Following the recent Fortnite server downtime that caused a lot of frustration for Fortnite fans, Epic Games has now offered a second apology to compensate gamers for being unable to log into the game for a long time last week. Gamers will get a few free in-game items, in addition to already getting a free back bling backpack, after the next Fortnite update as an extended apology for the server downtime.

The additional gifts that Fortnite players can enjoy after the server downtime are 20 Battle Pass Stars to use in PvP Battle Royale Mode, as well as 1600 Seasonal Gold to use in PvE Save the World Mode. These gifts are awarded to all Fortnite players as part of update 3.5, which also offers a new weapon, a fix for a high-frequency crash on Xbox One, and the return of the 50v50 Battle Royale Mode, amongst other things.

The server downtime was the result of several errors in the game after the new patch went live, such as login issues and matchmaking problems. The servers eventually went down completely on April 12th for emergency maintenance in order to “deploy major upgrades to [its] database systems.: Epic Games will, however, apparently do a detailed post on what actually happened that caused the server downtime, and it looks like they are working hard to ensure that such a server crash does not happen again. Since the fix on April 12th 19:00 UTC time, Fornite has not experienced any other issues so far.

Unfortunately, the nature of online games is such that they may experience extended server downtimes at times, and players were certainly very upset about the server downtime in Fortnite as it is a game that is enjoyed by a large part of the gaming community, but it seems that Epic Games is generously trying to reimburse gamers for the downtime.

Fortnite is available now for PC, PS4, and Xbox One.