This is an archive of patch notes originally posted on 24 May 2024.

Crash the Party in Fortnite Battle Royale Chapter 5 Season 3: Wrecked!

Posted by The Fortnite Team on 24 May 2024

Ah, the wasteland… the possibilities seem as vast as the grains of sand. So vast that the “Wasteland Warriors” don’t want to give up control. This band of marauders brings a whole new meaning to scrappy crew — each one is an automobile expert who’ll tread on any rebellion. In Fortnite Battle Royale Chapter 5 Season 3: Wrecked, get in the driver’s seat and bring the Nitro to these vehicular villains!

Welcome to the Wasteland

A ferocious sandstorm recently moved over the Island, creating a new biome in the south dubbed the wasteland. The “Wasteland Warriors” have already called shotgun on owning the place. (They did ride in with the sandstorm, after all.) This crew moves as fast as their decked-out cars, proven by the places they’ve already established:

Redline Rig

Redline Rig is a Nitro refinery run by The Machinist, the Wasteland Warriors’ master mechanic. What’s Nitro? Whether you’re in a car or not, Nitro will make you feel irrepressibly powerful…

Nitrodrome

Nobody knows chaos and destruction more than Ringmaster Scarr, so it makes sense she’s the master of ceremonies at the circus of car spectacle: the Nitrodrome.

Brutal Beachhead

Brutal Beachhead is the base of operations for the Wasteland Warriors. Here, you can find none other than the Wasteland Warriors’ master muscle Megalo Don. Be warned: it doesn’t take long for his rage to surface.

There’s more to discover in the wasteland, including a Snooty Steppes turned Sandy Steppes.

Go Nitro

Across the Island you may find Nitro Splash or Nitro Barrels — both shipped from Redline Rig. Nitro Splash is a portable Nitro container you can throw down to infuse your car (or yourself) with Nitro. Nitro Barrels are Nitro containers that Nitro-fy on contact.

Propelled by the steam inside, Nitro Barrels will fly off when you hit them… then explode on landing. Drive away without looking back!

Nitro’s nitro typical perk. In this temporary state, expect the following advantages:

Nitro-fied Car

Driving speed increase
Explosive ramming power that deals damage and knockback (must be driving at a sufficient speed)
Fuel consumption decrease
Buff to attached attack mods

Nitro-fied Player

Movement speed increase
Explosive bashing power that deals damage and knockback… Bust through builds! (must be moving at a sufficient speed)
Stamina consumption decrease (Sprint longer!)
Reload speed increase
Fall damage immunity

Pack a Punch with Nitro Fists

When you’re ready for the heavy-handed approach, put on Nitro Fists to perform a 3x punch combo, uppercut, or an aerial punch that dashes you through the air!

Nitro Fists have four charges, each one recharging every eight seconds. The uppercut and aerial punch use one charge, while the 3x punch combo uses none. If you aerial punch the ground instead of the air, the impact will be meteoric to surrounding enemies.

Fortify Your Ride

Vehicle mods are back! Cow Catchers and Chonkers Off-Road Tires are unvaulted, while four new mods are joining the ride. Attach one of these mods per slot:

Machine Gun Turret (roof slot): Have a passenger fire a machine gun while someone else drives!
Grenade Launcher Turret (roof slot): Some would call this littering, but the Grenades will get rid of themselves by exploding.
Spiked Bumper (front bumper slot): Deal more damage to players and objects on impact.
Cow Catcher (front bumper slot): Boost your ramming power and give your car some defensive armor.
Bulletproof Tires (tires slot): Tired of tire poppers? Make your tires indestructible!
Chonkers Off-Road Tires (tires slot): Make your car more off-road friendly. Especially useful if you’re not driving an SUV!

No mechanical experience is required — just hit a Vehicle Mod Box with your car to attach the mod. You’ll know which mod you’re attaching based on the symbol on the box! Already have something in a slot? You can replace the mod with a different one, or a brand new version of the existing one! You may want to replace a mod if its Health bar is getting low. (Note: the Bulletproof Tires don’t have Health, since they're indestructible.)

