Fortnite’s next chapter adds boss battles, Lego, Solid Snake, and a brand-new island
By Andrew Webster, an entertainment editor covering streaming, virtual worlds, and every single Pokémon video game. Andrew joined The Verge in 2012, writing over 4,000 stories.
Fortnite is heading underground. Following The Big Bang event on Saturday, which led to the destruction of the Chapter 4 island, some big changes are coming to the battle royale in a new season dubbed “Underground.” That includes a new island, gameplay features like boss battles, Lego skins, and of course more licensed characters like Metal Gear’s Solid Snake and Peter Griffin from Family Guy.
Let’s start with the island. In the update — which brings the game to Chapter 5: Season 1 — the battle royale island has been completely changed, which means a number of new locations. There’s a railway — complete with a train you can actually travel on — as well as marinas, mansions, and an all-new grassland area. There’s also quite a bit of snow.
As for gameplay changes, the island is now littered with five boss characters — one of whom is Peter Griffin. Defeating them will earn players a medallion with a very useful feature: the ability to regenerate shields over time. But it comes with a drawback as well, as holding onto a medallion will alert other players to your location on the map. “The more medallions you have, the more precise the radius of your exact location,” Epic says.
Other additions include: an SUV to drive around in, a weapon called the Ballistic Shield that let’s you “defend yourself with the shield while shooting the pistol at the same time,” the option to move while healing or restoring shields, and the ability to mod weapons in certain locations around the island. There’s also a new kind of in-game cosmetic; now, in addition to
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