update today that included some Sneaky Snowmen, a new Limited Time Mode and a few vaulted items.

The Quad Rocket Launcher, Grappler and Port-a-Fortress have all been vaulted as we enter the fourth day of the Ice Storm Challenge.

Keeping in with the wintery theme, the Sneaky Snowman has been added. You can either wear the Snowman like a second skin and sneak around the map, or launch him at enemies as an explosive.

The Sniper Shootout LTM is also now available, where you'll be pitted against other players with scoped weapons only. Suppressed Sniper Rifles and Legendary Scoped Pistols have been added to supply drops to make this a little easier.

The Block has also been updated and is now the Omega Pyramid, so jump in and see what secrets it holds.

In Save the World, the latest Frostnite Weekly Challenge, Cold Chaos, is now live, and you'll have to work together as a team to defeat the threat and unlock the Guardian's Will Sword. A new hero, Lynx Kassandra, has also been added to the Event Store for a limited time.

Battle Royale

LTM: Sniper Shootout
In this limited time mode, players will do battle using scoped weapons only. May the best aim win!

Suppressed Sniper Rifles have been added.
Legendary Scoped Pistols have been added to Supply Drops.
Floor Loot spawners reduced by 50%
Reviving "Down But Not Out" teammates in Duos & Squads is deactivated - be careful peeking!
Profile Stats (K/D & Wins) are tracked in this mode

Weapons and items

Sneaky Snowman

Use Primary Fire to throw a projectile that creates a destructible snowman.
Use Secondary Fire to wear the Sneaky Snowman.
Sneaky Snowman has 100 Health and acts as a shield when worn by a player.
Sneaky Snowman is destroyed when its Health reaches zero or when the player wearing the snowman swaps to a different item or building mode.
This means that a player wearing a Sneaky Snowman cannot build or use other items. Movement of all types is allowed.
Available in Common variant.
Can be found from Floor Loot, Chests, and Supply Llamas.
Drops in stacks of 5.
Max stack size of 10.

Other weapons and items:

Swapped the drop chance of Shield Potions and Small Shield Potions.
Shield Potion
Reduced drop chance from Floor Loot from 16.53% to 13.22%.
Reduced drop chance from Chests from 14.26% to 9.51%.
Small Shield Potion
Increased drop chance from Floor Loot from 13.22% to 16.53%.
Increased drop chance from Chests from 9.51% to 14.26%.
Vaulted the following items:
Quad Rocket Launcher
Port-A-fortress
Grappler
Reduced the drop chance of Gliders.
Reduced drop chance from Chests from 11.89% to 4.43%.
Reduced the drop chance of Balloons.
Reduced drop chance from Chests from 7.58% to 3.24%.
Reduced the spawn chance of Quad Crashers from 100% to 50%.
Reduced the spawn chance of X-4 Stormwings from 80% to 50%.

Performance

Fixed an issue where building would cause a major drop in FPS.

Events

Added additional dates for Explorer Pop-Up Cup.
Updated additional materials gained on elimination to now drop with the eliminated player, rather than being granted immediately.

Creative

Weapons and items

Sneaky Snowman
Use Primary Fire to throw a projectile that creates a destructible snowman.
Use Secondary Fire to wear the Sneaky Snowman.
Sneaky Snowman has 100 Health and acts as a shield when worn by a player.
Sneaky Snowman is destroyed when its Health reaches zero or when the player wearing the snowman swaps to a different item or building mode.
This means that a player wearing a Sneaky Snowman cannot build or use other items. Movement of all types is allowed.
Available in Common variant.
Can be found from Floor Loot, Chests, and Supply Llamas.
Drops in stacks of 5.
Max stack size of 10.
Added to Creative
Light Machine Gun
Suppressed Sub-Machine Gun
Revolver
Semi-Auto Sniper Rifle
Smoke Grenade
Remote Explosives

Save the World

Frostnite Weekly Challenge 4 - Cold Chaos

Focus your fire! Enemies gain modifiers when attacked, so work as a team and defeat the threat to unlock the banner and the Guardian's Will Sword.

Lynx Kassandra
A new Hero arrives! Fast on her feet with catlike reflexes, unlock her in the Event Store for a limited time.

Missions and systems

Weekly Frostnite Challenge 4: Cold Chaos
Enemies gain modifiers when damaged. Focus your attacks for maximum efficiency.
Enemies receive a certain combination of mutators per wave: Quickened, Enraged, Exploding Deathburst, Frenzied Deathburst, and Smoke Screens.
Survive for 30 minutes (three times) to collect the Week 4 Challenge Banner.
Survive for 30 minutes to collect the Medieval Sword.
Available on January 23 at 7 PM ET.

Heroes

Lynx Kassandra
Mythic variant of the Fleetfoot subclass.
Available on the Event Store from January 23 at 7 PM ET.
Note: Lynx Kassandra will be unique when the new Hero Loadout launches.

Weapons and items

Guardian's Will Sword
Rewarded for completing the week 4 Frostnite Weekly Challenge.
A large sword with high damage and moderate impact.
Leap Attack
A Heavy attack that jumps to the targeted foe and damages nearby enemies.

Audio

Improved Low Health state audio mix so that gameplay sounds aren’t ducked as severely.
Updated Lefty/Right weapon equip/unequip sounds.
Updated Decoy deploy and physics sounds.