LEGO Fortnite, Rocket Racing, and Fortnite Festival Getting Big New Updates

Highlights

• LEGO Fortnite has added the Gone Fishin’ update with new fishing game, tools, recipes, and resources.
• Rocket Racing has introduced Speed Run mode, Diestro Car Body, and other improvements for mobile players.

Three of Fortnite‘s newest modes, LEGO Fortnite, Rocket Racing, and Fortnite Festival, have received major updates that add new features and ways to play. Thanks to new modes and updates like these, Fortnite remains healthier than ever.

Over the span of November, Fortnite broke its record for total players within a month by reaching a whopping 100 million users. This milestone came on the heels of Fortnite‘s Season OG update, which proved to be a huge hit with the fan base. Going into the future, it’s clear that Epic Games has every intention of maintaining Fortnite‘s popularity, which just received a substantial new update.

Battle Royale fans will have to wait a little longer until they receive their next update, but LEGO Fortnite has just received a big one, called the Gone Fishin’ update. The game now has its own fishing mini-game, which requires players to craft a Fishing Rod to catch various types of fish, each of which has a Legendary version that can be caught. When fishing, available fish types are based on the water, weather, time of day, and what LEGO Fortnite biome the user is in. Fortnite fishermen can also use new items like the Food Processor or Bait Bucket to get more bang for their buck. LEGO Fortnite‘s newest update also adds two new tools in the Spyglass and Compass, which can be crafted to see further and access new navigation tools. Additional changes include new villager options, charms, LEGO-style outfits, gameplay improvements, and bug fixes.

Fortnite‘s Rocket Racing has also received a substantial update, which adds a new mode called Speed Run. This mode sees players battle against the clock instead of other users by trying to set the fastest possible lap time. Player collision is turned off in this mode. Each Speed Run game lasts several minutes, giving users time to complete multiple laps and perfect their approach. The update also adds a new option to Rocket Racing’s lineup of car bodies. Players can now equip the Diestro Car Body by purchasing it in the Shop. Additionally, Rocket Racing now has season leaderboards and friend leaderboards so that users can measure themselves against the competition.

Last but not least, Fortnite Festival has released its Season 2 update. A previous Fortnite Festival reveal made it clear that Lady Gaga plays a central role in Season 2. The new Festival Pass is centered around her, in which users can unlock Lady Gaga tracks, skins, and more. The fresh update also adds three new Jam Tracks that can be unlocked for free in 8-Bit Beat, Bloom, and Best Buds, which were previously Fortnite lobby tracks. If players purchase Season 2’s premium reward track, they can unlock Ride Wit Me by Nelly, Black Hole Sun by Soundgarden, Breaking Me by Topic, and Poker Face by Lady Gaga, in addition to more items.

Patch Notes for LEGO Fortnite, Rocket Racing, and Fortnite Festival Updates

LEGO Fortnite

We told you you’ll be reeling in a good time! v28.30 (a.k.a. the Gone Fishin’ update) is quite the catch, with plenty of fish, recipes, and tools to help you on your adventure. Enough bobbing, let’s dive in!

GONE FISHIN’

Ready to start catching Floppers? Just follow these tips and you’ll be reel good in no time:

CRAFT A FISHING ROD

You gotta have the right gear to get started, so let’s start with a Fishing Rod! There are four rarities you can craft. You’re more likely to pull in your catch with a higher-rarity Fishing Rod, but the lower-rarity ones are easier to make. Here’s how to craft each rarity!

• Common Fishing Rod (craftable at a Level 1 Crafting Bench)
  • Unlock the recipe for the Common Fishing Rod by adding a Cord to your inventory.
• Uncommon Fishing Rod (craftable at a Level 2 Crafting Bench)
  • Unlock the recipe for the Uncommon Fishing Rod by adding a Knotroot Rod to your inventory.
• Rare Fishing Rod (craftable at a Level 3 Crafting Bench)
  • Unlock the recipe for the Rare Fishing Rod by adding a Flexwood Rod to your inventory.
• Epic Fishing Rod (craftable at a Level 4 Crafting Bench)
  • Unlock the recipe for the Epic Fishing Rod by adding a Frostpine Rod to your inventory.

CREATURES TO CATCH

With your handy Fishing Rod, you can begin fishin’! Can you catch all of the fish introduced in v28.30?

