Season Eight of Fortnite is about to reach on the finish of this month, and Epic are doing what they do greatest, ramping up the stress and the hype with minor in-game occasions. This time spherical, we’re chasing earthquakes, with cracks and fissures showing daily or two in numerous areas of the map. But what does this imply for Season Eight and all of the adjustments it’d carry? And how does this tie in with the sooner Ice Storm, and people eggs beneath Polar Peak?
Our Fortnite Season Eight information will stroll you thru completely every part we all know concerning the upcoming Season 8, from launch dates to earthquake occasion leaks, from seemingly themes to the map adjustments and new options we’d count on from the brand new Season. So let’s get caught in!
When is Fortnite Season 8? Fortnite Season Eight launch date
Thursday 28 February is when Season 7 of Fortnite is about to finish, and Season Eight to start. The finish of Season 7 was delayed by two weeks past the customary ten weeks, in order that the parents over at Epic Games might take a two-week break for Christmas.
Epic’s typical method is to carry their servers offline at round Eight AM GMT to begin off the brand new season, and the downtime normally lasts three-to-four hours. But after that, we’ll all be free to discover the brand new map and Battle Pass collectively for (presumably) the following ten weeks – which means Season Eight will seemingly be with us till Thursday 9 May, whereupon Season 9 will start.
Fortnite Earthquake – Season 8 Event
Soon after a untimely reveal through a datamine by Twitter person “@FortTory” that there was an upcoming “Earthquake” occasion hidden in Fortnite’s game recordsdata, the primary proof of the occasion started to make itself identified. Players throughout many games started to really feel intermittent tremors shaking the island, giving additional credence to the speculation that this earthquake occasion would mark the top of Season 7, and the start of Season 8.
Things bought severe in a short time on the 14th Feb, when a fissure carved its approach by means of the bottom south-west of Tomato Temple. There it stays even now – and virtually actually till the top of the season – and since then it’s been joined by seven different comparable cracks showing aross your complete north-east quadrant of the island, from Dusty Divot to the Block. These fissures are prone to proceed showing proper up till the start of the brand new Season, which can after all be marked by some huge in-game occasion. Just spitballing right here – perhaps an earthquake?
Future Earthquake Crack instances leaked
Thanks to a different datamine, we’ve additionally bought a reasonably good concept of when the following fissures are going to seem. Take a have a look at the picture beneath for all of the upcoming crack instances, taken from this reddit publish by person “ScrapMechanicKid”.
So we’re taking a look at 25 cracks in whole, with the final one occurring on the 27th – at some point earlier than the top of Season 7. But the query that is still is that this: will these fissures keep confined to the north-east places of the Fortnite map, or will they begin occurring throughout?
We’ve been saying for a while now that the north-east space of the island is in want of some main work, and if all 25 cracks seem round Wailing Woods, Tomato Temple, Lonely Lodge, the Block, and elsewhere in that quadrant, then it’s all however confirmed that that is the place we’ll see essentially the most change heading into Season 8.
Fortnite Season Eight theme, skins, Battle Pass
One discovery made fairly a bit earlier in Season 7, which can point out the theme of Season 8’s skins and Battle Pass, was a cluster of what look like big dragon eggs hidden in a difficult-to-reach space below the citadel atop Polar Peak. What’s extra, you’ll be able to clearly hear heartbeats emanating from the eggs if you’re close to sufficient to them – so no matter is inside is certainly alive, and ready for the best second to hatch.
This prompted reddit person LethalSnowmeme to publish a lengthy theory explaining how we’d quickly see a resurgence of medieval and Arthurian-themed skins and phenomena for Season 8, very like we noticed in Season 2, which introduced with it quite a few knight skins and accompanying beauty objects. Backing up this declare is a latest replace to Fortnite’s Save The World mode, which introduces a brand new medieval weapons set; and the earlier launch of the (hilariously game-breaking) Infinity Blade, which additionally resided atop Polar Peak, and alluded to Epic Games’s cell game of the identical title, which options a substantial amount of knightly and medieval imagery and themes.
Oh, and guess what? The Infinity Blade game additionally options dragons.
Whether we’ll see dragons taking the type of cosmetics akin to dragon-bone pickaxes, or simply as a part of the spectacle which brings concerning the change in seasons stays unclear… But now that Epic have dipped their toes within the waters of aerial fight with the Stormwings, many gamers are asking whether or not it’s too far out of the realms of chance that we’d get rideable dragons. Or would possibly we by some means have the ability to harness the ability of the dragons to be able to create new elemental weapons? I can’t think about the playerbase might be too pleased with this concept… But solely time will inform; happily we received’t have too lengthy to attend.
