Fortnite Update 42.10 Patch Notes: New Sprites, OG Season X, and More

Patch notes for Fortnite update 42.10 are finally out, and there is quite a bit to go over. Four new Sprites were added, alongside new Match Overrides, Loot Hacks, and let’s not forget Fortnite OG Season X. That said, here’s what you need to know about the Fortnite update 42.10 patch notes for Chapter 7 Season 4.

Fortnite Chapter 7 Season 4 Update 42.10 Downtime Details

Fortnite downtime for Chapter 7 Season 4 update 42.10 began at 4 AM ET on September 3, 2026, and concluded at 5:30 AM ET on September 3, 2026.

Fortnite Chapter 7 Season 4 Update 42.10 Patch Notes

New Match Overrides

As per the patch notes for Fortnite update 42.10, four new Match Overrides have been introduced. They are: Big Head Mode, Prop Hunt, Action Hero, and Sharpshooter (activating next week). Here’s what each one does:

• Big Head Mode: Everyone has a big head!
• Prop Hunt: Crouch and don’t move for several seconds to turn into a prop.
• Action Hero: While mid-air, enter Hangtime when aiming weapons and deal increased damage.
• Sharpshooter: Increases weapon accuracy, reduces recoil and bloom.

Big Heads was part of the April Fool’s celebration this year and gave everyone a giant head. Players were also given the ability to Shoulder Ride in Fortnite.

New Sprites, Sprite Garden, and Sprite Mastery

Three new Sprites have been introduced as well. They are: X-Ray Sprite, Onigiri Sprite, Overshield, and Mega Man. The first two are the winners from the “Design a Sprite” Fortnite contest that was held earlier this year, while the latter are original designs by Epic Games. Here’s what each Sprite can do:

• X-Ray Sprite: Periodically marks enemies in an area around you.
• Onigiri Sprite: Provides the Override effect after eating or drinking a consumable. (Note: We don’t know why the Bullet Sprite was swapped for the Onigiri Sprite).
• Overshield Sprite: Grants Overshield.
• Mega Man Sprite: Slip and slide around with reduced friction while sliding.

With the Sprite Garden in Fortnite now live, you can visit it to see all your Sprites collected since Chapter 7 Season 3. Epic Games is actively improving the experience by adding more features and QoL improvements. Expect more updates soon.

Mastering a Sprite in Fortnite now has an extra perk, which is: once a Sprite has been mastered, the Sprite Dust required to summon it has been halved. Mastery Mondays is returning as part of Fortnite Sprite Events, starting next week.

Additionally, a new Sprite Mastery Track has been added. For every Sprite mastered, rewards are granted to players. These include various Fortnite Gizmos. Lastly, an arcade-themed Back Bling will be added in update 42.20, allowing you to show off the Sprites you’ve mastered in Fortnite.

New Loot Hacks

Six new Loot Hacks have been introduced in Fortnite Chapter 7 Season 4 this week. You can use them to augment your personal Fortnite loot pool during the course of a Battle Royale match. They are not to be confused with Fortnite Lobby Hacks (Admin Panel) Codes, which are limited to the main lobby.

If you’re wondering which weapons and items have been added as Loot Hacks in Fortnite update 42.10, here’s the full list:

• Caduceus Staff
• Scorpion’s Combat Kit
• Wrecker Revolver
• Deadeye Assault Rifle
• Holo Twister Assault Rifle

The aforementioned items have replaced the lineup of Loot Hacks that were added at the start of Fortnite Override. The Fortnite x Overwatch Caduceus Staff is back and should make gameplay interesting when combined with the Onigiri Sprite in Fortnite.

Loot Pool Updates

As part of update 42.10, balance adjustments have been made to several weapons, including the Mega Buster in Fortnite. Here are the changes:

• Pump Shotgun: Slightly increased damage and equips faster.
• 8-Bit Shotgun: Reduced damage and equips faster.
• Assault Rifle: Slightly reduced headshot damage multiplier and damage at Mythic rarity. Reloads slightly slower.
• Mega Buster: Increased projectile speed
• Sweeper Shotgun (Unvaulted): Fires in a standard shotgun spread instead of its previous wide pattern. Reload can be interrupted to fire as soon as shells are loaded. Faster firing rate with the same damage output. Slightly smaller mag and shorter maximum range.

No other items, such as the God Mode Llama in Fortnite, have been nerfed or changed. That said, we can expect more weapon changes as the season progresses.

Bug Fixes, Improvements, and Adjustments

A few QoL improvements have been implemented alongside a couple of bug fixes. These are not major changes, but will make the game feel more responsive overall. Here’s what you need to know.

General

• Your cursor will now stay on the selected item when choosing Locker sort options instead of jumping to the top of the screen.
• Vehicles are no longer incorrectly labeled with the Reload tag in the Locker.
• The Join Crew button on the Passes screen is responsive again.
• The Crew Styles page no longer appears empty or shows content from a previously viewed Pass screen.

