With Season Eight of Fortnite quick approaching and set to reach in lower than a month (and information of datamined recordsdata reaching the ears of any over the previous few days), it’s excessive time we set a climate eye on the horizon and delve into all of the theories, easter eggs, and data we’ve discovered on what to anticipate on this new season.
Our Fortnite Season Eight information is full of all the pieces we all know concerning the upcoming Season Eight launch, detailing its begin date in addition to the most definitely theories concerning map adjustments, occasions, skins, themes, and far more. So with out additional ado, let’s dive in!
When is Fortnite Season 8? Fortnite Season Eight launch date
Thursday 28 February is when Season 7 of Fortnite is ready 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 may 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 often 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 – that means Season Eight will probably be with us till Thursday 9 May, whereupon Season 9 will start.
Fortnite Season 8 Event – Earthquake Files Leaked
Recent datamining forays into the recordsdata of Fortnite: Battle Royale by Twitter consumer @FortTory have revealed a definite risk for Epic’s deliberate occasion to transition from Season 7 into Season Eight on the 28th February. According to the folders discovered underneath the “Events” listing within the game recordsdata, there are 4 current or upcoming occasions within the works: Festivus (the current Marshmello live performance), Football (the Super Bowl), NewYear (an upcoming Lunar New Year-inspired occasion?) and…
Earthquake
That’s proper, it seems to be as if Season Eight will probably be kicked off by an infinite earthquake throughout the island. And what higher technique to introduce a complete heap of map adjustments? Both the introduction of latest areas and areas of curiosity and the destruction of previous ones can very feasibly happen with a robust sufficient earthquake.
And for these of you saying “but this isn’t necessarily the Season 8 event, is it?” – gamers have begun to note low tremors affecting their matches over the previous few days. It’s tame and unintrusive for now, however in response to what has been gleaned from the datamining makes an attempt, the precise occasion may provoke tremors round 70 instances stronger than what gamers are presently experiencing.
What does this imply for Fortnite and its map? We’re unsure. Rumours abound of the earthquake unleeashing a large volcano to stability out the arctic biome launched in Season 7, however nobody is aware of if this may truly occur. We’re prone to see an incredible many cracks forming by means of the panorama although, maybe main into new underground areas akin to Shifty Shafts.
Fortnite Season Eight theme, skins, Battle Pass
One discovery made earlier in Season 7, which can point out the theme of Season 8’s skins and Battle Pass, was a cluster of what seem like large dragon eggs hidden in a difficult-to-reach space underneath the fortress atop Polar Peak. What’s extra, you’ll be able to clearly hear heartbeats emanating from the eggs in case you are close to sufficient to them – so no matter is inside is unquestionably alive, and ready for the correct second to hatch.
This prompted reddit consumer LethalSnowmeme to put up a lengthy theory explaining how we’d quickly see a resurgence of medieval and Arthurian-themed skins and phenomena for Season 8, very similar to we noticed in Season 2, which introduced with it quite a few knight skins and accompanying beauty gadgets. Backing up this declare is a current 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 quite a lot 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 reminiscent of 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 risk that we’d get rideable dragons. Or would possibly we someway be capable to harness the facility of the dragons with a view to create new elemental weapons? Only time will inform; fortuitously we received’t have too lengthy to attend.
Fortnite Season Eight map adjustments
Rumours of what the overarching theme of Season Eight is perhaps have been additionally kickstarted by the looks of a mysterious large 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 entire 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 photographs caught by Reddit consumer “savage_star_gaming” under.
Since this time the snow and ice has thawed again to cowl simply lower than half the island. But regardless, all this factors to at least one factor: the fundamental forces (fireplace, water, and earth) all have main roles to play within the coming weeks. The Ice Storm was predicted by an incredible many individuals after the sphere first appeared, and we consider this solely consolidates our idea that Season Eight will carry quite a lot of water to the map as the remainder of the ice and snow thaws away within the transition from Winter to Spring. It might 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 just a little? 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 be capable to submerge ourselves fully? And with the current growth of Fortnite’s arsenal of autos, would possibly we anticipate 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 remaining circle fights.
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Season Eight areas
The different query to ask is how present areas would possibly change, and whether or not new ones will probably be added and previous favourites taken away. The introduction 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 previous favourites reminiscent of Moisty Mire have been discarded in favour of latest hotspots reminiscent of Paradise Palms and Westworld.
So how can we anticipate our favorite spots to fare towards the onset of Season 8? A big earthquake could be very able to remodeling a number of areas throughout the map in the identical second, so we’d nicely see main adjustments not simply within the south-west snow-covered nook however to different areas of the map which have remained untouched for a very long time, reminiscent of Junk Junction, or Salty Springs. It feels just like the north-easy 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 most important 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 persons are speculating will rise into being because of the earthquake will destroy Wailing Woods itself?
Whatever the adjustments could also be, it’s secure to anticipate they are going to be elemental in nature, the results of fireplace, ice, and earth probably all in the identical moments. Let’s not overlook that Epic must outdo the Ice Storm occasion for the Season Eight launch, so we’ve to anticipate one thing actually spectacular to rock the Fortnite map this time spherical.
That’s nearly all the pieces we all know to date on the upcoming arrival of Season Eight of Fortnite Battle Royale; however do examine again right here for all the most recent info, as we observe the actions of the map, the sphere, and all the pieces else we deem to be of curiosity. In the meantime, do try our Fortnite guide sequence, which comprises all kinds of helpful explanations, ideas and methods on how you can develop into a seasoned Fortnite killer, together with detailed explanations of all of the Fortnite weapons, guides on the varied Fortnite weekly challenges, a full rundown of all one of the best Fortnite locations for loot and security, and far more.
