Wasteland Warriors

This article is about the organization. For the set, see Wasteland Warriors Set.

Wasteland Warriors
Appears in	Chapter 5: Season 3
Status	Defeated
Reality	Helios
Base	Brutal Beachhead Nitrodrome Redline Rig
Leaders	Megalo Don
Relations
Allies	No Sweat Insurance (Gave troops)
Enemies	The Chums The Underground Kingdom of Doom (Previously allied) The Pantheon

“

(What)-Purpose is there for prey if not to be preyed on? (breathes) What use are the weak if not as play things for the strong. So... live out your magnificent purpose as chew toys for my CREW.

”

— Megalo Don

Wasteland Warriors is a faction in Fortnite: Battle Royale that was first introduced in Chapter 5: Season 3. They are a group marauders led by Megalo Don causing chaos and destruction wherever they go.

They are the main antagonist faction of Chapter 5: Season 3.

Overview

The Wasteland Warriors are a crew ruled by the "wannabe tyrant" Megalo Don, who seeks to destroy the Island using his Leviathan. Megalo Don sees the weak as toys for the strong and invites all to serve his crew as their toys, for he sees it the most magnificent purpose they can have. Everyone is free to join the crew, if they are strong enough to take the places.

Locations, Members and Technology

• Locations
• Known Members
• Technology

Major Bases

Name and Image		Information
Brutal Beachhead		Megalo Don's Leviathan Ship along with external facilities used as the headquarters of the Wasteland Warriors.
Redline Rig		A Nitro refinery run by The Machinist. It was built on top of Pandora's Box and was used to harvest and ship Nitro in barrels and splashes across the Island.
Nitrodrome		Circus of car spectacle, chaos and ceremonies. Run by Ringmaster Scarr. Record times are commonly hit here by Brite Raider.

Former Bases

Name and Image		Information
Pea Bois HQ		Peabody's headquarters for automobile assistance, after ending their alliance he stopped selling them parts.
Sandy Steppes Outpost		An outpost taken over by the wasteland, and later turned into a base for The Underground.
Megalo Depot		Former waypoint of the pipeline. It got exploded during the Refinery Event, by Doctor Doom.
Forecast Towers		Forecast Towers formally guarded by Wasteland Guards, now owned by the Kingdom of Doom.

Leader

Name	Description	Status
Megalo Don	"Wannabe tyrant" and Lord of the Wasteland Warriors. He aims to raze the Island using his Leviathan ship once it's powered with enough Nitro. He has mastered Nitro's capabilities and dictates himself as a godlike entity, whilst viewing the Islands' inhabitants as toys. From what Rust tells us, Megalo Don has been taken care of by Doom.	Missing

Members

Name	Description	Status
The Machinist	The Wasteland Warriors' one and only competent, master mechanic and owner of the Nitro Refinery. She is The Operator's sister, and was tasked by Megalo Don to build a pipe that will be used to grant Megalo Don's Leviathan ship with enough power from Nitro to raze the Island to the ground.	Missing
Scarr	The Ringmaster of chaos, destruction and ceremonies at the wasteland's circus of car spectacle: the Nitrodrome. She later gave her Pandora gem to The Looper, after they impressed her.	Missing

Warriors

Name	Description	Status
Wasteland Heavy Elites	Elite heavy armored nitro fueled shotgun wielding Wasteland Warriors that protect important locations and commandeer, or other times lead various War Bus Convoys.	Inactive
Wasteland Tactical Elites	Elite light armored nitro fueled assault rifle wielding Wasteland Warriors that protect important locations and commandeer, or other times lead various War Bus Convoys.	Inactive
Wasteland Heavy Grunts	Heavy armored shotgun wielding Wasteland Warriors that patrol various outposts and man the turrets on War Busses.	Inactive
Wasteland Tactical Grunts	Light armored assault rifle wielding Wasteland Warriors that patrol various outposts and man the turrets on War Busses.	Inactive

Former Allies

Name	Description	Status
Peabody	A specialist vehicle repair engineer team of three sentient peas that assists the Wasteland Warriors, notably Scarr. Phil, however, informs Hope of Megalo Don's requests for pipelines. The three of them later ended their alliance by helping Hope, Jones and The Looper.	Defected
The Wanderer	A so-called "ally" of Megalo Don, who once shared common interests with him and matters to settle on the Island. He disguised himself in a white cloak and began observing everything from the shadows and spooking a lot of people from his ghostly behavior. Members of the Wasteland Warriors were forbidden from touching or talking to him, or trying to look under his hood. He was also prophesied to be a threat by The Oracle. During the Refinery Event, Doctor Doom would sabotage Megalo Don's plans by implanting a virus on his Pipeline, causing it to back up and explode revealing Pandora's Box.	Defected

Possible Members

Name	Description	Status
Drakon Steel Rider	A racer of the wastelands whom claims to have never lost a race and enjoys the thrill of the scorched winds.	Unknown
Cinder	A strong and skilled racer who is ready for any race.	Unknown
Hot Rod T-60 Power Armor	A T-60 Power Armor loaned by East Coast Brotherhood of Steel.	Unknown

Weapons

Name and Image		Information
Nitro Fists		Nitro-fueled gauntlets that unleash a fiery flurry of punches.
Boom Bolt		A fast firing moddable crossbow that shoots explosive bolts.
Ringmaster's Boom Bolt		Ringmaster Scarr's personal Boom Bolt.
Megalo Don's Nitro Fists		Megalo Don's personal set of Nitro Fists.
Megalo Don's Combat Shotgun		Megalo Don's personal enhanced Combat Shotgun.
The Machinist's Combat Assault Rifle		The Machinist's personal enchanted Legacy Combat Assault Rifle.

