Hot Spots

Hot Spots are a Gameplay Mechanic introduced in Season 9. Each match one to three Named Locations were highlighted in a Golden text color, and contained special Loot Carriers which allowed players to gain high tier loot.

Description
Hot Spots are took the place of Named Locations, indicated by the Golden color text. At these locations, Loot Carriers would spawn, which would give or  rarity loot when destroyed. Hot Spots did not contain any other special features, as all other loot in the area was of standard rarity.

Each match there was a minimum of one Hot Spot, with a 25% chance for 2 of them, and a 5% chance for 3.

Loot Carriers
Loot Carriers were seen flying around Hot Spots. They were solid objects, and could be stood on top of by players. When destroyed, either by attacking them with a Harvesting Tool or shooting them with a weapon, they would fall to the ground and drop or  rarity loot along with two stacks of ammo. Hot Spots had between 12 and 16 Loot Carriers depending on the size of the location.

Season 9

 * Update v9.10: Introduced Hot Spots and Loot Carriers.
 * Content Update v9.10: Team Rumble now spawns with 4 Hot Spots per match.
 * Update v9.20: Changes to the Loot Carrier:
 * Reduced Sniper package availability from 12.5% to 8.45%
 * Reduced Explosive package availability from 12.5% to 7.04%

Season X

 * Update v10.00: Removed Hot Spots

Trivia

 * Like Rebooting and Marking, Hot Spots were yet another mechanic taken from Apex Legends, another Battle Royale game which gave Fortnite competition upon its release. Apex Legends has locations in which loot will be much higher rarity, and these are marked with a golden text color on the map.