v43.10 포트나이트 보물 사냥꾼 업데이트 노트

최고의 모험이 계속됩니다! 새로운 선장들이 상륙해 신규 무기와 신규 정령을 가져오고, 보물 지도는 계속 커져 갑니다. 아래에서 자세한 내용을 확인하세요. 

선장의 날: Buggy 등장 | 11월 12일

새로운 선장이 닻을 내립니다. 이번 선장은 유난히 극적인 연출을 좋아하죠! Buggy가 Buggy’s Beachhead에 도착해 이번 주 보스로 군림합니다. 맞서 싸워 Special Buggy Ball과 레버 액션 샷건을 획득하세요.

보물 시간: 저주 | 11월 14일

모든 축복에는 대가가 따릅니다. 11월 14일 토요일에는 저주 정령이 강화되며, 거래는 간단합니다. 들고 있으면 희귀 정령 변종을 발견할 확률이 높아지지만, 물이 되갚아 주죠. 지난주 선장의 무기도 함께 쓸 수 있습니다. Lil Uzi Vert의 Lil’ SMG가 함께 떨어집니다. 1라운드는 2026년 11월 15일 오전 4시 (한국 시간)에, 2라운드는 2026년 11월 15일 오후 11시 (한국 시간)에 시작됩니다.

선장의 날: 미쿠와 테토 | 11월 15일

가상 디바가 접근 중입니다! 하츠네 미쿠와 카사네 테토가 11월 15일 일요일에 Friendship Villa에 도착합니다. 그리고 이번 선장의 날에는 선장들이 평화롭게 찾아옵니다. The Leekcapper와 Flapjack Rifle이 전리품 풀에 추가되고, 이번 주말에는 세 번째 지도 조각이 모습을 드러냅니다. 디바들을 만나러 가 보세요!

게임플레이 업데이트

전리품 풀

• 이제 시즌의 이색 무기 중 일부가 상자에서 등장할 수 있습니다. 그리고 전설에 따르면, 그 모든 무기를 담고 있는 상자가 하나 있다고 하죠…

• 이제 보스 무기는 반드시 드롭됩니다. 쓰러뜨리고 챙기세요!

  • 개발자 참고: 섬 곳곳에 여러 보스가 흩어져 있어 선택할 수 있는 전투가 많습니다. 그래서 모든 처치에서 하나씩 떨어지도록 해도 괜찮다고 판단했습니다. 이제 보스를 상대하는 건 언제나 갈 만한 가치가 있습니다.

정령 업데이트

저주 정령 이제 저주가 활성화되면 시각 효과가 표시되어, 물이 피해를 주는 타이밍을 더 쉽게 알 수 있습니다.

오늘의 신규 정령 | 11월 12일

• 저주 켈퍼: 희귀 정령 변종을 찾을 확률이 증가합니다.

11월 15일에 등장하는 신규 정령

• 미니 미쿠: 다른 플레이어와 함께 이모트를 사용하면 우정 버블을 부여합니다. 안전하고 든든하죠!

• Squiplash: 체력이 낮을 때 치유 연막을 활성화합니다.

• 그리고 제로 포인트 대시 충전을 재생해 주는 새로운 비밀 희귀 정령도 등장할 수 있습니다...

편의성 개선

오디오 및 UI

• 사운드 이펙트 시각화를 활성화하면 이제 상자 표시기에 상자가 위에 있는지 아래에 있는지에 따라 위/아래 화살표가 표시되어, 위로 갈지 아래로 갈지 알 수 있습니다. 아직 사운드 이펙트 시각화를 켜지 않았다면 설정 > 오디오 > 사운드로 이동하세요.

• 사운드 이펙트 시각화 표시기의 강도를 높이고, 최소 불투명도를 30%로 설정했습니다.

• 배틀버스 음악의 다양성을 더 늘렸습니다. 

• 미니맵에서 미발견 구역의 대비를 높여 가독성을 개선했습니다.

보관함 개선 사항 계속

이번 업데이트로 보관함을 더 쉽게 둘러볼 수 있도록 더 많은 레이아웃 옵션을 추가했습니다. 살펴보기 바 옆의 새로운 그리드 밀도 버튼으로 타일 크기를 세 가지(큼, 중간, 작음) 중에서 순환해 선택할 수 있습니다. 이를 통해 컬렉션을 한 번에 더 많이 확인하거나, 각 아이템을 더 자세히 살펴볼 수 있습니다.

스크롤 방식도 업데이트했습니다. 이제 위쪽 화살표와 아래쪽 화살표로 아이템을 한 번에 한 페이지씩 이동할 수 있으며(이모트 휠도 동일), 원하는 위치로 더 쉽게 갈 수 있습니다. 의견을 들려주세요!

PC 

고품질 애셋 옵션

이제 에픽게임즈 런처에서 포트나이트의 고품질 애셋 옵션을 사용할 수 있습니다. 이 옵션은 42.30 업데이트(10월 1일)에 추가된 에픽 품질 애셋 옵션에 이어 제공됩니다.

고품질 애셋 체크 박스를 선택하면 이 애셋이 PC에 다운로드되어, 매치 중 스트리밍을 위해 인터넷 연결에 의존하지 않아도 됩니다. 활성화하려면 라이브러리에서 포트나이트 아이콘의 점 3개를 클릭하고 옵션을 선택하세요.

PC 버그 수정 및 개선 사항

• 섬에서 대기실로 돌아갈 때 메모리 누출이 발생하던 문제를 수정했습니다.

• 설정 화면에서 스크롤 시 설정이 잘못 활성화 또는 비활성화되어 유효하지 않은 변경이 가능하던 문제를 수정했습니다.

• 캐릭터 커스터마이제이션과 관련된 잠재적인 메모리 손상을 수정했습니다.

• DirectX에서 GPU 크래시 또는 멈춤이 발생할 수 있던 문제를 수정했습니다.

