Fortnite v11.20 update – official patch notes revealed

Epic Games have finally given Fortnite Battle Royale players some official patch notes for the v11.20 update, which sees the Bandage Bazooka return to the game after a brief spell in the vault.

The game’s developers have repeatedly avoided the release of patch details, despite sticking to their usual schedule of weekly updates throughout the course of Chapter 2, Season 1.

• Read More: 5 Biggest request from the Fortnite community

Now, however, on November 20 – over a month after the game was first launched – we have our first sighting of official patch notes, which is surely an encouraging sign for things moving forward.

There’s a lot to unpack, so let’s take a look at everything that’s changed in the new update.

Fortnite v11.20 patch notes – What’s changed?

Battle Royale:

• Daily Challenges are back and can be completed for XP!
  • Up to three at a time are available, and once a day you can replace a Challenge for another.
• In the Locker, you can now filter your items by the Season they were introduced in.
  • To filter your items by Season, enter the Season name in the search bar. Use terms like “season 5,” “season x,” “chapter 2 season 1,” etc.
• You can now adjust the UI contrast.
  • To adjust the UI contrast, use the User Interface Contrast setting in the Graphics section of the Video settings. 
• Added a Tutorial playlist for the mobile version of Fortnite.
• Added Microsoft DirectX 12 support to the PC version of Fortnite.
  • To use Microsoft DirectX 12, select it in the Advanced Graphics section of the Video settings.
• Adjusted the headshot multiplier of the Tactical Shotgun so it’s now in line with the headshot multiplier of the Pump Shotgun. 
• Increased the Effective Health (sum of Health + Shield) given from Slurp Tankers.

Bug fixes:

• Resolved syncing issues involving the Bandage Bazooka. (Because these have been resolved, the Bandage Bazooka has been re-enabled.)
• Addressed reports of hitching on mobile devices.
• Resolved the equipped item slot being the selection slot when players open the inventory.
• Addressed reports of buildings sometimes appearing low-detailed on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One as players land on the map.
• The hair of the Devastator Outfit now appears the intended color. 
• The John Wick Outfit’s Pistol no longer appears larger than intended.
• The Magma Wrap now appears correctly on everything except the Bandage Bazooka and Pistol. 
  • It will appear correctly on these weapons in a future release.