The ominous comet which grew bigger within the skies over Fortnite Battle Royale throughout many weeks has lastly struck, reshaping elements of the map and kicking off the beginning of Season 4. Dusty Depot has borne the brunt of the strikes and turn out to be Dusty Divot, a giant crater with a little analysis station. Other comet fragments have struck elsewhere on the map. The comet has scattered bizarre ‘Hop Rocks’ too, which give gamers a brief burst of low gravity time to bounce round. It’s a wierd and thrilling time within the battleground. Here, watch the second the meteors fell:
I do like these humorous little trailers.
So! The comet! It first appeared in March, rising bigger within the skybox over the weeks. As gamers speculated over the place it would strike (Tilted Towers was the favored guess), Epic added enjoyable little nods to the occasion like setting telescopes up on hillsides. Well, now it’s lastly hit, wiping out most of Dusty Depot. In its place, a honking nice crater named Dusty Divot. The crater is affected by Hop Rocks, consumables which give gamers thirty-odd seconds of low-gravity to leap nice heights and fall safely. They can’t be carried, solely consumed on pickup, in order that they’re just for gamers scrapping around the Divot. Which, y’know, is a complete lot of individuals proper now.
Epic have added a couple of new buildings across the map too. Players are nonetheless scurrying round uncovering all the brand new issues.
Though I’m extra into Playerunknown’s Battlegrounds, I do admire and revel in how a lot Epic are keen to play with the sport and make large, enjoyable modifications. Sure, why not slam a comet into your recreation’s solely map? Good stuff.
Season Four additionally brings a brand new Battle Pass with challenges to unlock new outfits, emotes, and so forth.
The replace brings some tidy little modifications too. Headshots are reworked so different physique elements get in the way in which much less, so hitting somebody’s hand will penetrate by way of to their head and do the bonus harm; that is just for pictures from above of straight-on, thoughts, as these from beneath will nonetheless hit obstructions. You can mark beauty objects as favourites to have your loadout chosen randomly from them every match. You can smash up constructions on the beginning island now too. And the crossbow is eliminated. See the version 4.0 patch notes for extra info.
Fortnite Battle Royale is free-to-play through Epic’s own client.
