Key insights
- Fortnite players are experiencing errors with Shuri's Black Panther Claws shooting them into the sky.
- New Marvel-themed weapons have shaken up Fortnite's meta, but significant nerfs have been made to items.
- Several players are reporting the same error, but the cause is currently unknown.
Fortnite Players using Shuri's Black Panther Claws are experiencing a fatal error that causes them to fly into the air. Although the error appears to be completely random, Fortnite Players are grumbling at Epic Games as this is only the latest installment present in the game since the release of Chapter 5, Season 4 on August 16th.
As Epic Games teams up with Marvel once again for another superhero-themed season, Fortnite has added a wealth of new weapons and items to the game that are straight out of a Marvel movie or comic. From Captain America's Shield to Shuri's Black Panther Claws: Chapter 5, Season 4, aka Absolute Doom, completely disrupted the game's meta. Unfortunately, many of the new ones are Fortnite Items have been significantly nerfed since the release of the new content update, which is just one of the many controversies that have arisen over the course of the season.
Besides constant nerfs and Doctor Doom's ridiculous superiority Fortnite Weapons players are now experiencing a frustrating glitch that sends them flying into the sky. Over on Reddit, a user posted a short clip of them using Shuri's Black Panther Claws and trying to use the jump ability to jump forward. Unfortunately, when they activated the ability, they were teleported to the top of the island. Fortunately, they did not suffer any fall damage on their flight back to the island, but were out of action for more than a minute.
Fortnite players are experiencing an annoying bug in Chapter 5, Season 4
The post was clearly well received by the community and other enthusiasts Fortnite Players reported that they encountered the exact same error. Reddit user GalickGunn said the same thing happened to them two weeks ago while playing with their son. They explained that there was only one team left, but when they used the jump ability, it shot them into the air. Luckily, her son managed to complete the task and achieve royal victory. Another user, known as doomsoul909, said he encountered the error while doing a “claws only” challenge.
It's not the first time Fortnite Players have encountered a bug with a Marvel weapon, and it likely won't be the last. Although there's no way to know for sure what's causing this frustrating error, one Reddit user speculated that the issue was related to server desynchronization. They explained that the server probably couldn't determine the exact location of the players in time and therefore defaulted the location to 0, which is the location where the battle bus spawns at the start of the game.