• Orange Flopper
• Blue Flopper
• Green Flopper
• Vendetta Flopper
• Black and Blue Shield Fish
• Purple Thermal Fish
• Raven Thermal Fish
• Silver Thermal Fish
• Blue Slurp Fish
• Purple Slurp Fish
• Yellow Slurp Fish
• Blue Small Fry
• Cuddle Jelly Fish
• Slurp Jelly Fish
• Molten Spicy Fish

Different fish can be found based on the biome and water you’re fishing in, and also the weather and time of day! Tackle the fishing pastime by catching the Legendary version of each fish.

Be sure to hold onto those Legendary fish! There will be a way to display them in a future update.

MAKE A DELICIOUS DISH: INTRODUCING THE FOOD PROCESSOR!

Want some brick fish for breakfast? With the new Food Processor Station, you can turn the fish you catch into Fish Filets! (Unlock the Food Processor recipe by crafting or using a Lumber Mill.)

Fish Filets aren’t the only seafood you can eat. With a Grill, you can also make dishes like Smoked Fry Fish and Black and Blue Shieldfish Sushi!

CREATING A FISHING SPOT WITH A BAIT BUCKET

All you need to fish is a Fishing Rod and water. But fish are a slippery bunch, so don’t just cast your line and expect fish to flock. Throw bait into water to create a Fishing Spot!

Get bait from a Bait Bucket, which has four rarities you can craft. The rarer the bucket, the more likely you are to attract a fish:

• Common Bait Bucket (craftable at a Food Processor)
  • Unlock the recipe for the Common Bait Bucket by adding a Fish Filet to your inventory and having a Food Processor in the world.
• Uncommon Bait Bucket (craftable at a Juicer)
  • Unlock the recipe for the Uncommon Bait Bucket by adding a Common Bait Bucket to your inventory and having a Juicer in the world.
• Rare Bait Bucket (craftable at a Juicer)
  • Unlock the recipe for the Rare Bait Bucket by adding a Common Bait Bucket to your inventory and having a Juicer in the world.
• Epic Bait Bucket (craftable at a Juicer)
  • Unlock the recipe for the Epic Bait Bucket by adding a Common Bait Bucket to your inventory and having a Juicer in the world.

Become as much of a fishing legend as the expert Turk! (This angler may appear as a potential Villager to join your adventure.)

MORE UPDATES!

ENTER SAND AND GLASS

v28.30 adds two new resources to LEGO® Fortnite! With a Shovel, dig Sand out of the ground in sandy areas.

Some people don’t like Sand, because it of course gets everywhere. It’s even in glass… Craft Glass with Sand and a Crafting Bench!

ZOOM IN WITH THE SPYGLASS

Make it easier to see what’s far away! The Spyglass is a telescopic tool that magnifies distant views. Unlock the recipe for a Spyglass by adding Glass to your inventory and having a Crafting Bench in your world. Then, you guessed it, craft one at a Crafting Bench!

LET THE COMPASS GUIDE YOU!

It’s easy to forget which way you’re going in unless you open your map. But if you craft a Compass, you won’t need your map for that! The Compass adds basic navigation to the HUD, telling you which direction you’re facing. Unlock the recipe for a Compass by adding Glass to your inventory and having a Crafting Bench in your world. Then — you know where this is going — craft one at a Crafting Bench.

Want to add navigation AND map markers to your HUD? Then craft the Advanced Compass, whose recipe is unlocked the same way as the regular Compass.

NEW VILLAGER OPTIONS

Turk isn’t the only one who can appear as a potential new Villager. Fellow fishers Outcast and Bob can too!

NEW CHARMS, HOW CHARMING!

There are new charms to discover and craft along your adventure!

The Reflection Charm deals some of the damage you take back at your attacker when you get hurt. While the Wavebreak Charm increases your swimming speed, making you faster the more Wavebreak Charms you have equipped. Different fish are required to craft both charms, so pick up that Fishing Rod and reel ‘em in!

MORE OUTFITS GET A LEGO STYLE!

With v28.30, more Outfits in Fortnite have received a LEGO Style! If you already own these Outfits, their LEGO Styles are currently in your Locker:

• Airie
• Flakes Power
• Iron Man Zero
• Lazarbeam
• Loserfruit
• Maxxed Out Max
• Ninja

CHOOSE BETWEEN DIFFERENT LEGO STYLES

For Outfits that have received more than one LEGO Style, you now have the option to choose between the Styles!

