Overview
This article is about the sixth season of Chapter 1. For other uses of Season 6, see Season 6 (disambiguation).
Season 6, with the slogan Darkness Rises was the sixth season of Fortnite: Battle Royale. It started on September 27th 2018 and ended on December 5th 2018. It was also the first season to introduce Pets and Music to the game. The theme of the season revolved around darkness rising across the Island following the events of The Cube rising from Loot Lake with the floating island.
How did it Start?
How did it Start?[]
Season 6 continues the storyline that was started in Season 3.
Throughout the second half of Season 5, The Cube rolled around the island, printing seven glyphs before rolling into Loot Lake, sinking underneath the Lake and deactivating underneath the central island. The entire surface of the lake was turned purple in the process
At the start of Season 6, The Cube activated. It absorbed all of its energy dispersed along the surface of the lake and tore the central island from the ground and lifted it up into the air, with The Cube attached to the bottom of the floating island. The entire island was kept suspended in the air by an air vortex powered by The Cube itself.
Loot Lake was renamed to Leaky Lake on account of the mess that The Cube left behind. The central chunk of the lake was completely missing, and in the very center of the ruined lake was a large whirlpool with a bright light coming from underneath it. This likely lead to The Vault, and the location of the whirlpool corresponded to the exact location from where the cube emerged from at the start of the season, likely meaning that The Cube actually entered the vault, but returned back to the island for an unknown reason.
The glyphs located around the island became corruption zones. It seems like The Cube printed the glyphs to act as energy converters, using up the soil and natural resources in the vicinity of the glyph to convert into energy usable by The Cube. In the process, the glyphs corrupted the areas surrounding them, with dead trees and barren soil, along with Shadow Stones and purple vents littering the corruption zones.
Only one rift remained at the start of Season 6, maintained and controlled in a laboratory within an underground bunker in Wailing Woods.
The Season 6 Storyline
The Season 6 Storyline[]
Less than a day after Season 6 started, The Cube began moving with The Floating Island to the closest corruption zone, near Pleasant Park. Within three days, The Cube reached the corruption zone and ripped out a chunk of land with the glyph imprinted on it, lifting it up into the air and sucking out energy from the corruption zone underneath the glyph causing solid cube material to grow through the floating island. The process took some time, but once all the energy was sucked out from the corruption zone, The Cube dropped the glyph and moved on, heading towards the next corruption zone. Throughout nearly a month, The Cube visited all six corruption zones on the map and grew through the house on the Floating Island. The final corruption zone that The Cube visited was the central zone, and during the process, all other six glyphs around the island lifted from their corruption zones and began moving towards the Floating Island, each one suspended in the air by a vortex. At this point, The Cube material had grown through the entire floating island and the house. When the glyphs reached the Floating Island, The Cube began absorbing their energy simultaneously. When The Cube was done, the glyphs "deactivated" and crashed down onto the ground. Their purple colours turned to a darker brown colour, signifying that The Cube had stripped them completely of their energy.
At this point, The Cube was completely filled with energy and pulsed rapidly. It returned to Leaky Lake, where it started to draw power from the vortex there and projected a beam of purple energy upwards, opening a purple portal in the sky, which was likely a portal to The Last Reality. Over time, the portal in the sky grew, and covered the island in a purple fog.
On October 24th 2018, Fortnitemares began. The Cube released a sudden burst of energy that ripped the floating island into several large chunks. The Cube material that grew through the island was shredded into fragments and scattered around the island by a shockwave. These fragments spawned Cube Monsters, which attacked loopers. A thick fog also materialised and shrouded the entire map in darkness. This event was likely the first stage of invasion by The Cube, the first step into dominating and slowly destroying the Island beyond saving, preparing for a full-scale Last Reality invasion, which would then destroy this reality with The Cube's Cradle.
The Cube however, became overwhelmed with the amount of power it had and it's body started breaking and slowly decaying as the days passed, and the remains of The Cube's outer shell melted and dropped into Loot Lake, culminating in The Butterfly Event on November 4, where The Cube's outer shell completely melted away and it began spinning wildly, tearing itself apart in a giant explosion. All Loopers on the island were somehow sent to The In-Between. What happened next is unclear, but a large rift formed that took the appearance of a butterfly. It fluttered around each looper, before landing on the looper's finger in a cinematic event, transporting each player back to the Island.
After the Cube exploded, the pieces of The Floating Island fell into the lake, and the ruined lake was changed to a peaceful paradise, with colourful grass, flowers and waterfalls. In the center of the lake stood the remains of The Cube, arranged in a Stonehenge formation, while the chunks of the Floating Island were partially buried and covered in grass around the central area of the lake. The vortex, fog, and cube fragments scattered around the island were wiped away as if they never existed, and thus, Fortnitemares ended as Season 6 drew to a close.
How did it End?
How did it End?[]
Without the glyphs powering them, the corruption zones around the island began to fade, as the grass slowly regrew on the corrupted soil. The glyphs dropped near the central corruption zone and became overgrown with grass as nature slowly spread over the corruption created by The Cube.
