Season 6, with the slogan “Darkness Rises”, of Fortnite: Battle Royale started on September 27th, 2018, and ended on December 5th, 2018.
The theme revolves around Darkness, just in time for the Halloween season.
Season 6 was the first Battle Pass 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. The runes that were created by Kevin in Season 5 corrupt the areas around them,leaving them dead and spawning Shadow Stones, rocks shaped likeKevin that give ghostly abilities. The cube reforms, and attaches to the Loot Lake island, rising out of the lake, supported by a tornado, leaving a giant, glowing hole in Loot Lake. Kevin was back, and with a new house to suit.
The Season 6 storyline
Not long after, the island began moving to the runes and activating them, lightning striking each one, the cube glowing brighter after each rune was active. After it finished activating the final runes, it lifted all the runes out of the ground and draws them to it near the mountain near Dusty Divot. Kevin absorbed all the power of the now activated runes and dropped them to the ground when he was done. It then headed back to Leaky Lake and started to absorb power out of the vortex in the depths of Loot Lake.
The Start of Fortnitemares 2018
Soon after, Kevin shot up a purple beam of light to the sky and created a huge, swirling portal. The power blew up the island it was holding (destroying the house) and the pieces of Kevin that had grown around the house as Kevin activated the runes, they flew all over the map and began spawning Cube Monsters. These monsters could be killed for shield and loot. Kevin also created smaller Cube Fragments. Later, Kevin's outer shell began to crack and continued to crack throughout the week until eventually the outer shell fell off. Starting from then, every hour Kevin would drop a strange liquid into the vortex, its power draining slightly after every drip.
Welcome to the In-Between
On November 4th, during a live event, the final drip dropped from the now white/purple Kevin, it began spinning rapidly and charging up until it finally exploded and destroyed itself, teleporting every player to a white dimension dubbed the In-between,. A rift then appeared and turned into a butterfly. The butterfly flew around for a while, your skins head following it wherever it went. Your player eventually reached out, the rift butterfly landing on their finger and everything turns white. Suddenly, your back in the sky above a new version of Loot Lake, dubbed Leaky Lake The shards of the floating island have made new islands around the lake, now containing more chests then before. Kevin's remains are located in the center of Leaky Lake, marking the end of The Cubes life.
Continuing on...
After the event, A Pizza Pete's Food Truck is found near the Durr burger restaurant in Greasy Grove, a sign on the door showing its been infested with cockroaches forcing the restaurant to close for good. Durr Burger, wanting revenge, created its own food truck and went to war with Pizza Pit. The two food trucks raced throughout the map. At the end of the season, both food trucks set up shop in Retail Row Meanwhile, a robot named A.I.M landed at Flush Factory. He made his way to Leaky Lake, watching over player and later to a dance party at Tilted Towers, as shown in loading screens.
How did it end?
Late in the season an Iceberg, was spotted moving towards the island, leakers later found that Polar Peak sat inside. It ended up covering some POIs in the bottom left of the map, such as Flush Factory and Greasy Grove.A couple days later, downtime begins, and Season 7 begins, a snow/Christmas theme becoming apparent quickly.
Challenges
Week 1
Available: September 27, 2018
| Category | Challenges | Reward |
|---|---|---|
| Free | Pickup a Legendary Item in different matches (3) | 5 Battle Stars |
| Free | Regain Health from a Cozy Campfire (150) | 5 Battle Stars |
| Free | Stage 1: Search Chests
Stage 2: Search Supply Drops Stage 3: Search Supply Llamas | 3 Battle Stars |
| Battle Pass | Apply Shields (500) | 5 Battle Stars |
| Battle Pass | Land at Junk Junction,Tomato Temple, and Tilted Towers (3) | 5 Battle Stars |
| Battle Pass | Dance under different Streetlight Spotlights (7) | 10 Battle Stars |
| Battle Pass | Eliminate opponents in different Named Locations (5) | 10 Battle Stars |
Note: When you complete four challenges listed above you will receive a 5,000 XP Bonus.
New Features
Cosmetics
- Pets: A type of back bling that reacts to certain situations.
- Music: Custom music for the lobby.
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.
Battle Pass Rewards
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| DJ Yonder Tier 1 | Calamity Tier 1 | Pickaxe Tier 3 | Bang! Tier 5 | Calamity Tier 6 | Picnic Tier 7 |
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| Campfire Tier 8 | Emoticons! Tier 10 | Bonesy Tier 12 | Squeaky Clean Tier 13 | Ghost Tier 14 | Smash Up Tier 15 |
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| GG Potion Tier 16 | Exhaust Tier 19 | Meow Moon Tier 20 | Pastel Patrol Tier 21 | Zig-Zag Tier 22 | Giddy-Up Tier 23 |
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| DJ Yonder Tier 25 | Plunger Tier 26 | Tomato Tier 28 | Camo Tier 29 | Manhole Cover Tier 30 | Running Man Tier 31 |
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| Dice Tier 32 | Valkyrie Tier 34 | Fireflies Tier 36 | Llama De Muertos Tier 37 | Camper Tier 38 | Covered Crusader Tier 39 |
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| DJ Yonder (spray) Tier 40 | Scales Tier 43 | Fate Tier 44 | Ghost Tier 46 | Fable Tier 47 | Wallcrawler Tier 48 |
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| Lightning Tier 50 | Black Cat Tier 51 | Eerie Tier 53 | Cactus Maze Tier 54 | Dusk Wings Tier 55 | Bat Tier 56 |
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| Bonesy (White) Tier 59 | Tomato…Temple Tier 60 | Patterned Tier 62 | Slitherin' Tier 63 | Chompmasters Tier 65 | Meeet Tier 66 |
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| Bats! Tier 68 | Spots Tier 69 | Dusk Tier 71 | Gremlins Tier 72 | Scales (Pink) Tier 74 | Fancy Tomato Tier 76 |
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| Fly Tier 77 | Dusk Tier 78 | Swarm Tier 79 | Oni Tier 80 | Skull Tier 82 | Spectral Essence Tier 83 |
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| Ravage Tier 84 | Nightshade Tier 86 | Night Cloak Tier 87 | Pixel Raven Tier 89 | Bonesy (Mocha) Tier 90 | OG (Remix) Tier 92 |
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| Dire Tier 93 | Clown Tier 94 | Flamenco Tier 95 | Scales (Black) Tier 98 | Dire Tier 99 | Dire Tier 100 |
Season Levels
Free tiers
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| Spiderweb Tier 2 | Calamity Tier 4 | Regal Wave Tier 6 | Battle Bus Tier 8 | Floating Island Tier 11 | Fabled Cape Tier 14 |
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| Crossfire Tier 22 | GG Potion Tier 26 | Guiding Glow Tier 30 | Waveform Tier 38 | Devil Horns Tier 42 | It's Go Time! Tier 46 |
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| Supply Llama Tier 50 | Jack-O-Lantern Tier 54 | TP Tier 58 | Game Over Tier 62 |
Achievement rewards
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| Reckoning 5/8 Calamity Challenges | Webrella Victory Royale | Wolfpack 5/8 Dire Challenges |
Unlockable Styles
Like the previous 2 seasons, the skins 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 skin. When you "level up" Dire fully, you will earn a backbling to go along with the skin.
Like Season 5, you can complete them even after the season ends.
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