The latest challenges of the Halloween event Fortnitemares provided Fortnite: Battle Royale players with plenty of Battle Stars to level up their Battle Pass instead of boring experience points. What was going on? And what consequences does it have for the players who benefited from it?
This happened on Sunday: On Sunday, the new special challenges for the “Nightmares” event went live. For “Fortnitemares,” special challenges are regularly introduced. In the first week, one had to find a gargoyle and dance in front of it. In the second part of the challenges, one had to destroy ghost decorations.
Among other things, you were supposed to complete a “quest series” on Sunday, where you had to visit Wailing Woods five times initially. For this, players received 150 experience points.
Then, one had to go to Fatal Fields and the Haunted Hills. However, the rewards were no longer experience points, as many players were surprised to find.
Instead of EXP there are Battlestars: Instead of the 150 and 200 experience points players were supposed to receive for completing tasks 2 and 3, Battlestars were awarded as a reward, specifically 350 at once.
This is a huge boost in the Battle Pass of Season 6 and granted players up to 35 levels in the Battle Pass. Unfortunately, not all players were able to enjoy the coveted stars, as Epic promptly released a hotfix.
Bug is fixed, but display is acting up: The challenges now grant only the boring experience points again instead of the exorbitant amount of Battlestars.
However, the display is still incorrect and continues to show Battlestars as a reward. This will be fixed in an upcoming update.
Are players who benefited allowed to keep the Battlestars? Yes. Epic immediately acknowledged that the error was on their part and that no one should be punished for Epic releasing faulty challenges.
Those who were in the right place at the right time could thus reap rewards without having to fear consequences.
Epic’s decision sparks controversial discussions: The community’s opinion is divided. While most players are relaxed about missing out on the Battlestars, many players are complaining, especially on Twitter, seeing it as a disadvantage and demanding that all players should receive the 350 Battlestars for free.
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What do you think? Did you benefit from the error? Should all players now receive the Battlestars?
