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New ‘Junk Rift’ item coming soon to Fortnite Battle Royale
The latest Fortnite Season 10 news feed update confirms the imminent arrival of the new Junk Rift item.
Epic Games is always adding and removing items from the Fortnite experience. That trend continues with the arrival of the Junk Rift. This item has been leaked by data-miners in the past during the patch v10.10 downtime.
The first official news of the Junk Rift came with the update of the in-game news feed. Let’s get into what we know about the upcoming throwable.
Junk Rift item coming soon to Fortnite
On August 19, Epic Games updated the in-game new feed for all regions. These update generally bring the first official announcement for in-game additions and features. In addition to advertising the Red Strike pack, the updated screen shows the upcoming arrival of the Junk Rift.
Epic Games has not officially released any information about the item as of yet. This is common as Epic doesn’t want to spoil anything for fans who’d prefer to learn as they play.
However, as you might expect, data-miners were able to get their hands on some early details.
Season X Junk Rift item information & leaks
Epic Games has been keeping a tight lid of gameplay of new items and locations. They do this by locking down files with unbreakable encryption protocols. While there may be hackers capable of cracking the seals, that’s when you start getting into the gray areas of illegality.
However, we’ve got the general gist of how the Junk Rift will work in-game. The first image of the this item in-action can be seen in the Week 3 ‘Worlds Collide’ loading screen.
The image shows the Eternal Voyager using its power to call down huge objects from Rifts in the sky. The player doesn’t hold the same inherent control over the dimensions, so we’ll need something to help us out. The Junk Rift will provide us the opportunity to rain down dinosaurs too!
According to @Lucas7yoshi, the item will essentially be another version of the Air Strike. As he explains it, players will throw the object at enemies to send a rocket into the skies above. After the rocket travels for a bit, it explodes and opens a Rift. Massive objects like trucks, monuments, and buildings will spawn from above to crush builds and players below.
Basically what it is:
— Lucas7yoshi // Fortnite Leaks & News (@Lucas7yoshi) August 19, 2019
– throw it somewhere, it smashes, a rocket flies into the air, it opens a rift, it drops a (most likely random) object out of it, that object can hit people
basically all there is to it
We’re not entirely convinced that the item will truly be useful. Yes, it’ll be a potent end-game device to destroy builds and force gunfights, but casual matches rarely get to that point. The amount of usage in early to mid games should be minimal as you could just run and build in a location away from the Junk Rift.
What do you think of this new Junk Rift item? Leave us your thoughts in the comments below.
To celebrate three years since Fortnite Battle Royale was released, back on September 26 2017, Epic Games have started the Birthday Bash event, with new challenges to complete.
In addition to the challenges, there are rewards, some festive changes to the map, the battle bus, and birthday presents dotted around the map.
Epic’s announcement says: “During the celebration, you’ll notice some festive changes around the Island. The Battle Bus is sporting a fresh new paint job to mark the occasion, and after dropping in, find yourself a Birthday Present and see what’s inside.”
Birthday Bash Challenges
These challenges will be available from September 26 to October 1, but thankfully most are straightforward.
You can see them all below (via FortniteFevers).
The one challenge that might cause you some trouble though, is dancing in front of different birthday cakes.
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To help, here is a map of locations for the birthday cakes on the Fortnite island, via FortniteInsider.
Fortnite Birthday Cake locations
Here’s a look at the rewards available.
For creative players, there’s also some new content there, with the Princess Castle prefab now available.
You can submit a creation using the Princess Castle by October 6 for a chance to be featured in the first official Box Fight tournament as part of an upcoming Wild Wednesday tournament.
A new Fortnite update is winging its way to players on all platforms, and as always, that means dataminers have leaked some of the skins and cosmetic items found in the files of September 23’s 14.20 update.
Fortnite’s latest patch dropped on PC, Xbox One, PS4, and Nintendo Switch, bringing with it a brand-new Takeover LTM, and the official arrival of Wolverine, who is now patrolling around Weeping Weeds. Should you defeat him in combat, you can harness the strength of his adamantium claws, as the latest mythical power in the game.
Of course, a new patch means new cosmetics, and dataminers have already been scouring through the patch files to give us a look at what’s coming to the Item Shop over the new couple of weeks. Thanks to @Lucas7yoshi on Twitter for these leaks.
