Fortnite: Battle Royale (PC, PS4 & Xbox One) lets you perform some cool dances and emotes. But one dance is particularly sought after: “Floss”. But how do you get it and what is it all about?
Fortnite: Battle Royale not only looks colorful and silly. Thanks to many emotes, you can also pose particularly silly. For instance, you can sprinkle salt in front of your opponent, perform a facepalm, or salute.
Or you can shake it on the dance floor and mock your opponents with particularly outrageous dances. One of those is currently popular online: the “Floss dance”.
Floss Dance, this is what it’s about
In the “Floss” dance, your character just stands there and swings their arms back and forth at hip height, as if they were cleaning their between-teeth with floss. The dance originally comes from a 16-year-old boy known as “The Backpack Kid”.
The teenager with the namesake backpack appeared on the US show Saturday Night Live (SNL) in May 2017 together with the artist Katy Perry to the song “Swish Swish”.
There, the “Backpack Kid” confidently carried out his dance without batting an eye, staring straight ahead like a robot while showing off his moves.
The Floss Dance in Fortnite
The bizarre Floss dance certainly fits well with Fortnite, where there are already some outrageous moves like the “Pony Ride”, the “Worm”, and the “Dab”. Therefore, the Floss dance is also available in the game. Few moves are better suited for mocking opponents or impressing your own team. However, the dance isn’t just given away.
Anyone who wants to have the dance had to unlock it. Unfortunately, that was only possible in the already concluded 2nd season of the Battle Pass. There, the Floss dance was available as a premium reward at level 49.
If you didn’t reach that far back then, you can’t unlock the dance anymore. But perhaps the developers will have mercy and provide the dance at a later date as a new Battle Pass reward or offer it in the real-money shop.
Fun Fact: The Floss dance is also found in other online games, like Destiny 2.
Funny skins, outrageous dances, and bright colors. Is Fortnite becoming too colorful?
