Fortnite 8.01 Patch Notes: Buried Treasure Map, Slide Duos, And More

Following the launch of Fortnite Season 8, which flooded the game with new content, developer Epic has once again updated the battle royale experience with something new. As detailed in the patch notes for update 8.01, the game now has Buried Treasure to be found. Players will be able to use a map to uncover loot hidden across the island. Players can only hold one map at a time and anyone who manages to find a chest will be rewarded with legendary loot. These maps can be found from Floor Loot and Chests.

Although Buried Treasure is the big new feature, there are some smaller additions, tweaks, and changes to the game too. Slide Duos has been introduced as the new Limited Time Mode. In terms of balance tweaks, the Infantry Rifle has a lower chance of appearing out of Chests and being found on the floor, as does the Clinger.

Bottle Rockets have been vaulted and players can now slide down terrain without taking damage from an increased angle. Check out the full patch notes for the Battle Royale below.

Gameplay

• Increased the angle at which you can slide down terrain without taking damage from 65 degrees to 75 degrees.

Limited Time Mode: Slide Duos

Summary

Ice blocks on everyone’s feet, infinite ammo Grapplers in everyone’s inventory – a recipe for a slippery good time!

Mode Details

• Friction greatly lowered.
• Max run speed greatly raised.
• Falling damage removed.
• Infinite ammo Grapplers added to everyone’s inventory.

Weapons + Items

• Buried Treasure
  • It’s a map that is used to track down buried chests on the map.
    • Chests contain a trove of legendary loot.
    • X marks the spot! The chest must be dug up using a pickaxe.
  • There is a limit of one map held at a time.
  • Legendary Rarity.
  • Can be found from Floor Loot and Chests.
• Reduced Infantry Rifle availability
  • Reduced the chance of receiving an Infantry Rifle from Chests from 14.41% to 13.39%
  • Reduced the chance of receiving an Infantry Rifle from Floor Loot from 2.41% to 2.24%
• Reduced Clinger availability
  • Reduced the chance of receiving Clinger’s from Chests from 9.42% to 5.52%
  • Reduced the chance of receiving Clinger’s from Floor Loot from 1.27% to 1.02%
• Vaulted

Events

• New Tournament: Gauntlet Solo Test Event & Gauntlet Duo Test Event
  • We are running a new type of tournament as a test of several format updates.
  • Extended Hours: This event consists of a single session which lasts until March 9th 00:00 GMT.
    • Due to the extended hours for this event, Duo players will each have their own score that remains when changing partners.
    • Note: Due to the playlist featuring matchmaking based on your score, the quality or availability of matches may differ at certain times of day.
  • Updated Scoring:
    • Match Limit: None
    • Bus Fare: -2 Points
      • Each match played will reduce your score by two points in the form of a ‘Bus Fare’ at the start of the match.
      • Tournament scores cannot go into the negatives – at the end of a match, if a player has a negative score for the tournament then their score will be reset to zero points.
    • Victory Royale: +3 Points (+10 Total)
    • 2nd – 5th: +2 Points (+7 Total)
    • 6th – 10th: +2 Points (+5 Total)
    • 11th – 25th: +3 Points (+3 Total)
    • Each Elimination: +1 Point
  • Matchmaking:
    • Players are still matchmade against opponents with similar point totals.
    • Matchmaking will wait for up to 8 minutes before creating a match with the closest players available.
    • Matchmaking will search in a considerably wider points range after 4 minutes of searching.
  • At the conclusion of the Gauntlet Test Event, the Top 5% of players based on their final score will unlock the ‘Gauntlet Finals’ tournament.
• New Tournament: Gauntlet Solo Finals & Gauntlet Duo Finals
  • Scheduled 3-hour event, check tournament in-game for your local time.
    • Note: NA East and NA West are now separate for scheduled tournaments, and no longer share a leaderboard.
  • Scoring:
    • Match Limit: 10 Games
    • Victory Royale: +3 Points (+10 Total)
    • 2nd – 5th: +2 Points (+7 Total)
    • 6th – 10th: +2 Points (+5 Total)
    • 11th – 25th: +3 Points (+3 Total)
    • Each Elimination: +1 Point
  • Top 3000 players in each server region will advance to Round 2 on Sunday during same time block.

Audio

• Improvement to the standard AR sound so that it’s not overbearing on the shooter.
• The sound made when a player destroys a structure is now louder when instigated by enemies.
• Footstep audio blends in the above/below layers, rather than binarily switching between them.
• Footstep occlusion traces from the head of enemies when they’re above or below.
• Reduced the volume of the Season 8 Victory Umbrella.
• The Season 8 Victory Umbrella now uses the correct sound on Mobile/Switch.

Mobile

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue when pressing the fire button with 2 fingers causes fire action to continuously loop.

The launch of Season 8 means there’s a new Battle Pass to get too. This gives players a chance to unlock a number of new skins and other cosmetics. There are already fresh challenges to complete as well. You can find tips for those in our complete Season 8 challenges guide.