This year’s edition of Fortnitemares has arrived in Fortnite, and it’s bringing with it lots of spooky goodies: a revival of the Horde Rush PvE mode, new and returning special items and weapons in battle royale, lots of free cosmetics that you can earn by doing quests, and several new collab skins in the Item Shop like Alan Wake, Michael Myers, and Jack Skellington.
Fortnitemares will run from now until Chapter 4 Season 4 ends on November 2 at 11 Pm PT / November 3 at 2 AM ET, so you’ve got about three-and-a-half weeks to get in on the haunted fun. There are some significant additions to battle royale for the duration, most notably the new and unvaulted items, and a new boss enemy to battle for his unique mythic weapon: Thorne’s Vampiric Blade.
That’s right, the boss NPC Kado Thorne has now taken his vampire form, and when you take him down you get a melee weapon that siphons health from your enemies when you damage them, healing you. To help you with the new boss, a Wood Stake Shotgun has been added to the general loot pool–expect more of a slug shotgun, like the Breacher.