Spawn Island

Spawn Island is the location where every player spawns before entering a Battle Bus that takes players over to the main Island. It acts as a pre-game lobby in order to gather up the amount of players needed to start the match. Once all players are gathered, a 10 second timer starts and the match begins. The Spawn Island is not visible on the Map, but is visible from the main Island. Although referred to as Spawn Island, it is not always presented as one, rather it is just a location where players spawn, named as such, due to it being an Island for the longest time.

Consistent Features
As the Spawn Island acts as a waiting area for the match to start, it contains many loot spawns. The loot at Spawn Island is usually Weapons and Ammunition, but Materials also spawn here. Players can build, destroy the environment, gather loot, and attack players except for their teammates. Loot gathered in this location will not transfer to the start of the game and is taken from the loot pool of the current Season/Playlist. Players also do not take damage in this location from any source.

A Battle Bus will always be present on Spawn Island in some form.

History
Spawn Island has existed as long as Fortnite: Battle Royale has. In earlier Seasons it did not update, but as time went on, and the introduction of Season 6, the first visual changes began to apply to Spawn Island too, fitting with each Season.

Season 1

 * In Season 1, Spawn Island is first added to the game. It contains a small obstacle course, a runway, several Battle Buses, and a control tower, amongst other things. The Island is indestructible. It is surrounded by an invisible barrier so players cannot fall off it and into the water.


 * The Season 1 Spawn Island remains for 5 Seasons, and at some point, an update to the game allows for the Island’s environment to be destroyed.

Season 6

 * In Week 10, Spawn Island became covered in snow, as the Athena Island is covered in snow as well. This change does not persist as the snow later melts. This marks the first visual change to the island.

Season 7

 * Spawn Island reverts back to it's original form.

Season 8

 * In Season 8, Spawn Island was changed to a jungle theme for Season 8.

Season 9

 * In Season 9, Spawn Island is updated to fit the Season’s futuristic theme. The Island borrows assets from Neo Tilted and Mega Mall.

Season X

 * In Season X, Spawn Island became a mixture of assets from Season 8, Season 9, and the original.

Chapter 2: Season 1

 * In Chapter 2: Season 1, Spawn Island was completely revamped with brand new buildings and a new layout.

Chapter 2: Season 2

 * Spawn Island gains a secret SHADOW Base under a purple watch tower and a secret GHOST Base under a Battle Bus workshop.

Chapter 2: Season 3

 * Spawn Island becomes flooded, leaving it under No Sweat Insurance and on floaties.

Chapter 2: Season 4

 * Spawn Island is replaced by Helicarrier 64.

Chapter 2: Season 5

 * The original Spawn Island from Season 1 returns.

Chapter 2: Season 6

 * Spawn Island gets a more "primal" look.

Chapter 2: Season 7

 * Spawn Island's buildings get converted to an IO base and radar dish array. Some shipping containers are branded with the Meowscle's Morsels logo.

Chapter 2: Season 8

 * In the aftermath of Operation: Sky Fire, an alien abductor has crashed on the Spawn Island, destroying buildings and corrupting the landscape.

Chapter 3: Season 1

 * In Chapter 3: Season 1, Spawn Island is completely revamped with brand new buildings and a new layout.

Trivia

 * There have been numerous methods that allowed players to travel to Spawn Island in-game.
 * Building out towards Spawn Island and then speeding up a Shopping Cart.
 * Building out towards Spawn Island and then speeding up a Whiplash with full fuel for boost.
 * Flying a Choppa or Saucer high towards Spawn Island.

Buildings

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Other

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Main Building

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