MAJOR IMPROVEMENTS, ADJUSTMENTS, AND BUG FIXES

GAMEPLAY

• Increased the number of Villagers you can have to 20, meaning you can now have 4 Villages with 5 Villagers in each.
• Players can now sit in chairs!
• Recipes now consistently unlock in Sandbox mode.
• Fixed an issue where players’ stamina wouldn’t recharge.
• Players no longer spawn inside the foundation of buildings, inside the snow, or on top of things that they weren’t on top of when they had logged out.
• Friendly Villagers accompanying you on your adventure can now jump out of the water instead of getting stuck.
• Villagers accompanying you into caves now aren’t worried that it’s raining outside.
• Daggers now consistently deal damage while underneath enemies.
• Re-centered the dynamic platform’s pivot point to be in the middle of the platform, so it now rotates and snaps correctly.

STABILITY AND PERFORMANCE

• Fixed an issue that would sometimes stop players from rejoining their world.

PHYSICS

• Fixed an issue where players sometimes could not place Building Parts on dynamic foundations until they were moved.
• Fixed an issue where objects would sometimes disappear from caves.
• Resources will now consistently drop from objects destroyed by physics.

UI

• Several menus now accurately show your LEGO Style Outfit’s portrait.
• Fixed an issue where players could open the crafting menu while upgrading the crafting bench.

Rocket Racing

Season Zero of Rocket Racing is speeding up! In v28.30, set records in the new Speed Run mode and climb up the Speed Run leaderboards. While making hot new lap times, you can unlock the Sprintspark Trail (and its many colors!) with new Quests.

CATCH UP ON SPEED RUN

Ready to prove you’re one of the fastest Rocket Racing drivers? Then get ready because in Speed Run you’ll be up against the toughest opponent of all: the clock.

Try to set the best possible lap time on variants of some of your favorite tracks like Riviera, Anaconda, and Olympus. Each match has a countdown timer of several minutes, giving you plenty of time to complete multiple laps (“runs”) and create your perfect route to the finish line!

While zooming along in Speed Run, don’t be scared when you spot your ghost. This not-so-spooky apparition is there to show you exactly how you drove on your best run of the match — correct its mistakes to shave precious seconds off your lap time.

You can play Speed Run in either public or private matches. If playing with others, don’t worry about crashing into them. Player collisions are turned off in Speed Run so you can focus on your lap times. On the flip side, you can’t catch players’ slipstreams by drafting. Starting line boosts are disabled in this mode as well.

Your fastest run time on a track will be uploaded to that track’s Season leaderboard so you see how your skills rack up against drivers worldwide. There’s also a friends leaderboard where you can compare your times with your Epic friends for bragging rights! Don’t rest on your laurels, though, as the leaderboards will refresh each Season.

To access this new mode, simply choose a track in Rocket Racing’s Speed Run row or select the Speed Run playlist with rotating tracks.

ELECTRIFYING QUESTS!

All good quests start with a spark! Complete runs in Speed Run to progress in the Speed Run Kickoff Quests. By completing the first Quest, you’ll unlock the new Sprintspark Trail! Complete the rest of the Quests to unlock 13 paint colors for Sprintspark.

The Speed Run Kickoff Quests will be available until March 26, 2024, at 12 AM ET.

MORE IMPROVEMENTS ON MOBILE

v28.30 features further enhancements to playing Rocket Racing on mobile:

• The touchscreen D-pad has been updated to a touchscreen joystick, allowing for better precision when driving. You can adjust the sensitivity of the joystick in the settings.
• We’ve updated the visuals of the mobile HUD.

DIESTRO COMES TO THE FORTNITE ECOSYSTEM

It might look retro, but the Diestro Car Body is all modern power! Take it for a spin in Rocket Racing and other experiences across Fortnite. This Rocket League-original is available in the Shop as part of the Diestro Car Bundle:

• Diestro Car Body (has 13 paint colors)
• Chitchat Decal
• Lozano Decal
• Old Flame Decal
• Sooo Fly Decal
• Stripes Decal
• Stuntman Decal

The Decals in the Diestro Car Bundle can only be equipped with the Diestro Car Body. If you already have Diestro and the Decals in Rocket League, you’ll find them waiting in your Fortnite Locker thanks to cross-game ownership! If you purchase the Diestro Car Bundle in Fortnite, you’ll have the contents in Rocket League.

LOOK FLASH WITH XENOSPLASH!

So concentrated on the road you’re in another world? The Xenosplash Boost comes to the Fortnite ecosystem via the Xenosplash Boost Bundle! This Bundle in the Shop includes the Boost plus 13 different paint colors 🎨

If you’re feeling illustrious, consider pairing this Boost with the Lustrum X10 Wheels also making their Fortnite debut. These Wheels are available in the Shop via the Lustrum X10 Wheels Bundle, which includes the Wheels and 12 different paint colors!

