Fortnite Chapter 5 Season 2: Battle Pass, skins, weapons and new locations

FORTNITE Chapter 5 Season 2, Myths & Mortals, is upon us and brings a host of changes to the battle royale game.

With its Ancient Greek myth theme, the new season adds a selection of Olympian gods to the game, new weapons, map locations and more.

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Here’s all the new content coming to Fortnite Chapter 5 Season 2: Myths and Mortalsand how long you have to improve your Battle Pass.

Fortnite Chapter 5 Season 2 start time

The new Myths & Mortals season begins March 8, 2024after the maintenance period required to update Fortnite with the new seasonal content has been completed.

The downtime for the new season started at 8am UK time / 3am ET, with matchmaking turned off half an hour earlier.

Based on previous updates, the Fortnite servers for Chapter 5 Season 2 should be back online 12pm UK time / 7am ET on March 8.

Fortnite Myths & Mortals Battle Pass

As usual, the new season comes with a brand new Battle Pass, allowing players to unlock Olympian god skins, including Zeus and Artemis, as well as other Greek mythical characters, such as Cerberus and Medusa.

An Avatar: The Last Airbender collaboration will bring a Korra skin to the Battle Pass later in Chapter 5, Season 1.

The new Battle Pass costs the usual 950 V-Bucks to unlock, and players can earn up to 1,500 V-Bucks back by playing the game.

Players can continue their Battle Pass until May 24, 2024, 7am UK time / 2am ETwhen Chapter 5, Season 2 ends.

New Greek Myth Skins in Fortnite Chapter 5 Season 2

The new Myths & Mortals season comes with seven new skins based on Greek gods and mythical characters, which players can obtain by leveling up their Battle Pass.

Earning XP in all Fortnite modes, including the more recent Lego Fortnite, Rocket Racing, and Fortnite Festival, will count towards the unlock rewards.

Here’s the outfit of each Olympian you can get with the new Battle Pass:

• Zeus
• Hades
• Aphrodite
• Poseidon
• Artemis
• Cerberus
• Jellyfish

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In addition to the above skins, Korra from Avatar: The Last Airbender will also be added as a Battle Pass reward later this season.

New locations in Fortnite Chapter 5 Season 2

The latest Myths & Mortals season brings four locations to the Battle Royale map, including the brand new one Mount Olympus POI.

Here are all the new focuses in Chapter 5, Season 2:

• Mount Olympus
• Brawler’s battlefield
• Grim Gate
• Underworld

South of Mount Olympus, in the Brawler’s battlefield POIyou can challenge the Greek god of war, Ares.

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The Grim Gate is where the mythical Cerberus waits and guards the entrance to the city Underworld.

Fortnite myths and mortal weapons

Myths & Mortals comes with five new weapons, including the Thunderbolt of Zeuswith which you can wield the power of the king of the gods.

The weapon is a mythical item and can be found in chests or by defeating Zeus himself.

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Other new weapons include the Gatekeeper shotgunwhich fires three rounds and has a Mythic variant you can get from Cerberus.

Hades’ Harbinger SMG is very accurate on the first shot, but has tremendous recoil and blooms as more shots are fired.

The Hunter DMR of Aremis is a long-range rifle, while Ares’ Warforged AR offers high DPS at the price of significant knockback.

These are the new weapons in Fortnite’s Chapter 5 Season 2:

• Thunderbolt of Zeus
• Gatekeeper shotgun
• Harbinger SMG
• Hunter DMR
• Warforged assault rifle

For more on Fortnite’s final season, check out our explainer on last weekend’s Pandora’s Box live event, the prelude to Myths & Mortals.

Written by Stoyan Ovcharov on behalf of GLHF.