Fortnite has officially launched its v17.20 patch, so here’s everything that’s been changed and added with this update. While nothing super exciting to talk about here, there are a few meaningful additions of note. Namely, the new Preferred Item Slots should let you spend less time organizing your inventory, and more time in battle or gathering loot. The new Arena mode, Bugha’s Late Game, should provide some nice things for players as well. Without further adieu, here’s everything that’s been changed and added with Fortnite update 17.20!
Disclaimer: These patch notes will exclusively cover Battle Royale and Creative. If you’d like the official Save the World changes, check out the official patch notes here.
Fortnite Update 17.20 Patch Notes
Battle Royale
New Mode and Tournament: Bugha’s Late Game
The Bugha’s Late Game Arena mode will soon be available in the playlist selection screen. Part of the festivities for Bugha entering the Icon Series, this mode puts players right in the middle of competitive Fortnite. Here’s the rundown!
- With your Trio, you’ll drop on the Island while the Storm’s already closing in.
- We’ve collaborated with Bugha to curate nine starting inventories grouped into three team loadouts. Each Trio will be assigned one of these team loadouts at random.
- As you play, you’ll be able to earn Hype unique to the mode. The players who earn at least 1500 Hype before Bugha’s Late Game Tournament on July 28 will be eligible to participate in the tournament.
In the Bugha’s Late Game tournament version, qualified players will compete against others in their region for a share of $100,000! Read more in our Bugha Icon Series blog post.
New Setting: Preferred Item Slots
Take control of your loadout with the new Preferred Item Slot preferences! Located in the Game tab of the Settings menu, Preferred Item Slots lets you designate which inventory space you want a weapon or item type to go when picked up.
The default active configuration for Item Slots 1-5 is 1) Assault Rifle | 2) Shotgun | 3) Unassigned | 4) Unassigned | 5) Consumable, but you can retool this to fit your play style. Want Snipers in Slot 3? Hit the “Configure” button and toggle the slot to your preferred weapon type. The next time you loot a Sniper-type item, it’ll be assigned to your third inventory space and hotkey.
Like-for-like items will respect your Preferred Item Slots even if the slot is filled, swapping in the higher-rarity item. For example, loot an Epic Pump Shotgun and it will replace your Uncommon one even if you have something else like Bandages equipped. Preferred Item Slots is only active when you have at least one empty inventory slot, and the “Auto-Sort Consumables to Right” setting will continue to function as normal alongside your preferences.
Fortnite Update 17.20: Major Bug Fixes
- Fixed an issue that caused us to disable Ziplines. Ziplines are now re-enabled.
- Fixed an issue that caused us to disable Rifts obtained from vendors. Vendor Rifts are now re-enabled.
- Fixed an issue involving items being automatically equipped in certain cases when picked up.
- Fixed an issue involving the Grimey Outfit’s reactivity not working.
- Fixed an issue involving the button for Arena Division/tournament details being unresponsive on controller.
- Fixed an issue involving the ‘Hold Inventory button’ Crafting menu shortcut not working.
Fortnite Update 17.20: Creative
Down But Not Out Device
Shake enemies down for information, carry them around, or yeet them into oblivion! This new device gives you control over every aspect of the Down But Not Out (DBNO) mechanic; whether you’re making fast-paced PvP games or hard-fought PvE survival games. Now you have a new tool to control the action. Read more details on the Down But Not Out device within the recently released Fortnite Creative Documentation website.
New Saucer Vehicle Device
A new vehicle that’s out of this world! The Saucer is the latest piece of advanced tech flying into Fortnite Creative! The Saucer comes complete with four seats, boost function, a powerful tractor beam that can pick up players and physics objects, and an energy cannon. The Saucer opens the door for new immersive gameplay and unique ways to interact with objects in the world, allowing you to become a master manipulator!!
Read more details for the Saucer Vehicle Device on the Fortnite Creative Documentation website.
Fortnite Update 17.20: Gameplay Updates
- Added the Recon Scanner to the Weapons Gallery.
Device Updates
- Added the Down But Not Out Device.
- This device gives control over all aspects of the DBNO state to allow it to be tuned to what best suits each game rather than simply being an on/off toggle.
