Items Are Mysteriously Turning Gold In ‘Fortnite’ Ahead Of Next Season — Here’s Where To Find Them

Random objects are mysteriously turning gold in 'Fortnite' ahead of the Chapter 2, Season 2 release. ... [+] Here's where to find them for yourself.

Credit: Epic Games / Paul Tassi

Well, after 125 days of Fortnite Chapter 2, Season 1 we’re finally in the last stretches of this endless season. Things are actually starting to happen.

This includes Epic Games changing the images on their social media accounts. The “F” is now a golden “F” in the studio’s Twitter profile pic. The Twitter banner is now of 8ball and Scratch with a golden hand print on top of them. Behold:

New Fortnite Banner

Credit: Epic Games

There’s even a leaked skin called Oro (gold in Spanish) that’s all about the gold:

Praise the sun!

Credit: Epic Games

I don’t know about you but this looks like an undead version of Knight Solaire, one of Dark Souls’ most famous characters. He’s responsible for the phrase “Praise the sun!” and wore a white tunic with a red sun on its breast. His special emote was to raise his hands to the sides just so:

Knight Solaire praising the sun.

Credit: FromSoftware

Perhaps some jolly cooperation is coming to Fortnite?

Epic also released the first teaser image for Fortnite Chapter 2, Season 2 on Twitter this morning. Once again, the golden hand appears along with next season’s start-date and some mysteriously blacked out words. The image says “Transmission Intercepted.”

In any case, along with all these golden teasers and clues, items in the game itself are starting to turn gold, just like the couch Harley Quinn is looking at in the picture at the top of this post. So far it’s all mundane items like couches and television sets that are succumbing to Midas’s touch.

Golden TV

Credit: Epic Games / Paul Tassi

At the moment, the only place these have been spotted is in the buildings on the island in the center of the map. If you want to see them for yourself, that’s where to go. It’s possible that the golden epidemic will spread. Indeed, it seems likely that as the week goes on, more and more items will go gold, beginning here at the epicenter and gradually spreading forth.

Golden toilet.

Credit: Epic Games / Paul Tassi

What it all means is much harder to say. Unfortunately, Epic really dropped the ball when it came to any sort of season-long narrative for Chapter 2, Season 1. Normally this kind of thing would have started weeks ago. Perhaps a golden toilet here, a golden couch there. Bit by bit as the season unfolded.

Not so this season. This season nothing happened until now. But it does appear that the EGO organization’s rival, ALTER, is involved. Some clash of secret, behind-the-scenes agencies is unfolding. Often this is the case in Fortnite. The Ice King vs the Fire King, the Super Heroes vs the Villains and so forth. Alter vs Ego makes sense, especially given this season’s Battle Pass.

In any case, stay tuned to Forbes Games this week as Epic releases more and more teasers and clues. We’ll cover them all here. (Also follow me on Twitter, Facebook and my blog!)

Golden boxes.

Credit: Epic Games / Paul Tassi

The next season drops in just a few days which is excitingâ€"though I admit that I and many others are probably feeling a little burned out and not as hyped as we would have been normally for the next season. Epic kind of dropped the ball on this one, unfortunately.

Hopefully the next season is really awesome with some cool map changes, good challenges and a less confusing Battle Pass. I just don’t want locked challenges which are so ridiculously lame.

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