Kevin the Cube

Overview

Disambig gray This article is about the Purple Cube in Chapter 1, Chapter 4: Season OG, and Fortnite OG. For the Red counterpart in Fortnite OG, see Revin the Cube. For the Cubes in Chapter 2: Seasons 7 and 8, see Corruption Cubes. For the Wrap based on Kevin the Cube, see Kevin (Wrap).

Season 5[]

Despite all of the creepy noises and glowing glyphs, we couldn't resist taking a closer look.
Drift

Kevin the Cube is a Corruption Cube that first appeared in Season 5. It is a sentient being born from The Last Reality with malicious intent to corrupt everything.

It is a major antagonist in Fortnite: Battle Royale, serving as the main antagonist of Season 5 and Season 6.

Overview

Overview[]

Six-Sided Mystery (Full) - Loading Screen - Fortnite

Kevin is a sentient entity that appeared first on August 24, 2018, during Season 5. It appeared near Paradise Palms, being created from several lightning strikes from the Sideways Rift, closing it in the process. The Cube is an object of immense power, as it was capable of destroying objects in its path as it rolled towards Loot Lake, printing powerful runes which reduced gravity, and generated Cube Monsters from its fragments.

The Cubes are the power sources of The Last Reality, an evil and malicious faction affiliated with the The Sideways with an intention to corrupt and destroy realities. The Cubes are all controlled by The Cube Queen. Thousands of dormant cubes are stored in a dedicated room in the Motherships, used to power the gigantic alien ships.

Appearance

Appearance[]

The Cube (Low) - Entity - Fortnite

Active
The Cube - Entity - Fortnite

Powered
The Cube (Unstable) - Fortnite

Cracked
Behavior

Behavior[]

Image Description
Six-Sided Mystery (Full) - Loading Screen - Fortnite
Lightning Attack
A self-defense mechanism that any cube can use.
Cube Rolling - Event - Fortntie
Rolling
Can move in one direction at a time.
Corrupted Area - POI - Fortnite
Corruption
Corruption Cubes can spread corruption from the Sideways near them.
lcenterft Infection
Corruption Cube can spread small cubes around it. Some will turn into Monster Spawner for Cube Monsters.
Cube Propagation - Event - Fortnite
Turn Solid or Liquid
Cubes can melt in water and turn into liquid. It can also return back to full solid cube at will.
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Sky Portal
Portal to The Last Reality.
Floating Island - Unnamed Location - Fortnite
Generate Wind
Cubes can make strong wind around them. Abductors used their wind to float.
Cube Field - Event - Fortnite
Low Gravity
The first cube can produce a low gravity field around it.
History

History[]

Season 5[]

Birth of the Cube

Birth of the Cube

As the Sideways Rift continued to rapidly close up, it suddenly turned purple. Within the next few days, purple storm lightning bolts began shooting out of the crack, all targeting a hill near Paradise Palms, containing a large stone rock surrounded by a ring of cacti. Each lightning strike picked off one cacti one-by-one, until a larger lightning bolt destroyed the large rock. The Crack Closure event occurred on 24th August 2018, with a gigantic storm lightning bolt striking out of the rift, lasting for around 10 seconds. When it was over, the Crack in the Sky closed. then The Cube was formed. Though it first appeared to be a stationary object, it began to move at a rate of one revolution every 1 hour and 43 minutes.

The Movement Map

The Movement Map

During its journey around Athena, The Cube printed seven runes with anti-gravity domes surrounding.

After finishing this process, The Cube destroyed one of the buildings in Tilted Towers and then proceeded to the edge of Loot Lake on September 19, 2018. The Cube appeared to dissolve, turning Loot Lake in a purple-pink gelatinous state with properties akin to The Cube itself, such as becoming bouncy.

Cube Dissolving - Event - Fortnite

Season 6[]

The Floating Island

The Floating Island

With the beginning of Season 6, the Cube—now fully energized—rose from the waters of Loot Lake, lifting the cabin and the island at its center with it to form the Floating Island. This ascent created a massive hole in the lake, exposing the bridge leading to The Zero Point, which appeared as a vortex at its center.

