Season 6

For the article on The Chapter 2 Season, please see Chapter 2: Season 6

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 and the Cube, just in time for the Halloween season.

Season 6 was the first 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 The Cube in Season 5 started to corrupt the areas around them, leaving them dead and spawning Shadow Stones, rocks shaped like Kevin 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, with lightning striking each one. The cube was 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, you're back in the sky above a new version of Loot Lake, dubbed Leaky Lake The shards of the floating island had 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 Cube's 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 it's 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 over to Leaky Lake, watching over the 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 of days later, downtime began, 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

Update v6.00 (September 27, 2018)

New
- Shadow Stone

Vaulted

Update v6.01 (October 3rd, 2018)

New
- Chiller

Update v6.21 (November 1st, 2018)

New
- Balloon

Vaulted

Update v6.22 (November 6th, 2018)

New
- Heavy Assault Rifle

Vaulted
- Pumpkin Launcher

Update v6.30 (November 14th, 2018)

New
- Mounted Turret

Vaulted
- Fiend Hunter Crossbow

v6.30 Content Update (November 19th, 2018)

New
- Dynamite

Update v6.31 (November 27th, 2018)

New
- Epic & Legendary Pump Shotgun

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.

New kinds of Cosmetics

Pets: A type of back bling that reacts to certain situations you're in.
Music: Custom music for the lobby.

Battle Pass Rewards


DJ Yonder Tier 1	Calamity Tier 1	Pickaxe Tier 3	Bang! Tier 5	Calamity Tier 6	Picnic Tier 7


Campfire Tier 8	Emoticons! Tier 10	Bonesy Tier 12	Squeaky Clean Tier 13	Ghost Tier 14	Smash Up Tier 15


GG Potion Tier 16	Exhaust Tier 19	Meow Moon Tier 20	Pastel Patrol Tier 21	Zig-Zag Tier 22	Giddy-Up Tier 23


DJ Yonder Tier 25	Plunger Tier 26	Tomato Tier 28	Camo Tier 29	Manhole Cover Tier 30	Running Man Tier 31


Dice Tier 32	Valkyrie Tier 34	Fireflies Tier 36	Llama De Muertos Tier 37	Camper Tier 38	Covered Crusader Tier 39


DJ Yonder Tier 40	Scales Tier 43	Fate Tier 44	Ghost Tier 46	Fable Tier 47	Wallcrawler Tier 48


Lightning Tier 50	Black Cat Tier 51	Eerie Tier 53	Cactus Maze Tier 54	Dusk Wings Tier 55	Bat Tier 56


Bonesy (White) Tier 59	Tomato…Temple Tier 60	Patterned Tier 62	Slitherin' Tier 63	Chompmasters Tier 65	Meeet Tier 66


Bats! Tier 68	Spots Tier 69	Dusk Tier 71	Gremlins Tier 72	Scales (Pink) Tier 74	Fancy Tomato Tier 76


Fly Tier 77	Dusk Tier 78	Swarm Tier 79	Oni Tier 80	Skull Tier 82	Spectral Essence Tier 83


Ravage Tier 84	Nightshade Tier 86	Night Cloak Tier 87	Pixel Raven Tier 89	Bonesy (Mocha) Tier 90	OG (Remix) Tier 92


Dire Tier 93	Clown Tier 94	Flamenco Tier 95	Scales (Black) Tier 98	Dire Tier 99	Dire Tier 100

Season Levels

Free Tiers


Spiderweb Tier 2	Calamity Tier 4	Regal Wave Tier 6	Battle Bus (Emoticon) Tier 8	Floating Island Tier 11	Fabled Cape Tier 14


Crossfire Tier 22	GG Potion Tier 26	Guiding Glow Tier 30	Waveform Tier 38	Devil Horns Tier 42	It's Go Time! Tier 46


Supply Llama Tier 50	Jack-O-Lantern Tier 54	TP Tier 58	Game Over Tier 62

Achievement Rewards


Reckoning 5/8 Calamity Challenges	Webrella Victory Royale	Wolfpack 5/8 Dire Challenges

Unlockable Styles

Like the previous 2 seasons, the outfits 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 outfit. When you "level up" Dire fully, you will earn a backbling to go along with the outfit.

Calamity came with the Calamity Challenges, and Dire came with the Dire Challenges. Like Season 5, you can complete them even after the season ends.

Teasers

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Videos

Fortnite Season 6 Battle Pass - Now with Pets!

Fortnite Season 6 - Darkness Rises