Fortnite Patch v17.21: New Plasma Cannon, Live Event Details & More
| Tags: Fortnite
| Author Matt Pryor
Find out what’s new in the latest Fortnite update!
Fortnite Chapter 2 – Season 7 received another update overnight, introducing a new weapon into the game. The patch was relatively small, but it indeed laid the foundation for an exciting event due to occur in the next few weeks. Without any further adieu, let’s see what’s new in patch v17.21!
Downtime for v17.21 has ended and new IO technology has been discovered: deal the damage and impulse power of the Plasma Cannon!
Read more in Mari’s memo: https://t.co/3ewY1lnSD8
— Fortnite Status (@FortniteStatus) July 27, 2021
Plasma Cannon
Fortnite’s shiny new weapon is a Plasma Cannon. Epic teased this powerful pistol yesterday on Twitter and finally dropped it into the game. The trailer above accurately showcases its power. The Plasma Cannon sends an ion blast, similar to the Flying Saucers, which breaks through buildings and deals significant damage.
Here are some stats worth considering for the new Plasma Cannon:
Mythic Rarity
- Craftable using a Legendary Pistol and one Nanite
- Can be found in IO Chests
- Not present in competitive playlists
- 33 Headshot Damage
- 550 Damage to Builds
- 1.0 Fire Rate
- 1 Magazine Size
- 0.0 Reload Time
Upcoming POI Changes
These POIs got updated to be abducted in chunks:
– Slurpy Swamps
– Coral Castle
– Corny Complex— HYPEX (@HYPEX) July 27, 2021
It’s an absolute certainty that Epic is planning a live event, which could happen in the next month. We know that the Mothership will be involved in some capacity, and more leaks have indicated long overdue map changes. HYPEX revealed the POIs that won’t be the same after the live event. Those are Slurpy Swamps, Coral Castle and Corny Complex. Another leaker—iFireMonkey—was able to find some textures of these POIs post-event.
Here is how the ground of Slurpy Swamps will look after the event: pic.twitter.com/9w1YxZJG56
— iFireMonkey (@iFireMonkey) July 27, 2021
New Event Lobby Countdown
New Lobby Background! (the countdown is wrong, it's in 10 days) pic.twitter.com/gQLGRzsSAx
— HYPEX (@HYPEX) July 27, 2021
We’ve seen teasers of this recently, but there’s an official look at the pre-event lobby. It depicts a countdown, which should read ten days as that’s when the event goes live with several Flying Saucers overhead.
Bug Fixes
Here is the lone bug fixed in patch v17.21:
Battle Royale
Inflate-A-Bull temporarily disabled in competitive playlists. (RE-ENABLED)
The foundation now exists for the first actual live event in a while. It seems some significant map changes are on the horizon but not much more is evident. Be sure to stick with us ahead of the event and also try the new Plasma Cannon!
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Feature Image: Epic Games