Fortnite Chapter 4 Update v23.40: Full Patch Notes Listed

Fortnite's latest update, v23.40, has finally arrived, adding in brand new Most Wanted Quests.

Fortnite Chapter 4 Season 1 is ramping up once again thanks to this latest update. Players can earn themselves some brand new cosmetics as part of the Most Wanted Quests. Raise Infamy to collect in-game rewards, including the Gold Blooded Ace Outfit.

In addition, some brand new Exotic weapons have been added into the rotation. Below, we've listed everything that's been added in the v23.40 update.

Fortnite Chapter 4 Update v23.40: Full Patch Notes Listed

Fortnite Most Wanted

New Most Wanted Quests run from Feb. 14 until Feb. 28, 2023, at 2 a.m. ET.

In Fortnite Most Wanted, opening vaults and eliminating opponents will raise your “Heat” Level. When you have any amount of Heat, Cold Blooded members will become more hostile, you’ll become visible to other players on the minimap, and you’ll be more visible to other players in the environment.

Raising your Heat level comes with benefits:

• 🔥 Eliminated opponents drop more Bars.
• 🔥🔥 Your movement speed increases by 15%, and you’ll regenerate up to 100 Health out of combat.
• 🔥🔥🔥 Your movement speed increases by 20%, and you’ll regenerate up to 100 Health and 50 Shield out of combat.
• 🔥🔥🔥🔥 Your movement speed increases by 25%, and you’ll regenerate up to 100 Health and 100 Shield out of combat.

New Exotic Weapons

Pick them up from Cold Blooded Vaults, accessible with Vault Keycards dropped from defeated Cold Blooded Bosses:

• Heisted Breacher Shotgun
• Heisted Explosive Assault Rifle
• Heisted Accelerant Shotgun
• Heisted Run 'N' Gun SMG
• Hesited Blink Mag SMG

Unvaulted Weapons

The following weapons have made a comeback as part of the Most Wanted event:

• Hand Cannon
• Dual Pistols
• Heavy Sniper
• Hop Rock Dualies
• Suppressed Pistol
• Boom Sniper Rifle

Motorboats, Bows, and Bow-related Reality Augments will be excluded from Battle Royale/Zero Build for the duration of Fortnite Most Wanted.

New Reality Augments

Exotic Grab Bag

• Receive a random Heisted Exotic weapon.

Sniper Surplus

• Your Sniper Rifles will have 1 extra ammo in their magazine.

Keymaster

• Grants two Keys for opening Holo-Chests.

Last Shots

• The last two bullets of your Pistols’ magazines deal bonus damage.

NA-Central Server Region

Epic Games has launched the Fortnite NA-Central server region (“matchmaking region” to provide lower latency for many players residing in Mexico and the Central United States. More information on this new server region can be found in the NA-Central server region blog post.

Hardware Identifiers

Starting in the v23.40 update, players who use tools that hide or alter their device's hardware identifiers may receive an in-game warning and be removed from the match. Failure to remove these hardware alterations, or additional attempts to bypass these restrictions, may result in an account action up to and including a permanent ban from Fortnite.

Competitive Notes

• FNCS Major 1 continues to take place over v23.40! Check the Compete tab in-game for more information.
• Fortnite Most Wanted’s Heisted Exotic weapons, returning weapons, and Heat are not included in competitive playlists. 
• The Exotic Grab Bag and Sniper Surplus Reality Augments are not included in competitive playlists. 

Major Bug Fixes

• Fixed the issue that caused us to disable the Shadow Striker Reality Augment. This Reality Augment is now re-enabled.