- This device has the following options:
- Enabled During Phase: All, Pre-Game Only, Gameplay Only, None (Default: All)
- DBNO Enabled: Do Not Override, Yes, No (Default: Do Not Override)
- Tenacity Depletion Rate: Default, 1-15, 20, 25, 30 (Default: Default)
- Downed players begin with 100 Tenacity and lose the specified amount each second until eliminated or revived.
- Health After Revive: Default, 1%, 5%, 10%, 25%, 50%, 75%, 100% (Default: Default)
- Specifies the % of max health a player has when revived by a teammate.
- Time to Revive: Instant, 1-5 seconds, 10 seconds, 15 seconds, 20 seconds (Default: 10 seconds)
- Determines the length of interaction required to revive a downed teammate.
- Allow Revives: Yes, No (Default: Yes)
- Shakedowns: On, Off (Default: On)
- Show Player Location on Shakedown: Yes, No (Default: Yes)
- Determines whether the victim’s teammate locations are revealed as the result of a shakedown.
- Alert Team When Downed: On, Off (Default: On)
- Determines whether an alert is sent to teammates when a player is downed.
- Last Man Standing Mode: No, Yes (Default: No)
- When set to YES this prevents the game from ending when the final player on a team is downed – the game will only end when all players on a team have been fully eliminated.
- Selected Team: None, 1-50 (Default: None)
- Affects Team: All But Selected, Only Selected (Default: All But Selected)
- These settings allow the device to affect only specific teams.
- Selected Class: None, Any, No Class, 1-16 (Default: None)
- Affects Class: All But Selected, Only Selected (Default: All But Selected)
- These settings allow the device to affect only specific classes.
- Allow Carry: Yes, No (Default: Yes)
- Determines whether enemies can pick up and carry a downed player.
- Enable When Receiving From: No Channel, 1-250 (Default: No Channel)
- Disable When Receiving From: No Channel, 1-250 (Default: No Channel)
- Down Player When Receiving From: No Channel, 1-250 (Default: No Channel)
- Puts the instigating player immediately into the downed state.
- Revive Player when Receiving From: No Channel, 1-250 (Default: No Channel)
- Immediately revives the instigating player.
- When Player Downed Transmit On: No Channel, 1-250 (Default: No Channel)
- Sends a signal with the downed player as the instigator.
- When Player Picked Up Transmit On: No Channel, 1-250 (Default: No Channel)
- Sends a signal with the picked up player as the instigator.
- When Player Thrown Transmit On: No Channel, 1-250 (Default: No Channel)
- Sends a signal with the thrown player as the instigator.
- When Player Dropped Transmit On: No Channel, 1-250 (Default: No Channel)
- Sends a signal with the dropped player as the instigator.
- When Player Revived Transmit On: No Channel, 1-250 (Default: No Channel)
- Sends a signal with the revived player as the instigator.
- On Shakedown Transmit On: No Channel, 1-250 (Default: No Channel)
- Sends a signal with the player performing the shakedown as the instigator.
- When Shaken Down Transmit On: No Channel, 1-250 (Default: No Channel)
- Sends a signal with the player being shaken down as the instigator.
- Added the UFO Spawner device.
- This device allows the UFO to be spawned and customized.
- This device has the following options:
- Enabled During Phase: All, Pre-Game Only, Gameplay Only, None (Default: All)
- Respawn Time: Never, Instant, 1-5 seconds, 10 seconds, 15 seconds, 20 seconds, 25 seconds, 30 seconds, 45 seconds, 1 minute, 1.5 minutes, 2 minutes, 3 minutes, 4 minutes, 5 minutes (Default: Instant)
- Respawn Vehicle When Enabled: Yes, No (Default: Yes)
- Destroy Vehicle When Disabled: Yes, No (Default: Yes)
- Owning Team: Any, 1-50 (Default: Any)
- Visible in Game: On, Off (Default: On)
- Determines whether the spawner base is visible during game.
- NOTE: The tooltip on this option is incorrect. Turning off visibility DOES also turn off collision.
