Fortnite v41.20 Fortnite Runners: Battle Royale Update Notes (Jul 16, 2026): what changed

An Epic, Legendary or Mythic Sprite, or a higher-rarity variant is guaranteed

Sprite variants now appear more frequently

Rare Sprites will drop less often, and only as variants

Batman Sprite: Leap into the air and deploy the Bat Cape to glide across the Island.

Seven Sprite: Makes enemy footsteps visible so your entire squad can track them.

Air Sprite: Sprint faster, jump higher while sprinting and take zero fall damage.

Sprite Locator: Spawns a nearby buried Chest containing a random Sprite to help you track down more for your collection as you play.

Extraction Site Booster: Use at an Extraction Site to call a boosted Extraction Crate that grants bonus Sprite Dust for any Sprite extracted there. Extraction Crates can also contain Shield Bubble Jr, Crash Pad Jr, Chug Splash or Friend Zone Bubble.

Ricochet your shots off walls, floors and surfaces to hit enemies from angles they'll never see coming

IN: Heavy Impact Sniper Rifle, Rapid Fire SMG

OUT: Hunting Rifle, Flex SMG, Midas Flopper, Spicy Fish

Deals slightly less damage to players and structures

Slightly reduced headshot damage multiplier

Has a slightly wider spread when aiming down sights

Reloads slightly slower

Reloads slightly faster

Has an improved spread when aiming down sights

Instead of being lower, Mythic variant now matches other variants' fire rate

Mythic variant has an improved accuracy instead of a larger mag matching the weapon description

Uncommon Pepper (x3) - heals for 10 HP and grants a short movement speed boost, stacks up to 6

Uncommon Apple (x4) - heals for 15 HP and stacks up to 8

Golden Apple - heals for 50 HP and applies low gravity effect, stacks up to 3

Fixed inconsistent Pilot Style names for The Guardian Outfit

Fixed a visual bug where some Pickaxes could appear as the default Pickaxe during matches

Exotic weapons now correctly display Wraps when equipped

Dealing Shield damage now counts toward Aura Sprite's Shock Rock charge and triggers Fire Sprite's burst damage effect

Fixed an issue where dropping a Sprite to extract it turned it into a Water Sprite and wouldn't grant Sprite Dust, or add it to your collection

Water Sprite once again heals you in water

Fixed an issue with camera effects (motion blur or FOV changes) staying on screen after being rebooted by a teammate who was using Vehicle boost or Seven Sliders

The Chest at one of the bunk beds on the ship at Cluster Coast can now be opened without issues

Rotating the camera with touch input now feels smoother and more responsive

Improved the Tap Anywhere firing mode for weapons with a charging mechanic

• Tap once to charge the weapon, then tap again to fire or cancel the charge

Fixed a persistent crash when loading into a Battle Royale match on Samsung Galaxy S9 devices

Fixed a scenario where the "Cannot do that now" error would incorrectly appear when Automatic Actions are enabled

Auto Fire now triggers correctly on an enemy hiding in the same bush as you