Fortnite’s Rift Gate has been destroyed, and it seems that has caused the sky to open up. Thefirst major live event inFortnitewas the meteor that hit the battle royale island and turned Dusty Depot into Dusty Divot. This was an iconic moment inFortnitehistory and this is exactly when players were introduced to the first significant piece of lore. This was back in 2018, and since then the main storyline of the game has become much more complex and taken on bigger dimensions.
Ever since the start of Chapter 4 Season 1, Epic Games has been building up a new piece of the game’s storyline through the narrative Oathbound quests; slowly, they’ve been giving fans parts of the next big thing coming inFortnite. It is still unknown what exactly will occur and take the players from one season to the other, but speculation has been growing among fans lately, especially given the recentFortniteleaks.
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It seems that the Rift Gate portal was completely destroyed, perhaps due to its lack of stability and the fact that it was impossible to close it back up. This can certainly lead toanother catastrophic event in theFortnitestoryline. If players enter the game and look up at the sky, they will notice that it is now open and a menacing red glow is growing around the island.
On February 28, a new set of Oathbound quests was released. Players had tohelp Rift Warden Stellan open the Rift Gate, but they quickly discovered that it was unstable, and they couldn’t close it back up. Stellan stated that he believed one of the characters on the island had sabotaged it. With the completion of the last quest, he adds that there’s nothing they can do now, and this could result in the entire sky opening up, which is exactly what happened.
Leaks and other hints that have been discovered regarding the next season point in the direction that aJapanese sci-fi theme could be taking over theFortniteislandsoon. It is unknown how this could be related to the Rift Gate incident, but it will certainly be explained in the usual live event that Epic Games announces right before the end of a season. The developers could follow endless routes here as the giant sky rift allows them to summon whatever they would like in order to introduce Season 2 to their fans.
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