Epic Games confirms issue with Fortnite\u2019s Reaper Pickaxe audio, announce upcoming fix [UPDATE] UPDATE \u2013 January 16, 2019 Epic Games has officially announced a fix for the Reaper Pickaxe audio introduced with the v7.20 update. In addition to this fix, Epic also corrected the ghost peeking and trap selection issues. We have released a client update to fix some of the current issues. There will be no downtime, but the players will be required to download the update. Fixes in this update: \u2022 Trap selection \u2022 Ghost peeking with scoped weapons \u2022 Scythe pickaxe sounds\u2014 Fortnite (@FortniteGame) January 16, 2019 The release of Fortnite\u2019s v7.20 update has introduced new items for players to get their hands on, but it\u2019s also come with its fair share of bugs. When the update went live on January 15, many fans noticed that the audio for the popular Reaper Pickaxe was much different and not at all what it had been prior to the update. While some thought that maybe this was simply just how the Pickaxe would sound from now on, Epic Games calmed everyone\u2019s fears in a simple follow-up Tweet. New sound for the Reaper pickaxe. Bug \/ New sound \u2013 What do you think? pic.twitter.com\/9Nyuvc4xRK \u2014 Bananik \u2022 Fortnite Leaks And News (@FortniteLeaksB) January 15, 2019 Hours after the change was spotted, Epic confirmed that it was indeed an error and announced they\u2019d be working on a fix. There was no timeframe given for when the fix would go live, but fans should no doubt be relieved to find out that the new sound is not here to stay and will soon be fixed. We’re aware that the sound effects for the Reaper Pickaxe are incorrect and are investigating the issue. We’ll keep you updated as we learn more! \u2014 Fortnite (@FortniteGame) January 15, 2019 While the Pickaxe is indeed one of the rarest PIckaxes in Fortnite, having been released back in October 2017 when the game was still in its infancy. GIven that it\u2019s so rare and so beloved, it was no surprise to see many players, including TSM\u2019s Ali \u2018Myth\u2019 Kabbani, worried about the new sound. Myth even posted his thoughts on the upcoming fix on his Twitter, asking Epic to not boost the sound too much with the upcoming fix. Please don’t make them bass boosted again, I love the reaper but that shit was extremely loud before today’s patch. I’m actually using it now. https:\/\/t.co\/kaLG24xesR \u2014 Myth (@TSM_Myth) January 15, 2019 As soon as we know about when the fix is releasing, we\u2019ll be sure to update this post. Be sure to also follow us @Dexerto on Twitter for all the up-to-date info on everything Fortnite related.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Epic Games confirms issue with Fortnite\u2019s Reaper Pickaxe audio, announce upcoming fix [UPDATE] UPDATE \u2013 January 16, 2019 Epic Games has officially announced a fix for the Reaper Pickaxe audio introduced with the v7.20 update. In addition to this fix, Epic also corrected the ghost peeking and trap selection issues. We have released a client […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-72030","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72030","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72030"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72030\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72030"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72030"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72030"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}