• 메시 품질을 낮음으로 설정한 성능 모드에서 스켈레탈 메시가 지나치게 높은 디테일로 렌더링되던 문제를 수정했으며, 이를 통해 GPU 성능이 개선될 것으로 예상됩니다.

• 렌더링 모드를 변경할 때 발생할 수 있던 문제를 수정했습니다.

  • 이를 통해 게임을 재시작하지 않아도 렌더링 모드가 바뀔 수 있는 향후 문제를 방지합니다.

• Windows 디스플레이와 관련된 잠재적인 크래시를 수정했습니다.

✅ 버그 수정 및 조정

일반

• 해적 상점 접근 권한을 찾는 것과 더 잘 구분되도록 주간 골드 의상 보물 상자 열기 애니메이션을 업데이트했습니다.

• 올드스쿨 및 빠른 건축가 프리셋에서 직선으로 이동할 때 컨트롤러 이동이 더 이상 대각선으로 드리프트하지 않습니다.

• 인벤토리 토글 및 맵 토글 키 바인딩이 이제 일관되게 반응하며, 다시 지정할 수 있습니다.

장식 아이템

• 레온 S. 케네디 의상이 유휴 상태일 때 팔이 더 이상 왜곡되어 보이지 않습니다.

• We Are Venom 이모트 중 Venom 의상에 혀가 두 개로 잘못 표시되던 문제를 수정했습니다.

• 해적 폭시 의상의 오른팔이 더 이상 비틀려 보이지 않습니다.

• 포트거스 D. 에이스 의상이 우솝의 새총을 충전하는 동안 모자 끈이 더 이상 흔들리거나 몸에 클리핑되지 않습니다.

• 독기 의상 및 티타임 스타일에서 발생하던 여러 클리핑 및 애니메이션 문제를 수정했습니다.

• 알래스터 의상의 소매가 더 이상 장갑형 곡괭이를 뚫고 나오지 않습니다.

• 토니토니 쵸파 사이드킥의 왼쪽 눈이 이제 Android에서 일관되게 표시되며, 하이파이브 도중 손이 더 이상 클리핑되지 않습니다.

• 네온 몬스터 랩핑 시트지가 이제 무기를 발사할 때 반응 효과가 일관되게 발동됩니다.

• 보관함의 여러 이모트에 누락되어 있던 시즌 정보를 추가했습니다(예: 색소폰 솔로, 호머의 울타리 속 후퇴, Just a Girl, 마이크로 플립).

게임플레이 

• 매장된 상자를 파낼 때 마지막 타격을 위해 간혹 이동하거나 웅크려야 했던 문제를 수정했습니다.

• 재장전 도중 무기를 바꿨다가 다시 바꾸더라도 더 이상 재장전이 처음부터 강제로 시작되지 않습니다.

• 해머 돌격소총의 탄창을 비운 뒤에도 카메라가 계속 흔들리던 문제가 더 이상 발생하지 않습니다.

• 차량을 사용한 뒤 Chester 정령의 낙하 피해 면역이 사라지던 문제를 수정했습니다.

• 매달려 올라가는 것을 막을 수 있던 홀짝 통 공장의 난간을 제거했습니다.

• 약탈 항구의 창고에 있는 아이템을 주울 수 없던 문제를 수정했습니다.

• 정령 가루 콘솔에서 XP를 구매했을 때 간혹 XP가 지급되지 않던 문제를 수정했습니다.

• 좋은 꿈의 정령이 이제 인벤토리에서 자리표시자 아이콘과 텍스트를 표시하지 않습니다.

모바일 

• 팀원을 부활시키는 동안에도 이제 '줍기' 버튼을 사용할 수 있습니다. 자동 상호작용으로 부활을 시작해도 더 이상 팀원을 들어 올릴 수 없게 잠기지 않습니다.

• 자동 무기 줍기가 켜져 있으면 우솝의 갤럭시 슬링샷 또는 Lil Uzi Vert의 Lil' 기관단총 위를 지나갈 때, 이제 하위 등급 버전이 올바르게 교체됩니다.

• 재시작 후 게임 언어가 항상 영어로 되돌아가던 문제를 수정했습니다.

• 일부 폴더블 디바이스에서 펼친 화면에서 접은 화면으로 전환한 뒤 UI 요소가 너무 작게 표시되던 문제를 수정했습니다.

v43.10의 기타 수정 사항, 개선 사항 및 알려진 문제는 이 게시물에서 확인하세요.

크로스본 섬에서 만나요! 

BR 개발팀

The Paradigm. One of the most story relevant characters. She was a huge part of the Chapter 3 storyline that led into Chapter 4, she’s a part of The Seven, who’ve had a huge impact on the game’s narrative as a whole, and… She’s a skin you can’t get… And we’re not even talking about her Battle Pass reskin from Chapter 3. Nope, somehow that version is more commonly owned by at least 3 times over than the Item Shop version, ya know the one that can actually come back at anytime Epic Games decides to?

Now the argument I always hear is that Epic “can’t” bring back The Paradigm skin because it was a “limited time” and an “exclusive” skin. As I’m sure most people are aware, this already happened. There was one instance in 2024 when this skin came back to the Item Shop for about 1 hour before it was instantly removed from the shop. It was a big deal, Donald Mustard even reacted on Twitter to Epic’s initial response of revoking The Paradigm from new buyers with a face palm emoji, indicating that making this skin a true exclusive was a bad idea. So as Epic seems to do when these things happen they ultimately apologized for the bug, and decided to refund everyone who bought The Paradigm and gave the original owners an actual exclusive edit style that the new owners of the skin wouldn’t be able to access. I want to repeat the language that Epic themselves gave through Twitter on October 11th 2019 when the skin released, “Her allegiance is unknown.The Paradigm Outfit is available in the Item Shop now!” Interestingly no mention here of the skin being exclusive until the next day, “Unknown allegiance. Grab The Paradigm Outfit, Welcome! Emote and Go home! Emote in the Item Shop now. These exclusive items are only available for a limited time.” However, the ingame news tab DOES mention how The Paradigm is time limited when the skin debuted on October 11th, “The new limited-time Paradigm Outfit is available now!”

