Season 9 in Fortnite is Here

Season 9 got underway with authority in Fortnite. At the end of Season 8, we were treated to a massive volcanic explosion that destroyed Tilted Towers and much of Retail Row.

Well, both Tilted Towers and Retail Row have recovered, but with new names and new looks.

Neo Tilted is the name of the new Tilted Towers. It is a city of the future, with gleaming skyscrapers and a special air-powered tube you can use to travel around the city. It’s called the Slip Stream.

A futuristic look for Tilted Towers, now known as Neo Tilted.

Retail Row is now Mega Mall. It has a giant indoor mall with several different stores. It also has a Slip Stream that encircles the area.

This is a full map of the entire Fortnite Island (courtesy fierce moon)

Fortnite Map for Season 9

Another brand new area awaits exploration: Pressure Plant.

This is a new area that has been built on top of the volcano.

Most of the other areas on the map remain the same from Season 8.

One additional and major change: a Slip Stream tube that travels around the entire center of the island and the creation of seven Sky Platforms. These are giant metal rigs that “float” up in the sky. All of these changes make traveling the length of the island much easier.

As with all new seasons, there are a lot of new outfits and weapons. I bought a Battle Pass on the first day and am working my way up through the levels in hopes of getting some of the top tier items. I like the Demi outfit, but that doesn’t unlock until tier 87, so I have some heavy Fortnite grinding to attend to.

 

 

The Ice Storm Cometh in Fortnite

I took a break from Minecraft this weekend to play Fortnite and take part in the in-game event on Saturday.

The event itself was very cool. The Ice King, who was suspended in a frozen sphere above the island, busted out in a big way and then summoned a massive storm and ice monsters to cover the entire island.

Before the event, just the bottom-left portion of the map (Polar Peak, Happy Hamlet, etc.) was snow-bound. Now the entire map is covered in snow!

There are new Ice Storm challenges to complete and each challenge that you complete will earn you 500 XP. That’s not very much, but it’s still fun to do them. This is a list of all the available Ice Storm challenges so far:

1. Complete Ice Storm challenges (6)
2. Destroy Ice Fiends (250)
3. Deal damage with explosive weapons to the Ice Legion (5,000)
4. Destroy Ice Brutes (100)
5. Deal damage with Assault Rifles or Pistols to the Ice Legion (10,000)

There will be more added over the next few days. It’s around two per day or something like that.