Season 6

Season 6, with the slogan “Darkness Rises”, of Fortnite: Battle Royale started on September 27, 2018, and ended on December 5th, 2018.

The theme revolves around Darkness and the Cube, just in time for the Halloween season.

Season 6 was the first season to introduce pets and music to the game, as well as a new consumable, Shadow Stones. Changes to the map include the addition of corrupted areas, corn fields, Floating Island, and the Haunted Castle. You can find the full list of Cosmetics released this season here.

How did it Start?
Season 6 continues the storyline that was started in Season 3.

Throughout the second half of Season 5, The Cube rolled around the island, printing seven glyphs before rolling into Loot Lake, sinking underneath the Lake and deactivating underneath the central island. The entire surface of the lake was turned purple in the process

At the start of Season 6, The cube activated. It absorbed all of its energy dispersed along the surface of the lake and tore the central island from the ground and lifted it up into the air, with The Cube attached to the bottom of the floating island. The entire island was kept suspended in the air by an an air vortex powered by the cube itself.

Loot Lake was renamed to Leaky Lake on account of the mess that The Cube left behind. The central chunk of the lake was completely missing, and in the very center of the ruined lake was a large whirlpool with a bright light coming from underneath it. This likely lead to The Vault, and the location of the whirlpool corresponded to the exact location from where the cube emerged from at the start of the season, likely meaning that The Cube actually entered the vault, but returned back to the island for an unknown reason.

The glyphs located around the island became corruption zones. It seems like the cube printed the glyphs to act as energy converters, using up the soil and natural resources in the vicinity of the glyph to convert into energy usable by the cube. In the process, the glyphs corrupted the areas surrounding them, with dead trees and barren soil, along with Shadow Stones and purple vents littering the corruption zones.

Only one rift remained at the start of Season 6, kept maintained and controlled in a laboratory within an underground bunker in Wailing Woods.

The Season 6 Storyline
Less than a day after Season 6 started, the cube began moving with the The Floating Island to the closest corruption zone, near Pleasant Park. Within three days, the cube reached the corruption zone and ripped out a chunk of land with the glyph imprinted on it, lifting it up into the air and sucking out energy from the corruption zone underneath the glyph, causing solid cube material to grow through the floating island. The process took some time, but once all the energy was sucked out from the corruption zone, the cube dropped the glyph and moved on, heading towards the next corruption zone. Throughout nearly a month, the cube visited all six corruption zones on the map, and grew through the house on the Floating Island. The final corruption zone that the cube visited was the central zone, and during the process, all other six glyphs around the island lifted from their corruption zones and began moving towards the Floating Island, each one suspended in the air by a vortex. At this point, the cube material had grown through the entire floating island and the house on to When the glyphs reached the Floating Island, the cube began absorbing their energy simultaneously. When the cube was done, the glyphs 'deactivated' and crashed down onto the ground. Their purple colours turned to a darker brown colour, signifying that the cube had stripped them completely of their energy.

At this point, the cube was completely filled with energy and pulsed rapidly. It returned to Leaky Lake, where it started to draw power from the vortex in Leaky Lake and projected a beam of purple energy upwards, opening a purple portal in the sky, which was likely a portal to the The Last Reality. Over time, the portal in the sky grew, and covered the island in a purple hue

On August 24th 2018, Fortnitemares began. The cube released a sudden burst of energy that ripped the floating island into several large chunks. The cube material that grew through the island was shredded into fragments and scattered around the island by a shockwave. These fragments spawned Cube Monsters, which attacked loopers. A thick fog also materialised and shrouded the entire map in darkness. This event was likely the first stage of invasion by The Cube, the first step into dominating and slowly destroy the Island beyond saving, preparing for a full-scale Last Reality invasion, which would then destroy this reality with The Cube's Cradle.

The Cube however, became overwhelmed with the amount of power it had and it's body started breaking and slowly decaying as the days passed, and the remains of The Cube's outer shell melted and dropped into Loot Lake, culminating in The Butterfly Event on November 4, where The Cube's outer shell completely melted away and it began spinning wildly, tearing itself apart in a giant explosion. All Loopers on the island were somehow sent to The In-Between. What happened next is unclear, but a large rift formed that took the appearance of a butterfly. It fluttered around each looper, before landing on the looper's finger in a cinematic event, transporting each player back to the island.

