Update: The Fortnite servers are down at the moment on January 10, 2018. Reports escalated in the last hour with the ‘waiting in queue’ error, but the good news is this is due to planned maintenance. The servers went offline around 9am GMT, to prepare for update V.2.1.0.
There’s no indication when the servers will be back online, but the goods is that it isn’t the current Meltdown vulnerability, which is affecting Epic Games’ cloud services!
We’re currently awaiting an update from Epic Games on the situation, and we’ll update this article accordingly.
In the meantime, if you’re struggling for something to do during the outage, check out our Best Places To Land In Fortnite guide.
Original Story: The Fortnite servers are currently down for maintenance for the next couple of hours, between approximately 9.00-11am GMT.
This is to prepare for the new update 1.8.2 for Battle Royale, which introduces a new consumable item called The Bush, and the Season Shop where you can buy new outfits, harvesting tools and much more.
Check out The Bush action, which has a legendary rarity and is a one-time use item which camouflages you as - you've guessed it - a bush.
Meanwhile, the new Fortnite Season Shop has a few items for sale, including:
- Level 5 – Glider : Aerial Assault One
- Level 15 – Outfit : Aerial Assault Trooper
- Level 20 – Outfit : Renegade Raider
- Level 35 – Pickaxe : Raider’s Revenge
The full Fortnite 1.8.2 patch notes are as follows:
GENERAL
- Fixed several localization issues.
- Fixed several client crashes.
BATTLE ROYALE
WEAPONS
- Adjusted Pump Shotgun falloff damage.
– 100% damage up to 7.68 meters
– 70% damage at 18 meters
– 20% at 30 meters
– 0% at 41 meters
- Increased the time it takes to transition from hip-fire to targeting mode after unintentionally decreasing it in a previous update.
– It previously took 0.25 seconds to raise and lower weapons.
– It now takes 0.4 seconds to raise weapons and 0.45 seconds to lower weapons.
- Fixed an issue that resulted in weapons not having ammo when picked up.
- Fixed a recoil bug which made aiming upwards faster than aiming downwards while firing.
UI
- Added a scroll bar for the daily challenge list so that the “Collect Rewards” button is no longer pushed off screen when five or more challenges are displayed.
- The loading screen no longer displays “Solo” when entering or leaving a Squad match.
CONTROLLER
- You can now repair structures while in build mode using the “Combat Pro” configuration.
– Hold the right thumbstick down to repair.
- The Right Trigger label (“RT”) on the controller layout image is now assigned to the correct button.
PERFORMANCE
- Optimized shadow rendering to improve overall performance.
- Optimized visibility calculations for objects to improve rendering performance.
- Made improvements to foliage rendering affecting CPU and GPU performance.
- Reduced in-game hitches by preloading additional assets in the matchmaking lobby instead of mid-match.
- Resolved multi-second hitching and freezing on consoles.
DAILY CHALLENGES
- Fixed a few issues that unintentionally awarded players with completed challenges.
SAVE THE WORLD
GAMEPLAY
- Added a “Play Now” button to the Fortnitemares event page.
- Fixed an issue which prevented the weak point from appearing while harvesting resources.
- Fixed an issue which blocked the ShadowShard evolution choice from the Gravedigger rifle.
UI
- Fixed an issue which caused the chat window to block the “View Event” button in the menus.
- Fixed an issue which caused the Ceiling Drop Trap and Ice Floor Trap to display Star level one on the schematic even when upgraded to level two or higher.
ART
- Fixed an issue which prevented Ramirez’s ponytail from showing.
AUDIO
- Fixed several cases of subtitles not matching the corresponding voice lines.