So before we get to The Paradigm I think it’s important to gain some context and look back at the cosmetic that kicked off this whole "exclusive" thing, which is the Mako Glider. Now most players today were definitely not around for this (myself included) but initially this glider was a part of the Season 1 cosmetics. It wasn’t a part of the season shop, no it was gained through what we would classify today as either a battle pass reward, or a challenge. You had to get to level 25, now by today’s standards that sounds pretty simple, but back in Season 1 this was apparently very difficult due to how few sources there were for XP. Flash forward to Season 2 and Epic either intentionally or accidentally ads the Mako glider to the Item Shop, and players weren’t happy about this. Much like The Paradigm years later, Epic removed the glider very quickly from the shop, and asked players on Reddit how they felt about keeping past cosmetics exclusive and most players agreed they should stay exclusive which is why you haven’t seen any of the season 1 items or items gained through challenges return**** Eagle eye readers and Fortnite cosmetic history aficionado’s will notice how many asterik’s I’ve included after that statement, and will know how absolutely untrue that is.

I’m sure you’re all aware of the Renegade Raider (RR) and Aerial Assault Trooper (ATT) skins. These were highly popular rare skins since they were only available during Season 1 where most players didn’t play the game, and if they did they likely didn’t spend any money on it. RR and AAT weren’t initially billed as “exclusive” or “limited time” when they were released. However due to the aforementioned Mako glider incident Epic games decided to have a select few Season 1 items stay in Season 1 only and not return later, this led players into believing a community legend that these skins and associated comets were truly exclusive and would never be seen again. That is until they were brought back, (more on that later)

Now this wasn’t the first time Season 1 cosmetics came back either; Epic brought back the Skull and Ghoul Trooper skins in CH2 S1. Now Epic never advertised these skins as “exclusive” or “limited time” they just didn’t return in Season 6 for that Fortnitemares event and because they were released in Season 1 people assumed it was exactly like the RR or AAT skins. However when these Halloween skins returned to the Item Shop; Epic apologized to the original owners and gave them an exclusive edit style. Which was the first time this happened. Since then Skull Trooper and Ghoul Trooper have gone on to have 144 and 94 occurrences respectively in the Item Shop as of the time of this writing.

When CH6 S1 launched Epic brought back the Season 1 OG island via the then new OG mode, and to recreate the feeling that this really was a recreation of OG season 1 Epic brought back the infamous Renegade Raider and Ariel Assault Trooper skins into the item shop, along with the same XP requirements to buy the associated gliders, pickaxes and skins as you needed in the original Season 1. Now much like all the other skins we’ve discussed these were also not previously advertised as “limited time” and “exclusive”, but Epic had retroactively made them exclusive skins, and just like The Paradigm and the Halloween skins; the original owners of Renegade Raider and Assault Trooper skins got new exclusive edit styles that were the exact same color scheme as the exclusive Paradigm edit style. Not only that but these skins stayed in the shop for over a month, being in the shop from Dec 20th to Jan 31st.

Here’s the kicker if you ask me. Like we stated earlier bringing back the RR and AAT skins was a huge deal, Epic retroactively made these skins exclusive and brought them back anyway as a part of a throwback to re-create the feel of the original Season 1. Fast forward to CH 7 S1 and the OG mode is now in Season 7, and for some reason Epic brings back the RR and AAT skins again for a second year in a row for the same exact time period. Dec 20th to Jan 31st. These skins weren’t re-released during the original Season 7, so why now? Now these previously “exclusive” “limited time” skins have had - as of the time of this writing - 85 occurrences in the Item Shop. That’s more than most skins in the game and completely negates these being rare skins anymore.

Now let me be clear. I have no problem with bringing back “rare” skins -if the other paragraphs weren’t already an indication- I have some “rare” licensed skins like Kratos, and Snake Eyes and previously rare licensed skins like Street Fighter, Naruto, and Arcane League of Legends. Now when Epic brought those aforementioned skins back into the item shop earlier this year alongside the RR and AAT skins I was happy. I’d had these skins for years so while part of me was sad that they were less rare I was ultimately glad that players that either started in CH4 or even CH6 finally had a chance to get these colab skins that came out WAAAAY before these players even had a chance to get them. And these were licensed skins, not Epic owned properties. So why are skins like The Paradigm so hard to come back then?

My last piece of evidence on exclusivity being a bad excuse is a more recent one. CH 7 S2. Great season imo, the last week of that season Epic decided to have a community day, tons of free items, and more importantly for this discussion; rare skins in the Item Shop. I’m of course referring to Epic finally releasing Brilliant Bomber, and the then believed EXCLUSIVE Indigo Kuno. Now Brilliant was up to that point a 99% unreleased skin. There were ways to have the skin legitimately if you knew someone who developed the game at Epic, or through a Discord bot in 2019. but otherwise for most practical purposes it was unreleased. It was speculated to be a part of a yearly subscription model that Epic dumped in favor of the monthly Crew subscription, so because the yearly model was never released it would’ve been a part of an “exclusive” model, but was then sold in the item shop. The second, Indigo Kuno is a bit more relevant for this discussion. Before community day you HAD to play in a tournament that lasted a couple hours in December of 2020 and ONLY on PlayStation AND you had to rank high enough in said tournament to qualify to get the skin. So while this was a released skin out of the millions of players it was estimated that around 6000 or less actually had this skin or around 0.006 of the player base if said player base was 1 million players. So I think it would be safe to categorize Indigo Kuno as an exclusive skin. AND YET both of these skins were released in the Item Shop for sale for two total occurrences. Showing how Epic can release skins in the Item Shop that are “exclusive”