Just two days after the island began to rise, the Cube started moving the Floating Island to each of the runes it had imprinted during Season 5. After absorbing energy from all the runes, the Cube and the island descended back to Loot Lake. Kevin then began to power The Storm itself by channeling energy into the sky, forming a portal-like phenomenon that continued to expand until it enveloped the entire island.[1] On October 24, 2018—the first day of Fortnitemares 2018—the Cube released a massive burst of energy, causing the Floating Island to explode into multiple fragments. In the aftermath, the Storm began forming Cube-like monoliths across the island and spawning Cube Monsters.

Cube Cracking - Event - Fortnite

However, the Loopers repeatedly and relentlessly attacked the Cube, causing it to begin cracking. After sustaining heavy damage, the Cube started leaking its dark nectar into the Vortex, drip by drip, until the final drop fell. On November 4, 2018, the Cube began spinning rapidly before erupting in a blinding white flash, splitting itself apart.

Following the flash, the Loopers were transported to The In-Between. Shortly afterward, a rift formed and manifested as a butterfly, which approached The Looper and landed gently on their finger. The butterfly then opened a Rift, returning the Loopers to Athena and restoring Leaky Lake.

Season X[]

Section

Kevin

Cube (Steamy Stacks) - Cube - Fortnite
Section

Details

Species

Cubes (Dark Energy)

Debut

Season X (9/3/2019)
Section

Personal Info

Family

Faction

Darkness rises once more.
The Return

Kevin the Cube is a Corruption Cube that first appeared in Season X. It is a Kevin from an alternative timeline of Reality Zero brought to this reality by The Scientist.

It is a major antagonist in Fortnite: Battle Royale, serving as a minor antagonist during Season X and one of the main antagonists during Chapter 2: Season 8 alongside the other Cubes, The Cube Queen and the rest of The Army of the Last Reality.

Overview

Overview[]

An alternate timeline version of Kevin where the Floating Island was a fusion between the Motel and Loot Lake house. Rifted objects believed to have disappeared or changed places such as the Durrr Burger tagged by Drift, the Lonely Lodge sign etc... during World Collide are also on this Island, strongly suggesting that it comes from another timeline where the events, although similar, happened a little differently. In The End, the Island blew up but Kevin itself lived and became the power source of Steamy Stacks. When it managed to escape, it joined the rest of the Cubes at The Convergence.

Abilities

Abilities[]

Image Description
Six-Sided Mystery (Full) - Loading Screen - Fortnite
Lightning Attack
A self-defense mechanism that any cube can use.
Cube Rolling - Event - Fortntie
Rolling
Can move in one direction at a time.
Corrupted Areas (River) - Unnamed Location - Fortnite
Corruption
Corruption Cubes can spread corruption from the Sideways near them.
Floating Island (September 3rd 2019) - Unnamed Location - Fortnite
Generate Wind
Cubes can make strong wind around them. Abductors used their wind to float.
Caretakers Summon - The End - Fortnite
Sideways Portal
Portal to the Sideways.
Screenshot 2018-11-24 at 5.59.03 PM
Sky Portal
Portal to The Last Reality.
Cube Queen Full Power - The End - Fortnite
Empowerment
Corruption Cube's dark energy can be harness for many uses. The Ice King and Raz uses it to make them stronger and more powerful. The Cube Queen uses it to power her Golden Cube and create portal to The Last Reality.
History

History[]

Season X[]

Season X Floating Island

Season X Floating Island

The Floating Island from an alternate timeline came through a Rift Beacon. it didn't do anything after that except circle the island aimlessly. Later in the season, Cube memorials appeared at Loot Lake and on the mountain Kevin was created.

Chapter 2: Season 1[]

Steamy Stacks (v18.10) - Location - Fortnite

Following The End of Athena and the creation of Apollo, The Floating Island was destroyed, but The Cube was conserved. Following the reconstruction of the island by The Zero Point, it was placed into a dormant state and underneath Building 2 of Steamy Stacks, a power station which uses The Cube to generate electricity. The facility is run by Kevolution Energy.