- Vehicle Health: Indestructible, 1, 50, 100, 200, 400, 600, 800, 1000, 1200, 1500, 2000, 3000, 4000, 5000, 9999 (Default: 1500)
- Reboots: No Reboots, 1-5, Unlimited (Default: 2)
- Determines how many times the UFO can be rebooted with full health after being reduced to 0 health.
- Enable Cannon: Yes, No (Default: Yes)
- Enable Tractor Beam: Yes, No (Default: Yes)
- The tractor beam has been prevented from picking up the majority of devices for everyone’s safety. Certain devices such as power ups, collectibles, chests etc. can be picked up.
- Assigns Driver When Receiving From: No Channel, 1-250 (Default: No Channel)
- Respawn Vehicle When Receiving From: No Channel, 1-250 (Default: No Channel)
- Destroy Vehicle When Receiving From: No Channel, 1-250 (Default: No Channel)
- Enable When Receiving From: No Channel, 1-250 (Default: No Channel)
- Disable When Receiving From: No Channel, 1-250 (Default: No Channel)
- When Player Enters Vehicle Transmit On: No Channel, 1-250 (Default: No Channel)
- When Player Exits Vehicle Transmit On: No Channel, 1-250 (Default: No Channel)
- When Vehicle Spawns Transmit On: No Channel, 1-250 (Default: No Channel)
- When Vehicle Is Destroyed Transmit On: No Channel, 1-250 (Default: No Channel)
- Added new options to the Mutator Zone device.
- Gravity: Don’t Override, Very Low, Low, Normal, High, Very High (Default: Don’t Override)
- Movement Multiplier: Don’t Override, 0, 0.2 – 2.0 in increments of 0.1 (Default: Don’t Override)
- Setting this to 0 effectively prevents players from moving while in the zone.
Fortnite Update 17.20: Gameplay Fixes
- Fixed an issue that caused players to encounter an infinite loading screen when flying outside of their Island.
- Fixed an issue with the camera while steering an ATK.
- Fixed an issue with the bounce pad when used with the mutator zone.
- Fixed an issue that prevented players from scrolling up when looking at scoreboards.
- Fixed an issue that prevented players from flipping over the X-4 Stormwing and ATK.
- Fixed an issue that caused Cuddlefish to not stick to players.
- Fixed an issue where Creatures failed to spawn from the Creature Placer device after placing vehicles.
Island Fixes
- Fixed an issue where interaction orbs would not turn off the matchmaking portals on Hub Islands.
- Fixed an issue with no ground collision under the water for all islands.
Prefab and Gallery Updates
- Important Note: We’ve noticed recently that over time a number of devices have been tagged incorrectly or not tagged with all the applicable categories, resulting in the Filter list in the Device Gallery being less than helpful in some cases. In this release we have gone through and ensured that all devices are now tagged correctly, and even added a couple of new Filter categories to pull devices into logical groups which will hopefully make things a lot easier to find. We know that this might upset muscle-memory for some people who have been using Creative for a long time, but hopefully the overall benefits of having everything tagged and filtered logically will outweigh any temporary confusion. Thanks for your patience.
- Added a rainbow flag to General Props Gallery A.
Prefab and Gallery Fixes
- Fixed an issue that caused the shipping container from Industrial Gallery B to appear white and grey.
- Fixed an issue with the Sloped Glass gallery pieces that prevented players from placing the gallery in specific directions.
- Fixed an issue with Z-fighting on front door floors in Colossal Coliseum.
- Fixed an issue where some of the trim assets from the Colossal Coliseum Wall Gallery would self-destruct.
Device Fixes
- Fixed an issue with the Timer Device that caused it to count down rather than up.
- Fixed an issue with the mutator zone that prevented players from performing some actions, such as firing or building when it wasn’t supposed to.
- Fixed an issue with the Health Powerup device that caused textures to fail to appear when placed.
UI Fixes
- Fixed an issue with Kymera Ray Gun crosshairs appearing incorrect.
- Fixed an issue with party size not updating properly in the hub when players leave.
- Adjusted search tags for Devices in order to more accurately describe device usability.