Sometime after the Butterfly Event, a giant iceberg appeared in the far south-west, shrouded in a snowstorm and on a direct collision course with the island. A few weeks before the end of Season 6, a robot codenamed A.I.M. arrived on the island and planted a flag representing the Expedition at Flush Factory. The robot then began scouting the island and observing its inhabitants, preparing for the incoming invasion...
Battle Pass
Battle Pass[]
The Battle Pass cost 
950 V-Bucks, with an additional 25-Level Boost offered for 2,800 V-Bucks available via the Item Shop.
Season 6's Battle Pass introduced a two new cosmetics type: Pets and Lobby Music.
 Battle Pass Season 6  950 |
 Battle Bundle Battle Pass + 25 tiers! 2,800 4,700 |
Rewards[]
Main Article: Season 6/Battle Pass 
Achievement Rewards[]
Victory Royale
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Lv 100
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Lv 100
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Lv 100
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Hunting Party Rewards[]
Main Article: Hunting Party Challenges  |
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New Features & Changes
New Features & Changes[]
Update v6.00 (September 27 2018)
- New
Update v6.01 (October 3rd 2018)
- New
Update v6.02 (October 10th 2018)
- New
Update v6.10 (October 16th 2018)
- New
Update v6.20 (October 24th 2018)
- Unvaulted
Update v6.21 (November 1st 2018)
- New
The Butterfly Event (November 4th 2018)
- Vaulted
Update v6.22 (November 6th 2018)
- Vaulted
Update v6.30 (November 14th 2018)
- New
- Vaulted
Content Update v6.30 (November 19th 2018)
- New
Update v6.31 (November 27th 2018)
- New
Loot Pool
Loot Pool[]
| Assault Weapons | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
  Assault Rifle All Rarities |
  Burst Assault Rifle All Rarities |
 Scoped Assault Rifle Rare and Epic |
 Minigun Epic and Legendary |
 Thermal Scoped Assault Rifle Epic and Legendary |
 Suppressed Assault Rifle Epic and Legendary |
 Heavy Assault Rifle Rare - Legendary |
| Shotguns | |||
|---|---|---|---|
  Pump Shotgun Uncommon - Legendary |
 Tactical Shotgun Common - Rare |
 Heavy Shotgun Epic and Legendary |
 Double Barrel Shotgun Epic and Legendary |
| Submachine Guns | ||
|---|---|---|
 Submachine Gun Common - Rare |
 Compact SMG Epic and Legendary | |
| Pistols | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Pistol Common and Uncommon |
 Suppressed Pistol Rare and Epic |
 Hand Cannon Epic and Legendary |
 Six Shooter Uncommon - Epic | |
| Sniper Rifles | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Bolt-Action Sniper Rifle Rare and Epic |
 Hunting Rifle Uncommon and Rare |
 Heavy Sniper Rifle Epic and Legendary | |
| Explosives | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Grenade Launcher Rare - Legendary |
 Rocket Launcher Epic and Legendary |
 Grenade Common |
 Clinger Uncommon |
 Quad Launcher Epic and Legendary |
 Dynamite Uncommon |
Map Updates
Map Updates[]
Update v6.00
September 27th 2018
- The Cube has risen from the waters of Loot Lake, creating the Floating Island.
- The seven runes The Cube imprinted into the ground corrupted the land around them, spawning a new item, Shadow Stones, with up to three chests around each rune, similar to the Moai Heads back in Season 5.
- Haunted Castle was added on a hill near Haunted Hills.
- Corn has started growing on the fields in Fatal Fields.
- Four log cabins were added to Wailing Woods. Every one of the cabins has a secret room in the basement whose entrance is hidden behind a wardrobe.
- The building in the hedge maze was turned into a secret underground laboratory.
- Villain Lair and Hero Mansion started decaying.
- All Moai Heads were removed.
- The shack by Fatal Fields that was destroyed by the Cube is now under re-construction.
- A Hey Boo! halloween store has appeared in Retail Row at the previously unoccupied space between McGuffin's bookstore and the unnamed camping equipment shop.
- The remains of the sporting goods shop destroyed by The Cube in Tilted Towers was surrounded by a wooden fence.
- The American football pitch in Pleasant Park was changed back into a soccer pitch.
- 3 huts made out of different materials were added in 3 different places.
- They're most likely a reference to a fable titled "The Three Little Pigs".
- The Fork Knife food truck moved to Trucker's Oasis.
- "No Swimming" signs have appeared around Loot Lake.
September 28th 2018
- Floating Island started moving towards
the rune southwest of Pleasant Park. - Halloween decorations are slowly appearing in many different places on the map.
September 29th 2018
- The Cube lifted up the rune, causing it to absorb the rune's power which made small Cube parts grow in the basement of the house.
October 1st 2018
- The Cube absorbed enough power, placing the rune back into the ground and leaving a beam of light.
- The island started moving towards the rune beside
Shifty Shafts.
- The island started moving towards the rune beside
Update v6.01
October 3rd 2018
- The Cube lifted up the rune and started to absorb its power. More Cube parts have appeared on the house, even creating a couple inside the house itself.
October 5th 2018
- The Cube absorbed enough power, placing the rune back into the ground and leaving a beam of light.
