Fortnite OG Season 8 begins on Wednesday, April 1, ushering in a pirate invasion on the throwback island, and bringing back the fan-favorite Avengers: Endgame limited-time mode that hasn’t been available in seven years–this is not an April. Fools’ joke. And, of course, we’ve also got a new OG pass that includes three new remix skins based on old exclusive skins from the Season 8 battle pass.
The Season 8 OG pass includes remixes of the lizard ninja Hybrid, the cursed pirate Blackheart, and the regular human being Luxe. Unlocking the pass for 1,000 V-Bucks or through Fortnite Crew instantly unlocks Synthesis, the new version of Hybrid–we haven’t yet seen if this one has a lizard style as well, but it’s a safe bet that it does. If this pass works like the previous OG passes, it should include two main styles for each of the skins, as well as a full suite of matching cosmetics.
Avengers: Endgame returns to Fortnite
In the Endgame limited-time mode, which starts up on April 3, players are sorted into two teams of 16 players each, with one team representing the Avengers, and the other being Thanos’ Chitauri. The Chitauri must scour the island for all six Infinity Stones, each of which powers up whichever player is Thanos, and the Avengers have to stop them. The Chitauri, as a team, are able to respawn 150 times, and the Avengers have unlimited respawns until the Chitauri get all the stones. It’s essentially a themed version of the defunct core Fortnite mode Team Rumble.
Fortnite OG Changes for Season 8
The Fortnite OG island is getting a bit of a Caribbean flavor in Season 8 with the additions of the pirate hangout at Lazy Lagoon, the Aztec temples of Sunny Steps, and the smoky new Volcano. The map is also now populated with pirate cannons, which players can shoot themselves out of to get around quickly–or you can shoot cannonballs out of them to wreck other players and their builds.
Season 8 doesn’t add a ton of new stuff to the loot pool, at least not at the start, but it did introduce one of Fortnite’s greatest love-it-or-hate-it weapons: the Flint-Knock pistol, which has an effective range of about six inches and throws you way back when you shoot it. The only other entirely new item at the start of the season is the Treasure map, which marks a buried treasure chest on your mini map when you pick it up.
There is something awesome to look forward too, though. Ballers, those little plastic balls you can roll all over the island in, will pop up later on during Fortnite OG Season 8.