A new excavation site rewarded players in Fortnite with a huge loot location. There were tons of chests lying around. Players wanted to declare it their new favorite spot, only to get trolled.
What is this new place? On April 2, players found a new excavation site in Fortnite: Battle Royale. It probably came with Patch 8.20 into the game. This is a special place on the Fortnite map where players collaborate in all matches to destroy rocks.
The hit points of the stones change for all players simultaneously. When a stone is destroyed in one match, it is destroyed in every game at the same time.
Quickly, players noticed that this second excavation site needs more time than the first one in the desert biome. Because the stones you are supposed to smash there had significantly more hit points.
Nevertheless, players immediately got to work and swung their harvesting tools. After a few hours, an anchor was discovered there.
This surprised the players: As they gradually smashed the stones there, more and more chests came to light. Players counted 10 or 11 pieces that could be found in the pit. So anyone who arrives quickly has the chance for a lot of loot in one spot.
That saves time and allows for quick gearing up for the endgame. This place was particularly well-liked by players and was quickly considered “op”.
What did Epic do? When the last stone in the excavation site was finally destroyed by the players, the hole suddenly filled with hot lava. In this VOD on YouTube by Jb Mid, you can see the filling process.
Players can hardly believe it. The place where so many chests were found was simply swallowed by the red mass. And with that, the new chests were gone as well. The community considers this a late April Fool’s joke from Epic Games.
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This is how players react: On Reddit , players express themselves emotionally.
- “I am so pissed right now,” writes one player.
- “Yes, that was really a massive trolling. Well played, Epic … well played,” replies another player.
- Another player tries to take it with humor: “I think that was a late April Fool’s joke. Put in some meteor parts, anchor, shipping containers, and 11 chests to hype everyone, only to fill it with lava lmfao.”
