In Fortnite: Battle Royale there are now solid hints of an upcoming earthquake event. Dataminers have found concrete information about it. Will the map break apart in Season 8?
This is what the earthquakes are about: Already on January 30, dataminers found several folders related to events in the Fortnite code. Among them, there is an event for the Super Bowl, the Marshmello concert, and a folder named “Earthquake”, so earthquake.
The concert and the Super Bowl took place as predicted. And now there is new information regarding the earthquake.
Will the map break apart at the start of Season 8?
What did the dataminers find? Back then, there were no concrete information except for the folder. Now, however, the dataminers found something: a sound file that reproduces typical earthquake sounds. You can hear the rumbling and growling of the earth during tremors that are common with real earthquakes.
What could the earthquake mean? If the earthquakes really happen, they will certainly become a major, world-shaking event. It is most likely that the tremors will start at the end of Season 7 or the beginning of Season 8.
Possibly the map will break apart (partially), creating small islands in each area that can only be reached by flying or via (self-built) bridges. While this would be quite a drastic change, in Season 7, significant changes occurred to the map with the additional iceberg and the areas swallowed by ice in the southwest.
Does the Fire King play a role? For some fans, the earthquakes make sense, as they fit into the theory of the Fire King. This is supposed to be the mysterious prisoner, the secret skin from Season 7, who was imprisoned under the Ice King’s fortress.
Earthquakes often occur together with volcanic eruptions, and a volcano event has also long been circulating through the rumor mill of Fortnite. It’s quite possible that in Season 8, the themes of fire, lava, and earthquakes will prevail.
If you want to know when Season 8 starts, we have all the known information here:
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