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Chapter 1 Season	Period	Description Season 1	September 2017 – December 2017	Retroactively considered the 1st season of the 1st chapter upon the start of the second season. Season 2	December 2017 – February 2018	Medieval themed. Introduction of the battle pass. Season 3	February 2018 – April 2018	Space themed. Battle Pass increased from 70 tiers to 100. Season 4	May 2018 – July 2018	Superhero themed. Leading up to the start of Season 4, players had observed shooting stars crossing the game's map during Season 3, which later became small meteorites that hit the ground and caused some damage. Across all games a large meteor also started to appear, on track to hit the game map to coincide with the start of Season 4, completely destroying one of the major landmarks.[19][20] Season 5	July 2018 – September 2018	Rift themed. Prior to this season, Epic established a one-time event across all games on June 30, 2018 that fired a rocket from a villainous lair which created interdimensional rifts on the map.[21] The rifts grew over the next few days, with some in-game objects disappearing and new objects from other time periods appearing.[22] As part of its marketing, Epic planted a real-world version of the "Durrr-Burger" restaurant sign in the California desert, with clues pointing to locations of real-world version of the game's loot llamas located around the world.[23] The season started with changes of the map due to these rifts, while the rifts remained as a gameplay element within the season, teleporting the player to a high elevation and to re-land elsewhere in the map.[24] Season 6	September 2018 – December 2018[25]	Darkness themed. Near the end of the 5th season, another one-time event occurred in which the rifts created by the rocket launch closed up, leaving a large purple cube with glyphs on its surface in the game world, which players nicknamed "Kevin". Kevin moved on its own volition throughout the season, creating anomalies in its wake, including levitating itself and the large island in Loot Lake across the map, and allowing transdimensional "Cube Monsters" to appear across the map and attack players. Ultimately, Kevin overloaded and exploded, temporarily teleporting all players into a white, bottomless void known as the Nexus, where a Rift-shaped butterfly briefly appeared. On return to the map, Loot Lake had returned to normal, but with many smaller islands made up of pieces of Kevin.[26][27][28][29][30][31][32] Season 7	December 2018 – February 2019	Winter themed. As the 6th season concluded, a snow cloud appeared over one corner of the map, followed by a large iceberg dubbed "Polar Peak" at the onset of Season 7 that collided with the island and covered a third of the map in snow with other new features, including a large castle on top of Polar Peak that had been buried deep in the snow. Initially the map's features celebrated the Festuvis holiday. Later, a large ice sphere appeared above the castle, warning of an upcoming winter storm. Soon, the Ice King, who had been trapped in the castle, emerged to cast a spell that unleashed a winter storm across the whole map, and summoned Ice Fiends (similar to the Cube Monsters) to attack players.[33] Season 8	March 2019 – May 2019	Pirate/fire/ice themed. In the last days of the 7th season, the island was rocked by earthquakes that created cracks on the ground,[34] eventually heralding the appearance of a large volcano on the northeast corner of the map that erupted. The eruption melted most of the snow from the island, and eradicated the nearby features and replaced them with a lagoon and an Aztec-like temple complex. The eruption also created dangerous lava flows surrounding the volcano.[35] Pirates, ninjas, and more unreal adventurers, (including a "prisoner" of the Ice King who broke free and developed an affinity for fire) enter the fold, hunting for treasure and victory.[36] Near the end of the season, a special event called "The Unvaulting" took place, which allowed players to enter a dimension named the "Nexus." The dimension gave players the ability to vote for a weapon to be reintroduced into the game. After the drum gun won the vote, the volcano erupted and volcanic rocks flew out of the volcano. These huge rocks struck and destroyed Tilted Towers and Retail Row, as well as severely damaging Polar Peak.[37] Season 9	May 2019 – July 2019	Futuristic themed. At the start, the areas destroyed by Season 8's Unvaulting had been reconstructed using futuristic designs and materials.[38] Players observed a large monster swimming around outside the island, and strange footprints in other locations. Drones near the Vault concurrently started to construct a giant robot. At an event at the end of the season, the robot activated and attacked the monster, rampaging across the island. The robot eventually bested the monster with a giant sword, and then flew off, leaving the monster's corpse and sword behind as well as a giant glowing orb.[39] The Zero Point continued to destablize over the remaining part of the season, and through the Season X teaser trailer, it created an interdimensional blast, causing players to find locations and landmarks from previous seasons, and the meteor that initiated Season 4 completely still in the sky.[40] Season X	August 2019 – October 2019	This marks as the final season of Chapter 1. The remnants of the Zero Point's explosion in Season 9 left various rift zones open across the map, bringing back locations that had been lost due to other map changes over past seasons and changing them a bit, such as the area where the meteor had previously landed.[41][42] The season culminated when the Visitor, a mysterious being that arrived with the meteor, launched a rocket that created numerous rifts, from which came smaller rockets which were controlled by "The Seven" that struck all across the island, creating a black hole and consuming the entire game itself. Subsequent to this event, the game was unplayable for about 36 hours with the game's screens only showing the black hole.[43] During this period, players could enter the Konami code to play a mini-game.[44] Chapter 2 Season	Period	Description Season 1	October 2019 – February 2020[45]	New World themed. Introduced a new map following the destruction of the old map from the black hole at the end of Chapter 1 Season X.[46] This also introduced multiple new mechanics, such as picking up downed teammates (or enemies) and either carrying them to different locations or throwing them, and also the ability to swim and fish for loot. Boats were also added to the game, which increased mobility in water. Fortnitemares returned, with The Final Reckoning and the Storm King coming to the island. Afterwards, the island returned to its normal state. In November 2019, the season was extended until February 2020, in which will include a winter themed event, a live event, and rewards for everybody. On December 14, the Millennium Falcon came to the Fortnite island for a live event. They were ambushed by 6 TIE fighters, in which were defeated and all crashed onto the map. On December 24, the map was covered with snow, making snowstorms appear and reduce visibility either lightly or largely. The season was extended twice, once to February 8, and other time to February 20. Season 2	February 2020 – June 2020	Secret agent themed. In the trailers, it is shown that multiple characters from past seasons are in fact working for an Agency, under two divisions: Shadow and Ghost. These factions are able to change the variety of the skins. The Secret Skin was revealed twice as Deadpool.[47] Season 2 was to end near the end of April 2020, but on April 14, 2020, Epic stated the season would be extended until June 4.[48][49] On June 3, 2020, Epic released that the season would be extended once again, this time to June 17.[50]

Season 3	June 2020 – August 2020	Ocean themed. In a live event for transiting from the last days of Season 2 to 3, the Agency triggered a device it was constructing at its base; this had the effect of warding off the storm but causing the island to sink, the water held back only by a weakening shield. In-game, the water acted as the storm front, as it still constricted play-area on the map, and players trapped within in took damage, though players are able to swim with better mobility while within the wall of water.[51] Part of the season included cross-promotional content with Aquaman, and during the season the water levels started to subside, later revealing part the map named Coral Castle, implied to be the city of Atlantis.[52] Season 4	August 2020 – present	Marvel themed. This season contains a Marvel themed battle pass and POIs, featuring numerous superheroes and supervillans from the Marvel universe.[53] The superheroes included are Thor, She-Hulk, Mystique, Wolverine, Iron Man, Dr. Doom, Groot, and Storm. Galactus is mentioned as he is approaching the Fortnite island to consume the Nexus.[54]