'Fortnite: Battle Royale' just got an update — here are all the latest additions

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For months now, "Fortnite: Battle Royale" has kept players on their toes with weekly — and sometimes daily — updates to the game, including new character skins, limited-time game modes, and fun and interesting challenges.

Some of those updates have been just for fun, and some actually change the way the game is played. For example, in the days leading up to the beginning of Season 5, the game hinted that a rocket launch would change the island forever. During the actual launch, the rocket caused a large rift in the space-time continuum to open up above the center of the map, and several items and landmarks throughout the island started disappearing.

The developers have also introduced or removed a few truly game-changing tools throughout the game's history, including jet packs, guided missiles, fast-moving vehicles, and rifts.

Here's everything that's been added to Fortnite in the last two weeks:

The Guided Missile is back!

The beloved Guided Missile was removed from the game months ago for dealing too much damage, and because players quickly realized they could jump onto the careening missiles and ride them around like flying skateboards.

Now, the powerful weapon is back with a slightly lower damage rate, and a blessing from Epic Games encouraging players to "rocket ride teammates into the action."

This week's update includes a brand new limited-time mode: Fly Explosives

The limited-time Fly Explosives mode removes all weapons from the game that aren't explosives (think grenade launchers, rocket-propelled grenades, and the now-returned guided missile, of course), and re-introduces jetpacks to the game.

The jetpacks in this mode will be able to keep players in the air longer, thanks to an increased fuel regeneration rate and a decreased fuel burn rate, compared to previous iterations.

The no-pressure, no-combat Playground Mode is back this week, now featuring the guided missiles and jetpacks.

"Playground" is a limited-time sandbox-style mode that lets players take a break from the fast-paced battle royale formula by roaming through the island with up to three of their friends, without any opponents to shoot at or hide from.

The mode includes the island's normal amount of loot, plus ten times the normal gather rate for building materials, and a hundred llamas scattered across the island, giving players the perfect environment to hone their combat and building skills without having to worry about scavenging for weapons and resources.

With this new update, many of the game's resources are increased. Ammo cans now give ten times more ammo than they do in the regular battle royale mode, players are more likely to find the rare launch and bounce pads, and one hundred supply drops will fall to the island throughout each match.

Friendly fire will be turned on, so squad members will be able to deal damage to one another. Never fear, though — players who are killed in Playground Mode will immediately respawn and parachute back onto the island.

After 55 minutes of free play, the storm will begin to close in on the island, eventually ending each round after a full hour has gone by. Deaths outside of the eye of the storm will not result in a respawn.

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