In Fortnite: Battle Royale, something is happening with the island, the runes, and the cube. More islands are now floating over the map, and they are moving! What is happening in the sky over Fortnite?
What has happened recently in Fortnite? Since the launch of Season 6 four weeks ago, the island from Loot Lake has been floating over the map. It is gradually activating the runes that were stamped onto the map by the purple cube in Season 5.
Runes are now floating: After the island activated the seventh and final rune, suddenly all the other 6 runes began to rise from the ground and float as mini-islands.
But that’s not all, the rune islands are also moving now!
What is happening right now in Fortnite?
The cube is active again: The large island is currently parked exactly above the middle rune. This is almost directly at the center of the entire map. It is floating there and sending out purple lightning from the large cube from Season 5, which is stuck underneath the island.
The house is being assimilated: The building on the island is now completely infused with cube matter, peeking out from the roof. A player revealed how it all looks without the house around it on Reddit.
The theories of players about the island in Fortnite
What could happen next? All players agree that something unusual will happen in Fortnite with the runes soon. Here are some theories:
- The dark dimension: The lightning strikes from the cube hitting the ground look exactly like the strikes that summoned the cube in Season 5. Will there be another cube?
- The cube seems to come from another dimension where the evil skin “Dark Bomber” originates. Is the long-awaited rift to the “evil” dimension finally opening? After all, the title for Season 6 is “Darkness Rising”.
- The return of the visitor: Other players think that the sounds at the islands remind them of the sounds heard during the rocket launch in Season 4. This event triggered all the strange occurrences in Fortnite.
- Many players are also wondering how the “Enforcer”, the bonus skin from Season 5, fits into this. The skin appears to be a kind of dimensional police.
- Vertical map: Some players are already looking forward to more vertical gameplay as the islands elevate you into the air every time you get too close. This accelerates the already fast-paced gameplay of Fortnite even further. The other six islands might form around the main island, creating a map above the map.
- Are volcanoes still coming? The theory that the island and the runes will become volcanoes still persists. The Dark Bomber seems to provide clues to this.
- Epic is just trolling you! A not insignificant group of players believes that all the events and occurrences mean nothing. After all, Fortnite is a battle royale game, not a solo campaign that needs a story. It’s just nonsense that Epic uses to sell more skins.
Another quite plausible theory suggests that the events in Battle Royale might be the backstory to the catastrophe in the PvE mode Save the World.
