Henchmen

IO Guards are hostile AI in Fortnite: Battle Royale. They were introduced in Chapter 2: Season 5 and reappeared in Chapter 2: Season 7, Chapter 2: Season 8 and Chapter 3: Season 1.

Description

IO Guards are hostile Henchmen which usually spawn at IO related locations. They will attack the player on sight after a brief period of time, and are alerted immediately if the player is spotted by a Sentry Camera or Doctor Slone. All IO guards will be eliminated once all in the area are knocked, and they will attempt to revive each other if they remain alive. Players can shake down an IO Guard to reveal other Guards in the area.

IO Guards have 250 total HP, with 100 Health and 150 Shield, plus 100 Health whilst knocked.

Spawn Locations

IO Guards spawn at various Mole Teams throughout the map. They will also spawn at the upcoming location, Covert Cavern.

Chapter 3: Season 1: Mole Teams, Covert Cavern

Former Spawn Locations

Chapter 2: Season 8: IO Outposts, IO Convoy, IO Staging Facility
Chapter 2: Season 7: IO Camps, Satellite Stations, Corny Complex
Chapter 2: Season 5: Elevators

loot drop

IO Guards drop the following items when eliminated. They also drop a Healing Item and respective ammo with the weapon they drop.

Item	Icon	Rarity
Stinger SMG		Rare
Bars		Common

Item	Icon	Rarity
Assault Rifle		Uncommon
Burst Assault Rifle		Common
Rail Gun		Rare
Bars		Common

Item	Icon	Rarity
Pistol		Uncommon Rare
Assault Rifle		Uncommon
Pulse Rifle		Rare
Rail Gun		Rare
Bars		Common

Item	Icon	Rarity
Tactical Assault Rifle		Rare
Tactical Assault Rifle (Rare Chance)		Epic
Tactical Assault Rifle (Rare Chance)		Legendary
Bars		Common

Music

Chapter 3: Season 1
Sound	Description
	Patrol
	Threatened
	Threatened (IO Layer)

Chapter 2: Season 7
Sound	Description
	Patrol
	Base
	Threatened

Chapter 2: Season 5
Sound	Description
	Patrol
	Alerted
	Threatened

History

Chapter 2: Season 5

Update v15.00: IO Guards are added. They spawn from Elevators and have 350 HP.
Update v15.21: IO Guards no longer spawn in competitive, therefore eliminating any chance of a player having a Tactical Assault Rifle in Arena or competitive game modes.

Chapter 2: Season 6

Update v16.00: IO Guards are removed, along with the Elevators they spawned from.

Chapter 2: Season 7

Update v17.00: IO Guards are re-added. They now spawn at various Satellite Stations throughout the map, which all appear to be Imagined Order installations. They also protect Doctor Slone at Corny Complex.
June 10th hotfix has reduced the amount of guards that can spawn in an area. The spawn rate has been decreased from 21 to 14 I.O. guards.
August 7th: IO Guards no longer spawn at Satellite Stations. They now only spawn in Coral Castle, Sludgy Swamp, and Corny Complex.

Chapter 2: Season 8

Update v18.00: IO Guards now spawn at IO Outposts and IO Convoy. An IO Guard has a 50% chance to spawn at the third stage of Sideways Anomalies.

Chapter 3: Season 1

Update v19.00: IO Guards have been removed at the start of the season, with no IO Outposts on the map.
Update v19.01 Week 5: IO Guards are re-added. They now spawn at various Mole Teams throughout the map.
- 4/1/2022: Mole Team: Omega appeared near Logjam Lumberyard.
- 9/1/2022: Mole Team: Ryder appeared near Haven's Oasis, it is south of Greasy Grove.
- 1/19/2022:Mole Team: Dash appeared east of Sleepy Sound.

Lore

“

Maybe "they" pluck skilled combatants from The Loop to use as security?

”

— Batman

IO Guards are an army of soldiers trained by Imagined Order to guard their bases. They are picked from skilled combatants from The Loop, whether a Snapshot or the real person. They are mostly stationed in The Bridge, and work under the command of Doctor Slone.

Suit Abilities

Immune to The Loop
- Their air tight suit protect them from the the Loop's memory resets.

Slone and a pair of IO Guards create a Convoy and reach to the IO Staging Facility. During The End, The Foundation infiltrates The Bridge and saves Agent Jones from his cell, while groups of IO Guards try to stop them. Foundation uses his Railgun to Rift the IO Guards to different Realities, and throws a guard into The Zero Point.

Voice

Current Voices

Idle	1
	2
	3
	4
	5
Suspicious	1
	2
	3
	4
	5
Suspicious Ignore	1
	2
	3
	4
	5
Full Alert	1
	2
	3
	4
	5
Full Alert Idle	1
	2
	3
	4
	5
Lost Target	1
	2
	3
	4
	5
Knocked	1
	2
	3
	4

Old Voices

Knocked	1
	2
	3
	4
Full Alert	1
	2
	3
	4
	5
	6
Lost Target	1
	2
	3
	4
	5
Idle	1
	2
	3
	4
	5
Interrogation	1
	2
	3
	4
	5
Suspicious	1
	2
	3
	4
	5
	6
Suspicious Ignore	1
	2
	3
	4
	5
	6
	7

Trivia

Their main theme is IO ATTACK.
IO Guards first appeared in the Chapter 2: Season 5 Story Trailer, in which they were seen frantically running around The Bridge.
The Outfit can be obtained on developer accounts and is called IO Trooper with the Uncommon Rarity.
- This Outfit can also be obtained by eliminating an IO Guard as the Mystique outfit, and using her Shapeshifter Emote to temporarily transform into one.
Doctor Slone's entourage guards are stronger than normal IO guards.
In the Comics and Cinematics, they are also seen using a bigger variety of weapons like Tactical Shotguns, Assault Rifles and Submachine Guns.
- It it is also revealed that some IO guards are snapshots of Agent Jones who have been trained to be a security team for IO.
During Chapter 2: Season 5, in the Unvaulted LTM, IO Guards could drop an Epic or Legendary Tactical Submachine Gun, as well as a Bandage Bazooka instead of their normal loot.