Fortnite 24.30 Update Patch Notes: Star Wars Event, New Skins & More

The Fortnite 24.30 Star Wars update has arrived on all platforms, bringing with it a fresh wave of new content for the popular battle royale title. As part of the latest Star Wars crossover, Epic has introduced Lightsabers and Blasters, as well as Force Throw and Force Push. In addition to these exciting new items, there is a variety of other content for Fortnite fans to explore in the latest update.

So without any further delay, here's a detailed breakdown of the Fortnite 24.30 Star Wars update patch notes.

Fortnite Update 24.30 Patch Notes

May the Force Be With You

During the "Find the Force" game, you can see Obi-Wan Kenobi, Anakin Skywalker, and Darth Maul as holograms on an island. They will offer to train you. If you agree, you will enter a portal and come back with a lightsaber and new powers. You can use these powers while holding the lightsaber, which you can keep until you drop it, lose the game, or the game ends.

Use the Force To Sprint Faster and Double Jump

• Force training will give you the ability to sprint faster and double jump while your lightsaber is equipped, regardless of which trainer you chose.

Use the Force to Push

• Accept Obi-Wan Kenobi’s Jedi training and learn to use the Force to push objects and players away.

Use the Force to Pull

• If you accept Anakin Skywalker’s Jedi training, you’ll learn to use the Force to pull objects and players towards you.

Use the Force to Throw

• Upon accepting Darth Maul’s training, you’ll learn to use the Force to lift objects from the environment and hurl them at players.

The Lightsabers

Additionally, the lightsaber you get from Obi-Wan Kenobi, Anakin Skywalker, or Darth Maul can be used as a melee weapon! From Obi-Wan Kenobi you’ll receive a green Jedi Padawan Lightsaber, and from Anakin Skywalker you’ll receive a blue one. From Darth Maul you’ll receive a red Sith Apprentice Lightsaber.

DC-15 Blasters Unvaulted

In the Clone Trooper Outfit, the best weapon to use on the Island is the DC-15 Blaster. You can find it in Republic Chests. This gun is very accurate and works well when fighting from medium to long distances.

Find the Force Quests

Complete Find the Force Quests to earn Galactic Reputation. You can complete them by doing things to enhance your Jedi or Sith skills, like getting trained by Jedi or Sith trainers, dealing damage with lightsabers, and searching Republic Chests. Completing Find the Force Quests will increase your Galactic Reputation, and the more Galactic Reputation you get, the more rewards you’ll unlock!

Navigate to the Galactic Reputation tab in the Lobby to keep track of your Galactic Reputation and remaining rewards.

When clicking this tab, you’ll notice the free reward track and the Premium Reward Track upgrade which is unlockable for a fee. The free reward track contains 11 unlockable rewards, including the Clone Trooper Outfit as the final reward.

If you purchase the Premium Reward Track upgrade, you’ll unlock extra rewards as you unlock rewards in the free reward track (without having to complete additional Quests). The Premium Reward Track upgrade can be purchased for 1,000 V-Bucks and contains 11 unlockable rewards, including the Darth Maul Outfit as the final reward.

This track upgrade also contains the unlockable Wolf Pack Trooper Outfit and Ahsoka's Clone Trooper Outfit. Upon purchasing the Premium Reward Track upgrade, you’ll automatically receive the Coruscant Guard Outfit.

Each set of Find the Force Quests will go live sequentially and be available until May 23 at 9 AM ET:

• “The Force Within” Quests are live starting now.
• “Begun the Clone Wars Have” Quests go live May 7 at 9 AM ET.
• “Fall of the Republic” Quests go live May 12 at 9 AM ET.

There’s an epilogue to this Quest trilogy! Still need to earn Galactic Reputation for unlocking Find the Force rewards? “The First Galactic Empire” Quests — which go live May 17 at 9 AM ET — will help!

Please note that the Find the Force free reward track items, Premium Reward Track upgrade items, and Sith Infiltrator Glider are not exclusive to Find the Force, and they may become purchasable in the Item Shop at a later date.

New Star Wars Outfit

For Find the Force, four new Outfits are available in the Item Shop starting now!

• Anakin Skywalker
• Padmé Amidala
• 501st Trooper and 212th Battalion Trooper

New Augments

Fortnite v24.30 introduces four new Reality Augments:

• Tracker’s Memory: Gives a Flare Gun and a Shadow Tracker Pistol
• Desperate Reload: Pistols will reload faster when reloaded after an empty clip
• Steady Hands: Marksman rifles have reduced recoil
• SMG Sign Off: The last three bullets of your SMG magazine deal bonus damage

Along with these new Reality Augments, four make their return: First Assault, Bush Warrior, Forecast, and Mythic Munition!

Auto Confirm Edits

In v24.30, an Auto Confirm Edits setting has been added to Fortnite's "Game" settings and replaced “Confirm Edit on Release.” With this new setting toggled to “Both,” you'll be able to confirm edits and reset edits automatically as opposed to manually confirming edit selections.

Mobile Improvements

New Weapon settings for touch enable mobile players to do more with fewer fingers or button presses:

• Combined ADS + Fire: The main Fire + Look button will also aim down sights. Firing begins once the transition into ADS is complete. Other fire buttons will still work as normal.
• Release to Fire: When using scoped semi-automatic or single shot weapons, the main Fire + Look button will fire when released instead of when pressed. This means players can aim down their scope, line up their shot, and fire their weapon all with one button press. Other fire buttons will still work as normal.
• Continuous Fire: Semi-automatic weapons will fire repeatedly while any fire button is held.

Balance Changes

In case you missed it, we’ve recently made the following balance changes:

• Storm Circles 6 and 7 now move further into the Storm as the safe zone shrinks. Storm Circles 8 and 9 now begin moving earlier and travel further. Storm Circle 12 takes longer to close.
• We've vaulted the Game Time Reality Augment and reduced the probability of Chug Splash loot.
• We will continue to monitor the impact of healing items and matches that end in "heal-offs."

Competitive Notes

• Force abilities, Jedi Padawan and Sith Apprentice Lightsabers, and DC-15 Blasters are currently not included in Arena or tournaments. We’re investigating possibly including these abilities and items in Arena and tournaments after FNCS Major 2 concludes.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue where large rocks on the Island were not providing as many materials as intended when harvested.
• Fixed an issue where using ODM Gear would sometimes cause a player to fly even if no longer using the item.
• Back Blings no longer appear detached on the Highwire Outfit.
• Fixed an issue where the Starter Island timer did not go down properly.
• Fixed an issue that caused a long load time to occur when entering a match with the DirectX 12 rendering mode enabled.
• Trunks and tree branches no longer appear to move erratically when playing Fortnite on mobile or PC Performance Mode.
• The majorest bug fix: the Infinite Dab Emote wasn't looping for 15 hours when performed in the Lobby. This is fixed and it now loops for 16 hours.