On Fortnite , a live event took place on Saturday, May 4th, starting at 9 PM. It delivered what was promised, says our author Schuhmann. Players have brought the Tommy Gun, the drum gun, back to Fortnite. Additionally, the volcano erupted, significantly changing the map: Fortnite has a new map after the event.
For weeks, speculation has been running about how the season end for Fortnite’s 8th season would play out – and indeed, all speculations and datamining findings turned out to be true. It was a grand spectacle.
This is how the event began: The event took place in the “Open Vault” mode. This was a team battle, with the eye of the storm brewing over Loot Lake.
However, at 8:59 PM, the mode was switched to “pacifist”, meaning no attacking was allowed and the weapons fell silent.
Above the Loot Lake, the countdown ticked down to 0 at 9:00 PM and the vault opened.
Players could enter a sort of other dimension: a room with 6 pillars, each symbolizing an item that was once in Fortnite but was then removed from the game.
Fortnite introduces democracy
This is how the ingame voting went: Players hit the pillar with the item they wished to bring back with their pickaxes.
In my instance and likely in most others, the “drum gun” was the clear favorite, and here the pillar steadily rose.
Hardly anyone hit the planes, the Infinity Blade, or the Grappler.
As it became apparent that the Tommy Gun was the favorite of the masses, more and more switched to the weapon’s pillar to boost the progress.
The voting lasted only a few moments.
When the pillar was “full”, this phase of the event ended, and the players were launched into the air.
Volcano erupts, destroys Tilted Towers, brings a new Fortnite map
This is how the event continued: In the air, players were able to observe the eruption of the gigantic volcano in the northeastern part of the Fortnite map. It threw at least three large debris pieces into the air.
I have already seen that Tilted Towers was almost completely destroyed.
According to further reports, the volcanic parts likely also hit Retail Row – and one part is said to have struck in Polar Peaks.
After this one round, the “Open Vault” mode was no longer selectable.
Drum Gun returns to Fortnite
How does the event impact the game? Epic has already posted on Twitter that the Drum Gun is now back in Fortnite. The drum gun is out of the vault.
However, the weapon will not be used during this weekend’s Fortnite World Cup qualifiers.
Additionally, there are likely major changes to the map, the spots Tilted Towers and Retail Row were destroyed.
What can the Drum Gun do in Fortnite? The Drum Gun is an assault rifle with 26/27 damage and a magazine size of 50. (via fortnite.gamepedia)
The drum gun is considered a good weapon for mid and close range. It originally appeared with patch 4.5 in July 2018 and was removed with update 5.40 in September 2018.
Did everything go smoothly during the event? No, there were problems. Some could not see the event. Epic has already responded to this and is giving players the “Arcana Glider” as compensation.
Where can you watch the event? Here are some first images of the event from the perspective of streamer Tyler “Ninja” Blevins.
We will keep you updated on the event and its impact on MeinMMO.
