Henchbros

Henchbros
Type	Character
Location	Various
Health	100
Shield	150
Weapons	Common Sidearm Pistol
Faction	GHOST SHADOW Last Reality Imagined Order
Release Date	August 27th 2020

“

Once members of 2 opposing factions, now henchbros for life.

”

— Henchman Bundle News Tab Description

The Henchbros are a squad of four passive AI Henchmen in Fortnite: Battle Royale. The Henchbros are from opposite sides: GHOST, SHADOW, The Last Reality, and The Imagined Order.

The Bros

Icon	Name	Faction	Description
	GHOST Henchman	GHOST	A lone GHOST Henchman who became friends with a lone SHADOW Henchman after both factions were disbanded.
	SHADOW Henchman	SHADOW	A lone SHADOW Henchman who became friends with a lone GHOST Henchman after both factions were disbanded.
	Trespasser	Last Reality	A trespasser from the Last Reality who made their home on the Island. They later united with the Henchbros.
	IO Guard	Imagined Order	A lone IO Guard who became friends with The Henchbros after the Imagined Order was defeated.

Behavior

The Henchbros are passive AI, meaning that they will not attack the player unless prompted. If attacked, either by damaging them or their vehicle, they will attack the player until they are eliminated.

The Henchbros will sometimes be seen driving a Prevalent GG2020 with the Radio on. Players can enter this car without being attacked.

Loot Pool

Weapon	Icon	Season	Henchmen
Current
Sidearm Pistol		Chapter 3: Season 3	All
Former
Pistol		Chapter 2: Season 4 - Chapter 2: Season 7	GHOST Henchman, SHADOW Henchman
Rapid Fire SMG		Chapter 2: Season 8	Trespasser

History

Chapter 2: Season 4

• At the start of the season, one remaining GHOST Henchman could be found at GHOST Flowers in Retail Row, seemingly living in a back room, seemingly celebrating GHOST winning against SHADOW
• Similarly, one remaining SHADOW Henchman could be found at The Authority on the topmost level, where they appeared to be living next to a small shrine of Brutus, who seemed to be crying about SHADOW abandoning the island and leaving him alone.
• Update v14.10: Both of these Henchmen move to Gas N’ Grub and meet. They have a rivalry and have an endless dance off until they are killed or distracted. They appear to have started a bond as they react to each other's dances with a mix of responses - those being cheering, clapping, laughing, and other responses conveyed through Fortnite Emotes.
• Update v14.20: The duo become friends and moved to an unnamed hotel in Lazy Lake, and continued their friendship there. They used Toys, such as the Basketball and enjoyed some food.
• Update v14.30: The two Henchmen moved to the bridge/buildings above Hydro 16, and were spotted walking around the area. They occasionally used emotes off both edges of the dam of Hydro 16. Eventually entering the building closest to Misty Meadows where while SHADOW goes to watch TV, GHOST looks around and uses one of the viewing telescopes on the look out. After which they group together and head back to the dam.
• Update v14.40: During the Fortnitemares 2020 Event, the duo were found around Sweaty Sands just hanging out. For the duration of the event, they wore alternate heads: The SHADOW Henchmen wore the head of Hollowhead and the GHOST Henchmen wore the head of Jack Gourdon. The GHOST Henchman likely had no correlation with the Ghostly Ghost Henchmen inhabiting The Ruins.
• Update v14.50: The Henchmen moved to Craggy Cliffs, primarily located at Sticks. After getting food they would wander around Craggy Cliffs and enter in the shops to buy camping equipment and supplies. Their pumpkin heads were now gone, and instead they both possessed Back Blings: The SHADOW Henchman wore the Precision back bling, while the GHOST Henchman wore the Raptor Satchel back bling.
• Update v14.60: The duo sat together on the edge of the map, east of Camp Cod. They had camping equipment, believed to have been acquired from Craggy Cliffs. The SHADOW Henchman used the Pickin' emote and the GHOST Henchman used the Have a Seat emote. They both looked off into the eastern horizon as they waited for Galactus to arrive to the island.

Chapter 2: Season 5

• Throughout the season, there was a small chance that the Henchmen duo would spawn out of IO Elevators, both looking disorientated and doing the Confused emote. This was the only place they could be found, and it was a small chance that they came out of any of the various Elevators around the map.

Chapter 2: Season 6

• Both henchmen were seemingly absent during this season. Possibly due to being abducted sometime during it.

