May 2023 has been a hectic month for the Fortnite world. Epic Games kicked its event schedule off with a Star Wars collaboration, which will be followed by a Spider-Man event featuring Miles Morales.
The young web-slinger will be starring in the film Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, which will make its debut on June 2, 2023. Before starting to jump around realities, Miles Morales will make his first appearance in Fortnite alongside multiple cameos from the movie.
In addition to all the leaked skins and cosmetics coming to Fortnite v24.40, the patch has brought bug fixes and a few changes to spice up the gameplay. Now that v24.40 CU is live, here’s what Epic changed in the latest Fortnite update.
Fortnite v24.40 CU patch notes
New ranked play in battle royale and zero build
Fortnite’s Patch v24.40 retired the Arena mode, introducing the new ranked play mode which will be the go-to for competitive players.
The first iteration of the ranked mode, called Season Zero, kicked off on May 17, letting players battle it out for supremacy and prove their skill at the battle-royale title.
Ranked mode is only available in Solos, Duos, and Squads for battle royale, and Duos for zero build. Ranked play is not the same as regular battle royale, with a number of key differences implemented by Epic:
- Material caps are 500 instead of 999.
- Harvesting rates are slightly increased.
- Players drop 50 of each material when they are eliminated.
- Health and Shield Siphon on Elimination disabled.
Katana was vaulted from competitive play
The Katana was bugged and Epic was banning Fortnite players who were abusing a new katana exploit. As a result, Epic temporarily removed the item from the game.
Trios to be vaulted
While the remaining ranked play changes will affect the active play modes in the game, Trios will be retired from the playlist.
More quests and skins
With Patch v24.40, Epic will add more Star Wars quests to the game. There will also be Miles Morales skins and cosmetics, which will be available throughout the duration of the Miles Morales event.
Bug fixes
- Improving some large rocks on the Battle Royale Island to fix them not providing as many materials.
- Fixing an issue that has been making it impossible for players to heal with Slurp Juice after being downed.
- Back Blings equipped with the Clone Trooper outfit will no longer look detached from the skin.
- Fixing the Clone Trooper outfit’s head movement so it will no longer be static.
- Fixing an issue causing some outfits to look glossy.
