Epic Games has just released the Patch Notes v5.20 which features the Double Barrel Shotgun, Steady Storm LTM, and more. Full Patch Notes below…

Patch Sizes:

• PC 2.66 GB
• Mac 3.86 GB
• PS4 1.42 GB
• Xbox 1.75 GB
• Switch 953 MB
• iOS 997 MB

Double the fun,

Limited Time Mode: Steady Storm

Summary
Steady Storm has one constantly moving storm closing in on the island. Stay ahead of it and take down the other players to earn a Victory Royale!

Mode Details

• One Storm that closes in over the course of 15 minutes.
• There are no safe zone circles. Keep an eye on the map to predict where the Storm will close in.
• The Storm does 10 damage per second.
• Profile Stats (K/D & Wins) and Challenges are tracked in this mode.

Weapons + Items

•  Double Barrel Shotgun added.
  • Available in Epic and Legendary variants.
  • Can be found from floor loot, chests, Supply Drops, and Vending Machines.
  • Delivers high burst damage at very close range but damage falls off heavily at distance.
  • Fires 10 pellets like other Shotguns, has a larger spread, lower critical damage multiplier (1.25x), and a 2 second cooldown time when swapping weapons.
  • Epic Variant
    • Up to 143 base damage per shot at extreme close range.
  • Legendary Variant
    • Up to 150 base damage per shot at extreme close range.
• Vending Machine rebalance.
  • Vending Machines spawn more often, cost less, and have an increased chance to spawn at a higher rarity.
    • Common Vending Machine
      • Spawn chance reduced from 7.27% to 6.67%.
      • Material cost reduced from 100 to 75.
    • Uncommon Vending Machine
      • Spawn chance increased from 14.55% to 20%.
      • Material cost reduced from 200 to 150.
    • Rare Vending Machine
      • Spawn chance increased from 14.55% to 20%.
      • Material cost reduced from 300 to 225.
    • Epic Vending Machine
      • Spawn chance increased from  5.45% to 18.67%.
      • Material cost reduced from 400 to 300.
    • Legendary Vending Machine
      • Spawn chance increased from 3.64% to 8%.
      • Material cost reduced from 500 to 375.
    • Chance for no Vending Machine to spawn at a location reduced from 54.67% to 26.66%
• Reduced Remote Explosives drop count and max stack size.
  • Drop count reduced from 4 to 3.
  • Max stack size reduced from 10 to 6.
• Added a higher accuracy penalty to jumping and sprinting for Dual Pistols, Submachine Guns, and Hunting Rifles.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue that would sometimes cause the storm in phase 6 to do 1 less damage than intended.
• Fixed replication issues caused by interacting with a Guided Missile.

Gameplay

• The weapon fire position now more closely follows the actual player position when crouching and un-crouching.
  • Shooting while leaving the crouched stance will no longer fire bullets from full standing height until the animation is complete.
• Crouch does not interrupt emotes anymore and is disabled when emoting.

Bug Fixes

• Certain player models will no longer obstruct camera angles or block crosshairs on slopes.
• Fixed an issue where a wall would become invisible when destroyed on a client, but would still have some health on the server.
• The camera will no longer instantly transition when attempting to aim certain weapons while in midair.
• Trap selection will no longer unintentionally cycle when switching to available traps.
• Fixed an unintentional camera adjustment when entering and exiting targeting while transitioning in and out of crouch.
• Visual effects will now properly play when a vehicle impacts an environment prop.
• Fixed reliability issues when using a rocket launcher to boost shopping carts or the ATK.
• Fixed an occasional failure of glider deploying after exiting a Rift.
• Switching weapons after an emote will now play the correct weapon switch animation.
• Slurp Juice will no longer continue to heal or provide shields after being knocked down.
• Player placed map markers will no longer appear to jitter on the minimap or in the world.

Performance

• Significant GPU optimization on Switch. Moved to the high-end forward renderer. This increases dynamic resolution by 10% in expensive scenes.
• Optimized the way explosives modify buildings to lighten the load on dedicated servers.
• Building props have more efficient network usage when taking damage.
• Melee animation trails now use significantly less network traffic.
• Optimized C4 network usage, the impact sound no longer broadcasts to players outside a certain range. It now only plays for players that are close enough to the impact.

Audio

• Added new equip sounds to grenades.
• Add the ability to honk while driving the ATK.
• Lowered the volume of impact sounds when harvesting vehicles.
• Added audio effects for when spectating squadmates leave the match.
• In the Locker menu, glider audio will fade out when it’s unselected.

Bug Fixes

• Thermal Scoped Assault Rifle scope-in sounds are no longer hard-panned to the left on Switch.
• Audio for the rocket incoming sound will now properly play during close range fights.
• Ambient audio loops will no longer stack on each other and play at once. This was creating a sound phasing issue that sounded similar to a “fighter jet”.
• Footsteps will no longer sound uneven for players outside your field of view.
• Players will no longer hear ‘ghost footsteps’ after eliminating an enemy.

UI

• The Challenges menu can now be opened in-game.
  • Additionally, Daily and Suggested Challenges have been added to the in-game map screen.
• Modified the Battle Royale Challenges screen to display the remaining challenge bundle unlock time as a countdown once it is less than 13 hours away.
• Show off your skills in the elimination feed when you land a trick in All Terrain Karts.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue with the buttons at the top of the Outfit style selection screen overlapping with the draggable window title bar area.
• Eliminations at Haunted Hills Challenge will now display as hard.
• Players who have unlocked the ability to select color styles for the Carbide and Omega Outfits will no longer randomly become locked out of that option.
• The ‘Toggle Favorite’ option no longer shows when selecting styles.
• The Build Bar no longer stays active if it was active on the warmup island.
• Quest updates and vehicle key hints no longer overlap on the HUD.
• Punctuation in the Challenge descriptions has been corrected.
• Fixed clipping on the Item Return screen for systems with aggressive Safe Zone settings.
• Changing setting while inside the Battle Bus will no longer bring up the full HUD earlier than intended.
• The HUD will now show the vehicle currently being driven rather than the one that was driven last.

Art + Animation

• Updated the effect of lighting on character models.
• Added equip and holding animations for all grenades.

Bug Fixes

• The size of the Soccer ball in the juggling emote has been fixed.
• Leaning while on All Terrain Karts no longer cancels emotes.
• Player models will no longer appear twisted while controlling the Guided Missile.

Replay System

Bug Fixes

• Cameras no longer get stuck in a bad state while following the Battle Bus.
• Rapidly skipping through a replay on non-desktop platforms no longer causes a crash.
• The players remaining counter for the 50v50 LTM now appears properly when viewing replays.
• The damage numbers toggle in replays now works properly.
• Damage numbers now properly appear on the final elimination during replays.
• Player list on the Map screen now works correctly using a gamepad.
• Health and shield bars on map screen player list now display correctly.

Mobile

• Customizable fire mode selection screen added to mix and match fire modes.
• Added FPS (frames per second) mode setting for mobile devices.
• Added another individual quickbar button to the HUD layout tool.
• Added mobile Elimination Feed.
• Separated Quickbar buttons are more visible in the HUD Layout tool.
• Harvest tool will now alternate between itself and the previously selected item when tapped.

Bug Fixes

• Completed or expired Challenges are now cleared while navigating between Challenges.
• Ramps will no longer be built through other ramps.
• Shooting when interacting with objects no longer occurs.
• Fixed inconsistency with mobile low power mode support.