Venom Symbiote

The Venom Symbiote is a Superpower in Fortnite: Battle Royale. It was added in Chapter 2: Season 8.

Functionality
The Venom Symbiote allows players to grab opponents through several layers of structures. It also provides a speed and jump boost effect and enables Glider Redeploy (The player’s glider will be changed to Symbiotic Sail).

Obtained
Starting from the point when the first circle of The Storm forms, a Canister with the Venom Symbiote may spawn near the center of the map, and its location will be shown on the map. It will drop the Venom Symbiote when interacted with.

Chapter 2: Season 8

 * Update v18.00:
 * September 17th: Added the Venom Symbiote along with the Carnage Symbiote.
 * Update v18.10: Canisters will now make a noise when spawning.


 * Update v18.20:
 * October 13th: Due to a glitch the Venom and Carnage Symbiote's have been disabled ahead of schedule.

Trivia

 * The Symbiotes were initially set to be removed on October 18th. The date was changed because of a newly discovered glitch.
 * The glitch allowed players to keep the speed boost and Glider Redeploy without having the item after being rebooted.
 * On release the Venom Symbiote only changed the glider for console players. This was patched in Update v18.10
 * The Venom Symbiote functions almost identically to the Carnage Symbiote and thus they cannot be stored together in the player’s inventory.
 * It functions similarly to Venom’s Smash & Grab, however, it has two additional abilities and smaller cooldown time.
 * If you use the Venom Symbiote on a chicken, you will instantly gain 15 Health. This doesn’t work with other animals.