After the Cube exploded, the pieces of the Floating Island fell into the lake, and the ruined lake was changed to a peaceful paradise, with colourful grass, flowers and waterfalls. In the center of the Lake stood the remains of The Cube, arranged in a Stonehenge formation, while the chunks of the Floating Island were partially buried and covered in grass around the central area of the lake. The sky vortex, fog, and cube fragments scattered around the island were wiped away as if they never existed, and thus, Fortnitemares ended as Season 6 drew to a close.

How did it End?
Without the glyphs powering them, the corruption zones around the island began to fade, as the grass slowly regrew on the corrupted soil. The Glyphs dropped near the central corruption zone became overgrown with grass as nature slowly recolonised the corruption created by The Cube.

Sometime after the Butterfly Event, a giant iceberg began appeared in the far south-west, shrouded in a snowstorm and on a direct collision course with the island. A few weeks before the end of Season 6, a robot codenamed A.I.M. arrived on the island and planted a flag representing The Arctic Force at Flush Factory. The robot then began scouting the island and observing its inhabitants, preparing for the incoming invasion...

Update v6.00 (September 27, 2018)

 * New
 * Shadow Stone Shadow Stone - Fortnite.png


 * Vaulted
 * Impulse Grenade Impulse Grenade - Item - Fortnite.png
 * Suppressed Submachine Gun Suppressed Submachine Gun - Weapon - Fortnite.png
 * Light Machine Gun Light Machine Gun - Weapon - Fortnite.png
 * Bouncer Bouncer - Trap - Fortnite.png
 * Remote Explosive Remote Explosive - Item - Fortnite.png

Update v6.01 (October 3rd, 2018)

 * New
 * Chiller Chiller - Trap - Fortnite.png

Update v6.02 (October 10th, 2018)

 * New
 * Quad Launcher Quad Launcher - Weapon - Fortnite.png

Update v6.10 (October 16th, 2018)

 * New
 * Quadcrasher Quadcrasher - Vehicle - Fortnite.png

Update v6.20 (October 24th, 2018)

 * New
 * Six Shooter Six Shooter - Weapon - Fortnite.png
 * Fiend Hunter Crossbow Fiend Hunter Crossbow - Weapon - Fortnite.png
 * Cube Monsters Cube Fiend - Creatures - Fortnite.png


 * Unvaulted
 * Pumpkin Launcher Pumpkin Launcher - Weapon - Fortnite.png

Update v6.21 (November 1st, 2018)

 * New
 * Balloon Balloons - Item - Fortnite.png


 * Vaulted
 * Semi-Automatic Sniper Rifle Semi-Automatic Sniper Rifle - Weapon - Fortnite.png
 * Guided Missile Guided Missile - Weapon - Fortnite.png
 * Dual Pistols Dual Pistols - Weapon - Fortnite.png

Update v6.22 (November 6th, 2018)

 * New
 * Heavy Assault Rifle Heavy Assault Rifle (High Tier) - Weapon - Fortnite.png


 * Vaulted
 * Pumpkin Launcher Pumpkin Launcher - Weapon - Fortnite.png

Update v6.30 (November 14th, 2018)

 * New
 * Mounted Turret Mounted Turret - Trap - Fortnite.png


 * Vaulted
 * Fiend Hunter Crossbow Fiend Hunter Crossbow - Weapon - Fortnite.png

Content Update v6.30 (November 19th, 2018)

 * New
 * Dynamite Dynamite - Item - Fortnite.png

Update v6.31 (November 27th, 2018)

