Clues in the PvE mode point toward aliens.
Fortnite Battle Royale players have been getting ready for a meteor to hit the game map for months now, but one Reddit theory thinks it isn’t a meteor at all: it’s an alien mothership.
As pointed out by Eurogamer, Reddit user Kensyys thinks people have had it wrong this whole time. While the focus has been on Fortnite’s insanely popular Battle Royale mode, the meteor has also been visible in the PvE Save the World mode, and more potential clues there point toward aliens.
A quest in Save the World has a character named Lars saying something from space was sending out signals trying to communicate with Fortnite’s zombies. More recently, Lars says a friend of his was seemingly abducted, and tasks players with gathering telescopes to observe the object in the sky. That quest then concludes with Lars saying “we’re about to have some company.”
Those Save the World clues, combined with a distinctly UFO-shaped light that has appeared near the comet, make a pretty convincing argument that this might be more than just the end of Titled Towers.
The theory also comes hot on the heels of Fortnite’s latest patch adding signs with comets and UFOs on them scattered around Tilted Towers, which you can see in the video above.
You can read a full rundown about the meteor here along with how it has changed over time, and whatever happens is likely to coincide with the launch of Season 4 next week.
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