Fortnite's v43.10 update went live on November 12, 2026, adding One Piece's Buggy as a new boss on Crossbones Isle and introducing the Cursed Kelper Sprite. The Treasure Hunters update also prepares the island for a weekend of Cursed Sprites and visiting Captains.
Buggy joins the hunt for boss weapons
Players who defeat Buggy can claim the Special Buggy Ball, giving the new Captain his own weapon reward to chase.
Some of the season's Exotic weapons may now appear in Chests, opening another route to that gear. Epic Games has also teased a Chest containing all of them, though finding that particular haul is a separate prospect from getting an individual Exotic.
The broader Fortnite weapon changes make boss rewards more predictable: eliminating a boss now guarantees its weapon drop. Players targeting a specific boss weapon no longer need to leave that part of the reward to chance after winning the fight.
Cursed Sprites set up the weekend's Treasure Hours
Cursed Kelper increases your chance of finding rare Sprite variants. Carrying a Cursed Sprite has a cost, though: water deals damage while the curse is active. The update adds a visual effect to show when that curse is in effect.
Treasure Hours: Cursed takes place on Saturday, November 14, boosting Cursed Sprites. Players will also drop in with Lil Uzi Vert's Lil' SMG during the event. Two sessions are scheduled:
| Session | Eastern Time | UTC |
|---|---|---|
| First | November 14, 2 PM | November 14, 7 PM |
| Second | November 14, 9 PM | November 15, 2 AM |
Hatsune Miku and Kasane Teto arrive at Friendship Villa on Sunday, November 15. Both are friendly Captains, so visiting them does not require a boss fight. The Leekcapper and Flapjack Rifle join the loot pool, and a third Treasure Map Fragment becomes available this weekend.
Sunday's Sprite additions have different uses:
- Mini Miku: Grants a Friendship Bubble when you emote with other players.
- Squiplash: Releases healing smoke when your health is low.
- Secret rare Sprite: Epic has teased that it may grant Zero Point Dash charges that regenerate.
The weekend therefore adds both a social trigger and a low-health response to the Sprite lineup, alongside Cursed Kelper's focus on finding rarer variants.
Chest tracking, PC downloads, and Reload changes
Players using Visualize Sound Effects now get an up or down arrow on the Chest indicator when a Chest is above or below them. Its minimum opacity has also increased to 30%. You can enable the feature under Settings, then Audio, then Sound, making the new directional information available while searching buildings.
The Locker's new Grid Density button switches between large, medium, and small item tiles. The up and down arrows now move through a full page of items at a time, including on the Emote Wheel.
PC players can download High Quality Assets through the Epic Games Launcher instead of streaming them during matches. To enable the download, open your Library, select the three dots on Fortnite, and choose Options. The patch also addresses DirectX crashes and hangs, a memory leak when returning to the Lobby, and a Performance Mode issue affecting the Low mesh setting.
Several gameplay fixes tackle interrupted actions and unreliable controls:
- Switching weapons during a reload no longer forces a fresh reload when you switch back.
- Digging up a Buried Chest no longer sometimes requires moving or crouching to land the final hit.
- The Old School and Quick Builder controller presets no longer cause diagonal drift when moving straight.
- The Inventory and Map toggle keybinds respond consistently and can be rebound.
Reload also gets Springfield back with the Donut Storm. Falling Donuts are enabled in Ranked and Unranked playlists, and the map rotates alongside Squid Grounds and Surf City. Simpsons map-specific loot returns, but Reload's base loot pool remains unchanged until after the FNCS Reload Solo finals.
