Following a brief delay, it’s lastly time to get our palms on Fortnite‘s v30.10 replace, which brings a number of Metallica content material together with a live performance and a brand new weapon, an up to date Loot Island, and modifications to LEGO Fortnite and Rocket Racing. Try the complete patch notes beneath.

Fortnite‘s 30.10 patch was initially scheduled to drop on June 11, however after a two-day delay, it’s lastly right here. The headline addition, in fact, is the Metallica collaboration, which is happening throughout all of Fortnite‘s modes.

Fortnite v30.10 patch notes

Fancy experiencing six of Metallica’s greatest songs as you’ve by no means skilled them earlier than? Then prepare for Gasoline. Hearth. Fury, a six-song in-game live performance that can happen over the weekend of June 22.

Unsurprisingly, Metallica is headed for Fortnite Competition, the place they’ll participate in a PvP Battle Stage the place 16 gamers enter and one is left standing, sort of like a musical battle royale.

After all, all 4 members are additionally accessible as skins too, included within the Fortnite Competition Season 4 Premium Reward Monitor. Gamers will unlock Lars Ulrich as quickly as they buy the observe, with James Hetfield, Kirk Hammett, and Robert Trujillo unlocked by incomes XP and rating up. Particular “Grasp of Puppets” variations may even be accessible to buy within the in-game retailer.

There’s additionally a particular Metallica-themed Rocket Racing observe which performs Gasoline within the background as you velocity round, so there are many methods for followers of the band to rejoice.

As a part of the crossover, a particular Metallica-themed Loot Island is coming to Battle Royale! In the course of each match, the floating island will seem from a rift, with a stage on high impressed by the one used on their M72 World Tour.

Epic Video games says that should you “rock out to the holographic James, Lars, Kirk, and Robert,” you’ll have the ability to seize the POI, and the loot that comes with it.

Experience the Lightning guitars

Experience the Lightning guitars are one in all two new additions to the loot pool, permitting gamers to create a lightning bolt within the sky that you just and your teammates can journey on to rotate across the island.

This Mythic merchandise is offered as each floor loot or from Chests, so seize one and take to the sky.

Tow Hook Cannon

Epic has additionally added the Tow Hook Cannon, a brand new weapon that ought to enable you fight all these pesky autos driving round.

Hearth it at a automotive, and also you’ll have the ability to sluggish it down, making it tougher for them to run you over.

Cozy and Knowledgeable Mode in LEGO Fortnite

Epic has given us extra methods to play LEGO Fortnite by dropping two new problem ranges. Cozy Mode makes enemies simpler to combat, turns of Storm-Wild creatures totally, removes starvation, temperature, and stamina, and allows you to maintain your stock whenever you die.

Knowledgeable, in the meantime, is for many who actually need a problem, because the Storm-Wild enemies deal extra harm, have extra well being, and transfer sooner than common creatures. It’s additionally a hardcore mode, which implies that whenever you die, that’s it. No extra respawns until you’ve a Totem of Return.