Fortnite v40.40 Act III: Battle Royale Update Notes (May 14, 2026): what changed

Pulse Pistols puts you in first-person mode, lets you rewind back a few seconds to your previous position and undo damage taken, and lets you Blink to zip short distances.

Caduceus Staff latches a healing beam onto teammates to restore their health and shields, and while it's equipped you can glide through the air.

Tracer's Pulse Pistols and Mercy's Caduceus Staff are disabled

The Payload Rift Anomaly is disabled

Skyline Deployers and FlowBerry Mist Grenades will remain in the Competitive loot pool

Everyone now drops in with a Pistol, a Small Shield Potion and a Pocket Item

Pocket Items are unlimited-use items with cooldowns that boost mobility and survivability

• Choose from Shockwave Grenades, Med Mist Grenades and Shield Bubbles
• Swap your equipped Pocket Item at Vending Machines around the map

Reach the ground faster after dropping from the Battle Bus. Don't forget to redeploy your Glider in time!

Lethal fall damage now leaves you at 1 HP and removes all shields instead of eliminating you in Unranked matches

Redeploy your Glider whenever you're high enough in the air to travel further

Unlimited Stamina while holding your Pickaxe

Elims now restore your Overshield

Environmental structures and objects now provide stronger cover

Fixed an issue where Quests currently available in the Quests tab incorrectly appeared as completed

Laufey's dress moves more consistently, and won't block your visibility as much while playing

You can again join other players' group Emotes (e.g. Shock Grip, Death Rockers)

Kafka's Sword no longer creates a bright flash when hitting objects at high FPS in Performance Mode

Fixed Ohm's Perch Back Bling animations not playing after gliding for the first time in a match

Being eliminated from DBNO while self-reviving no longer causes the camera to get stuck after rebooting

You can again sprint out of a crouch after hurdling through a window

You can again scroll through Quest categories without the Quest bar collapsing automatically

Performance Mode now automatically chooses the best DirectX rendering path for your device to improve stability and performance

Slightly improved game startup times on some NVIDIA video cards by reducing DLSS initialization time

Auto Super Resolution now scales correctly at more fullscreen resolutions on supported ARM laptops

Improved texture rendering on the Intel HD 5500 video card in Performance Mode

Improved aim assist on touch input so it's easier to track and hit distant or fast-moving targets while aiming

You can now tap the Exit button instead of needing to hold it to leave Vehicles

Tapping the Self-Throw button now throws items at your feet instead of showing the throwing arc

Auto-Interact now correctly opens chests while running toward them

You'll no longer accidentally re-enter Ziplines after hopping off when Auto-Interact is enabled

Resolved a file corruption error that appeared when updating the game on some iOS devices

Graphics quality settings no longer reset after dropping into a BR match

Resolved an issue where the FPS setting wouldn't save after a game update on some iOS devices

Reduced Megara's dress clipping when previewing the Outfit in the Locker

The Omnitrix Pick's Ampfibian Style now displays consistently after emoting on some Android devices

Resolved a delayed text chat resizing when sending long messages quickly

The Back button now appears correctly after reaching the end of a conversation, no longer skipping the last dialogue line

Added a missing Confirm button when a player has 0 currency and no items selected