The End (Chapter 1)

The End
“The End Is Near...”
Event Start Date	October 13th, 2019, 2PM ET
Event End Date	October 15th, 2019, 9AM ET

The End is an event in Fortnite: Battle Royale that occurred on the end of Season X. It started on October 13, 2019 at 2pm ET, similar to the Final Showdown. It was the final event to take place on the Early Access version of the Battle Royale Island, and the last event of Chapter 1. Construction for the event began on September 13 and ended on September 23.

Overview

At the start of the event, the rocket at Dusty Depot took off and rifted away into the sky, like it did in season 4, but unlike before, it went into a rift much sooner after it launched. All the rifts above the rift zones activated. A single rocket came out of the rift over Gotham City, it flew down and turned upwards, flying past Dusty Depot and into a rift over Lonely Lodge. The other rifts over the rift zones created 6 additional rockets that flew around into their own rifts (1 for each of The Seven). They each came out of these rifts, eventually crashing into the same rift. They arrived behind the Frozen Meteor and made a rift in front of it. All 7 rockets collided with this rift multiple times, looping around the meteor until it unfroze and went into the rift. A few seconds later, a rift appeared above Loot Lake and one rocket came out. It pointed a laser at the Zero Point (a callback to The Blast-Off Event) and crashed into it, creating a shockwave that knocked players into the sky. Shortly after, a much bigger rift opened up and the meteor, surrounded by the remaining 6 rockets, causing the meteor to break the rift zone around the Zero Point.

This ultimately cause the frozen Zero Point's explosion to ufroze and filled the island with stars. A few seconds later, the explosion effect started moving inwards and the Zero Point created a black hole that sucked in the entirety of the game. This includes the island, players, and even menu elements. Players still in the lobby also experienced this.

After the event, players were greeted to a black screen with a small object with the appearance of a black hole emitting blue light. Over time, numbers would appear around it. During this state, if you were to enter the KONAMI code (UP UP DOWN DOWN LEFT RIGHT LEFT RIGHT B/CIRCLE A/X ENTER/MENU/OPTIONS/PLUS), you would be able to play a mini-game that replicates the arcade game seen in the Season 9 trailer. The mini-game was previously playable during the Fortnite World Cup livestreams in-game.

18 different numbers appeared around the black hole. The numbers are 11, 146, 15, 62, 87, 14, 106, 2, 150, 69, 146, 15, 36, 2, 176, 8, 160, and 65. When put into comparison by the number of words in all of the Visitor/Scientist's recordings from the Season X's Out of Time Challenges, it states "I was not alone, others are outside the loop, this was not calculated, The Zero Point is now inevitable".

On October 15th, the black hole vanished and Chapter 2: Season 1 began.

Trivia

• This event was all teased since Season 1.
• This event led to the new map and was hinted by the Week 10 loading screen, where different skins wave goodbye to the Battle Bus in the new map.
• This is one of the major events to take place on a Sunday.
• This live event is one of the longest of all the events, Lasting a total of 2 Days!
• This event is the only one where the main game is rendered unplayable (other than being able to log in and experience the collapse of the world again)
• The same thing happened in the lobby. It looked different, though.
• During the start of Chapter 2 - Season 1, for players who purchased the Season X Battle Pass, the new spray showcasing the meteor hitting Loot Lake, was given to them. The spray was nicknamed the Comet.

Video

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