In the new Fortnite update, Season 6 arrives, pets are now available, there?s a new consumable item, map updates, and more! Season 6 arrives in Battle Royale and brings new goodies with it! Uncover what?s in the new Battle Pass, explore an updated island with Pets, and become one with the shadows with a new consumable. Always have a friend watching your back when you drop in. Pets are now available in-game! Shadows stones is the new consumable item. It can be typically found around corrupted areas of the map. When you consume this item, you are unable to use weapons. You become invisible to enemies when stationary, gain increased movement speed, jump height and fall damage immunity. You get a new ability called Phase. It can be activated by pressing the Primary Fire button. It Propels you in the direction you are facing, and allows you to pass through objects. The Shadow stone effect lasts 45 seconds.
The map has been updated. The New locations is a floating Island, corrupted areas, corn fields, haunted castle. Drop in and find the rest in-game! In this update, Epic has decided to vault a few things. They?ve vaulted Impulse Grenade, Suppressed Submachine Gun, Light Machine Gun, Bouncer, and Remote Explosives. These items will only be available in Playground mode. They added improvements to Storm visualization, including rain & lightning effects which will increase as the Storm intensifies. There are a lot of bugs that have been fixed in this update. For example, they fixed a rare crash that occurred when taking focus off the game, such as ?alt-tabbing?, and then bringing focus back into the game. You can check out the link below for the full details on the new season, pets, shadow stones, all of the bugs that have been fixed, and other updates.
https://www.epicgames.com/fortnite/en-US/patch-notes/v6-00