Confirmed: Upcoming Campfire Changes Increases Health Availability in Fortnite

Epic Games confirms changes to environmental campfires that will allow players to receive health from them.

Campfires are one of the strongest healing items in Fortnite. They're relatively prevalent, don't take up a spot in your inventory, and allow you to passively heal while you take shields or return fire.

The current campfire heals a maximum of 50 health over 25 seconds. Epic recently upped their spawn rate as well, leading to campfires being a more common item in player inventories.

Although the campfire is plenty strong for most people, one player took to Reddit to suggest a buff to the item. After a player reaches 100 health, they proposed, the campfire should then increase your shields over time.

Although this idea is probably going a bit far, Fortnite Item Designer EpicRock replied to the post with a planned change they have for the campfire.

"Thanks for the idea! We're deploying a change soon that will extend the campfire gameplay further by allowing players to interact with the existing campfires found throughout the environment," He wrote. "Interact with the wood pile in order to light the fire. From that point on it behaves just like a Cozy Campfire: healing nearby players and burning out after 25 seconds."

EpicRock also confirmed the Fortnite team will add more campfires to the map to make them more accessible. He also stated that you won't be able to re-light a campfire after it's been used. They will add some new art so you can tell whether it's a new or old campfire.

I think everyone can agree that this is a positive change. There's nothing worse than running out of the storm and not being able to find bandages anywhere. The campfire change will make healing more widely available and less random - something everyone should get behind.

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