So clearly Epic has already presented precedence for bringing back “exclusive” and “limited time” skins by re-defining what those terms mean. If skins like RR or Indigo Kuno were truly “exclusive” then we would’ve never seen these skins in the shop ever again. if a skin is “time limited” it doesn’t really mean anything if you ask me. Technically all skins in the game are “time-limited” since that’s how the item shop functions, that could be stretched to define the means by which all skins in this game are acquired, any amount of time is technically limited. So bringing back a “limited time” skin for a short period of time would still be “time limited”

So finally we’re here. Much like Chapter 1 of the new OG seasons, where RR and AAT re-released; we’re finally back in Season X when The Paradigm initially released, and quickly disappeared on October 13th 2019, 7 years ago. Obviously The Paradigm wasn’t re-released on October 11th a couple days ago and isn’t in the Item Shop tonight either, but I feel it only makes sense to re-release The Paradigm if they’re trying to re-create the original Season X. The Paradigm released 3 total days before the The End Event, and I feel it only makes sense to re-release her in the same manner, 3 days before the End event occurs in OG Season X again, around Dec 1st-4th. So if Epic wants to continue the trend they started in CH6 S1 with OG Fortnite feeling authentic then they’re actually obligated to bring The Paradigm back. Plus the original owners of the skin already have their exclusive edit style so there really shouldn’t be a problem with bringing this skin back. That and the lore which for ONCE I hope they ignore and just re-release the skin regardless of if she’s actually involved in this End Event or not.

TLDR; exclusive skins have slowly been creeping their way into the item shop. WHICH IS GOOD, and The Paradigm has already been re-released once already, plus OG buyers have an exclusive edit style, so they should just re-release her at this point. They re-released Renegade Raider to re-create the authenticity of Chapter 1 season 1 so they should do the same for Chapter 1 Season X by re-releasing The Paradigm. Also she's a huge lore character (who looks sooooo cool) so it's pretty ridiculous that Epic hasn't brought her back yet.

Vielen Dank, das Update hat es ja in sich.

The Paradigm. One of the most story relevant characters. She was a huge part of the Chapter 3 storyline that led into Chapter 4, she’s a part of The Seven, who’ve had a huge impact on the game’s narrative as a whole, and… She’s a skin you can’t get… And we’re not even talking about her Battle Pass reskin from Chapter 3. Nope, somehow that version is more commonly owned by at least 3 times over than the Item Shop version, ya know the one that can actually come back at anytime Epic Games decides to?

Now the argument I always hear is that Epic “can’t” bring back The Paradigm skin because it was a “limited time” and an “exclusive” skin. As I’m sure most people are aware, this already happened. There was one instance in 2024 when this skin came back to the Item Shop for about 1 hour before it was instantly removed from the shop. It was a big deal, Donald Mustard even reacted on Twitter to Epic’s initial response of revoking The Paradigm from new buyers with a face palm emoji, indicating that making this skin a true exclusive was a bad idea. So as Epic seems to do when these things happen they ultimately apologized for the bug, and decided to refund everyone who bought The Paradigm and gave the original owners an actual exclusive edit style that the new owners of the skin wouldn’t be able to access. I want to repeat the language that Epic themselves gave through Twitter on October 11th 2019 when the skin released, “Her allegiance is unknown.The Paradigm Outfit is available in the Item Shop now!” Interestingly no mention here of the skin being exclusive until the next day, “Unknown allegiance. Grab The Paradigm Outfit, Welcome! Emote and Go home! Emote in the Item Shop now. These exclusive items are only available for a limited time.” However, the ingame news tab DOES mention how The Paradigm is time limited when the skin debuted on October 11th, “The new limited-time Paradigm Outfit is available now!”

So before we get to The Paradigm I think it’s important to gain some context and look back at the cosmetic that kicked off this whole "exclusive" thing, which is the Mako Glider. Now most players today were definitely not around for this (myself included) but initially this glider was a part of the Season 1 cosmetics. It wasn’t a part of the season shop, no it was gained through what we would classify today as either a battle pass reward, or a challenge. You had to get to level 25, now by today’s standards that sounds pretty simple, but back in Season 1 this was apparently very difficult due to how few sources there were for XP. Flash forward to Season 2 and Epic either intentionally or accidentally ads the Mako glider to the Item Shop, and players weren’t happy about this. Much like The Paradigm years later, Epic removed the glider very quickly from the shop, and asked players on Reddit how they felt about keeping past cosmetics exclusive and most players agreed they should stay exclusive which is why you haven’t seen any of the season 1 items or items gained through challenges return**** Eagle eye readers and Fortnite cosmetic history aficionado’s will notice how many asterik’s I’ve included after that statement, and will know how absolutely untrue that is.

I’m sure you’re all aware of the Renegade Raider (RR) and Aerial Assault Trooper (ATT) skins. These were highly popular rare skins since they were only available during Season 1 where most players didn’t play the game, and if they did they likely didn’t spend any money on it. RR and AAT weren’t initially billed as “exclusive” or “limited time” when they were released. However due to the aforementioned Mako glider incident Epic games decided to have a select few Season 1 items stay in Season 1 only and not return later, this led players into believing a community legend that these skins and associated comets were truly exclusive and would never be seen again. That is until they were brought back, (more on that later)

Now this wasn’t the first time Season 1 cosmetics came back either; Epic brought back the Skull and Ghoul Trooper skins in CH2 S1. Now Epic never advertised these skins as “exclusive” or “limited time” they just didn’t return in Season 6 for that Fortnitemares event and because they were released in Season 1 people assumed it was exactly like the RR or AAT skins. However when these Halloween skins returned to the Item Shop; Epic apologized to the original owners and gave them an exclusive edit style. Which was the first time this happened. Since then Skull Trooper and Ghoul Trooper have gone on to have 144 and 94 occurrences respectively in the Item Shop as of the time of this writing.

