You could soon pull a weapon from a vending machine in Fortnite Battle Royale due to a glitch discovered by a player. Dataminers have verified this, and indeed: the weapon vending machine can also be found in the code.
The player Markenny has stumbled upon a secret that is actually still deep within the data of Fortnite.
The player got disconnected from the server while gliding and glitched strangely. In any case, he then found himself in front of a machine, like a soda vending machine, that promised to give him a weapon if he put 250 wood into the slot.
There’s also a video of it.
This is not an April Fools’ joke – dataminers actually found a “vending machine” deep in the code that could take on this function. It might be possible that such weapon vending machines will come to Fortnite in the live game, taking materials or something else in exchange for items or weapons.
For the moment, it is still unclear if and when these machines will come and in what function:
- It might be possible that they will permanently join Fortnite and reward players for diligently gathering materials.
- Or it could just be available for a special mode for a while.
- Or it is an idea that Epic came up with but then discarded.
Is this an original idea? Here, too, Epic has taken inspiration, as they often do. If you know the Borderlands franchise, the concept of a weapon vending machine from which you casually pull a weapon, as you would with a snack or a soft drink in our world, will seem familiar.
From Leak to Reality – The Machines are Coming
Update 3.4. 10:39 AM: It is now official, and it seems to be coming soon. The new in-game message announces the “Vending Machine” as Coming Soon: Exchange materials you can spare for extra gear.
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