Chapter 2: Season 8[]

  • The Steamy Stacks Cube was added to the island, broken out of Steamy Stacks and had already plowed its way west of the location.
  • September 28th 2021, 12:00 PM EST - Activation Beginning
  • September 28th 2021, 6:00 PM EST - Activation Conclusion
  • September 28th 2021, 10:40 PM EST - The cube rolls for the first time (south)
  • September 29th 2021, 2:23 AM EST - The cube rolls for the second time (west)
  • September 29th 2021, 6:04 AM EST - Third movement (west)
  • September 29th 2021, 9:46 AM EST - Fourth movement (west)
  • September 29th 2021, 8:50 EST - Seventh movement (west)
  • September 30th 2021, 10:41 PM EST - Fourteenth movement (west)
  • October 2nd, 2021, 12:32 AM EST - Twenty-first movement (west) approximately entering the vicinity of Mowdown.
  • October 2nd, 2021, 3:18 PM EST - Twenty-fifth movement (west)

Content Update v18.10[]

  • October 6th 2021, 12:32 AM EST - Forty-seventh movement (south) approximately entering the vicinity of Scenic Spot.
  • October 6th 2021, 7:00 PM EST - Fifty-second movement (south) is also when the cube sat upon the overlook at Scenic Spot for some time.
  • October 8th 2021, 8:55 AM EST - Fifty-third movement (south) the cube moves down the overlook, though the movement did not happen in-game.
  • October 11th 2021, 3:32 PM EST - Seventieth movement (east)

Update v18.20[]

  • October 17th 2021, 2:59 PM EST - One-hundredth movement (west) approximately entering the vicinity of The Aftermath.

Update v18.21[]

Chapter 4: Season OG[]

  • This version of Kevin doesn't exist in Reality: UN-0-C4OG and is instead replaced by Season OG Kevin, which is this reality's Original Kevin who survived instead of being destroyed like in Reality Zero.

Chapter 4: Season OG[]

Section

Kevin

Loot Lake (November 23rd 2023) - Location - Fortnite
Section

Details

Species

Cubes (Dark Energy)

Debut

Section

Personal Info

Family

Faction

Kevin the Cube is a Corruption Cube that first appeared in Chapter 4: Season OG. It is an alternate version of the Original Kevin from Reality: UN-0-C4OG

It is a major antagonist in Fortnite: Battle Royale, serving as the main antagonist of Chapter 4: Season OG.

Overview

Overview[]

Because of the notable difference of this timeline compared to Reality Zero, it didn't appeared from the Sideways Rift but directly under Loot Lake. It therefore never placed its runes and its plan was totally different from its Original Timeline Counterpart. Indeed since it was not hostile towards the loopers because it did not have enough energy to attack them, they therefore didn't attacked Kevin which allowed it to survive longer than it should have. This allowed it to extract the Zero Point and absorb its energy. However it completely dissapeared just before The Big Bang, having been allegedly rifted or destroyed off-screen.

Behavior

Behavior[]

Image Description
Floating Island (November 9th 2023) - Unnamed Location - Fortnite
Generate Wind
Cubes can make strong wind around them.
Loot Lake (November 23rd 2023 - The Zero Point & The Cube) - Location - Fortnite
Gravitaional Pull
The Cube could pull The Zero Point out of The Vault.
History

History[]

Chapter 4: Season OG[]

The Floating Island

The Floating Island

With the beginning of Season 6, The Cube rose from the waters, taking the cabin and island in the center of the lake with it, forming the Floating Island. As its runes were never placed, it didn't have enough energy to invade the Island and therefore stayed in the same place, to open the Vault and take out the Zero Point, to steal its energy, and / or destroy it. However its plan failed as it mysteriously dissapeared, likely due to Jones' actions.

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Section

Revin

  • Pre-Butterfly Event
  • Season 6
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Details

Species

Gender

Male[2]

Alignment

Evil

Location

Debut

Section

Personal Info

Family

Faction

Affiliation

Kevin the Cube is Corruption Cube that first appeared in OG Chapter 1: Season 6. It is a sentient being born from The Last Reality with malicious intentions. It is an alternate reality/timeline counterpart of Kevin the Cube who switched place with Revin the Cube.

It is a major antagonist in Fortnite OG, serving as the main antagonist of OG Chapter 1: Season 6.

Overview

Overview[]

Kevin is a sentient entity that appeared first during OG Chapter 1: Season 6. Unlike its counterpart, it appeared directly in Loot Lake, replacing Revin the Cube who went to The In-Between.