When CH6 S1 launched Epic brought back the Season 1 OG island via the then new OG mode, and to recreate the feeling that this really was a recreation of OG season 1 Epic brought back the infamous Renegade Raider and Ariel Assault Trooper skins into the item shop, along with the same XP requirements to buy the associated gliders, pickaxes and skins as you needed in the original Season 1. Now much like all the other skins we’ve discussed these were also not previously advertised as “limited time” and “exclusive”, but Epic had retroactively made them exclusive skins, and just like The Paradigm and the Halloween skins; the original owners of Renegade Raider and Assault Trooper skins got new exclusive edit styles that were the exact same color scheme as the exclusive Paradigm edit style. Not only that but these skins stayed in the shop for over a month, being in the shop from Dec 20th to Jan 31st.

Here’s the kicker if you ask me. Like we stated earlier bringing back the RR and AAT skins was a huge deal, Epic retroactively made these skins exclusive and brought them back anyway as a part of a throwback to re-create the feel of the original Season 1. Fast forward to CH 7 S1 and the OG mode is now in Season 7, and for some reason Epic brings back the RR and AAT skins again for a second year in a row for the same exact time period. Dec 20th to Jan 31st. These skins weren’t re-released during the original Season 7, so why now? Now these previously “exclusive” “limited time” skins have had - as of the time of this writing - 85 occurrences in the Item Shop. That’s more than most skins in the game and completely negates these being rare skins anymore.

Now let me be clear. I have no problem with bringing back “rare” skins -if the other paragraphs weren’t already an indication- I have some “rare” licensed skins like Kratos, and Snake Eyes and previously rare licensed skins like Street Fighter, Naruto, and Arcane League of Legends. Now when Epic brought those aforementioned skins back into the item shop earlier this year alongside the RR and AAT skins I was happy. I’d had these skins for years so while part of me was sad that they were less rare I was ultimately glad that players that either started in CH4 or even CH6 finally had a chance to get these colab skins that came out WAAAAY before these players even had a chance to get them. And these were licensed skins, not Epic owned properties. So why are skins like The Paradigm so hard to come back then?

My last piece of evidence on exclusivity being a bad excuse is a more recent one. CH 7 S2. Great season imo, the last week of that season Epic decided to have a community day, tons of free items, and more importantly for this discussion; rare skins in the Item Shop. I’m of course referring to Epic finally releasing Brilliant Bomber, and the then believed EXCLUSIVE Indigo Kuno. Now Brilliant was up to that point a 99% unreleased skin. There were ways to have the skin legitimately if you knew someone who developed the game at Epic, or through a Discord bot in 2019. but otherwise for most practical purposes it was unreleased. It was speculated to be a part of a yearly subscription model that Epic dumped in favor of the monthly Crew subscription, so because the yearly model was never released it would’ve been a part of an “exclusive” model, but was then sold in the item shop. The second, Indigo Kuno is a bit more relevant for this discussion. Before community day you HAD to play in a tournament that lasted a couple hours in December of 2020 and ONLY on PlayStation AND you had to rank high enough in said tournament to qualify to get the skin. So while this was a released skin out of the millions of players it was estimated that around 6000 or less actually had this skin or around 0.006 of the player base if said player base was 1 million players. So I think it would be safe to categorize Indigo Kuno as an exclusive skin. AND YET both of these skins were released in the Item Shop for sale for two total occurrences. Showing how Epic can release skins in the Item Shop that are “exclusive”

So clearly Epic has already presented precedence for bringing back “exclusive” and “limited time” skins by re-defining what those terms mean. If skins like RR or Indigo Kuno were truly “exclusive” then we would’ve never seen these skins in the shop ever again. if a skin is “time limited” it doesn’t really mean anything if you ask me. Technically all skins in the game are “time-limited” since that’s how the item shop functions, that could be stretched to define the means by which all skins in this game are acquired, any amount of time is technically limited. So bringing back a “limited time” skin for a short period of time would still be “time limited”

So finally we’re here. Much like Chapter 1 of the new OG seasons, where RR and AAT re-released; we’re finally back in Season X when The Paradigm initially released, and quickly disappeared on October 13th 2019, 7 years ago. Obviously The Paradigm wasn’t re-released on October 11th a couple days ago and isn’t in the Item Shop tonight either, but I feel it only makes sense to re-release The Paradigm if they’re trying to re-create the original Season X. The Paradigm released 3 total days before the The End Event, and I feel it only makes sense to re-release her in the same manner, 3 days before the End event occurs in OG Season X again, around Dec 1st-4th. So if Epic wants to continue the trend they started in CH6 S1 with OG Fortnite feeling authentic then they’re actually obligated to bring The Paradigm back. Plus the original owners of the skin already have their exclusive edit style so there really shouldn’t be a problem with bringing this skin back. That and the lore which for ONCE I hope they ignore and just re-release the skin regardless of if she’s actually involved in this End Event or not.

TLDR; exclusive skins have slowly been creeping their way into the item shop. WHICH IS GOOD, and The Paradigm has already been re-released once already, plus OG buyers have an exclusive edit style, so they should just re-release her at this point. They re-released Renegade Raider to re-create the authenticity of Chapter 1 season 1 so they should do the same for Chapter 1 Season X by re-releasing The Paradigm. Also she's a huge lore character (who looks sooooo cool) so it's pretty ridiculous that Epic hasn't brought her back yet!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Serwery są teraz niedostępne, zajrzy ponownie później.

The Paradigm. One of the most story relevant characters. She was a huge part of the Chapter 3 storyline that led into Chapter 4, she’s a part of The Seven, who’ve had a huge impact on the game’s narrative as a whole, and… She’s a skin you can’t get… And we’re not even talking about her Battle Pass reskin from Chapter 3. Nope, somehow that version is more commonly owned by at least 3 times over than the Item Shop version, ya know the one that can actually come back at anytime Epic Games decides to?