Leaked 14.20 Skins
Fortnite fans will have four new skins to enjoy following this update, with two new superheroes in the form of Hyacinth and Morro, who have come from “forgotten lands” and “long lost worlds” to join the fight on the island.
There’s also a vampire hunter known as Victoria Saint, who comes with two skin styles, and Sagan, who who is wearing a snazzy black and orange outfit.
Leaked 14.20 Back Bling
With Rocket League going free to play on the Epic Games Store from September 23, it’s no surprise that there are some cosmetics from the popular game in Fortnite to celebrate the good news, with players able to equip the iconic Octane car as a back bling.
There’s also a special birthday cake to celebrate Fortnite’s third birthday, plus custom back blings for each of the four new skins.
Leaked 14.20 Emotes
There are 5 new physical emotes for players to enjoy, including a special birthday one that allows players to celebrate with some cake, while there are also some new dances in anticipation for the BTS event that’s happening in-game.
Rocket League gets an emote and a spray, as does the Fortnite Champion Series for Chapter 2, Season 4.
Leaked 14.20 Harvesting Tools & Gliders
Only four Harvesting Tools arrive this week, with three of them designed Hyacinth and Morro, including a normal pickaxe, and dual swords in their respective colors. Victoria Saint gets an axe and a stake to use when hunting vampires, and Sagan gets her own pickaxe called Tangerine Terror.
There’s also a solitary glider, which is also for Hyacinth and Morro if you would like to complete the look.
Patch Notes
Fortnite 14.20 patch notes: Wolverine arrives, Takeover LTM
Fortnite’s v14.20 update has arrived, bringing us a new LTM and new hero in Wolverine
Season 4’s Marvel theme continues, as the “Earth’s Mightiest Heroes” prepare for the arrival of the evil Galactus, who is determined to alter reality on the island forever. The villain has already dropped drones and Gorgers on the map in preparation for his immenent attack.
Now, another superhero has landed on the map as preparations continue, with Wolverine and his adamantium claws debuting in Fortnite in the Wednesday, September 23 update, along with preparations for the special BTS event.
Wolverine Arrives
Fighting on the island is about to get even more difficult, with the X-Men’s Wolverine landing on the island, and taking control of Weeping Woods in the south of the map.
Like other superhero bosses in the game, Wolverine will drop his mythical Wolverine’s Claw power when he is defeated by players, who can then pick it up and wield the power of ‘Experiment X,’ although fair warning, Epic Games have already said that “he won’t go down without a fight.”
Takeover LTM
Alongside a new hero, there’s also a fresh Limited-Time Mode to jump into, with the Marvel-based Takeover which has you fighting for control of outposts that are scattered across the map.
As always, normal weapons and items will be available to be picked up and looted, but in this mode, everyone will start with a random superpower and will be able to acquire more abilities by keeping an eye out for comets in the sky, that will land on the island and drop new powers.
New Storm Hero Ability
Wolverine wasn’t the only hero added in the v14.20 patch – at least not in the ability department. Storm’s hero ability came into the game in this update.
You may have already experienced Storm’s ability in one of the Marvel LTMs, but it’s quite a bit different in the base game. This one, largely, revolves around dealing fall damage to opponents. In the LTMs, there are numerous ways to avoid fall damage.
It’s still early, but Storm’s mythic ability looks to be one of the most powerful offensive tools in Fortnite Season 4.
Bug Fixes
As always, Epic Games have been hard at work fixing any bugs or glitches that appear in the game, in an attempt to make sure the game runs slowly, and improve quality of life for all players.
The good news is that there are no major glitches afflicting the game at this moment, so the bug fixes in this update are relatively small, but are still a nice inclusion for anyone who has encountered them. You can take a full look at the 14.20 bug fixes taken from Epic’s official Trello board below.
Battle Royale
- Replays not saving on PlayStation 4.
- Fishing Spots can disappear on PC with effects set to ‘Low.’
- Heroes Park and Ghost House don’t count as Discovered Locations after discovering them.
- Groot Awakening Island missing.
- Boundless set sticker customization: menu sticker limit.
Creative Mode
- Grass is not removed when placing objects on the ground.
- Some players not granted items after first round in some team games.
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