The latest Fortnite patch notes are handy for keeping tabs on what's happening in Epic Games' awesome battle royale hit. This fresh chapter of the iconic battle royale brings new content, adjustments, and a handful of fixes, and we're breaking it all down for you right here.
If you're new to patch notes, they outline everything that's changed with each update. While the start of a season or chapter usually brings major additions and removals, mid-season updates like this one tend to focus on bug fixes and smaller gameplay tweaks.
Fortnite patch notes
Here are the patch notes for the latest Fortnite update:
When was Fortnite downtime?
Fortnite downtime commenced and ended on Saturday, November 29, 2025. Epic Games took the servers offline at least four hours beforehand for maintenance, giving players a heads-up before the action resumed with fresh content.
What was the Fortnite update release date?
The latest Fortnite update was released on Saturday, November 29, 2025. It brought us the arrival of The Simpsons, the brand-new Fortnite map, and plenty of new Fortnite guns to try out. Of course, there's a Battle Pass with tons of rewards to claim, with each giving The Simpsons fans something worth grinding for.
What is in the new Fortnite Battle Pass?
The Fortnite Chapter 7 Battle Pass is all about characters representing the glitz and glamour of the movies! In an unexpected turn of events, Quentin Tarantino's Kill Bill series brings The Bride to the island, along with Yuki's Revenge. The latter is a once-abandoned chapter of Kill Bill, not realized as an animated movie.
There's also what is easily the best skin: Marty McFly. But before you get him, here's what you can expect in the Battle Pass.
- The Bride
- Cat Holloway
- Kingston
- Carter Wu
- Carina
- Marty McFly
- Miles Cross
- Dark Voyager (Reality Redacted)
What are the new weapons in Fortnite?
As with any Fortnite update, you can expect new weapons. The Iron Pump Shotgun arrives as the season's new hard-hitting pump option. The Twin Hammer Shotguns look like dual pumps but function as this season's auto shotgun with a fresh animation. There's the Deadeye Assault Rifle, offering a scoped, slower-firing AR that trades speed for accuracy and decent range.
The Holo Rush SMG builds on the old Holo-Twister idea with a red-dot sight, fast output, and serious damage. We also have the Arc-Lightning Gun, which ignores precision entirely by sending loose arcs of lightning that zap anything nearby. Finally, the Forsaken Vow Blade brings a reworked version of the Typhoon Blade with different fall-damage behavior.
How do I get Marty McFly in Fortnite?
Not only is Marty McFly in Fortnite, but he's not your usual Item Shop bundle either. No, simply going to purchase him like any other skin won't do here. To get Marty McFly in Fortnite, you need to purchase the Chapter 7 Battle Pass and unlock his page. However, things are different now.
You don't need to churn through every page to get him. As you progress, you'll unlock tokens that can be used to choose which 'set' you want on the Battle Pass. You can choose the Marty McFly page, which makes all of his rewards available to you; you just need to progress through the page. It's similar to the Blackcell Tokens in Call of Duty.
Here are all the Marty McFly rewards:
- 'Great Scott' emote
- 'Outatime' emote
- Marty's Gibson ES-345 Back Bling and Harvesting Tool
- Marty's Gibson ES-345 instrument
- 'Peel to the Future' loading screen
- Marty McFly skin
- Marty McFly 'Future Marty' skin
- 'Camcorder Crusher' Harvesting Tool
- Banner icon
- 100 V-Bucks
- 'Flux Fall' Contrail
- 'Looking McFly' emote
Fortnite update 4.93
In Fortnite 4.93, several core systems have been reworked. Defeating bosses such as Human Bill, Hush, or Beach Brutus lets you steal their loadout and abilities for a brief time. Rift Anomalies can now appear during storm phases, shifting gameplay with sudden loot drops or match-wide effects. Gold Bars reset every match and can be spent on revives, characters, and Vending Machines, or shared by dropping them for teammates.
A new Simple Build option helps beginners by automatically building in the direction you're looking. Downed gameplay has been expanded; you can roll, slide, sprint using energy, ride ziplines and ascenders, or jump into a passenger seat to escape while knocked. Reboot Vans have also changed: you can crawl or be tossed into them while downed, and vans can be driven to safer spots before rebooting. Players carrying a Self-Revive Device can even bring themselves back without teammate assistance.
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