- The island started moving towards the rune northwest of
Fatal Fields.
- The island started moving towards the rune northwest of
October 6th 2018
- The Cube lifted up the rune and started to absorb its power. More Cube parts have appeared on the upper floor of the house.
October 8th 2018
- The Cube absorbed enough power, placing the rune back into the ground and leaving a beam of light.
- The island started moving towards the
rune south of Retail Row.
- The island started moving towards the
October 10th 2018
- The Cube lifted up the rune and started to absorb its power. More Cube parts have appeared on the wood beams just below the house.
Update v6.02
October 10th 2018
- The Cube absorbed enough power, placing the rune back into the ground and leaving a beam of light.
- The island started moving towards the rune inside of
Wailing Woods.
- The island started moving towards the rune inside of
- Loot Lake was renamed to Leaky Lake.
October 13th 2018
- The Cube lifted up the rune and started to absorb its power. More Cube parts have appeared in the attic.
October 14th 2018
- The Cube absorbed enough power, placing the rune back into the ground and leaving a beam of light.
- The island started moving towards the
rune beside Lazy Links.
- The island started moving towards the
Update v6.10
October 16th 2018
- A Pizza Pit food truck appeared in Tomato Temple.
- Demolition crew moved in and started demolishing the remains of the destroyed sporting goods shop in Tilted Towers.
- Depot Race Track was added in the former place of the Open Soccer Stadium.
- Trucks transporting Quadcrashers appeared in many places on the Island.
- The Cube lifted up the rune and started to absorb its power.
October 17th 2018
- The Cube absorbed enough power, placing the rune back into the ground and leaving a beam of light.
- The island started moving towards the middle of Athena.
October 18th 2018
October 19th 2018
- The runes started to float towards the Floating Island.
October 20th 2018
- The runes arrived at the Floating Island and the Cube started to absorb their powers once again.
- The Cube absorbed enough power. The runes have fallen to the ground and The island started moving towards its original position, above Leaky Lake.
October 21st 2018
- Floating Island moved back to its starting position and created a Sky Portal with a beam attaching it to the island.
October 22nd 2018
- The portal in the sky has grew significantly.
Update v6.20
October 24th 2018
- Halloween decor was added all around the Island (mostly residental areas) for Fortnitemares 2018.
- Floating Island exploded into 3 major and 4 minor pieces.
- Fatal Fields was turned into a halloween theme park, complete with three haunted houses and a field maze.
- The Fork Knife food truck moved to Fatal Fields.
- A Battle Bus has crashed north of Leaky Lake.
- The former Battle Bus located north, east of Shifty Shafts has disappeared.
- The Runes are no longer glowing.
- A Pizza Pit food truck appeared in Greasy Grove.
October 26th 2018
- The Cube started to develop cracks.
- These cracks grew bigger each day.
Update v6.21
November 1st 2018
- A giant piano appeared on a hill near Retail Row.
- Greasy Grove's Durrr Burger restaurant was closed due to a "bug problem".
- Strange noises can also be heard from the Cube.
November 3rd 2018
- The outer shell of Cube has fallen off it, revealing a slimy inside that occasionally leaks out what appears to be goo.
The Butterfly Event
- The Cube explodes, causing the Floating Island itself to crash down and make multiple small islands on Leaky Lake.
November 5th 2018
- As Fortnitemares 2018 ended, the Hey Boo! Halloween Store in Retail Row closed. Leaving the spot boarded up and vacant.
- The rest of the Halloween decor was also removed.
Update v6.22
November 6th 2018
- Corrupted Areas started to overgrow.
- The soccer pitch in Pleasant Park was changed into an American football pitch.
- A Durrr Burger food truck appeared in Greasy Grove. The food fight has began.
- Durrr Burger restaurant's windows have been boarded up.
November 8th 2018
- A parachute has appeared on top of the tallest chimney in Flush Factory.
November 10th 2018
- The food trucks are now at Sports Center.
Update v6.30
November 14th 2018
- The food trucks are now at Pleasant Park.
- Refined Rift Portals have appeared in the Secret Lab, connecting it and the cabins.
- The NOMS sign has re-appeared in Retail Row.
November 18th 2018
- The food trucks are now at Haunted Hills.
November 19th 2018
- A blizzard cloud can first be seen at a distance from Flush Factory.
- With each day it got closer to the Island.
November 20th 2018
- The food trucks are now at the Depot Race Track.
- The NOMS sign has re-reappeared in its original place in Retail Row.
November 24th 2018
- The food trucks are now at the Motel.
Update v6.31
November 27th 2018
- The food trucks are now at Lazy Links.
November 28th 2018
- The blizzard cloud turns out to be a Iceberg, later known as Polar Peak.
November 29th 2018
- The tip of a castle can be seen on the Iceberg.
November 30th 2018
- The food trucks are now near Tomato Temple.
- The lights in the Iceberg were turned on.
December 1st 2018
- The food trucks are now near Dusty Diner.
December 4th 2018
- It started snowing on the Spawn Island.
- The food trucks are now in Retail Row.
Map Gallery[]
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Gallery
Gallery[]
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