Fortnite Season Eight map adjustments
Rumours of what the overarching theme of Season Eight is perhaps had been additionally kickstarted lengthy earlier than the earthquakes we’re all now experiencing, again with the looks of a mysterious big sphere of ice, poised within the sky simply above Polar Peak, inside which the Ice King resided for a short while. Back in January, an in-game event witnessed by many 1000’s of gamers concurrently noticed the Ice King emerge from his icy bubble and solid an ice storm which blanketed your complete map in snow, and unleashed icy variations of the zombies we final noticed round Halloween of 2018 throughout the island. If you missed it, check out these cinematic pictures caught by Reddit person “savage_star_gaming” beneath.
Since this time the snow and ice has thawed again to cowl simply lower than half the island. But regardless, all this factors to 1 factor: the fundamental forces (hearth, water, and earth) all have main roles to play within the coming weeks. The Ice Storm was predicted by an awesome many individuals after the sphere first appeared, and we imagine this solely consolidates our idea that Season Eight will carry a substantial amount of water to the map as the remainder of the ice and snow thaws away within the transition from Winter to Spring. It could even be that the Earthquake is what hatches the eggs within the subsequent in-game occasion, and fire-breathing dragons trigger the island to soften into its Season Eight type in a matter of seconds.
But, I hear you ask, if we’re to see a mess of springs and lakes crop up throughout the map in Season 8, received’t this be treading on Loot Lake’s toes a bit? And water isn’t precisely essentially the most enjoyable terrain to navigate by means of, anyway, proper?
That’s why some gamers are theorising that we’ll see some adjustments made to how gamers work together with water for Season 8. Perhaps as a substitute of treading water we’ll have the ability to submerge ourselves fully? And with the latest enlargement of Fortnite’s arsenal of autos, would possibly we count on boat and submarines to make their first appearances? If that is certainly the case, it’s enjoyable simply imagining how the launched verticality of underwater play would possibly have an effect on construct battles and closing circle fights.
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Season Eight places
The different query to ask is how present places would possibly change, and whether or not new ones might be added and outdated favourites taken away. The creation of Season 7 disposed of Risky Reels, Greasy Grove, and Flush Factory. The first few weeks of Season 6 was dominated by a floating island that moved throughout the map from match to match. Travel again even additional, and outdated favourites akin to Moisty Mire had been discarded in favour of latest hotspots akin to Paradise Palms and Westworld.
So how can we count on our favorite spots to fare towards the onset of Season 8? A big earthquake can be very able to remodeling a number of areas throughout the map in the identical second, so we’d effectively see main adjustments not simply within the north-east however to different areas of the map which have remained untouched for a very long time, akin to Junk Junction, or Salty Springs. But, as beforehand talked about, it feels just like the north-east part of the island, dominated by Wailing Woods since Season 1, is lengthy overdue some main adjustments. They added The Block, admittedly; however in comparison with the foremost cities within the different areas of the map, there’s nonetheless comparatively little of curiosity to lure gamers to the top-left nook.
Could it’s that this volcano individuals are speculating will rise into being on account of the earthquake will destroy Wailing Woods itself? That approach, we’ll have hearth and ice dealing with one another from throughout the map, making a satisfying steadiness and a really visually placing map for the arrival of Season 8.
Whatever the adjustments could also be, it’s secure to count on they are going to be elemental in nature, the results of hearth, ice, and earth probably all in the identical moments. Let’s not neglect that Epic must outdo the Ice Storm occasion for the Season Eight launch, so now we have to count on one thing actually spectacular to rock the Fortnite map this time spherical.
That’s nearly every part we all know to this point on the upcoming arrival of Season Eight of Fortnite Battle Royale; however do test again right here for all the most recent data, as we observe the actions of the map, the sphere, and every part else we deem to be of curiosity. In the meantime, do take a look at our Fortnite guide sequence, which incorporates all types of helpful explanations, ideas and techniques on the best way to turn out to be a seasoned Fortnite killer, together with detailed explanations of all of the Fortnite weapons, guides on the assorted Fortnite weekly challenges, a full rundown of all the most effective Fortnite locations for loot and security, and rather more.
