Fortnite 16.30 Update announced, Release date, Downtime, Neymar Jr, Patch notes and more!
Last Updated on: 27th April 2021, 02:16 am
The next Fortnite update, the 16.30 patch, is nearly upon, and will bring the football icon Neymar Jr to the game.
Ahead of its release Epic Games has given us a brief patch notes.
Here is everything you need to know.
Fortnite 16.30 Update Announcement
Epic Games announced the next Fortnite update, 16.30, on social media saying,
“New goals await.
Update v16.30 is scheduled to release on April 27. Downtime will begin at approx. 4 AM ET (08:00 UTC).”
In the UK this means that downtime will begin at 9 am due to the UK now being in the BST timezone.
Epic Games also gave us a brief patch notes for the Fortnite 16.30 update, giving us a look at what to expect.
“v16.30 brings the heat:
Help Jonesy The First take on Raz
Keep ‘em guessing with a new, unpredictable Exotic Bow
Stay low, stay safe in a new LTM this weekend: The Floor Restores
Remaining Primal weapons, Makeshift weapons, & Bows added to Creative
Inventory improvements:
You can now hold the Inventory button with a Craftable item in-hand to jump right to the Crafting tab and hit Accept. No more navigating menus in a gunfight!
Inspecting an item will now show exact number values for stats like damage and fire rate.”
Neymar Jr
Each season we get a secret skin in the Battle Pass, except now they announce them at the start of the season, so they’re no longer really secret.
The “secret skin” for each season appears in week 7 and we are in week 7 which means that Neymar Jr will be coming out this week, along with the 16.30 in fact.
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It has been confirmed that Neymar Jr will be unlockable on Tuesday, April 27th, likely at 9 am EST/2 pm BST.
There will be multiple challenges which will unlock the skin, different styles, a pickaxe, glider, emote, and loading screen.
Check out the official cinematic reveal trailer for Neymar Jr below.