Chapter 2: Season 7

• Update v17.10: They return in the Mothership's experiment area doing the Confused and Waterworks emotes, supposedly distraught.
  • Hotfix: The duo is back in the island, now residing in a small house south of Mount F8. Living casually and seemingly laughing at The Seven.
• Content Update v17.10: The Duo arrives at Risky Reels, Watching a movie and hanging out. after a while GHOST suddenly gets the urge to go so SHADOW guides him to the bathrooms. After which they get some snacks at the stand and continue their hangout.
• Update v17.20: The Duo reappears at Camp Cod. GHOST is resharpening his gun handling skills while SHADOW seems to be calculating something on a whiteboard and eyeing The Mothership.
• Update v17.30: The Duo makes their way near Slurpy Swamp to overlook the abduction. It would appear SHADOW is calculating The Mothership's properties while its going on. GHOST however doesn't really understand and follows along.
• Update v17.40: The Duo arrives near Coral Castle to watch its abduction too. Once they walk away from the whiteboard they appear to be fishing and later calling back to when they first meet at the Gas n' Grub, while even using the same dances they did to each other and playfully laughing along. They later walk to the campfire nearby and do the Hey Now! emote together.
• Update v17.50: The Duo have disappeared without a trace, yet again.
• Operation: Sky Fire: The Duo can be found trapped inside a chamber with Alien eggs surrounding them. Following the destruction of The Mothership, both of them can be seen falling next to The Looper as Apollo gets hammered with debris and cubes.

Chapter 2: Season 8

• Update v18.00: After the events of Sky Fire, one surviving Trespasser gathered their supplies and took refuge in one of the abandoned houses at Pristine Point. Unlike the Henchmen Duo, they attacked players on sight possibly due to what happened to The Mothership.
• Update v18.20: After some time to calm down the Trespasser became passive and would no longer open fire unless provoked.
• Update v18.40: Later on in their time on the island they left their home and walked around the neighborhood, knocking on the houses to see if anyone was home. Unaware that it was abandoned.
• The End (Chapter 2): With Apollo flipping over to Artemis it was unknown if any of the Henchbros survived. Fortunately they seemed to have made it and against all odds, survived.

Chapter 3: Season 3

• Update v21.00: Following seasons with no knowledge on their whereabouts, the Henchmen Duo can be found trapped behind a pile of rubble in an unfinished mineshaft in Reality Falls. They also befriended the lonely Trespasser and are waiting to be freed, with the rubble pile having 5 trillion HP, and can be progressively damaged by players in games. The rubble itself can be "destroyed" by a Cow Catcher modified Car, but will reappear in future games.
  • 6/16/2022: The 5 trillion HP rubble pile is destroyed.
• Update v21.10: Each game, The Henchbros are in a different place on the island, they can be emoting or driving around the island. If the Prevalent GG2020 that they were traveling in was stolen or destroyed, they will walk instead of drive.
• Update v21.20: The Henchbros have successfully brought the IO Guard along and are now a full squad! They still do their regular activities and sometimes can split into random groups of two.

Gallery

• Gallery
• Emote

Chapter 2

The SHADOW Henchman in The Authority

The GHOST Henchman in Retail Row

at Gas N' Grub

at Lazy Lake

during Fortnitemares 2020 at Sweaty Sands

at Craggy Cliffs

at the South-East corner of the Island

at Hunter's Haven's IO Guard Elevator

in The Mothership's experiment area

in a house behind Mount F8

at Risky Reels

GHOST looking for Risky Reels bathroom

SHADOW guide his mate to Risky Reels bathroom

GHOST's training at Camp Cod

SHADOW researching The Mothership at Camp Cod

at Slurpy Swamp abduction site

at Coral Castle abduction site

Alternate view

The duo inside a chamber with Alien eggs, during Operation: Sky Fire

SHADOW falling during the destruction of the mothership

GHOST falling during the destruction of the mothership

Chapter 3

Trio

Reality Falls

On the road

Coney Crossroads

Rocky Reels

Duo

Rocky Reels

Sleepy Sound

On the road near Shroom Station

Exited the car north of Overtaken Outpost

Exited the car near Greasy Grove

On the road near The Joneses

Squad

Rocky Reels

On the road near Rave Cave

Exited the car near Rave Cave

Inside Rave Cave

Exited the car in Reality Falls

Condo Canyon

Emote

Chapter 2: Season 7

Mothership Experiment

SHADOW	Confused	Stormy	Denied	Hang On	IDK
GHOST	Waterworks	Confused

Mount F8 House

Separate

SHADOW	Hang On	Chimichanga!
GHOST	Amazing Cube	Have a Seat

Conversation Together

SHADOW	IDK	Pop Corn	Hang On	Flex On 'Em	Go Home!	Thumbs Up
GHOST		IDK			Laugh It Up	True Love

