The Vault

The Vault (also known as The Gateway) was an Unnamed Location in Fortnite: Battle Royale that was added in Update v8.40. It is also an important location in the Lore of Battle Royale, being the former container for The Zero Point guarded by Singularity. It seems to be an artificial version of The In-Between. It was forcefully opened by The Mecha in The Final Showdown Event, exposing The Zero Point.

History[]

Season 8[]

Update v8.30: A Government excavation site revealed a massive metal structure under the island.
Update v8.40: The Vault gets revealed by Unnamed Investigation Agency and The Runes get activated.
The Unvaulting Event: Loopers unvaults Drum Gun.

Season 9[]

Update v9.00: The Zero Point becomes the power source of Neo Tilted, and a giant cable gets plugged into The Vault.
The Final Showdown: Mecha destroys The Vault and pulls The Zero Point out, cracking it's shell.
- 7/20/2019 - 7/31/2019: The Zero Point gets more unstable every day.

Season X[]

Update v10.00: The Zero Point creates a No-Gravity Field around The Vault.
The End: The Zero Point and The Vault gets crushed by the Meteor, causing the The Blackout to happen.

Key Runes[]

During Season 8, there were 5 Key Runes around Athena that needed a certain task to move and get to The Vault. After all the Runes got into their spots, the Gateway opened.

Key 1[]

Key 1 appeared on April 19th, 2019, and required all players to damage it with their pickaxes or other weaponry. It would dash forward a bit after a certain amount of damage, making its way across the Island until it finally inserted itself into The Gateway.

Key 2[]

Key 2 appeared 3 days after the first, along with 3 laser-emitting orbs positioned around it. To insert this key, players had to work together and make all three lasers point at the key simultaneously.

Key 3[]

Key 3 appeared on April 25th inside a nightclub at Yonder Yard, players had to dance in the nightclub to cause it to fly away and be insereted into The Gateway.

Key 4[]

Key 4 appeared 3 days later near a checkered surface by Loot Lake. To activate it, players had to make the squares form a specific color pattern.

Key 5[]

The fifth and final key appeared four days later inside of the Volcano. It required players to sacrifice materials into the lava to get it to float higher and eventually reach the top of the volcano.

Items and Cosmetics in The Gateway[]

Items
Name	Icon	Type	Status
Tactical Submachine Gun		Submachine Gun	Inside The Gateway (formerly)
Infinity Blade		Melee Weapon	Inside The Bridge (formerly)
Grappler		Miscellaneous	Outside The Gateway (formerly)
Bouncer		Trap	Inside The Gateway (Formerly)
X-4 Stormwing		Vehicle	Inside The Gateway (Formerly)
Legacy Drum Gun		Assault Weapon	Outside The Gateway (Formerly)
Zapotron		Sniper Rifle	Inside The Bridge (Formerly)

Gallery[]

Outside[]

Inside[]

Audio[]

Sky Ambient
Vault Pillars
Ground Ambient
Zero Point Container
The Zero Point
Singularity's Desk

The Vault[]

Opening
Enter
Landed
Vault Effect
The Unvaulting

Vault Key[]

Start Moving
Stop Moving
Plugging into Vault

Trivia[]

The Lobby in the Impostors mode is the same with the interior of The Vault, but recolored.
The Case of Zapotron was hold inside The Bridge's Weapons Lab possibly because it was never meant to be Unvaulted.
- The Infinity Blade has also been put in The Bridge, this time in The Science Lab.
Eternal Zero wrap is based on The Vault's ceiling, Radiant Zero wrap is based on The Vault's floor and Fractal Zero is based on the Zero Point energy inside The Vault.
The countless Rifts in the background and the floating white orbs are identical to those in The In-Between.

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