item_icon_component icon returns a placeholder texture

General Issues and Bug Reporting
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Summary

A mini update deployed yesterday (20.02.2026) caused all item icons to break.

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Unreal Editor for Fortnite

What Type of Bug are you experiencing?

Assets

Steps to Reproduce

  1. Spawn any item entity, e.g. NewItem := BallisticItems.item_frenzy_auto_shotgun_common{}
  2. Icon := NewItem.GetComponent[item_icon_component].Icon
  3. PlayerUI := GetPlayerUI[Player]
  4. PlayerUI.AddWidget(texture_block{DefaultImage := Icon})

Expected Result

Icon of item_frenzy_auto_shotgun_common should be displayed on screen.

Observed Result

A placeholder cross texture is displayed instead.

Platform(s)

PC

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Hey have you found a fix? I’m getting a placeholder image for the ballistic weapons too

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FORT-1059739’s status has changed to ‘Ready for QA’. A member of the QA department is investigating the issue.

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@OVTSIDERZ @EV_WAKA Use the icon_component from Verse digests. the item_icon_component from UnrealEngine digests is deprecated.