{"id":78086,"date":"2026-05-14T11:20:02","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T15:20:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/?p=78086"},"modified":"2026-05-14T13:38:16","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T17:38:16","slug":"fortnite-nerfs-lethal-fall-damage-in-big-gameplay-shakeup-as-overwatch-update-arrives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/?p=78086","title":{"rendered":"Fortnite Nerfs Lethal Fall Damage in Big Gameplay Shakeup as Overwatch Update Arrives"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The big Fortnite<\/a> Overwatch update is here, bringing Tracer, Genji and the gang to Epic Games’ battle royale Island. But the changes only begin there \u2014 with a major shakeup to gameplay, in Zero Build mode in particular. <\/p>\n

Across Fortnite’s main battle royale mode, fall damage has been made so it is no longer lethal \u2014 players instead “splat” onto the ground, and recover with 1HP. Time for some bandages!<\/p>\n

Battle royale’s Zero Build option, meanwhile, has been completely overhauled with yet more changes, such as the addition of an unlimited use “Pocket Item” randomly assigned at the beginning of matches. These items can include Shockwave Grenades, Medmist or Shield Bubbles.<\/p>\n

YOU NO LONGER DIE FROM FALL DAMAGE<\/p>\n

BATTLE ROYALE & ZERO BUILD (Unranked) pic.twitter.com\/5jzANXhJqJ<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 HYPEX (@HYPEX) May 14, 2026<\/a> <\/p>\n

Glider redeploy is back when you’re leaping off high areas, and you can now cut your glider near the ground for a headstart (at the cost of potentially taking some fall damage). Equipping your pickaxe now provides unlimited stamina, meanwhile, and eliminations grant overshield \u2014 encouraging more aggressive play. <\/p>\n

Balancing that is a boost to environmental cover strength (walls, crates and so forth will now withstand more fire), while Reboot Van timers<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The big Fortnite Overwatch update is here, bringing Tracer, Genji and the gang to Epic Games’ battle royale Island. But the changes only begin there \u2014 with a major shakeup to gameplay, in Zero Build mode in particular. Across Fortnite’s main battle royale mode, fall damage has been made so it is no longer lethal…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":140,"featured_media":78088,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-78086","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-external","brand-ign"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78086"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/140"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=78086"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78086\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":78090,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78086\/revisions\/78090"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/78088"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=78086"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=78086"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=78086"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}