Fortnite Season 4 kicks off with Battle Royale comet crash

Fortnite Season 4 is now live, with updates to both Save the World and Fortnite Battle Royale. As Battle Royale players have anticipated, the new content drop is based on the aftermath of a hugely teased event: a comet crash, which landed in the middle of the game’s map to create drastic changes all over.

The trailer above provides the setup for where players start off in Fortnite Battle Royale Season 4. A comet crashes into and destroys Dusty Depot — now called Dusty Divot as a result — instead of the expected Tilted Towers. (There’s now a bunch of makeshift construction surrounding the remnants of the comet in the center of the crater; while that all is destructible, the comet itself is sadly unbreakable.) Battle Royale’s gigantic island also suffers other impacts: Craters now appear in a variety of locations; this was one big meteor.

There’s also a totally new location too, called Risky Reels. It’s up in the Northeastern part of the map and, based on the trailer, was the previous location of Battle Royale’s own drive-in movie theater. The good news is, hey, there’s a cool new location to explore; bad news is that, for some players, the previously uninhabited area of the island was a great landing spot.

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And as for superheroes, which Epic Games also hinted at ahead of Season 4’s launch? They factor into Save the World’s latest quest line, called “Blockbuster! Part 1.” The five quests that comprise that story have players go check out the comet after Ray goes missing, all while trying to get a team of superheroes together.

We’ll have a more detailed look at the full patch notes on other fixes and updates later, but you can check them out on Epic Games’ website for now. But you should really jump into Fortnite and go check out Season 4 for yourself; it’s available right now.