Like Diestro, the Xenosplash Boost and Lustrum X10 Wheels are eligible for cross-game ownership.

MAJOR IMPROVEMENTS AND BUG FIXES

• You can now perform an Air Roll! Just hold the left trigger button while midair (or the spacebar on PC) and steer to spin through the air. You can also pair your rolls with your thrusters to fly across the track. We’re looking for feedback on this new advanced mechanic, so let us know what you think.
• Various Quests have been adjusted so that they can be progressed by playing Speed Run, Racing, or both! Quest descriptions have also been updated to reflect this.
• Further improvements to collisions while grounded have been made when hitting the environment to prevent getting stuck. We will continue to make improvements as needed.
• Improved checkpoint crossing times, and exposed one more millisecond digit to the scoreboard for more accurate time tracking.
• Increased the minimum speed to demolish in the air when hitting the front of the car, to match the speed required to demolish when grounded (400 KPH).
• Achieving a new drift boost while one is already active will now always give you the full impulse for a short duration instead of only making up the difference. This was partially the case in v28.20, but drift boosts that were smaller than the one you had were only 50% as effective.
• While you’re drifting, your wheels should now visually steer more sharply.
• You can no longer get bonus speed from a speed pad if your car already has an active stack of bonus speed from that same speed pad. You can still stack bonus speed from multiple different speed pads.
• Fixed an issue causing cars to sometimes launch backwards when landing an aerial drift after performing a lateral air dodge.

Fortnite Festival

Get ready to go gaga as the legendary superstar, Lady Gaga, becomes the Icon for fortnight Festival Season 2: Unlock Your Talent!

Season 2 starts February 22 with v28.30 and ends April 22, 2024, at 12 AM ET. While Season 2 keeps sounding, progress in the Unlock Your Talent Festival Pass to unlock new Instruments, Jam Tracks, and more! This Pass has both a free reward track and Premium Reward Track upgrade.

In the Premium Reward Track, keep the crowd roaring to unlock Lady Gaga-themed Instruments and the Engimatic Gaga Outfit! Conquer the darkness and shine like the star you are ⭐

GO-GO TO THE FESTIVAL PASS TAB

Ready for your rise to glory? When you enter the Lobby of a Fortnite Festival experience (“Main Stage” or “Jam Stage”), go to Festival Pass in the top navigation. This is where you’ll find the Unlock Your Talent Festival Pass and a button to view Festival Quests!

UNLOCK YOUR TALENT FESTIVAL PASS

Visualize a perfect streak then clash and bash your way through the Festival Pass. Completing Festival Quests will earn you Festival Points that push you along in the Pass! (More points equals more in-game rewards.)

Free Reward Track

As you’re proceeding in the Pass, keep driving the beat forward with the Woodworker Drums. This final reward of the free reward track is crafted with love and has a warm resonance!

Of course, it wouldn’t be a Festival Season without new Jam Tracks. Three new Jam Tracks are waiting to be unlocked in the free reward track:

• “8-Bit Beat”
• “Bloom”
• “Best Buds”

“8-Bit Beat” and “Best Buds” existed previously in Fortnite as Lobby Tracks. Players who already had them in their Locker before Fortnite Festival Season 2 will receive a one-time V-Bucks refund for each one, equivalent to the amount they paid for it. They’ll also be granted the Jam Track version!

If you’d rather wow with your style than with music alone, “blow” the minds of your bandmates with the Pop Off Aura or turn your Guitar into a spinstrument with the Strap Spin Emote.

Drummers deserve some showmanship too. When the set’s over, don’t forget to say goodbye with the Backbeat Bow Emote. Thank you and goodnight.

The Strap Spin and Backbeat Bow Emotes are a new type of Emote. Equip these to express yourself with a certain kind of Instrument!

Premium Reward Track

This one’s for all the Little Monsters out there. For 1,800 V-Bucks, purchase the Premium Reward Track where a layer of Lady Gaga rewards await. As a bonus, you’ll instantly unlock the Glitch Groove Aura when you purchase the Premium Reward Track! This isn’t a glitch in the system.

The final reward of the Premium Reward Track is the Enigmatic Gaga Outfit! This Outfit features an iconic Lady Gaga ensemble from her Chromatica Ball stadium tour, including a purple bodysuit designed by celebrity designer Nange Magro of Dead Lotus Couture. What you’re seeing is real:

This isn’t the only Gaga energy coming to Fortnite Festival. Get ready to fight for Chromatica with the Chromatica Guitar! And if you want your bandmates to all just dance, unlock the Chromatica Keytar.

