Fortnite PC players can now download High Quality Assets directly through the Epic Games Launcher, reducing their reliance on internet streaming for certain game assets during matches. The new option arrived with the November 12, 2026, v43.10 update and is available alongside the existing Epic Quality Assets setting.
Epic Games confirmed the addition in its official Fortnite Treasure Hunters v43.10 patch notes, published by the Battle Royale development team. The feature gives PC players another way to manage how Fortnite delivers its visual assets, particularly when internet bandwidth is limited or inconsistent.
To enable High Quality Assets, open the Epic Games Launcher, navigate to your Library, click the three dots on the Fortnite game tile, and select Options. From there, check the High Quality Assets box to download the corresponding files to your PC.
With the option enabled, the selected assets are stored locally rather than relying on the player’s connection to stream them during gameplay. This may be useful for players whose internet connections struggle with asset downloads while a match is running.
The new setting is distinct from Epic Quality Assets, which Fortnite introduced in its October 1 v42.30 update. That earlier option replaced High Resolution Textures and allows players to download Epic-quality gameplay content, including terrain and environmental objects. Epic explained at the time that cosmetics would continue downloading on demand, helping prevent installation sizes from growing alongside players’ cosmetic collections.
Epic also indicated in October that a similar download option for High-quality textures was planned for a future update. The new v43.10 setting delivers that additional choice, allowing players to install High Quality Assets rather than stream them during matches.
The change builds on Fortnite’s previous asset-streaming improvements. Since v42.20, the game has automatically prioritized gameplay traffic over streamed assets when bandwidth is constrained, using spare capacity to load additional content when available.
Downloading assets locally could reduce dependence on network conditions for the content covered by the option. However, Epic has not provided comparative frame-rate, latency, or loading-time benchmarks for the new setting. Players should not assume that enabling it will automatically increase FPS or eliminate every streaming-related issue.
The additional download also requires local storage, although the v43.10 notes do not specify a fixed installation size for the High Quality Assets package.
Beyond the new asset option, the Fortnite v43.10 update includes several PC-specific fixes. Epic addressed a memory leak when returning to the Lobby from islands, potential memory corruption related to character customization, and issues that could cause DirectX GPU crashes or hangs.
The patch also fixes skeletal meshes rendering at unnecessarily high detail when Performance Mode is enabled with Mesh Quality set to Low. Epic says this should improve GPU performance under those settings.
Together, the new local asset download option and the targeted PC fixes expand the technical changes included in the November 12 update, alongside the season’s ongoing Treasure Hunters content.
