It feels like yesterday we watched a rocket shatter the space-time continuum in the sky above Fortnite’s map, but we’re already just a few weeks away from Fortnite Season 6, which means big map changes, a new battle pass, a new theme, and plenty of new skins.
The ball—er, cube is already rolling towards a Fortnite Season 6 reveal, with a massive lightning storm from a shrinking rift summoning a mysterious purple artifact. Players have been poking and prodding the purple cube as it slowly traverses the map in search of clues: where it’s going, and what will it do once it gets there? So, tinfoil hats firmly planted on our heads, here’s everything we know about Fortnite Season 6 so far, along with a bit of wild speculation.
What’s up with the cube?
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Good question! We don’t know. But plenty of people are making plausible guesses. If you’re new to Fortnite, here’s the short version of the ‘story’ so far.
A missile launched and broke the sky. A viking village and desert and a temple dedicated to the worship of a tomato appeared out of the cracks, bringing in locations and characters from varying time periods. The space-time police weren’t happy about this, and as alluded to in the description under the Enforcer skin released just last week, it’s time to restore order.
Order means closing the rift, which happened over the course of a few weeks and culminated in a lightning storm that eventually summoned a massive seemingly sentient cube to Fortnite’s island. Little has been discovered about the cube since it showed up. It’s bouncy, it zaps out bolts of lightning when shot, and it’s covered in strange runic symbols. It’s also been moving approximately every two hours, crawling towards an unknown destination.
Some players think it’s heading to somewhere just outside of Salty Springs, citing the direction all the stone heads that appeared with the rift are facing. Others believe it’s heading to Loot Lake, citing some datamined scripts that reference a ‘lake’ as a potential final destination. We’re keeping a watchful eye on our big, blocky friend and will update with any new happenings as quickly as possible.
When does Fortnite Season 6 start?
While Epic hasn’t announced an official start date, seasons typically start right after another ends. That positions Season 6 for a September 20 start date. Expect the time to move by a few days depending on how prepped Epic is with whatever changes the team is working on.
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