While rising to glory all the way to Lady Gaga, unlock four Jam Tracks in the Premium Reward Track:

• Nelly ft. City Spud – “Ride Wit Me”
• Soundgarden – “Black Hole Sun”
• Topic w/ A7S – “Breaking Me”
• Lady Gaga – “Poker Face”

There’s a lot more to celebrate. If you’re in the festive-al spirit, the Premium Reward Track also includes the Aurora Aura and Gaga items like the The Gaga Collection Loading Screen, Kindness Punk Emote, and Electric Sine Back Bling!

Please note! 🎵 The Unlock Your Talent Festival Pass’ free reward track items and Premium Reward Track items are not exclusive to Unlock Your Talent, and they may become purchasable in the Shop at a later date.

GIVE IT UP FOR CHROMATICA ARMOR GAGA

Created by celebrity designer Cecilio Castrillo, Lady Gaga’s full black leather bodysuit played a key role in her fight for Chromatica. This is the look of the Chromatica Armor Outfit, which will be in the Shop alongside the Chromatica Bass, Chromatica Mic, “Stupid Love” Jam Track, and Rain Check Emote. All of these will be in the Shop ‘til the end of Season 2!

STREAMING FORTNITE FESTIVAL CONTENT DURING SEASON 2

Want to create Fortnite Festival content for YouTube? During Season 2, content creators in the Support-A-Creator (SAC) program will be able to host VOD content on YouTube featuring a selection of Jam Tracks and their loops (see below) and monetize it. No takedown notifications should occur during this time. The selection of Jam Tracks will change each week on Thursdays at 10 AM ET, so keep checking back to see what’s safe to feature in your streams!

More info:

• In order to monetize their content featuring the Jam Tracks, SAC members need to link their YouTube and Support-A-Creator accounts.
• IMPORTANT: When uploading the content to YouTube, be sure to upload it as Unlisted or Public. If you upload the video as Private, it is possible you could receive a monetization claim on your video.
• For uploading the content on other platforms, refer to the channel’s platform policies for tips on how to avoid copyright strikes.

Although unlikely, if you do receive a claim on any SAC content, there may be a short delay in YouTube processing the release of the claim. During this time, please do not dispute the claim.

Not in SAC? Don’t worry, you can still share your Fortnite Festival experiences on YouTube during Season 2 featuring the selected Jam Tracks. However, you will not be able to monetize this content on YouTube.

Please note! 🎵 For Twitch creators streaming content featuring the selected Jam Tracks, we cannot prevent your VODs or clips from getting flagged by third-party copyright detection systems. The general recommendation is to disable VODs/clips when streaming Fortnite Festival. For more information, see Twitch’s DMCA & Copyright FAQs help page.

JAM TRACK SELECTION

• Lady Gaga – Applause
• Lady Gaga – Bloody Mary
• Lady Gaga – Born This Way
• Lady Gaga – The Edge of Glory
• Lady Gaga ft. Colby O’Donis – Just Dance
• Lady Gaga & Ariana Grande – Rain On Me
• Lady Gaga – Stupid Love

IMPROVEMENTS AND FIXES

• Players can now use Jam Loops in the Main Stage Backstage, within Creative and UEFN experiences, and in UEFN’s Patchwork.
• We’ve improved the usability of the Music Library within the Main Stage. Go take a look!
• A new Season in Fortnite Festival means new Seasonal Leaderboards! The Season Two leaderboards are yours to climb.
  • We’ve captured your Season One scores and archived them, and plan to make them available to browse in a future update.
• We also made updates to the placement and positioning when browsing Leaderboard high scores.
• Eliminated instances where using Overdrive inadvertently caused streak breaks.
• General bug fixes and improvements.
• We’ve made several Jam Track improvements, let us know what you think!
  • OG Future Remix – Drums
    • Added Lift notes to groups of multiple 8th notes.
  • Go with the Flow – Drums
    • Added Lift notes in the chorus and the occasional double kick. Also added Lifts to the snare/kick verse to keep going with the flow.
  • Stitches – Lead
    • Added Lift notes to every group of three chords in a row.
  • Zombie – Lead
    • Some added Lifts in the intro.
  • Can’t Feel My Face – Vocals
    • Added some Lifts to each instance of two 16th notes in the same lane.
  • Suddenly I See – Lead
    • Made adjustments to play more smoothly throughout.