Vehicles

Vehicle Name and Icon		Information
Behemoth		SUV of the Wasteland Warriors.
Lockjaw		On the hunt.
War Bus		Armored Battle Bus of the Wasteland Warriors' patrollers containing two roof-top cannons. Its horn doubles as an EMP pulse.

History

Chapter 5: Season 2

The Oracle prophesied Darkened skies, choking dust, the arrival of The Wanderer and that Hope will guide the Loopers through the darkness.

Sandstorm Event

Megalo Don and his Wasteland Warriors were attracted by Pandora's Box power on The Island after Zeus freed it. He used his ship's lights to send a morse code message to everyone on the island: "GET REKT".

Chapter 5: Season 3

A group of Marauders calling themselves The Wasteland Warriors led by Megalo Don would arrive on the Island along with the sandstorm, they immediately took control and claimed ownership of the Sand Biome with Ringmaster Scarr building The Nitrodrome where once stood Fencing Fields. Megalo Don would order The Machinist, the Wasteland Warriors engineer to extract Nitro from The Wasteland and build a pipeline so he could use it to fuel his ship with it and raze the Island. Hope discovered that Megalo Don plans to destroy the Island, but won't be able to launch his raid until his Leviathan ship is refueled with enough Nitro, to be able to power the Leviathan., so she call Jones to get The Looper's help to try to stop him. In the meantime, Megalo Don and his crew cause chaos and destruction over the Wasteland, causing conflict with opposers such as The Chums, The Underground and their new wastelander allies, including Rust and Brite Raider.

After hearing some chatter, Hope sent The Looper to get more information, they learns from Brite Raider and Rust that Megalo Don has been writing down some plans that feels unusual given his normal behavior and that everything is at Redline Rig. The Looper then infiltrate the Refinery, and take down a guard to get their keycard card and access Redline Rig's terminals. After sending all the data to Jones and Hope, they learn The Machinist is Megalo Don's sole competent engineer and that her mission is to build the pipeline. After that, Hope also learn that the Wastelanders have started to find gems from Pandora's Box. Feeling that the Box wants to be found, understanding that the Box want to be found, she decide to recover all the gems to avoid them falling into wrong hands. Meanwhile, the people of the Island keep feeling like they're being watched by a mysterious hooded figure around various locations on the Island. Megalo Don, through his Mysterious Transmissions, states that the powers of the gems from Pandora's Box attracted him here, feeling worthy of its power he wanted to take it for himself. He also reveal that he and The Wanderer share a common goal and the later has important matters to resolve. Megalo Don orders that nobody should see his face, claiming it to be beyond their comprehension, or maybe not. It is so mysterious that even Megalo Don himself has not seen their face.

The Looper would find and recover one of these gems at Brutal Beachhead and give it to Hope, which would give her a sudden headache. Later another from Ringmaster Scarr, who was seemingly not aware that her boss was searching them was recovered; after thinking The Looper is cool, was willing to trade her Pandora gem to The Looper for "a stunt so dangerously, rip-roariously metal that it makes the gods wet their big, golden bloomers." Once her gem is given to Hope, she reveal she just got a vision of Megalo Don working with a cloaked Wanderer. Later Jones discovered the third gem was owned by Peabody, once the Looper managed to get it after helping their auto technician in training, Dummy and gave the gem to Hope, she got another headache, stronger this time. With the pipeline starting to make good progress, and the Warriors' plan nearing a successful ending, Hope order to fin the last gem. After talking to Peabody, The Looper learns Megalo Don kept his valuable in cache on the Island. After searching the caches in vain, they tried to recover Megalo Don's map of his hidden cache, once done The Looper recovered the Gem and gave it to Hope which causes The Oracle, who prophesied The Wanderer, to return and assist The Underground in what comes next. In the meantime, The Wanderer assures Megalo Don of his plan with The Leviathan ship, so Megalo Don spends his time hunting for Jones and Hope to get his Pandora gems back.

Refinery Event

While failing to recover his gems, Megalo Don activated his pipeline to fuel The Leviathan to finally raze the Island, only for the pipelines to be hacked by Doctor Doom, which causes it to explode in a chain reaction, which also causes the rise of Pandora's Box, near Redline Rig.

Chapter 5: Season 4

With Doom harnessing the power of Pandora's Box, he no longer needed Megalo Don and "took care of" him, causing the Wasteland Warriors to disband their operations, leaving The Leviathan stuck in its place and the Wasteland losing its spirit.

Trivia

• The Wasteland Warriors are referred to as 'marauders' in Epic's blogpost.
• Promotional material sometimes showed characters on the wrong faction, such as Rust, Drakon Steel Rider and Peabody, and can be an unreliable source.
  • It is for this reason that the "Possible Members" section is formed.
• With the timing of the Mysterious Transmission broadcast going live, it can be assumed Megalo Don's self-proclaimed birthday is around July 29th.
  • Megalo Don decided to make this date his "birthday", so that he would be given the heads of Jones and Hope as gifts.