Risky Reels

Watching Movie

SHADOW	Popcorn
GHOST	Bean Bag

Playground

SHADOW	IDK	Laugh It Up
GHOST	Yay!	Sproing!	Fist Pump

Near a Van

SHADOW	Best Mates	Laugh It Up	Hang On
GHOST	Best Mates	Yay!	It's Go Time!

Bathroom

SHADOW		Behold!	Amazing Cube
GHOST	It's Go Time!	Yay!	IDK

Campfire

SHADOW	Toasty	Laugh It Up
GHOST	Toasty	Laugh It Up

Shopping

SHADOW	Make it Rain	Tea Time	Feelin' Jaunty
GHOST	Make it Rain	Pizza Party	Where is Matt?

After Shopping

SHADOW	Hang On	Cardistry	Gentleman's Dab		Mind Blown
GHOST			Golf Clap	Boots 'n' Cats	Pelé’s Air Punch

Camp Cod

Seperate

SHADOW	Lunch Break	Be Seeing You	Calculated	Have a Seat	Eureka!	Yay!	Be Seeing You
GHOST	Lunch Break	Finger Guns	Yay!	Have a Seat	Kick Back

Slurpy Swamp

Conversation Together

SHADOW	Eureka!			Finger Wag		Hang On
GHOST		Yay!	Finger Guns		Confused

Separate

SHADOW	Be Seeing You	Focused	Have a Seat	Confused	Hang On	Eureka!	Kick Back
GHOST	Mind Blown	Jumbo Popcorn	Bean Bag	Have a Seat	IDK	Focused	Confused	Calculated

Coral Castle

SHADOW	Focused		Hang On			Face Palm		Confused		Finger Wag	Behold!								IDK		Laugh It Up				Scenario	Laugh It Up				Hey Now!
GHOST	Kick Back	Hello Friend		Finger Wag	C'mere				Hang On			Denied	Snoozefest	Raise the Roof	C'mere		On the Hook	Laugh It Up		True Heart		C'mere		Smooth Moves			Thumbs Up	Laugh It Up		Hey Now!

Operation: Sky Fire

Inside Chamber (Note: Some animations were unique to them in the event and aren't emotes)

SHADOW	Unknown Wave	Unknown Panicked Idle
GHOST	Confused	Unknown Idle

Chapter 3: Season 3

Reality Falls

Trapped

Trespasser	Amazing Cube
SHADOW	Kick Back
GHOST	Pickin'

Trivia

• Back in Chapter 2: Season 4. if a player were to aggravate the Henchmen Duo, the two would have a tendency to shoot the other accidentally and cause a fight with each other. This is likely due to the two Henchmen still being part of the GHOST and SHADOW factions internally. However with their friendship getting stronger this was no longer possible in Update v14.30.
• The Henchmen's models changed between Chapter 2: Season 2 and Chapter 2: Season 3, wearing shorts instead of longer pants.
• On the Chapter 2: Season 5 Legendary Quests "Eliminate IO Guards", eliminating them would count towards the quest.
  • Strangely. The IO Guard battle music would also play if they popped out. Despite not being part of the Imagined Order.
  • The GHOST Henchman was also mistakenly named "SHADOW Henchman" When looking in Battle labs or eliminated by him.
• The Henchmen Duo did not make an appearance in Chapter 2: Season 6, Chapter 2: Season 8, Chapter 3: Season 1 or Chapter 3: Season 2, while the Trespasser didn't make an appearance in the first two seasons after Chapter 2: Season 8.
• If separated, one of the henchmen will sometimes teleport to the other.
• If one of the henchmen duo was eliminated, the other will sometimes start doing the Waterworks emote.
• On July 30th 2021, Two Outfits named the GHOST Enforcer and SHADOW Enforcer were released with ties to the duo.
  • The following day, July 31st 2021 would see the release of the Hey Now! emote with the two Henchmen in the promotional video.

• In The Chapter 3 Season 3 “No Sweat Summer Quests” “Make A Character Dance To A Boogie Bomb” Using A Boogie Bomb On Them Would Count Towards The Quest.