For the article on Chapter 2 season, please see Chapter 2: Season 7
Season 7, with the slogan “You Better Watch Out”, is the seventh season of Fortnite: Battle Royale which started on December 6th, 2018 and ended on February 28th, 2019.
The supposed end date was on February 14th, 2019, but was postponed by 2 weeks due to Epic Games’ holiday break.
The theme revolves around the Holidays, especially Christmas.
By purchasing the Battle Pass, players were given early access to Creative mode, 1 week before everyone else on December 13th, 2018.
You can find the full list of cosmetics released in this season here.
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The Start of Something New
Season 7 started a new storyline, separate from the storyline that had been happening since Season 3. The corruption zones had completely faded away by the time the Iceberg spotted in late Season 6 collided with the southwest side of the island, burying Greasy Grove under mounds of ice and completely destroying Flush Factory. Three new locations were brought in with the Iceberg, Happy Hamlet, a small town for the inhabitants of the Iceberg, Polar Peak, a large ice mountain containing a mysterious tower, and Frosty Flights, the headquarters of The Arctic Force, a military faction commanded by Sgt. Winter, who takes his orders from The Ice King, the entity responsible for controlling The Iceberg. Following the Iceberg's collision with the island, The Arctic Force invaded the island using Slushy Soldiers and X-4 Stormwing planes, setting up numerous Expedition Outposts throughout the island.
The Season 7 Storyline
Within the next few days following the launch of Season 7, Polar Peak began to thaw out, revealing a giant castle owned by The Ice King and several surrounding buildings. As the ice continued to melt even further, a throne room, library, and a dungeon were revealed. The dungeon contained cells, one of which contained five mysterious eggs. A further room was also revealed, housing a large mound of ice surrounded with chains.
As these events were happening, Tilted Towers was rebuilt into a news station following the destruction of the previous building by The Cube.
The rest of the Season was mostly silent, the only storyline-related events being that the Infinity Blade temporarily became accessible for loopers to use. However, around 40-50 days before the end of Season 7, a large sphere of ice appeared above Polar Peak, which contained a dormant Ice King inside, swirling several cube shards in his hands, likely sourced from the Cube remains left at Loot Lake following The Butterfly Event. It seemed like The Ice King was combining the power of The Cube with his ice magic, and a countdown appeared to a live event.
When the countdown reached zero, The Ice Storm began. The Ice King awakened from his slumber and broke out of his ice sphere, fragmenting it into pieces and unleashing a powerful shockwave that pushed the storm away. Using his magic, The Ice King created a giant hologram-like image of himself next to the island. In the next few seconds, he built up a giant snowstorm and swept it over the map, covering it in snow and ice. The power of The Cube combined with the Ice Magic spawned Ice Cube fragments all over the map, spawning the Ice Legion. The entire map was also covered in a snowy mist, significantly obscuring vision similarly to Fortnitemares. The Ice King might have been attracted to the island following the events of The Cube, and set to harness its power for himself.
It was revealed that the large mound of ice within Polar Peak contained The Prisoner, who seemed to be the Fire King, and thus, an enemy to the Ice King. It seemed like at some point, The Ice King managed to defeat The Prisoner, chaining him up within Polar Peak and encasing him within a mound of ice so that he could never oppose him again. However, what the Ice King did not factor, was that the climate of the Fortnite Island was too hot. The mound of ice began melting, and soon, the Prisoner managed to break free and escape from Polar Peak, taking the five eggs and fleeing to the Northeast side of the island. Within a week or so, the snow on the northeast side of the island began melting. Within days, the Ice Monsters disappeared, and the snow retreated back to the southeast side of the map, as The Prisoner began casting spells to melt the ice.
How did it End?
The Prisoner's activities was affecting the magma underneath the Fortnite Island, dozens of fissures to open up around the island. The largest one of the fissures (which also happened to be the last one) occurred inside Tilted Towers, destroying the news station that was just constructed. In the final days of Season 7, Wailing Woods became dried up and discoloured, as ashes started to rise up from the ground.