 * New
 * & Pump Shotgun Pump Shotgun (High Tier) - Weapon - Fortnite.png

Update v6.00 (September 27, 2018)
The Cube has risen from the waters from Loot Lake and the Runes it created had now started to corrupt the Island
 * The Cube has risen from the waters from Loot Lake, creating the Floating Island.
 * A new Haunted Castle appeared in the mountain near Haunted Hills
 * The Runes have grown larger, corrupting the land around it and spawning Shadow Stones in it, these are known as Corrupted Areas.
 * The corn started to grow on the fields at Fatal Fields
 * A secret underground lab has appeared under the maze at Wailing Woods with a Rift inside it, and four cabins appeared in the Woods as well.
 * A Halloween store named Hey Boo! appeared in the vacant store in Retail Row.
 * The shack destroyed by The Cube in Season 5 is under reconstruction.
 * The Villain Lair and Hero Mansion from Season 4 started decaying.
 * September 28th:
 * The Floating Island started going towards Rune 7, southwest of Pleasant Park.
 * Halloween decorations started appearing all over the Island.
 * September 29th:
 * The Cube has lifted Rune 7 and started absorbing it's power, growing small Cubes in the basement.
 * Ghost decorations started appearing all over the Island.
 * September 30th: The Cube has finished absorbing Rune 7's power, and Rune 7 fell on the ground. The Floating Island has begun moving towards Rune 2, east of Greasy Grove.

Update v6.01 (October 3rd, 2018)

 * October 4th: The Cube has lifted Rune 2 and started absorbing it's power, growing small Cubes in the house.
 * October 5th: The Cube has finished absorbing Rune 2's power, and Rune 2 fell on the ground. The Floating Island has begun moving towards Rune 1, northwest of Fatal Fields.
 * October 6th: The Cube has lifted Rune 1 and started absorbing it's power, growing small Cubes in the upper floor of the house.
 * October 7th: More small Cubes have grown into the upper floor of the house.
 * October 8th: The Cube has finished absorbing Rune 1's power, and Rune 1 fell on the ground. The Floating Island has begun moving towards Rune 4, southeast of Retail Row.
 * October 10th: The Cube has lifted Rune 4 and started absorbing it's power, growing small Cubes in the wood beams of the house below the house, near the basement.

Update v6.02 (October 10th, 2018)

 * Loot Lake has been renamed to Leaky Lake.
 * October 11th: The Cube has finished absorbing Rune 4's power, and Rune 4 fell on the ground. The Floating Island has begun moving towards Rune 5, southwest of the maze in Wailing Woods.
 * October 13th: The Cube has lifted Rune 5 and started absorbing it's power.
 * October 14th: The Cube has finished absorbing Rune 5's power, and Rune 5 fell on the ground. The Floating Island has begun moving towards Rune 6, south of Lazy Links. More small Cubes have grown in the attic.
 * October 15th: The Cube has lifted Rune 5 and started absorbing it's power.

Update v6.10 (October 16th, 2018)

 * The demolition crews moved in and started demolishing the remains of the destroyed outdoor store in Tilted Towers.
 * A Race Track appeared on the former location of the Open Soccer Stadium.
 * A truck transporting Quadcrashers appeared in Salty Springs.
 * The Cube has finished absorbing Rune 6's power, and Rune 6 fell on the ground. The Floating Island has begun moving towards the last Rune, Rune 3, west of Dusty Divot.
 * October 18th:
 * The Cube has lifted Rune 3 and started absorbing it's power.
 * The other 6 Runes started floating.
 * October 19th: The Runes started floating towards the Floating Island.
 * October 20th:
 * The Runes have arrived at the Floating Island and The Cube started absorbing their remaining powers.
 * The Cube has absorbed all the powers from Rune 3 and the other 6 Runes and they all fell on the ground, the Floating Island is heading back to Leaky Lake. The particles on the Floating Island started glowing.
 * October 21st: The Floating Island is back to Leaky Lake and started to draw power from the vortex in Leaky Lake, while creating a portal above the Island.
 * October 22nd: The portal in the sky grew significantly.

