Fortnite: v40.10 - April Fools Update (Apr 1, 2026): what changed

Shoulder Riding - Players can ride on teammates' shoulders with multi-stacking capability (infinite, if your balance is good enough?).

Llama Riding - Rideable Llamas have appeared around the Island. Yeehaw!

Fall Damage Immunity - Instead of taking fall damage, players make a splat sound when landing.

Body shot damage has been slightly reduced

Reload speed is now consistent across all rarities

Mythic damage now matches Legendary rarity

You'll now see less spread while firing, jumping, sprinting and sliding

Spread has been slightly increased while crouching

Added Text-To-Speech and Speech-To-Text options in English. Enable these options in the 'Communication' Settings tab to have messages read aloud and use your mic to dictate text chats.

Fixed an issue where Slapperoni Pizza could grant the Slap effect without consuming a slice.

You'll no longer get stuck under the terrain when using the Particle Accelerator with the Overdrive Grenade effect.

Using a Zipline near Latte Landing will no longer send you flying without fall damage immunity.

The Season X Umbrella no longer causes gray placeholder textures while gliding.

Equipped Pickaxes will no longer appear with missing textures after a player is revived or rebooted.

Fixed a visual issue where Axo's "Midnight" Style could display unintended Outfit elements.

Hades' facial expressions now animate correctly when using the Underworld Anger Emote.

The Overlay Contrail is again available in players' Lockers.

[Reload] Morphite weapons no longer display incorrect ammo count on the Quick Bar.

Fixed an issue where some Gliders could display incorrect Styles or replace equipped Back Blings.

With optimizations made to DirectX 12 and Performance Mode in this update, the DirectX 11 option under Rendering Mode video settings has been removed. Your selected setting has been updated to match your system specs.

Text chat is now available again in Fortnite OG matches.

• Tap the Text Chat icon in the upper-right and join the conversation!

Vehicle Radio buttons can now be re-added after being removed from the HUD Layout Tool.

Fixed an issue where Aim Assist could trigger without active input when Auto Fire is enabled.

Storm Surge Damage Threshold indicator now correctly appears during Competitive matches.

The Dash icon no longer incorrectly appears on the Glider button after entering a Rift.

While in a party, the Chat and Microphone buttons no longer appear duplicated on the Showdown tab.

Fixed an issue where chat message and group invite push notifications were unintentionally turned off for players who had opted in to receive push notifications.

• You can change your preferences anytime in Settings > Account and Privacy > Social Push Notifications.

[Blitz] The Lawless Slap Jug can now be used directly from the Quick Bar.

[Blitz] Accolade, Quest, and XP notifications now appear on the left side of the screen, no longer overlapping with level-up and reward widgets.