Fortnite v10.20 Content Update - Zapper Trap, Floating Island

Epic Games has released the patch notes for today's v10.20 Content Update featuring an all-new trap, the Zapper. Alongside this, a Rift Zone has brought the Floating Island back to the game.

There's no downtime required for this update. All changes will go live today, September 3rd at 8am ET/12pm UTC. Here's what you need to know:

What’s New?

Zapper Trap
This electrifying item is not only shocking in its execution but also in its innovation — it creates a trap that attaches to both sides of a surface!

Floating Island
The Floating Island is back, and it brought the Motel with it. Two past locations return at once!
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Weapons + Items

  • Added the Zapper Trap.
    • This item is a thrown consumable and occupies an inventory slot.
    • On impact, the thrown object deploys a damaging trap on both sides of a building piece.
    • Upon impacting terrain, it automatically builds a wall and then deploys a damaging trap on both sides of the wall.
      • The traps shock enemy players who are within a tile of their face.
        • Damage: 50
      • The traps have a 1-second deploy time before they can be triggered. 
      • When triggered, the traps have a 0.5-second delay before firing. 
      • After the traps have fired, they have a cooldown of 2 seconds before they can be triggered again. 
    • Epic Rarity.
    • Found from Floor Loot, Chests, Vending Machines, Supply Drops, and Llamas.
    • Drops in stacks of 2.
    • Max stack size: 4.

Gameplay

  • Floating Island
    • The Floating Island has returned and is slowly making its way around the map!
    • Though separated from the land below, it can be accessed via its low-gravity vortex. 

Recap

  • From hotfix on August 27
    • Removed the overheat sound from the Minigun.
      • This was to address an issue in which the overheat sound would play longer than intended and/or incorrectly represent the overheat value.
  • From hotfix on August 28
    • Made changes to Turbo Building. The details of these changes can be found in our blog post.
  • From server on August 29
    • Resolved an issue in which the names of POIs would not appear on the map.
  • From server on August 31
    • Resolved an issue with the B.R.U.T.E.'s air stomp.

SOURCE: Epic Games