PC 

• Reduced input latency when VSync is used, with the biggest gains on AMD and Intel GPU configurations at 60 Hz.
• Further optimized Performance Mode, allowing low-spec configurations to render at a noticeably higher resolution with no extra GPU cost and minimal visual difference.

Expect more fixes to be implemented based on community feedback as the season progresses.

Fortnite OG Chapter 1 Season X Update

As per the official patch notes for the 42.10 update, Fortnite OG Season X is now live. Following the Fortnite OG Final Showdown Live Event, the island has undergone several changes, and there’s a lot of new content added, including a new Battle Pass. That said, here’s what you need to know:

Map Changes

New POIs have been added to the island in Fortnite OG Season X. They are: Tilted Town, Starry Suburbs, and The Meteor. As always, expect Tilted Town to be a hot-drop location in most matches, whereas The Meteor is a great place to hang out with friends.

The Pandora Rift Zone from Borderlands is also back. You can step into the Rift Zone to regenerate shields. Some players are bound to use the Psycho Bandit Fortnite skin when visiting it to make things immersive; beware of them.

New Loot Pool

The Fortnite OG loot pool has been modified quite a bit in Season X. Epic Games added new content to the mix; this includes weapons and items. Here is the full list of all the loot pool changes that have been implemented in Fortnite OG:

• Junk Rift
• Automatic Sniper Rifle
• Glitched Forageable
• B.R.U.T.E.
• SR Tactical Submachine Gun
• Shield Bubble
• Zapper Trap
• Spicy Taco Forageable

Quite a few weapons and items have also been vaulted in Fortnite OG Chapter 1 Season X. The list includes the following:

• Vehicles (minus Driftboard)
• Glider (consumable)
• Semi-Auto Sniper Rifle
• Flint-Knock Pistol
• Shadow Bomb
• Air Strike
• Mounted Turret
• Tactical Assault Rifle
• Ice Cream Cone

The B.R.U.T.E. and Automatic Sniper Rifle are Fortnite OG Season X’s meta for certain. They outclass anything on the current Fortnite weapon tier list in Battle Royale and Zero Build. That said, you will need to race to obtain a Mech as it falls from the sky or watch it get taken by enemy players.

New OG Pass

Fortnite OG Season X is getting three remixed skins as part of the OG Battle Pass. The skins that are being remixed are X-Lord, Ultima Knight, and Catalyst. It’ll be nice to see new iterations of these characters in-game. Here are the names of the Battle Pass characters in Fortnite OG Chapter 1 Season X:

• Oxide
• Ultima King
• Kinetic Catalyst 

The new variant of X-Lord (should we say X-Lady) is now a female character. Of course, this won’t affect the storyline in any meaningful way, as it’s simply a creative choice. The same can be said for the Fortnite Chapter 7 Season 4 Battle Pass that features Override’s antagonist, Geno.

Fortnite OG Bug Fixes and Improvements

A few bug fixes have been implemented in Fortnite OG Chapter 1 Season X. Most of them pertain to the environment. That said, here is the list of changes:

Gameplay

• Fixed two Ziplines east of Neo Tilted that couldn’t be accessed from one end and could eject you early from the other.

Environment 

• Fixed flickering textures, floating structures, es and cables clipping through the floor of the building west of Loot Lake.
• Grass no longer clips through multiple floors and sidewalks across Paradise Palms.
• Corrected the size of a suspiciously large Chest found at Neo Tilted.
• Removed duplicate dinosaur and camel statues at Paradise Palms.
• Fixed flickering textures and a floating wall at Frosty Flights.
• Objects at the ruined house at Snobby Shores now properly fall when their supporting structures are destroyed, and we’ve patched a visible terrain gap in the southern part.
• Fixed a bug that could cause buildings between Snobby Shores and Neo Tilted to disappear from their usual spots.
• Removed a duplicate lab structure at Pressure Plant that required you to open the doors twice.

That’s everything new that has been added with the Fortnite update 42.10 patch notes. If you want to know more about what Epic Games has planned for this year, you can check out our Fortnite 2026 roadmap.

Batman Comes to LEGO Fortnite

After what seems like an eternity, we have finally got new content for LEGO Fortnite. Batman villains have stolen parts of Gotham City and hidden them on the island of LEGO Fortnite Odyssey. Henchmen have rifted to this reality to cause havoc, and Batman must now deliver some vengeance.

Batman can be recruited by traveling to Gotham City-themed locations and completing assignments given by the Dark Knight himself. However, the entirety of the collab will not be released at once. New content will get rolled out each week until October 15, 2026. Given the timeline, it’s safe to assume we can expect Fortnitemares content in LEGO Fortnite later this year.

Finally, you can now build The Batmobile and The Bat to be used as vehicles in LEGO Fortnite Odyssey. As for gadgets, there are three that can be unlocked by completing Fortnite Quests in LEGO Fortnite Odyssey: Batglider, Bat Grapnel, and Bat-Signal. Use them to augment your gameplay and fight crime from the shadows.

What are you most excited about in this new major update? Tell us in the comments section below.