Fortnite’s collaboration with the Netflix series Stranger Things gets its biggest drop yet this weekend with five new skins in the item shop and a branded takeover of the Blitz Royale mode.
Blitz Royale, which has quick, five-minute rounds of battle royale on a tiny island, got an entirely new map on November 21. The new island features four named locations based on the town of Hawkins, Indiana, as well as a border right down the middle separating the normal world from locations that have been corrupted by the Upside Down–essentially giving the map a pair of distinct biomes, something that Blitz hasn’t done before since its map is already so little.
The map and the new item shop skins based on Vecna and the original four boys are the entirety of this takeover–there aren’t any new Stranger Things weapons added to the loot pool or anything like that. That’s fine, because between the ongoing Simpsons season and the imminent launch of Chapter 7, we’ve already got plenty of new mechanics to worry about.
Scroll on for looks at the full new map and each of the named locations.
As you can see, the island is split in half between the regular part in the west and the Upside Down part in the east, with each half getting two of the major locations. While the Upside Down half is always dark and spooky, the normal half of the island has the usual day/night cycle.
Gnarly Farms
Stranger Suburbs
Library Landing
Hawkins Heights
Hawkins Heights includes this movie theater sign and marquee teasing the Chapter 6 finale event that’s taking place on Saturday, November 29. Fun fact: Despite the sign indicating otherwise, there’s no movie theater on this map.
This collaboration between Fortnite and Stranger Things sounds exciting! It’s always fun to see how different worlds blend together. Looking forward to exploring the new map and all its unique locations!