Now the argument I always hear is that Epic “can’t” bring back The Paradigm skin because it was a “limited time” and an “exclusive” skin. As I’m sure most people are aware, this already happened. There was one instance in 2024 when this skin came back to the Item Shop for about 1 hour before it was instantly removed from the shop. It was a big deal, Donald Mustard even reacted on Twitter to Epic’s initial response of revoking The Paradigm from new buyers with a face palm emoji, indicating that making this skin a true exclusive was a bad idea. So as Epic seems to do when these things happen they ultimately apologized for the bug, and decided to refund everyone who bought The Paradigm and gave the original owners an actual exclusive edit style that the new owners of the skin wouldn’t be able to access. I want to repeat the language that Epic themselves gave through Twitter on October 11th 2019 when the skin released, “Her allegiance is unknown.The Paradigm Outfit is available in the Item Shop now!” Interestingly no mention here of the skin being exclusive until the next day, “Unknown allegiance. Grab The Paradigm Outfit, Welcome! Emote and Go home! Emote in the Item Shop now. These exclusive items are only available for a limited time.” However, the ingame news tab DOES mention how The Paradigm is time limited when the skin debuted on October 11th, “The new limited-time Paradigm Outfit is available now!”

So before we get to The Paradigm I think it’s important to gain some context and look back at the cosmetic that kicked off this whole "exclusive" thing, which is the Mako Glider. Now most players today were definitely not around for this (myself included) but initially this glider was a part of the Season 1 cosmetics. It wasn’t a part of the season shop, no it was gained through what we would classify today as either a battle pass reward, or a challenge. You had to get to level 25, now by today’s standards that sounds pretty simple, but back in Season 1 this was apparently very difficult due to how few sources there were for XP. Flash forward to Season 2 and Epic either intentionally or accidentally ads the Mako glider to the Item Shop, and players weren’t happy about this. Much like The Paradigm years later, Epic removed the glider very quickly from the shop, and asked players on Reddit how they felt about keeping past cosmetics exclusive and most players agreed they should stay exclusive which is why you haven’t seen any of the season 1 items or items gained through challenges return**** Eagle eye readers and Fortnite cosmetic history aficionado’s will notice how many asterik’s I’ve included after that statement, and will know how absolutely untrue that is.

I’m sure you’re all aware of the Renegade Raider (RR) and Aerial Assault Trooper (ATT) skins. These were highly popular rare skins since they were only available during Season 1 where most players didn’t play the game, and if they did they likely didn’t spend any money on it. RR and AAT weren’t initially billed as “exclusive” or “limited time” when they were released. However due to the aforementioned Mako glider incident Epic games decided to have a select few Season 1 items stay in Season 1 only and not return later, this led players into believing a community legend that these skins and associated comets were truly exclusive and would never be seen again. That is until they were brought back, (more on that later)

Now this wasn’t the first time Season 1 cosmetics came back either; Epic brought back the Skull and Ghoul Trooper skins in CH2 S1. Now Epic never advertised these skins as “exclusive” or “limited time” they just didn’t return in Season 6 for that Fortnitemares event and because they were released in Season 1 people assumed it was exactly like the RR or AAT skins. However when these Halloween skins returned to the Item Shop; Epic apologized to the original owners and gave them an exclusive edit style. Which was the first time this happened. Since then Skull Trooper and Ghoul Trooper have gone on to have 144 and 94 occurrences respectively in the Item Shop as of the time of this writing.

When CH6 S1 launched Epic brought back the Season 1 OG island via the then new OG mode, and to recreate the feeling that this really was a recreation of OG season 1 Epic brought back the infamous Renegade Raider and Ariel Assault Trooper skins into the item shop, along with the same XP requirements to buy the associated gliders, pickaxes and skins as you needed in the original Season 1. Now much like all the other skins we’ve discussed these were also not previously advertised as “limited time” and “exclusive”, but Epic had retroactively made them exclusive skins, and just like The Paradigm and the Halloween skins; the original owners of Renegade Raider and Assault Trooper skins got new exclusive edit styles that were the exact same color scheme as the exclusive Paradigm edit style. Not only that but these skins stayed in the shop for over a month, being in the shop from Dec 20th to Jan 31st.

Here’s the kicker if you ask me. Like we stated earlier bringing back the RR and AAT skins was a huge deal, Epic retroactively made these skins exclusive and brought them back anyway as a part of a throwback to re-create the feel of the original Season 1. Fast forward to CH 7 S1 and the OG mode is now in Season 7, and for some reason Epic brings back the RR and AAT skins again for a second year in a row for the same exact time period. Dec 20th to Jan 31st. These skins weren’t re-released during the original Season 7, so why now? Now these previously “exclusive” “limited time” skins have had - as of the time of this writing - 85 occurrences in the Item Shop. That’s more than most skins in the game and completely negates these being rare skins anymore.

Now let me be clear. I have no problem with bringing back “rare” skins -if the other paragraphs weren’t already an indication- I have some “rare” licensed skins like Kratos, and Snake Eyes and previously rare licensed skins like Street Fighter, Naruto, and Arcane League of Legends. Now when Epic brought those aforementioned skins back into the item shop earlier this year alongside the RR and AAT skins I was happy. I’d had these skins for years so while part of me was sad that they were less rare I was ultimately glad that players that either started in CH4 or even CH6 finally had a chance to get these colab skins that came out WAAAAY before these players even had a chance to get them. And these were licensed skins, not Epic owned properties. So why are skins like The Paradigm so hard to come back then?

