With the new season of Fortnite officially underway, developer Epic Games is gearing up to release a stream of updates to keep the action chugging along.
As revealed in a leak by a prominent Fortnite fan account, the multiplayer game has four major patches planned for Chapter 5, Season 3 – with the next update right around the corner.
Now there’s not long to wait until it arrives, here’s everything we know about the changes it will bring to Fortnite.
When is Fortnite’s next update?
According to Fortnite leaker Shiina, Epic is planning four meaty updates for the game throughout Chapter 5, Season 3.
The first of these, known as patch v.30.10, is currently being playtested by the developer and will land on Tuesday, June 11, followed by subsequent updates on June 25, July 23, and August 26.
Shiina also notes that the last two updates could drop a week earlier than listed based on Epic’s summer work schedule. That would make sense as Fortnite Chapter 5, Season 4 is estimated to commence on August 16.
As usual, players can expect the game to be taken offline for a couple of hours on the morning of the updates as Epic implements the changes.
What features will it introduce?
Very little is known about the next update apart from one significant tidbit.
Earlier this year, one of the biggest leaks in Fortnite’s history outed the game’s entire roadmap for the rest of the year. It revealed that the game’s Guitar Hero-style music mode would add Metallica as the featured act in a subsequent update, which some believe could be the upcoming patch. That would mean players will be able to rock out to the band’s fearsome hits like Enter Sandman, Nothing Else Matters, and Sweet Amber.
Fans were initially skeptical about the leak, but it has proven pretty accurate thus far. For instance, it was proven right about Billie Eilish being a featured artist when she made her debut in Fortnite Festival Season 3 on April 22.
We may also get more Fallout cosmetic items as part of the collaboration between the two games, which is a perfect fit for the current post-apocalyptic theme. Fortnite’s latest season, known as Wrecked, introduced vehicular combat in a new biome on the map called the Wasteland.
Of course, the next update will also include the usual array of bug fixes and new items and quests for each of the various modes like Lego Fortnite and Rocket Racing.
Epic released a surprise patch (v.30.01) on May 31 that was solely dedicated to addressing niggles borne out of the Chapter 5, Season 3 update.