Appearance

Appearance[]

The Cube - Entity - Fortnite

Season 6 (Stable)
The Cube (Unstable) - Fortnite

Season 6 (Unstable)
Powers and Abilities

Powers and Abilities[]

Corruption Cube
Six-Sided Mystery (Full) - Loading Screen - Fortnite
Lightning Attack
A self-defense mechanism that any cube can use.
Cube Rolling - Event - Fortntie
Rolling
Can move in one direction at a time.
Corrupted Area - POI - Fortnite
Corruption
Its runes can spread Corrupted Areas and Havoc Stones.
lcenterft Infection
The cube can infect its surrounding, grow smaller red/purple cubes around itself.
Floating Island (S6) - Unnamed Location - Fortnite OG
Generate Wind
Cubes can make strong wind around them.
History

History[]

OG Chapter 1: Season 6[]

Floating Island (S6) - Unnamed Location - Fortnite OG

Kevin mysteriously took Revin the Cube's place when the latter was melted in Loot Lake. With this change, all of the runes Revin printed reverted into the Kevin's rune. Revin's influence wasn't completely gone however, as instead of Kevin's Shadow Stones, they were now red and known as a Havoc Stone, giving people the power of the Nitro instead of transforming them into Shadows. With each rune Kevin went to, the floating island became more corrupted, and pieces of cubes appear throughout, most being purple with additions of red. After Kevin absorbed all the energy from the runes, they collapsed to the ground and the floating island returned to Leaky Lake, where it unleashed its energy to The Storm.

The floating island then exploded into several pieces, and Cube Monsters were unleashed across the island. From that day onward, as Looprs were fighting back, Kevin began to crack more and more, until it eventually shed it outer shell completely and began to drip nectar into the Vortex.

The Butterfly Event[]

After the last drop of nectar leaked from Kevin, the Cube began to spin, gradually accelerating in speed. It eventually exploded into pieces, sent the Loopers to the In-Between, and sent the chunks of the Floating Island down to Leaky Lake, patching up the whirlpool in the process. While in the In-Between, Revin the Cube was seen altering the location in some form, having turned part of it red. After The Looper touched a Rift Butterfly, they were rifted back to the Island, now gazing upon what Leaky Lake had now become.

Trivia

Trivia[]

  • Kevin's name's origin was due to the name "Cube" being banned on a megathread on the Fortnite Subreddit.
    • The nickname "Kevin" originated from the title of a post by Reddit user u/6acee.
    • The first time "Kevin" was officially used in the game was in the final Fortnitemares 2018 reward, the Lil' Kev back bling.
  • When rolling over, Cubes deal 10000 damage, thus destroying any player or vehicle underneath.
    • If players get eliminated by a Cube, the kill feed will say "[player name] Got Pancaked by", followed by flickering Cube Runes.
  • Counting all of Kevin's alternate timeline counterparts (SX Kevin, C4OG Kevin, OGS6 Kevin and Revin the Cube, "Kevin" is the only antagonist in Fortnite: Battle Royale to have returned after its death thrice.
  • OG Chapter 1: Season 6 version of Kevin the Cube mysteriously took the place of Revin the Cube under Loot Lake under unknown circumstances while Revin the Cube went into The In-Between.
    • Despite being two distinct cubes, both OGS6 Kevin and Revin the Cube are the counterparts of Kevin, each playing the role of one half of Kevin's existence, Revin playing that of Season 5, and OGS6 Kevin playing that of Season 6.
    • It was initially believed that OGS6 Kevin and Revin were once a single Cube altered by the Red Rift before splitting into two separate entities, Kevin as the original Cube, and Revin as a manifestation of the Red Energy forming a new Cube. However, Dark Voyager (Reality Redacted)'s Void Voyager style later revealed that red-colored Cubes occur naturally.
Gallery

Gallery[]

  1. https://x.com/Fortnite/status/1055006065841057794
  2. "As Chapter 1 Season 5 progresses, the glowing cube that everyone knows and loves — colloquially called “Kevin” — will appear near Paradise Palms before setting off on an Island-spanning journey. He’s rumored to be heading towards Loot Lake!" OG Chapter 1:Season 5 Blogpost