My last piece of evidence on exclusivity being a bad excuse is a more recent one. CH 7 S2. Great season imo, the last week of that season Epic decided to have a community day, tons of free items, and more importantly for this discussion; rare skins in the Item Shop. I’m of course referring to Epic finally releasing Brilliant Bomber, and the then believed EXCLUSIVE Indigo Kuno. Now Brilliant was up to that point a 99% unreleased skin. There were ways to have the skin legitimately if you knew someone who developed the game at Epic, or through a Discord bot in 2019. but otherwise for most practical purposes it was unreleased. It was speculated to be a part of a yearly subscription model that Epic dumped in favor of the monthly Crew subscription, so because the yearly model was never released it would’ve been a part of an “exclusive” model, but was then sold in the item shop. The second, Indigo Kuno is a bit more relevant for this discussion. Before community day you HAD to play in a tournament that lasted a couple hours in December of 2020 and ONLY on PlayStation AND you had to rank high enough in said tournament to qualify to get the skin. So while this was a released skin out of the millions of players it was estimated that around 6000 or less actually had this skin or around 0.006 of the player base if said player base was 1 million players. So I think it would be safe to categorize Indigo Kuno as an exclusive skin. AND YET both of these skins were released in the Item Shop for sale for two total occurrences. Showing how Epic can release skins in the Item Shop that are “exclusive”

So clearly Epic has already presented precedence for bringing back “exclusive” and “limited time” skins by re-defining what those terms mean. If skins like RR or Indigo Kuno were truly “exclusive” then we would’ve never seen these skins in the shop ever again. if a skin is “time limited” it doesn’t really mean anything if you ask me. Technically all skins in the game are “time-limited” since that’s how the item shop functions, that could be stretched to define the means by which all skins in this game are acquired, any amount of time is technically limited. So bringing back a “limited time” skin for a short period of time would still be “time limited”

So finally we’re here. Much like Chapter 1 of the new OG seasons, where RR and AAT re-released; we’re finally back in Season X when The Paradigm initially released, and quickly disappeared on October 13th 2019, 7 years ago. Obviously The Paradigm wasn’t re-released on October 11th a couple days ago and isn’t in the Item Shop tonight either, but I feel it only makes sense to re-release The Paradigm if they’re trying to re-create the original Season X. The Paradigm released 3 total days before the The End Event, and I feel it only makes sense to re-release her in the same manner, 3 days before the End event occurs in OG Season X again, around Dec 1st-4th. So if Epic wants to continue the trend they started in CH6 S1 with OG Fortnite feeling authentic then they’re actually obligated to bring The Paradigm back. Plus the original owners of the skin already have their exclusive edit style so there really shouldn’t be a problem with bringing this skin back. That and the lore which for ONCE I hope they ignore and just re-release the skin regardless of if she’s actually involved in this End Event or not.

TLDR; exclusive skins have slowly been creeping their way into the item shop. WHICH IS GOOD, and The Paradigm has already been re-released once already, plus OG buyers have an exclusive edit style, so they should just re-release her at this point. They re-released Renegade Raider to re-create the authenticity of Chapter 1 season 1 so they should do the same for Chapter 1 Season X by re-releasing The Paradigm. Also she's a huge lore character (who looks sooooo cool) so it's pretty ridiculous that Epic hasn't brought her back yet.

The Paradigm. One of the most story relevant characters. She was a huge part of the Chapter 3 storyline that led into Chapter 4, she’s a part of The Seven, who’ve had a huge impact on the game’s narrative as a whole, and… She’s a skin you can’t get… And we’re not even talking about her Battle Pass reskin from Chapter 3. Nope, somehow that version is more commonly owned by at least 3 times over than the Item Shop version, ya know the one that can actually come back at anytime Epic Games decides to?

Now the argument I always hear is that Epic “can’t” bring back The Paradigm skin because it was a “limited time” and an “exclusive” skin. As I’m sure most people are aware, this already happened. There was one instance in 2024 when this skin came back to the Item Shop for about 1 hour before it was instantly removed from the shop. It was a big deal, Donald Mustard even reacted on Twitter to Epic’s initial response of revoking The Paradigm from new buyers with a face palm emoji, indicating that making this skin a true exclusive was a bad idea. So as Epic seems to do when these things happen they ultimately apologized for the bug, and decided to refund everyone who bought The Paradigm and gave the original owners an actual exclusive edit style that the new owners of the skin wouldn’t be able to access. I want to repeat the language that Epic themselves gave through Twitter on October 11th 2019 when the skin released, “Her allegiance is unknown.The Paradigm Outfit is available in the Item Shop now!” Interestingly no mention here of the skin being exclusive until the next day, “Unknown allegiance. Grab The Paradigm Outfit, Welcome! Emote and Go home! Emote in the Item Shop now. These exclusive items are only available for a limited time.” However, the ingame news tab DOES mention how The Paradigm is time limited when the skin debuted on October 11th, “The new limited-time Paradigm Outfit is available now!”

So before we get to The Paradigm I think it’s important to gain some context and look back at the cosmetic that kicked off this whole "exclusive" thing, which is the Mako Glider. Now most players today were definitely not around for this (myself included) but initially this glider was a part of the Season 1 cosmetics. It wasn’t a part of the season shop, no it was gained through what we would classify today as either a battle pass reward, or a challenge. You had to get to level 25, now by today’s standards that sounds pretty simple, but back in Season 1 this was apparently very difficult due to how few sources there were for XP. Flash forward to Season 2 and Epic either intentionally or accidentally ads the Mako glider to the Item Shop, and players weren’t happy about this. Much like The Paradigm years later, Epic removed the glider very quickly from the shop, and asked players on Reddit how they felt about keeping past cosmetics exclusive and most players agreed they should stay exclusive which is why you haven’t seen any of the season 1 items or items gained through challenges return**** Eagle eye readers and Fortnite cosmetic history aficionado’s will notice how many asterik’s I’ve included after that statement, and will know how absolutely untrue that is.

I’m sure you’re all aware of the Renegade Raider (RR) and Aerial Assault Trooper (ATT) skins. These were highly popular rare skins since they were only available during Season 1 where most players didn’t play the game, and if they did they likely didn’t spend any money on it. RR and AAT weren’t initially billed as “exclusive” or “limited time” when they were released. However due to the aforementioned Mako glider incident Epic games decided to have a select few Season 1 items stay in Season 1 only and not return later, this led players into believing a community legend that these skins and associated comets were truly exclusive and would never be seen again. That is until they were brought back, (more on that later)

Now this wasn’t the first time Season 1 cosmetics came back either; Epic brought back the Skull and Ghoul Trooper skins in CH2 S1. Now Epic never advertised these skins as “exclusive” or “limited time” they just didn’t return in Season 6 for that Fortnitemares event and because they were released in Season 1 people assumed it was exactly like the RR or AAT skins. However when these Halloween skins returned to the Item Shop; Epic apologized to the original owners and gave them an exclusive edit style. Which was the first time this happened. Since then Skull Trooper and Ghoul Trooper have gone on to have 144 and 94 occurrences respectively in the Item Shop as of the time of this writing.

