Patch Notes for v6.01 - Chiller, Playground Customisation and more

Epic Games have released the patch notes for v6.01 featuring a new Chiller trap, Disco Domination LTM and more. Here's everything you need to know about today's patch:

Chiller (Battle Royale)

Don't get cold feet! Freeze your foes and slide around for a quick getaway.


Playground Custom Options (Battle Royale)

More options have been added for you to play around with. Tweak starting health, gravity and more!

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Limited Time Mode: Playground

Playground Custom Options
  • Added more options to Playground. Allowing you to change settings such as starting health, time of day, gravity, and more!

Weapons + Items

  • Chiller added. 
    • Common Trap.
    • Can be placed on floors, walls, or ceilings.
    • Drops in stacks of 3 in Treasure Chests, Supply Drops, Vending Machines, Supply Llamas, and floor loot.
    • Applies icy feet to friends or foes, causing them to slide around with low friction.
Bug Fixes
  • Fixed an issue that could cause vehicles to become uncontrollable.

Gameplay

  • Made improvements to the motion controls for the Switch to make it feel more accurate and responsive.
Bug Fixes
  • Pets are now hidden along with your character when the camera is too close to you.
  • Toys now respect the streamer mode setting for player names in minigame messages.
  • Slightly increased the hitbox size on the Fancy Tomato to match its visual size.

Audio

  • The following adjustments have been made to Glider audio tells:
    • Muffled the audio if there isn’t a clear line of sight between you other gliding players.
Bug Fixes
  • Fixed an issue where incorrect audio would play when a teammate was eliminated.

UI

Bug Fixes
  • Added star ratings to the UI elements of all trap items.

Mobile

Bug Fixes
  • Fixed an issue where players occasionally couldn’t interact with items.