Fortnite 19.20 Patch Notes – Covert Canyon POI, Heavy Shotgun & More

Fortnite 19.20 update is live now across all the platforms, and the patch notes have been revealed officially. The Fortnite 19.20 version uncovers the return of Heavy Shotgun, new Covert Canyon POI, Chapter 3 Season 1 Battle Pass Outfit Haven, and a couple of bug fixes.

The update size for PC users is approximately 8.93GB. Whereas, the 19.20 update weighs around 3 GB for all the Fortnite console players. If you have been looking for the complete list of new features and changes in the latest update, your search ends here.

Fortnite 19.20 Full Patch Notes

Covert Canyon

Deep inside the mountains north of Camp Cuddle, a high-tech new POI has appeared: Covert Cavern. Navigate its central waterway and harvest materials from its many facilities.

Covert Cavern is home to a Mythic version of the Stinger SMG, possessing more power than a regular one.

Heavy Shotgun Returns

The Heavy Shotgun has been unvaulted in a refashioned form for Chapter 3. It’s now single slug, longer-range, and requires more accuracy. Exceptionally reliable and consistent, break out the Heavy for closing the gap or responding to an incoming threat!

Find the Heavy Shotgun on the ground, in normal and Rare Chests, and from Supply Drops. The new Heavy Shotgun is available in all rarities. 

Haven Cosmetic Item

With v19.20, begin unlocking all the masks of Chapter 3 Season 1 Battle Pass Outfit Haven.

Update on XP in Creative

We’re improving the XP Beyond Battle Royale experience! Usually, Creative Islands undergo “calibration” before they begin granting Battle Pass XP from your in-game Accolades (sometimes taking several days).

Now with v19.20, if you triggered an Accolade before calibration was complete, you’ll be rewarded with the XP once it’s available!

Forecast Update

Tornado and lightning weather events have been added to Team Rumble!

Competitive Notes

• The Mythic Stinger SMG is not included in competitive playlists. The Heavy Shotgun is included immediately, however.
• While most new/unvaulted items are given an evaluation period in the wild before being added to competitive playlists, we’ve made an exception with the Heavy Shotgun, as the new Heavy Shotgun was made with higher-skill play in-mind.
• As our heads-up stated last week, Spider-Man’s Web-Shooters now have 20 shots instead of 80 in competitive playlists. This lower count is to encourage more strategic decisions about when to use the item, while retaining the item’s usefulness as a powerful mobility tool.

Major Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue involving the visual indicator for using a Reboot Van appearing at a greater distance than the sound could be heard.
• Fixed an issue involving matches sometimes not being recorded during a tournament session and the points earned in those matches becoming lost.
• Fixed an issue involving Spider-Man’s Web-Shooters dropping from eliminated players with a full stock of uses even if it didn’t have a full stock before the player was eliminated.