You can trust VideoGamer. Our team of gaming experts spend hours testing and reviewing the latest games, to ensure you're reading the most comprehensive guide possible. Rest assured, all imagery and advice is unique and original. Check out how we test and review games hereFortnites frequent updates include weekly hotfixes, which aim to improve the games balance, keep players engaged, fix issues, add new features, and change the meta by making certain weapons and items stronger or weaker. To keep everything in the game interesting and up-to-date, this strategy has been most noticeable in Chapter 6, when major adjustments have been implemented.Epic Games has been hard at work improving the games weapons and gameplay in Chapter 6 Season 1 through a series of upgrades. One of the major hotfixes this week was a buff in the Godzilla event where the spawn rate of the kaiju has been increased from 40% to 100%, where every match is now potentially a kaiju showdown.In addition, the update brings several weapon tweaks, which balance out the existing meta by making some choices less powerful and strengthening others. Here are all the buffs and nerfs made with the January 24 update.Fortnite January 24 hotfix buffs and nerfs Chapter 6 weapons majorlyFortnite deployed a hotfix on January 24, 2025, where Epic introduced weapon adjustments just in time to enable players to battle Godzilla with more confidence. These adjustments have been made to weapons like the Typhoon Blade, Holo Twister AR, Oni Shotgun, Twinfire Auto Shogun, Veiled Precision SMG, and Fury Assault Rifle.Several weapons have undergone changes with the update. Image credit Epic Games.In the X post, Epic mentioned, Weve made some balance adjustments to Battle Royale and Zero Build! Oni Shotguns will now fire shots slightly faster. Typhoon Blades now deal slightly less damage to both players and structures. Holo-Twister Assault Rifles shoot slightly slower and reload takes slightly longer. Twinfire Auto Shotguns, Fury Assault Rifles, and Veiled Precision SMGs now all reload quicker.To help you understand the fixes better, heres a full breakdown of each weapon buffed and nerfed alongside its past and new stats.Typhoon Blade has been nerfedNormal Slash Damage to players: 30 -> 28Normal Slash Damage to the environment: 50 -> 44Holo Twister AR has been nerfedFire rate decreased by 6%Reload time increased by 4%Oni Shotgun has been buffedFire rate increased by 8%Twinfire Auto Shotgun has been buffedReload time decreased by 4%Veiled Precision SMG has been buffedReload Time decreased by 4.5%Fury Assault Rifle has been buffedReload Time decreased by 1.8%These changes have significantly shifted the current weapons meta in Fortnite Chapter 6 Season 1. If youre wondering about the best weapons in the game as of yet, check out our full-tier list right here. FortnitePlatform(s):Android, iOS, macOS, Nintendo Switch, PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series S/XGenre(s):Action, Massively Multiplayer, Shooter9VideoGamerRelated TopicsFortnite Subscribe to our newsletters!By subscribing, you agree to our Privacy Policy and may receive occasional deal communications; you can unsubscribe anytime.Share