Battle Pass
The Battle Pass costs 
950 V-Bucks, like the previous seasons. This Battle Pass first introduced wraps into the game.
Battle Pass Rewards
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| Zenith Tier 1 |
Lynx Tier 1 |
Wreath Tier 3 |
Arctic Camo Tier 5 |
Mistletoe Tier 6 |
Perfect Present Tier 7 |
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| Grumpy Tree Tier 8 |
Festive Paper Tier 11 |
Gingerbread Tier 12 |
Festive Tier 13 |
Gingerbread Tier 14 |
Tactical Sleigh Tier 15 |
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| GG Wreath Tier 16 |
Hamirez Tier 19 |
Bag of Coal Tier 20 |
String Lights Tier 21 |
Sgt. Winter Tier 22 |
Sgt. Winter Tier 23 |
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| Ginger Gunner Tier 25 |
Ultra Red Tier 26 |
Ice Puck Tier 28 |
Flannel Tier 29 |
Crackshot Tier 30 |
Shimmer Tier 31 |
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| Merry Marauder Tier 32 |
Remus Tier 35 |
Neon Cat Tier 36 |
Glyphs Tier 37 |
Star Tier 38 |
Glidurrr Tier 39 |
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| Tender Defender Tier 40 |
Durrr Burger Tier 43 |
Moth Tier 44 |
Mittens Tier 45 |
Powder Tier 47 |
Porthole Tier 48 |
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| Ham Tier 50 |
Hamirez (Pink) Tier 52 |
Amazed Tier 53 |
Cuddle Team Hula Tier 54 |
Ice Cube Tier 55 |
Trash Can Tier 56 |
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| Fiber Optics Tier 58 |
Indigo Ice Tier 60 |
Sun Tier 62 |
Get Funky Tier 63 |
Support Squadron Tier 65 |
Remus (Skull) Tier 67 |
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| Penguin Tier 68 |
Bananas Tier 70 |
Trog Tier 71 |
Trog Drawings Tier 72 |
Carbon & Gold Tier 74 |
Fancy Burger Tier 76 |
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| Shackle Tier 77 |
Dark Llama Tier 78 |
Rickety Runner Tier 79 |
Baited Tier 80 |
Hamirez (Brown) Tier 83 |
Octopus Tier 84 |
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| Swirls Tier 85 |
Durrr Burger Tier 86 |
Onesie Tier 87 |
Pixel Ramirez Tier 89 |
Skull Squad Tier 90 |
Twist Tier 92 |
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| Remus (Ice) Tier 93 |
F Tier 94 |
Free Flow Tier 95 |
Dusty Depot Tier 98 |
Lynx Tier 99 |
The Ice King Tier 100 |
Free Tiers
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| GG Snowman Tier 2 |
X-4 Stormwing Tier 4 |
Snowflakes Tier 6 |
Icy Heart Tier 8 |
Airplane Tier 11 |
Golf Clap Tier 14 |
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| Trail Tote Tier 22 |
Sgt. Winter Tier 26 |
Royale Air Tier 30 |
Abominable Axe Tier 38 |
Blade Tier 42 |
Mic Drop Tier 46 |
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| Lynx Tier 50 |
Disco Tier 54 |
Hot Chocolate Tier 58 |
Melting Snowman Tier 62 |
Achievement Rewards
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| Snowfall Victory Royale |
Map Changes
The southwest quarter of the map was covered by snow, thus creating a new biome. Shifty Shafts and Snobby Shores were completely covered in snow, while Tilted Towers and Lucky Landing were partially covered.
- New Locations
- Frosty Flights
- Happy Hamlet, replacing Flush Factory
- Polar Peak
- The Block, replacing Risky Reels
- Removed Locations
Read how the Map Changes progressed throughout the season in these patches:
New Features & Changes
Update v7.00
Update v7.01
- New
Update v7.10
Content Update v7.10 - 1
- New
Content Update v7.10 - 2
- New
Content Update 7.10 - 3
- Unvaulted
- Vaulted
- Six Shooter
- Burst Assault Rifle (Common - Rare)
- Six Shooter
Update v7.20
- New
- Scoped Revolver
- Gliders
- Balloon (Rare)
- Stink Bomb (Rare)
- Scoped Assault Rifle (Uncommon)
- Scoped Revolver
- Vaulted
- Balloon (Epic)
- Stink Bomb (Epic)
- Scoped Assault Rifle (Epic)
- Balloon (Epic)
Content Update v7.20
- New
- Vaulted
Update v7.30
- New
- Unvaulted
Content Update v7.30
- New
- Vaulted
Update v7.40
- New
- Unvaulted
- Vaulted
Content Update v7.40
- New
Trivia
- This season was the first to have all Battle Pass Outfits have an extra Edit Style(s).
- Bushes had Christmas lights on them.
- X-4 Stormwings had tiny reindeer antlers and festive red wings around Winterfest.
- There are three ice sculptures near Polar Peak. They're sculptures of the outfits Raven, Red Knight, and Love Ranger.
- The Crackshot Special portion of the trailer is based of old stop-motion type Christmas movies.
- The portion also contains multiple references to previous seasons and events in the game. Ornaments of Beef Boss, Tomatohead, the rocket, multiple boogie bombs, and a glider (closely resembling Gum Drop) are seen on the Christmas tree, a supply drop is landing at the very beginning of the trailer, a rift-to-go can be seen on a bottom shelf near the beginning of the trailer, a present resembling the Cube is seen under the tree, and a treasure chest can be found under the window. The gingerbread men that Crackshot makes are designed after Merry Marauder as well.
- The Crackshot seen in the trailer was also released as a back bling for Crackabella, being Snackshot.
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