A Vehicle Mod Box containing a Grenade Launcher Turret.

Is the Health of your car itself low? Hit a Repair Box or take matters into your own hands with the unvaulted Repair Torch!

A Repair Torch can also fix a popped tire or broken window.

Get a taste of the future on your next pit stop. Service Stations have replaced gas pumps, refilling your car’s gas and Health while parked on the station pad!

Furbish Your Ride

Starting in Chapter 5 Season 1, you’ve been able to turn Sports Cars on the Island into your equipped Car. Now, you can do the same with SUVs! There will be certain Car Bodies in the Shop compatible with SUVs instead of Sports Cars. Also, select SUV Car Bodies from Rocket League will become cross-game eligible in the future.

The Behemoth Car Body.

To start things off, the Behemoth Bundle is in the Shop, containing items from the new Wastelander Set. Look right at home in the wasteland!

The Behemoth Bundle includes:

Behemoth Car Body
Flames Behemoth Decal
Lightning Behemoth Decal
Stripes Behemoth Decal
Wings Behemoth Decal
Behemoth Blackout Decal
Behemoth Dune Hunter Decal
Behemoth Offroad Wheels* (has 12 paint colors)
Behemoth Blackout Wheels

Split between showing off a Sports Car or SUV in the Nitrodrome? In the Locker, you’ll have separate loadouts for both! The Behemoth Bundle items will be eligible for cross-game ownership with Rocket League at a later date.

*The Behemoth Offroad Wheels aren’t any better at offroading than other Wheels. They just look the part!

Lose the Battle Bus, Win the War Bus

After being dropped from the Battle Bus, fight for control of a coveted War Bus. There are two being driven by patrollers on the Island — hijack one and start a road trip of disarray! Each War Bus comes rigged with two cannons on top and a horn that produces an EMP pulse. (EMP does damage to nearby enemy Shields, and temporarily disables surrounding vehicles.) These monster mobiles hold multiple EMP pulses that each recharge after a short time!

Create a Roadblock with a Boom Bolt

Cars aren’t unconquerable. When you’re in a jam (traffic or otherwise), break out a Boom Bolt, a fast-firing moddable crossbow that shoots explosive bolts. After a few good hits on a Whiplash, it’ll be totalled enough to cause a traffic back-up all the way from Reckless Railways to The Underworld (if people actually wanted to spend time in the abyss willingly).

Wrench Wretches

The Wasteland Warriors can either be found in their individual lairs or showboating in a convoy. If you can engineer a way to beat them, a trunkload of rewards await…

Exterminate The Machinist

Upon being eliminated, The Machinist will drop her Medallion. The Machinist's Medallion will regenerate your Shield over time!

If you defeat her inside Redline Rig, use this Medallion to open the garage holding her car. If she’s in a convoy, you’ll have to seize her modded-up automobile by force! Wherever you defeat her, you’ll also get a Mythic weapon: The Machinist’s Combat Assault Rifle.

Conquer Ringmaster Scarr

Putting an end to Ringmaster Scarr’s show? Her Medallion will drop after elimination. Ringmaster Scarr’s Medallion will give you infinite ammo and a small damage buff!

Defeat Ringmaster Scarr at the Nitrodrome to open the garage hiding her car. Is she in a convoy? Defeat her there to capture her kitted-out ride! With her preference for extravagance, she’ll drop the Mythic Ringmaster’s Boom Bolt on elimination too.

Overwhelm Megalo Don

So you’re going straight to the top. Megalo Don’s Medallion will infuse you with infinite Nitro!

The Nitro doesn’t stop there. Yes — defeating Megalo Don means you can steal his ride like the other Wasteland Warriors’ — but it also means you can get the Mythic Megalo Don’s Nitro Fists!

Speaking of infinite Nitro, all three of the Warriors’ cars have infinite Nitro.