Fortnite update 17.20 is now available on PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, Android, and iOS. For more information regarding this update, check out the official Battle Royale and Creative blog posts.
This device gives control over all aspects of the DBNO state to allow it to be tuned to what best suits each game rather than simply being an on/off toggle.
This device has the following options:
Enabled During Phase: All, Pre-Game Only, Gameplay Only, None (Default: All)
DBNO Enabled: Do Not Override, Yes, No (Default: Do Not Override)
Tenacity Depletion Rate: Default, 1-15, 20, 25, 30 (Default: Default)
Downed players begin with 100 Tenacity and lose the specified amount each second until eliminated or revived.
Health After Revive: Default, 1%, 5%, 10%, 25%, 50%, 75%, 100% (Default: Default)
Specifies the % of max health a player has when revived by a teammate.
Time to Revive: Instant, 1-5 seconds, 10 seconds, 15 seconds, 20 seconds (Default: 10 seconds)
Determines the length of interaction required to revive a downed teammate.
Allow Revives: Yes, No (Default: Yes)
Shakedowns: On, Off (Default: On)
Show Player Location on Shakedown: Yes, No (Default: Yes)
Determines whether the victim’s teammate locations are revealed as the result of a shakedown.
Alert Team When Downed: On, Off (Default: On)
Determines whether an alert is sent to teammates when a player is downed.
Last Man Standing Mode: No, Yes (Default: No)
When set to YES this prevents the game from ending when the final player on a team is downed – the game will only end when all players on a team have been fully eliminated.
Selected Team: None, 1-50 (Default: None)
Affects Team: All But Selected, Only Selected (Default: All But Selected)
These settings allow the device to affect only specific teams.
Selected Class: None, Any, No Class, 1-16 (Default: None)
Affects Class: All But Selected, Only Selected (Default: All But Selected)
These settings allow the device to affect only specific classes.
Allow Carry: Yes, No (Default: Yes)
Determines whether enemies can pick up and carry a downed player.
Enable When Receiving From: No Channel, 1-250 (Default: No Channel)
Disable When Receiving From: No Channel, 1-250 (Default: No Channel)
Down Player When Receiving From: No Channel, 1-250 (Default: No Channel)
Puts the instigating player immediately into the downed state.
Revive Player when Receiving From: No Channel, 1-250 (Default: No Channel)
Immediately revives the instigating player.
When Player Downed Transmit On: No Channel, 1-250 (Default: No Channel)
Sends a signal with the downed player as the instigator.
When Player Picked Up Transmit On: No Channel, 1-250 (Default: No Channel)
Sends a signal with the picked up player as the instigator.
When Player Thrown Transmit On: No Channel, 1-250 (Default: No Channel)
Sends a signal with the thrown player as the instigator.
When Player Dropped Transmit On: No Channel, 1-250 (Default: No Channel)
Sends a signal with the dropped player as the instigator.
When Player Revived Transmit On: No Channel, 1-250 (Default: No Channel)
Sends a signal with the revived player as the instigator.
On Shakedown Transmit On: No Channel, 1-250 (Default: No Channel)
Sends a signal with the player performing the shakedown as the instigator.
When Shaken Down Transmit On: No Channel, 1-250 (Default: No Channel)
Sends a signal with the player being shaken down as the instigator.
Enabled During Phase: All, Pre-Game Only, Gameplay Only, None (Default: All)
DBNO Enabled: Do Not Override, Yes, No (Default: Do Not Override)
Tenacity Depletion Rate: Default, 1-15, 20, 25, 30 (Default: Default)
Downed players begin with 100 Tenacity and lose the specified amount each second until eliminated or revived.
Health After Revive: Default, 1%, 5%, 10%, 25%, 50%, 75%, 100% (Default: Default)
Specifies the % of max health a player has when revived by a teammate.
Time to Revive: Instant, 1-5 seconds, 10 seconds, 15 seconds, 20 seconds (Default: 10 seconds)
Determines the length of interaction required to revive a downed teammate.
Allow Revives: Yes, No (Default: Yes)
Shakedowns: On, Off (Default: On)
Show Player Location on Shakedown: Yes, No (Default: Yes)
Determines whether the victim’s teammate locations are revealed as the result of a shakedown.
