Some players were wrongly kicked from islands with a Changing Booth and shown an error about 'tools that grant locked items.' This was a bug, and we've fixed the problem causing it. No action will be taken against accounts affected.

Overrides and Sprites have been powered up with new balance adjustments! 🎉 Overrides: 🔫 Speed Shooter Override rate of fire has been tuned for more balanced firefights 🩸 Health Siphon Override now restores more health 🛡️ Overshield Override max shield has been tuned for more balanced matchups 🦸 Action Hero Override now has more accurate hangtime in the air 🌪️ Dynamic Storm Override now closes storm circles faster Sprites: 📈 Klombo Sprite now levels up faster 🎂 Birthday Sprite now has a higher chance of spawning cakes 🔌 Killswitch Sprite now has more accurate hangtime in the air 🌀 Crash Bandicoot Sprite now deals more spin damage and knocks back farther 🐸 Pond Sprite now jumps higher

We're stirring the cauldron with some balance adjustments 🎃 ⬆️ Increased Freddy's Nightmare's damage ⬆️ Increased Dual Fiend Hunters' damage and accuracy, and improved reload speed ⬇️ Slightly reduced Dual Fiend Hunters' headshot damage ⬇️ Reduced the Sideways Rifle's power-up damage bonus in Reload

🔧 A fix for NPC Sidekicks appearing invisible on developer-made islands is coming in a game update next week. We'll let you know once the fix is live.

We've made the following adjustments in Competitive play: 💨 Phase Dash has been disabled 👀 Reduced the distance at which the Bonerattler SMG reveals opponents

❕We're investigating an issue where NPC Sidekicks are invisible on developer-made islands. We will let you know when we have more information or a fix.

✅ The v42.30 update is now available to download on Google Play. Thanks for your patience!

📱The v42.30 update will be available soon on Google Play. We'll let you know when it's ready to download.

😱 Fortnitemares begins now! Drop in and check out what's new: fn.gg/FNMRS-42-30 fn.gg/OG-42-30 fn.gg/arenas-42-30

The scares are loading. 🎃 Downtime for v42.30 begins at 4 AM ET (8 AM UTC) with matchmaking ending shortly beforehand. status.epicgames.com

🛒 An incorrect image for the Sabrina Carpenter Outfit was displayed in the Shop. We've updated the Shop to display the correct image.

✅ We've resolved an issue where completing the Combat Elite Guardian Quests didn't unlock The Guardian Outfit's Helmet Style reward. Affected players have been granted the Style and can now find it on the "Edit Style" screen.

🎮 The fix for an issue preventing players on Xbox from entering Lobby Hacks arrives in next week's v42.30 update. All codes from the v42.20 update remain valid until the end of the Season. If you play on multiple platforms, you can enter the codes on another device.

Rebecca's Guns have been juiced up! 🔥 Increased the SMG fire rate and headshot damage ⚡ Increased the Assault Rifle fire rate

⛈️ We've heard your feedback that the Dynamic Storm Override could be tough to outrun, so we've slowed its pacing with fewer players remaining in the match.

🔄 The Rift-to-Go Pocket Item has been replaced with Crash Pad Jr. while we work to fix an issue where Rifts can send players to unintended locations. We'll let you know once Rift-to-Go returns to the Pocket Item rotation in Zero Build.

We've made some balance improvements to Battle Royale, see the changes below: 🗝️ Kingdom Key melee attacks & air dashes now deal more damage 🥤 Vending Machines are now stocked correctly with fewer items, but prices stay the same 👻 Ghosts now drop less Gold and can now drop Shields or a Chug Jug Competitive-only adjustments: 🍦 Sea-Salt Ice Cream removed until after FNCS Global Championship 👻 Ghosts now respawn significantly slower in competitive

✅ We've fixed issues with Cheat Codes not dropping Sprites and the Bounty Hunter Crown Sprite not appearing in players' inventories. You can now equip and master the Bounty Hunter Crown Sprite, but we'll be enabling the variant's power at the intended release date next Thursday, September 24.