Update v6.20 (October 24th, 2018)

 * The Cube's immense power caused the Floating Island to explode, being split into 3 small Hovering Islands.
 * The Runes are no longer glowing.
 * Cube Fragments have emerged on the Corrupted Areas, creating hostile Cube Monsters.
 * Fatal Fields is now a Halloween theme park, complete with 3 haunted houses, a pumpking face on a corn field and a corn field maze.
 * A Battle Bus has crashed north of Leaky Lake.
 * The former Battle Bus northeast of Shifty Shafts is now gone.
 * There is a new Pizza Pit food truck in Greasy Grove.
 * October 26th: The Cube started to crack.
 * October 27th: The Cube continues to crack.
 * October 28th: There are now cracks on each side of The Cube.
 * October 29th: The cracks are now more prominent and visible.
 * October 30th: The cracks get longer.
 * October 31st: The cracks are almost everywhere on The Cube now.

Update v6.21 (November 1st, 2018)

 * The Durr Burger restaurant in Greasy Grove has closed.
 * Rift noises can be heard coming from inside The Cube.
 * Floating objects were found at the Motel.
 * A small brick was found floating beneath the chair in the Hero Mansion
 * A bed in Lonely Lodge started floating.
 * November 3rd:
 * Pieces of the outer shell of The Cube fell apart, revealing a glowy purple-ish white liquid that is leaking out.
 * The upper shell of The Cube is also broken.
 * November 4th:
 * The Cube has exploded, the Hovering Islands and the rubble around The Cube fell into the lake and were overgrown with grass and flowers. (See The Butterfly Event)
 * The Cube pieces fell into the middle of the lake in a stonehenge like formation, which caused purple flowers to grow there. The portal in the sky also closed.

Update v6.22 (November 6th, 2018)

 * Grass started growing over the Corrupted Areas. Cube Fragments were destroyed and Cube Monsters can no longer be created.
 * The soccer pitch in Pleasant Park was changed to an American football pitch.
 * A Durrr Burger Food Truck is now competing with the Pizza Pit Food Truck.
 * The Durrr Burger restaurant windows were boarded.
 * November 8th: A parachute has appeared on top of the tallest chimney in Flush Factory.
 * November 10th: The Durrr Burger and Pizza Pit Food Trucks are now at the Soccer Stadium.

Update v6.30 (November 14th, 2018)

 * The Durrr Burger and Pizza Pit Food Trucks are now in Pleasant Park.
 * There are now 4 Rift portals on the lab underneath the maze in Wailing Woods that teleport you to one of the 4 cabins.
 * November 18th: The Food Trucks are now at Haunted Hills.

Content Update v6.30 (November 19th, 2018)

 * A Blizzard cloud can be seen at a distance from Flush Factory, it gets closer to the Island every day.
 * November 20th:
 * The Food Trucks are now at the Depot Race Track.
 * The NOMS sign was brought back to Retail Row.
 * November 24th: The Food Trucks are now parked at the Motels parking lot.

Update v6.31 (November 27th, 2018)

 * The Food Trucks are now at Lazy Links.
 * November 28th: The blizzard cloud turns out to be a Iceberg. The Iceberg is getting close.
 * November 29th: The tip of a castle can be seen in the Iceberg. The Iceberg is getting close.
 * November 30th:
 * The lights in the Iceberg were turned on. The Iceberg is getting close.
 * The Food Trucks are now at Tomato Temple.
 * December 1st: The Food Trucks are now at Dusty Diner in Dusty Divot.
 * December 4th:
 * It started snowing on the Spawn Island. The Iceberg is close.
 * The Food Trucks are now in Retail Row.

Battle Pass
The Battle Pass costs 950 V-Bucks, the same as the previous seasons. This Battle Pass first introduced pets and music in the game.

New kinds of Cosmetics

 * Pets: A type of back bling that reacts to certain situations you're in.
 * Music: Custom music for the lobby.

Unlockable Styles
Like the previous 2 seasons, the outfits that come with Tier 1 and 100 of the Battle Pass have unlockable styles. Each new style comes with a challenge to unlock it. If you "level up" Calamity fully, you will earn a pickaxe that accompanies the outfit. When you "level up" Dire fully, you will earn a backbling to go along with the outfit.

Calamity came with the Calamity Challenges, and Dire came with the Dire Challenges. Like Season 5, you can complete them even after the season ends.

Videos
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