We’ve already gotten a look at one potential new battle pass skin for Season 2.
By Phil Owen on February 25, 2024 at 1:13PM PST
With the tandem launches of Fortnite Festival, Lego Fortnite and Rocket Racing in December, Fortnite has been overflowing with content in recent months. But now it’s time for our first big shakeup of the new chapter, thanks to the upcoming launch of Fortnite Chapter 5 Season 2.
We don’t know a ton about what’s coming just yet, but we know more than we usually do by this point, thanks to some new stuff that was added to the game files with the 29.30 update. Spoiler: It looks like the long-rumored Greek mythology season really is happening.
Season 1 is currently slated to end late on Thursday, March 7/early morning on March 8, depending on your time zone. Every previous time that a season has ended on a Thursday night, the new season started the next morning. Expect to start playing Fortnite Chapter 5 Season 2 on March 8.
It’s been rumored for months that a Greek mythology season was in the works, and the Chapter 5 map being full of Mediterranean scenery and architecture, not to mention the whole Ruined Reels POI, has only fueled that rumor. And that theme has now seemingly been virtually confirmed by the 29.30 patch, which added several big Greek mythology elements to the game files. These things aren’t Season 2 things that were included in this patch by accident–we’ll be seeing them on the battle royale island before Season 1 ends.
There won’t be anything like the Big Bang event that introduced Chapter 5, but there will be new quests and a major change to the island as part of the ramp-up to Season 2. The quests will come courtesy of a new character, wearing ancient Greek armor, who’s called Odyssey–a presumed confirmation of the mythology theme.
NEW NPC AND SEASON 2 TEASERS!!! pic.twitter.com/kFixo3AIv0
The map is anticipated to grow an arm, which will carry Pandora’s Box. Designed as a community event, similar to the volcano vault in Chapter 1 Season 8, players are required to demolish the chains with their pickaxes. Once shattered, the box will open and possibly release havoc upon the omniverse.
A video showing the place intended for the Chapter 5 – Season 2 teaser can be seen below, courtesy of @FNBRNewsJP. As per recent leaks, we, as a community, must join forces to break the chains and plunge down Pandora’s Box. pic.twitter.com/BaYtPtfAVK
Furthermore, the arm appears to belong to The Prisoner, battle pass skin from Chapter 1 Season 7, or might be Hephaestus given the theme. There’s a possibility that The Prisoner stands for Hephaestus.
This event is expected to commence once the TMNT event finishes on Feb. 27.
We haven’t seen the Season 2 battle pass yet, but it’s probably safe to assume that Odyssey will be one of them. We haven’t seen any other skins yet, but I’d be remiss if I didn’t mention that Ruined Reels has statues of Fish Thicc wearing a toga–that’s gotta be a candidate.
There’s no word yet on what collaboration skins might be included with the battle pass in Season 2. But with the Greek mythology theme, multiple Gaming Legends skins are possible, like a classic Kratos, or Kassandra from Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey. And keep your fingers crossed that the existing Norse-themed Kratos from the God of War reboot will return for the first time in three years during the season.
A new season means a new starter pack–which includes a skin, back bling, pickaxe and 600 V-Bucks for $4.49–and a new Save the World pack–which comes with access to Save the World, quests for 1500 V-Bucks, and a set of cosmetics. And we already know what they will be. The starter pack skin will be Clara, a ballet dancer/assassin a la Jennifer Lawrence’s Red Sparrow. And the Save the World pack’s skin will be Dr. Vinderbot.
Fun fact: V-Bucks is actually short for Vindertech Bucks. Surprise!
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