In Fortnite: Battle Royale, the long-awaited and teased outfit “Dark Bomber” has finally appeared. The “Dark Bomber” is the “Evil Version” of the cheerful Bright Bomber and, contrary to all assumptions, a real bargain.
Who or what is a “Dark Bomber”? Behind this strange name lies not a new stealth bomber from the Air Force, but rather the “evil version” of the outfit “Bright Bomber” (Brite Bomber).
And what is the “Bright Bomber”? The Bright Bomber is one of the iconic skins from Fortnite and features a cheerful young woman with colorful hair and a rainbow-colored outfit. She wields a fun llama head as a pickaxe and is always in a good mood, even when she is blasting you away.
In the bonus pictures for the Road Trip Challenge from Season 5, the cheerful young lady was seen in every picture, having fun alongside the Fox Head Guy Rift.
From Color to Darkness
The evil clone of the good Bomber: The Dark Bomber, however, is the evil twin sister of the Bright Bomber. The Dark Bomber first appeared in the final image of Season 5, where the Bright Bomber touched the purple cube. Instead of her reflection, viewers saw the sinisterly grinning Dark Bomber as a sort of evil clone in the cube.
Theories about the Dark Bomber: Fans speculated back then that the “Evil Bright Bomber” would become a new skin. They considered various options, including a variant of the good Bomber that could be unlocked in special challenges. Perhaps even for Halloween and then for several well-known skins.
In the end, nothing came of it; the “Dark Bomber” is simply another skin from the shop.
Dark Bomber in the Shop – Cheaper than Expected
Rare instead of Legendary: The disappointment that the Dark Bomber is not tied to a cool event may be somewhat mitigated when considering her price.
Because just like her good twin sister, the Dark Bomber is merely a skin of the “Rare” quality level. Therefore, it costs “only” 1,200 V-Bucks, which is about 12 Euros.
Epic mostly sells new skins, especially elaborate ones like the Dark Bomber, for at least 15, if not 20 Euros!
Is there more? Indeed, because Epic has granted the Dark Bomber a whole set of items:
- Whoever buys the skin gets a matching backpack. It looks like an evil version of the backpack of the Bright Bomber.
- The Dark Bomber can get a matching pickaxe called “Thunderhoof” for another 1,200 V-Bucks. It is an evil version of the llama head that the Bright Bomber swings.
- If they still want, they can get the relatively boring glider “Glyph of Darkness” to complete the set. The glider is just a generic glider with dark glyphs on it. It costs 500 V-Bucks (5 Euros).
Will there be more “Evil Skins”? Officially, we don’t know anything, but one can assume that at least the “Color Gunner”, the male version of the Bright Bomber, will get an evil twin. He will likely be called “Dark Gunner” in keeping with tradition.
What do you think of the Dark Bomber? Will you buy her?
