When Does The New Fortnite Season Start

Fortnite Season four: Everything Y'all Need to Know

Fortnite Flavor four is finally hither, and it's bringing some huge changes to the pop Battle Royale gameplay fashion.

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Every bit expected, all those meteorites we've seen flying around in the sky accept come crashing downwardly, creating a few new areas to explore and leveling one pop landing spot (don't worry, Tilted Towers is still there). Nosotros're also getting a ton of new skins and other cosmetics, which yous can unlock by paying for a Boxing Pass (950 V-Bucks, or near $10.)

Season 4 starts at present and runs through July 9. Here's everything yous demand to know.

Map Changes

When that comet finally hit the footing information technology landed right on Dusty Depot, creating a huge crater in the map and a new expanse called Dusty Divot. The area is filled with small structures, trucks, and tons of loot. The surrounding crater is also covered in smaller meteor fragments called Hop Rocks, which will give you lot a temporary anti-gravity boost that lets you lot spring a lot higher than usual.

Beyond Dusty Divot, season 4 besides adds a new expanse to the Fortnite Battle Royale map called Risky Reels. It's a drive-in movie house, complete with the giant projector screen that the comet flare-up through in the season four announcement video. Otherwise, it's a pretty simple fenced in surface area with a few structures, a agglomeration of cars, and some loot.

Moisty Mire got a pocket-sized upgrade too. In keeping with the cinematic theme of season 4, you'll find a movie gear up in the mire. The rest of the map (including the still-standing Tilted Towers) is pockmarked with modest craters acquired by the comet as well, only these don't seem to much of an effect on actual gameplay.

New Skins and Other Cosmetic Items

Fortnite added a ton of new cosmetics to unlock in season iv, including seven fresh skins, five new emotes, and a new feature called Sprays (basically graffiti tags you can leave on structures in the game).

If yous pay for a Flavor 4 Battle Pass you'll automatically unlock two new skins: a military commando called Battlehawk and a futuristic exosuit titled Carbide. At tier 23, you'll get Teknique, which looks like some sort of DJ, and tier 47 unlocks Zooey, a female skin with green pigtails and a pink outfit. There's also a Wonder Woman-inspired superhero skin chosen Valor (tier 71), some other commando-type skin named Squad Leader (tier 87), and, finally, a very cool exosuit called Omega (tier 100).

As for the emotes, the virtually exciting improver is probably Orange Justice (tier 26), which is based off a fan submission that went viral. At that place'due south also an eating popcorn emote (tier 31), a quick manus gesture titled Respect (tier 54), and two more trip the light fantastic moves named Hype (tier 63) and Groove Jam (tier 95).

Yous can as well unlock v new Trails (the stuff that comes out of your graphic symbol equally they fall from the bus at the beginning of each game), including hearts (tier 86) and lightning (tier 50), along with two new Dorsum Bling options, three new Gliders, and 2 new Axes. Finally, there are 33 new Sprays (those graffiti tags), starting with a big "Ten" at tier three.

Gameplay Changes

The biggest change to Fortnite Battle Royale gameplay is those Hop Rocks, which really add a new dynamic to combat and building. Existence able to jump way upward in the air and slowly float downward makes it a lot easier to get a superlative reward on your enemies. It also lets y'all take some shortcuts in your fort building, since you lot don't demand to brand as many ramps as you go upward.

Otherwise, the comet shouldn't make make of an bear upon on actual gameplay. Those smaller craters could provide some encompass and give you a clear spot to meet upward with teammates, but that's about information technology. For the about office, this is the same Fortnite: Boxing Royale you know and dearest, just with a bunch of new items and a few changes to the map.

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