The Fortnite battle pass for Chapter 5 Season 3 has a strong theme: wasteland mayhem. This season looks like something from Mad Max, with an oily, supercharged warzone. Several new characters fit this look perfectly.
Fortnite Chapter 5 Season 3 Teaser
Out with the gods, in with a post-apocalypse. Fortnite just launched its newest battle royale season, Chapter 5: Season 3, which Mad Max and Fallout inspire. It’s called “Wrecked” and brings a new wasteland region, more vehicle combat, and even Magneto.
Fortnite Chapter 5 season 3 (Full trailer teaser)
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First, let’s talk about the island. In the game’s story, a huge sandstorm hit, changing the southern part of the map. There are three new places: a refinery called Redline Rig, a vehicle arena called Nitrodrome, and a beach area called Brutal Beachhead.
This season also has “Wasteland Warriors,” the boss characters, with names like The Machinist and Ringmaster Scarr. Additionally, there are now two War Buses patrolling the island that players can hijack and control.
Fortnite Chapter 5 Season 3 Map
There are two main updates to gameplay. One is Nitro, which you can drink or use on your vehicle. It makes players faster, stronger, and reload quicker, while cars go faster, use less gas, and can ram with more power.
Vehicle mods are back too, so you can add gun turrets and bulletproof tires to your car. Since Fallout is now part of Fortnite, Nuka-Cola is being added. Drinking it will restore health and slowly build your shield.
For those who buy this season’s battle pass, you’ll get T-60 Power Armor and other characters, including a sentient pea pod. Starting in July, you can also unlock Magneto from X-Men.
Fortnite Chapter 5 Season 3 Skins and Rewards
While Fortnite is down for maintenance, we’ll use this time to preview all eight skins in the battle pass for Chapter 5 Season 3. Once the maintenance is over, we’ll update this guide with images of all the rewards.
For now, let’s meet the new group of heroes, villains, and… vegetables.
T-60 Power Armor
This iconic armor from the Fallout series is well-known and second only to Vault Boy.
Rust
A new version of the Rust Lord skin from 2017, originally inspired by Marvel’s Star-Lord, is now redesigned for the wasteland theme.
Ringmaster Scarr
She runs the Nitro Drome and is one of the enemy bosses this season.
The Machinist
A master mechanic was found at Redline Rig, making vehicles much more dangerous.
Megalo Don
A big, tough enemy located at Brutal Beachhead. He’s a major challenge this season.
Brite Raider
Another reimagined old skin, now with spiked shoulder pads and a tougher look for the wasteland.
Magneto
The famous villain from the X-Men series makes his debut in Fortnite, joining other Marvel characters already in the game.
Peabody
This season’s quirky character, Peabody, is a peapod with three legendary peas: Phil, Earl, and Axle.
Stay tuned for action shots of these new heroes and updates to this guide once the maintenance ends and the battle pass is live.
Fortnite Chapter 5 Season 3 Release Time
We don’t know the exact time the servers will go offline for Season 3, but it will happen this evening. Usually, the servers go down around 2 am ET / 11 pm PT. So, expect them to go offline tonight, Thursday, May 23rd at 11 pm if you’re on the West Coast and around 2 am on Friday, May 24th if you’re on the East Coast.
Servers are usually down for four or five hours with a big season update. Sometimes it takes a little longer, and sometimes they’re back up more quickly. Occasionally, there’s a problem, and servers stay offline until the next day. But you should be back online for Chapter 5, Season 3 by the morning of Friday the 24th.
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