Loot Lake was once a simple body of water, but now it’s home to all manner of mysterious facilities, while Shifty Shafts and its intricate tunnel system are now mostly blanketed in snow. Even the locations that remain from the older version of the island have changed. That green map is barely recognizable today.
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To get a sense of just how much has changed, take a look at the slider below, which compares Fortnite’s island from its big 2.0 update in November 2017 with the latest version from the launch of season 9 this week. A new player might see something confusing and chaotic, but I see a virtual world rich with its own history.
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With each change, each little addition, the island grows more dense and layered. Since Epic’s battle royale map launched in 2017, it’s been subject to massive, world-changing events and nine new seasons of content. It’s a mess of inspirations and ideas, with seemingly no central theme holding it all together. Spend a bit more time exploring and you’ll find a dormant volcano turned into a power plant, a pirate ship sitting in a picturesque lagoon, an ancient city nestled inside a dense jungle, and floating platforms hovering high in the air. A little ways north is a futuristic cityscape, which sits just below the remains of a lake that is now home to an alien vault.
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In the southwest you’ll find an arctic area, complete with an ancient castle still partly buried in the snow. If you were to drop onto Fortnite’s island right now, for the very first time, you’d probably be very confused.