Fortnite cheats, tips - Everything you need to know about Season 9
Slipstreams, Neo Tilted, skins and more
Fortnite is the game that just keeps on evolving, even at the cost of the healthy and well being of Epic Games' own employees. Weak.
Regardless, the content machine must keep churning whether you're an online pundit or an Epic Games employee. God speed, you brave warriors.
Anyway, I know what you're here for. You want the complete lowdown on Fortnite season 9, for the Battle Royale juggernaut just doesn't know when to stop. And it probably should stop, or at least slow down, to avoid those mental breakdowns, yeah?
Fortnite has undergone massive changes in its history, and now the latest change to the map might be the biggest yet. Tilted Towers, the much maligned hot zone, is dead, replaced with Neo Tilted. You still shouldn't drop there.
For everything that you need to know about Fortnite season 9, just read on below…
Need a new map
Yes Tilted Towers is gone, replaced with the futuristic Neo Tilted, but that's not all.
Retail Row is another location that has been done away with in order to mix things up. Sorry to any Retail Row fans, we've now got the Mega Mall instead, providing plenty of places to scavenge, hide and build.
All of that hot volcanic energy isn't going to waste either. The volcano that destroyed what we knew and loved in the past has had the Pressure Plant placed on it, providing yet another location to investigate and turn into a battleground.
In addition to that, you'll now be using Slipstreams to navigate the map. Slipstreams are essentially big tunnels of wind, and using them will allow you to traverse the map much more quickly than you might be able to otherwise.
There's a bit of nuance to it too, as bobbing up and down might give you more speed and momentum. Hmm, a lot like another battle royale game I know of…
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Battle pass
You know how this works. Pay up some cash, get some extra skins and such with the battle pass.
I'm not saying it's worth the money, but here are the premium skins and upgrades hidden behind the battle pass:
- Rox progressive skin
- Sentinel skin
- Bunker Jonesy skin
- Sentinel wrap
- Ripe Rippers harvesting tool
- Turbo Spin glider
- Ripe wrap
- 300 V-Bucks
- 1 Music Track
- 70% Bonus Season Match XP
- 20% Bonus Season Friend Match XP
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New challenges
As you would expect with the battle pass, there are a bunch of new challenges available, which will help you level up and, of course, earn brand new skins.
If you don't pay up for the battle pass, progress will be slow and the challenges might not be available to you.
But if you're a seasoned skin collector, then there's really no choice but to get the battle pass.
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Is it worth it?
Another season, another question: is it worth it?
The fact is, if you're a lapsed Fortnite player, there isn't enough to get you invested here. You might pop back in to see the map changes, but there's not much here that's outstanding.
If you're a regular Fortnite player though, and a skin connoisseur, then sure, pay it, buy it, play it. It's not a bad bundle, but hardly the best value we've seen.