When CH6 S1 launched Epic brought back the Season 1 OG island via the then new OG mode, and to recreate the feeling that this really was a recreation of OG season 1 Epic brought back the infamous Renegade Raider and Ariel Assault Trooper skins into the item shop, along with the same XP requirements to buy the associated gliders, pickaxes and skins as you needed in the original Season 1. Now much like all the other skins we’ve discussed these were also not previously advertised as “limited time” and “exclusive”, but Epic had retroactively made them exclusive skins, and just like The Paradigm and the Halloween skins; the original owners of Renegade Raider and Assault Trooper skins got new exclusive edit styles that were the exact same color scheme as the exclusive Paradigm edit style. Not only that but these skins stayed in the shop for over a month, being in the shop from Dec 20th to Jan 31st.

Here’s the kicker if you ask me. Like we stated earlier bringing back the RR and AAT skins was a huge deal, Epic retroactively made these skins exclusive and brought them back anyway as a part of a throwback to re-create the feel of the original Season 1. Fast forward to CH 7 S1 and the OG mode is now in Season 7, and for some reason Epic brings back the RR and AAT skins again for a second year in a row for the same exact time period. Dec 20th to Jan 31st. These skins weren’t re-released during the original Season 7, so why now? Now these previously “exclusive” “limited time” skins have had - as of the time of this writing - 85 occurrences in the Item Shop. That’s more than most skins in the game and completely negates these being rare skins anymore.

Now let me be clear. I have no problem with bringing back “rare” skins -if the other paragraphs weren’t already an indication- I have some “rare” licensed skins like Kratos, and Snake Eyes and previously rare licensed skins like Street Fighter, Naruto, and Arcane League of Legends. Now when Epic brought those aforementioned skins back into the item shop earlier this year alongside the RR and AAT skins I was happy. I’d had these skins for years so while part of me was sad that they were less rare I was ultimately glad that players that either started in CH4 or even CH6 finally had a chance to get these colab skins that came out WAAAAY before these players even had a chance to get them. And these were licensed skins, not Epic owned properties. So why are skins like The Paradigm so hard to come back then?

My last piece of evidence on exclusivity being a bad excuse is a more recent one. CH 7 S2. Great season imo, the last week of that season Epic decided to have a community day, tons of free items, and more importantly for this discussion; rare skins in the Item Shop. I’m of course referring to Epic finally releasing Brilliant Bomber, and the then believed EXCLUSIVE Indigo Kuno. Now Brilliant was up to that point a 99% unreleased skin. There were ways to have the skin legitimately if you knew someone who developed the game at Epic, or through a Discord bot in 2019. but otherwise for most practical purposes it was unreleased. It was speculated to be a part of a yearly subscription model that Epic dumped in favor of the monthly Crew subscription, so because the yearly model was never released it would’ve been a part of an “exclusive” model, but was then sold in the item shop. The second, Indigo Kuno is a bit more relevant for this discussion. Before community day you HAD to play in a tournament that lasted a couple hours in December of 2020 and ONLY on PlayStation AND you had to rank high enough in said tournament to qualify to get the skin. So while this was a released skin out of the millions of players it was estimated that around 6000 or less actually had this skin or around 0.006 of the player base if said player base was 1 million players. So I think it would be safe to categorize Indigo Kuno as an exclusive skin. AND YET both of these skins were released in the Item Shop for sale for two total occurrences. Showing how Epic can release skins in the Item Shop that are “exclusive”

So clearly Epic has already presented precedence for bringing back “exclusive” and “limited time” skins by re-defining what those terms mean. If skins like RR or Indigo Kuno were truly “exclusive” then we would’ve never seen these skins in the shop ever again. if a skin is “time limited” it doesn’t really mean anything if you ask me. Technically all skins in the game are “time-limited” since that’s how the item shop functions, that could be stretched to define the means by which all skins in this game are acquired, any amount of time is technically limited. So bringing back a “limited time” skin for a short period of time would still be “time limited”

So finally we’re here. Much like Chapter 1 of the new OG seasons, where RR and AAT re-released; we’re finally back in Season X when The Paradigm initially released, and quickly disappeared on October 13th 2019, 7 years ago. Obviously The Paradigm wasn’t re-released on October 11th a couple days ago and isn’t in the Item Shop tonight either, but I feel it only makes sense to re-release The Paradigm if they’re trying to re-create the original Season X. The Paradigm released 3 total days before the The End Event, and I feel it only makes sense to re-release her in the same manner, 3 days before the End event occurs in OG Season X again, around Dec 1st-4th. So if Epic wants to continue the trend they started in CH6 S1 with OG Fortnite feeling authentic then they’re actually obligated to bring The Paradigm back. Plus the original owners of the skin already have their exclusive edit style so there really shouldn’t be a problem with bringing this skin back. That and the lore which for ONCE I hope they ignore and just re-release the skin regardless of if she’s actually involved in this End Event or not.

TLDR; exclusive skins have slowly been creeping their way into the item shop. WHICH IS GOOD, and The Paradigm has already been re-released once already, plus OG buyers have an exclusive edit style, so they should just re-release her at this point. They re-released Renegade Raider to re-create the authenticity of Chapter 1 season 1 so they should do the same for Chapter 1 Season X by re-releasing The Paradigm. Also she's a huge lore character (who looks sooooo cool) so it's pretty ridiculous that Epic hasn't brought her back yet.

thank you chatgpt for writing this!

actually goated improvements for once

Holy moly you need too put this much effort into studying or a job. 😭