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.
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 area around them, and spawn Shadow Stones. Kevin reforms, attaches to the Loot Lake bedrock and rises out of the air, leaving an giant hole and vortex in Loot Lake and creating a giant floating island with the house on top of it.
The Season 6 storyline
Not long after, the island began moving to the runes and activating them. After it finished activating the final runes, it lifted all the runes out of the ground and draws them to it. Kevin then aborsbed all the power and energy put of them and dropped them to the ground. It then headed back to Leaky Lake and started to absorb power out of the vortex.
The Start of Fortnitemares 2018
Soon after, Kevin shooter up a purple beam of light to the sky and created a huge portal. Then it blew up the island it was holding (destroying the house) and the pieces of Kevin that had grew around the house as Kevin activated the runes 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 countinued to crack throughout the week until eventually the outer shell fell off. Starting from then, every hour Kevin would drop some Nexus liquid into the vortex.
Welcome to the In-Between
On November 4th, during a live event, the final Nexus dropped and Kevin began spinning rapidly and charging up until it finally exploded and destroyed the entire Fortniteverse. The souls of every skin ended up in The Inbetween, which held every universe (including ours) in existance. A rift then appeared and turned into an butterfly, and every player in the server had one. The butterfly flew around for a while before it touched every players recreating the universe and island. The pieces of the floating island have overgrown with grass and fell to the ground and Kevin's remains are located in the center of Leaky Lake, marking the end of the current storyline.
Continuing on...
Later, Tomatohead created a army of former Durrr Burger employees and attacked Durrr Burger with roaches, forcing the resturant to close for good. Durrr Burger, wanting revenge, created its own food truck and went to war with Pizza Pit. The two food trucks moved throughout the map. Currently, the food trucks are located in Retail Row. Meanwhile, an robot named A.I.M jumped out of a plane and landed at Flush Factory. He made his way to Leaky Lake, spieing on townspeople and later to a dance party at Tilted Towers
How did it end?
Late in the season an Iceberg with a castle on top was floating towards the island. It ended up covering some of our favorite POIs on impact. Sgt. Winter arrives as he is brings his allies and planes as Season 7 begins.
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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