Alert Team When Downed: On, Off (Default: On)
Determines whether an alert is sent to teammates when a player is downed.
Last Man Standing Mode: No, Yes (Default: No)
When set to YES this prevents the game from ending when the final player on a team is downed – the game will only end when all players on a team have been fully eliminated.
Selected Team: None, 1-50 (Default: None)
Affects Team: All But Selected, Only Selected (Default: All But Selected)
These settings allow the device to affect only specific teams.
Selected Class: None, Any, No Class, 1-16 (Default: None)
Affects Class: All But Selected, Only Selected (Default: All But Selected)
These settings allow the device to affect only specific classes.
Allow Carry: Yes, No (Default: Yes)
Determines whether enemies can pick up and carry a downed player.
Enable When Receiving From: No Channel, 1-250 (Default: No Channel)
Disable When Receiving From: No Channel, 1-250 (Default: No Channel)
Down Player When Receiving From: No Channel, 1-250 (Default: No Channel)
Puts the instigating player immediately into the downed state.
Revive Player when Receiving From: No Channel, 1-250 (Default: No Channel)
Immediately revives the instigating player.
When Player Downed Transmit On: No Channel, 1-250 (Default: No Channel)
Sends a signal with the downed player as the instigator.
When Player Picked Up Transmit On: No Channel, 1-250 (Default: No Channel)
Sends a signal with the picked up player as the instigator.
When Player Thrown Transmit On: No Channel, 1-250 (Default: No Channel)
Sends a signal with the thrown player as the instigator.
When Player Dropped Transmit On: No Channel, 1-250 (Default: No Channel)
Sends a signal with the dropped player as the instigator.
When Player Revived Transmit On: No Channel, 1-250 (Default: No Channel)
Sends a signal with the revived player as the instigator.
On Shakedown Transmit On: No Channel, 1-250 (Default: No Channel)
Sends a signal with the player performing the shakedown as the instigator.
When Shaken Down Transmit On: No Channel, 1-250 (Default: No Channel)
Sends a signal with the player being shaken down as the instigator.
Downed players begin with 100 Tenacity and lose the specified amount each second until eliminated or revived.
Specifies the % of max health a player has when revived by a teammate.
Determines the length of interaction required to revive a downed teammate.
Determines whether the victim’s teammate locations are revealed as the result of a shakedown.
Determines whether an alert is sent to teammates when a player is downed.
When set to YES this prevents the game from ending when the final player on a team is downed – the game will only end when all players on a team have been fully eliminated.
These settings allow the device to affect only specific teams.
These settings allow the device to affect only specific classes.
Determines whether enemies can pick up and carry a downed player.
Puts the instigating player immediately into the downed state.
Immediately revives the instigating player.
Sends a signal with the downed player as the instigator.
Sends a signal with the picked up player as the instigator.
Sends a signal with the thrown player as the instigator.
Sends a signal with the dropped player as the instigator.
Sends a signal with the revived player as the instigator.
Sends a signal with the player performing the shakedown as the instigator.
Sends a signal with the player being shaken down as the instigator.
This device allows the UFO to be spawned and customized.
This device has the following options:
Enabled During Phase: All, Pre-Game Only, Gameplay Only, None (Default: All)
Respawn Time: Never, Instant, 1-5 seconds, 10 seconds, 15 seconds, 20 seconds, 25 seconds, 30 seconds, 45 seconds, 1 minute, 1.5 minutes, 2 minutes, 3 minutes, 4 minutes, 5 minutes (Default: Instant)
Respawn Vehicle When Enabled: Yes, No (Default: Yes)
Destroy Vehicle When Disabled: Yes, No (Default: Yes)
Owning Team: Any, 1-50 (Default: Any)
Visible in Game: On, Off (Default: On)
Determines whether the spawner base is visible during game.
NOTE: The tooltip on this option is incorrect. Turning off visibility DOES also turn off collision.
