Fortnite OG has been a bit of a mixed bag, largely just because Chapter 1 feels primitive for a lot of the folks who weren’t there for it the first time. But it was during the late stages of Chapter 1 when Fortnite really found its stride creatively–Season 9 was such a fun shakeup that it could almost pass for a more modern season of Fortnite. And now it’s time to go back to the future, with Fortnite OG preparing to kick off its awesome new sci-fi makeover.
While Epic hasn’t fully detailed what we can expect from Fortnite OG Season 9, we already know plenty about what we can expect based on the original version of Season 9, which ran during the summer of 2019. Let’s dive in.
Fortnite OG Season 9 release date and start time
Season 9 of Fortnite OG begins on the morning of June 25. Epic Games will deploy a patch on the evening of June 24, which will take Fortnite offline for a few hours, and Season 9 will be live when the game returns online.
Fortnite Season 9 OG Pass
We haven’t yet seen the full lineup for the Season 9 OG pass, but it appears that one of the new skins will be a remix of Rox, a character from the original Season 9 battle pass. There should be three skins in all, and they’ll likely be remixes of previous skins from the Season 9 pass, which you can see above.
So we’re also expecting a new version of Singularity, since that character just recently popped up in the new season of Battle Royale. If these two are indeed on the new OG pass, then it’s likely that the third skin would be a wackier, more meme-like skin–like a new version of Sentinel, who’s better known as the chicken knight.
Fortnite OG Season 9 storyline and live events
In the original version of Season 9, the island was still dealing with the fallout from the Great Unvaulting and the eruption of the volcano. The biggest consequence is that Polar Peak is melting–and it turns out it was never actually a real mountain. Instead, it’s a massive kaiju called The Devourer, frozen in a block of ice. And over the course of Season 9, that ice melts.
Our heroes, knowing that a giant beastie is about to tear the island apart, build a giant mech (that would be Mecha Team Leader) to defend against The Devourer, and at the end of the season we got a massive battle between the two giants that remains one of the most fun live events in Fortnite’s history. You better believe we’re going to get to experience that live event, dubbed The Final Showdown, in Fortnite OG Season 9.
Map changes in Fortnite OG Season 9
Season 9 added a futuristic flavor to some of the locations around the island, with Tilted Towers being redesigned as New Tilted, and Retail Row becoming Mega Mall. As part of all those cool future-style renovations, the island was full of wind tunnels that could launch players into the air and let them fly around the island more quickly than was ever possible before. Because of that, Season 9 will be the most Zero Build-friendly season of Fortnite OG yet.
Fortnite OG Season 9 weapons and loot
The start of Season 9 didn’t change up the loot pool all that much. The Pump Shotgun, Scoped Revolver, and the Suppressed and Thermal ARs are all vaulted, and Epic unvaulted grenades and introduced the Combat Shotgun, which is oriented around mid-range battles instead of being a close-range powerhouse.
Over the course of Season 9, Epic also introduced the Tactical Assault Rifle, the Burst SMG, the Drum Shotgun, and the beloved Chug Splashes. And midway through Season 9 we first got our hands on the Storm Flip item, which creates a temporary mini-storm when you’re in the circle, or if you use it while you’re in the storm, it’ll make a temporary safe zone.
Fortnite OG Season 9 returning loot pool list:
- Assault Rifle
- Scoped Assault Rifle
- Minigun
- Infantry Rifle
- Drum Gun
- Tactical Shotgun
- Pump Shotgun
- Suppressed SMG
- Pistol
- Suppressed Pistol
- Hand Cannon
- Flint-Knock Pistol
- Heavy Sniper
- Bolt-Action Sniper
- Grenade Launcher
- Rocket Launcher