🛑 Medallions put you on the map… which is helpful for anyone on a roadtrip to take you down. If you have a Medallion in your inventory, you’ll be marked on opponents’ map, and the more Medallions you have, the more precise the radius of your exact location.

Zap That Thirst with Nuka-Cola!

The wasteland is a pretty apocalyptic place… like there was some kind of falling out. Indulge yourself in these trying times with a nice cold bottle of Nuka-Cola! Restore a bit of Health, and over time, some Shield 👍

Kind Cacti

Remember: it’s not the wasteland itself that’s oppressive — it’s the infamous Warriors. Pickaxe a Slurp Cactus to splash healing cactus fruit around you! Don’t want to get out of your car? Drive through the cactus to heal yourself AND your vehicle.

Old Weapons Aren’t a Waste

Don’t even try to keep that new car smell. Unvaulted and carried-over weapons are at your disposal for the start of Chapter 5 Season 3:

Cerberus' Gatekeeper Shotgun
Combat Shotgun
Gatekeeper Shotgun
Hammer Pump Shotgun
Oscar's Frenzy Auto Shotgun (wait… Oscar?)
Warforged Assault Rifle
Tactical Assault Rifle
- Balance changes:
  - Increased damage at long distances.
  - Reduced recoil.
  - Reduced bullet spread.
Enforcer AR
- Balance changes:
  - Increased damage.
  - Increased fire rate.
  - Increased critical hit multiplier.
Thunder Burst SMG
Harbinger SMG
Huntress DMR
Ranger Pistol
Hand Cannon
- Balance changes:
  - Increased damage at long distances.
  - Increased projectile speed.
Shockwave Grenade (technically not a weapon)

Mobile HUD Improvements

Playing Chapter 5 Season 3 on mobile? We’ve improved the mobile HUD in Battle Royale so it’s easier to see the action on your screen! We combined buttons so that there are fewer, and we also repositioned icons.

These changes won’t apply to mobile players with a custom HUD, and they won’t take away the ability to create a custom HUD.

Play as a Wastelander with the Wrecked Battle Pass

The Wrecked Battle Pass releases at the same time as Fortnite Battle Royale Chapter 5 Season 3: Wrecked!

With a Fortnite Battle Pass, unlock in-Fortnite rewards by earning XP across Fortnite Battle Royale, creator-made islands, LEGO® Fortnite, Rocket Racing, and Fortnite Festival. Some of the rewards in the Wrecked Battle Pass are Outfits of the Wasteland Warriors and other wastelanders like Rust! Purchase the Wrecked Battle Pass for only 950 V-Bucks and earn up to 1,500 V-Bucks back by leveling up in it.

With the Wrecked Battle Pass purchase, keep leveling up to unlock these Outfits:

The Machinist (unlocked right away!): Control your fire.
Rust: Shred the wasteland.
Peabody: Phil, Earl, and Axle. Three peas in a podcoat.
Ringmaster Scarr: Rule the chaos. Run the destruction.
T-60 Power Armor: Courtesy of the Brotherhood of Steel.
Brite Raider: Drive fast. Burn bright.
Megalo Don: Nitro-fueled apex predator.

The Wasteland Warriors aren’t the only forces of the wasteland… Unlock the Wastelander Magneto Outfit from Battle Pass Quests in July! The Wrecked Battle Pass will be available to progress in until August 16, 2024, at 2 AM ET.

Tournament Notes

Competitors! Bring it on in a new Season of Battle Royale. You can learn about Season 3’s competitive offerings in our Competitive Details blog post! Chapter 5 Season 3 features not in tournaments include (but aren’t limited to):

Bulletproof Tires
Chonkers Off-Road Tires
Cow Catchers
Drivable Vehicles
Grenade Launcher Turrets
Machine Gun Turrets
Off-Road Tires
Repair Boxes
Repair Torches
Service Stations
Shockwave Grenades
Spiked Bumpers
Vehicle Mod Boxes
War Busses