Vehicle Health: Indestructible, 1, 50, 100, 200, 400, 600, 800, 1000, 1200, 1500, 2000, 3000, 4000, 5000, 9999 (Default: 1500)
Reboots: No Reboots, 1-5, Unlimited (Default: 2)
Determines how many times the UFO can be rebooted with full health after being reduced to 0 health.
Enable Cannon: Yes, No (Default: Yes)
Enable Tractor Beam: Yes, No (Default: Yes)
The tractor beam has been prevented from picking up the majority of devices for everyone’s safety. Certain devices such as power ups, collectibles, chests etc. can be picked up.
Assigns Driver When Receiving From: No Channel, 1-250 (Default: No Channel)
Respawn Vehicle When Receiving From: No Channel, 1-250 (Default: No Channel)
Destroy Vehicle When Receiving From: No Channel, 1-250 (Default: No Channel)
Enable When Receiving From: No Channel, 1-250 (Default: No Channel)
Disable When Receiving From: No Channel, 1-250 (Default: No Channel)
When Player Enters Vehicle Transmit On: No Channel, 1-250 (Default: No Channel)
When Player Exits Vehicle Transmit On: No Channel, 1-250 (Default: No Channel)
When Vehicle Spawns Transmit On: No Channel, 1-250 (Default: No Channel)
When Vehicle Is Destroyed Transmit On: No Channel, 1-250 (Default: No Channel)
Enabled During Phase: All, Pre-Game Only, Gameplay Only, None (Default: All)
Respawn Time: Never, Instant, 1-5 seconds, 10 seconds, 15 seconds, 20 seconds, 25 seconds, 30 seconds, 45 seconds, 1 minute, 1.5 minutes, 2 minutes, 3 minutes, 4 minutes, 5 minutes (Default: Instant)
Respawn Vehicle When Enabled: Yes, No (Default: Yes)
Destroy Vehicle When Disabled: Yes, No (Default: Yes)
Owning Team: Any, 1-50 (Default: Any)
Visible in Game: On, Off (Default: On)
Determines whether the spawner base is visible during game.
NOTE: The tooltip on this option is incorrect. Turning off visibility DOES also turn off collision.
Vehicle Health: Indestructible, 1, 50, 100, 200, 400, 600, 800, 1000, 1200, 1500, 2000, 3000, 4000, 5000, 9999 (Default: 1500)
Reboots: No Reboots, 1-5, Unlimited (Default: 2)
Determines how many times the UFO can be rebooted with full health after being reduced to 0 health.
Enable Cannon: Yes, No (Default: Yes)
Enable Tractor Beam: Yes, No (Default: Yes)
The tractor beam has been prevented from picking up the majority of devices for everyone’s safety. Certain devices such as power ups, collectibles, chests etc. can be picked up.
Assigns Driver When Receiving From: No Channel, 1-250 (Default: No Channel)
Respawn Vehicle When Receiving From: No Channel, 1-250 (Default: No Channel)
Destroy Vehicle When Receiving From: No Channel, 1-250 (Default: No Channel)
Enable When Receiving From: No Channel, 1-250 (Default: No Channel)
Disable When Receiving From: No Channel, 1-250 (Default: No Channel)
When Player Enters Vehicle Transmit On: No Channel, 1-250 (Default: No Channel)
When Player Exits Vehicle Transmit On: No Channel, 1-250 (Default: No Channel)
When Vehicle Spawns Transmit On: No Channel, 1-250 (Default: No Channel)
When Vehicle Is Destroyed Transmit On: No Channel, 1-250 (Default: No Channel)
Determines whether the spawner base is visible during game.
NOTE: The tooltip on this option is incorrect. Turning off visibility DOES also turn off collision.
Determines how many times the UFO can be rebooted with full health after being reduced to 0 health.
The tractor beam has been prevented from picking up the majority of devices for everyone’s safety. Certain devices such as power ups, collectibles, chests etc. can be picked up.
Gravity: Don’t Override, Very Low, Low, Normal, High, Very High (Default: Don’t Override)
Movement Multiplier: Don’t Override, 0, 0.2 – 2.0 in increments of 0.1 (Default: Don’t Override)
Setting this to 0 effectively prevents players from moving while in the zone.
Setting this to 0 effectively prevents players from moving while in the zone.
