Marvel’s heroes and villains go to war in Fortnite. The Battle Royale’s Chapter 5, Season 4 update adds characters from X-Men, the Fantastic Four, and more, just in time to capitalize on the recent hype (or gloom) surrounding Robert Downey Jr.’s return to the MCU as Doctor Doom. Are you ready to save the world as Lego Peely Wolverine?
The update has been available since August 16and Doctor Doom takes over the Fortnite island with new locations. There are also a ton of additional items and unclaimed powerups to find on the map, including Captain America’s returning shield, as well as a Battle Pass that lets you unlock Emma Frost, Mysterio, and more. A skin for Doctor Doom himself can also be earned, but won’t be available for a few weeks. Here’s the trailer for the new content:
And here’s a quick overview of the changes and new additions in Chapter 5, Season 4:
Locations
- Castle Doom
- Doom City
- The raft
New and returning articles
- Two micro submachine guns
- War Machines Arsenal (including automatic turrets and hover jets)
- Monarch Pistol
- Striker Assault Rifle
- Combat Assault Rifle
- Ranger Pistol
- Hammer Pump Shotgun
- Gatekeeper Shotgun
- Hyper Submachine Gun
- Shockwave grenade
- Sovereign shotgun
- Striker Burst Rifle
- Reveal medallion
- Siphon Medallion
- Stealth Medallion
- Doom’s Arcane Gauntlets
- Captain America’s Shield
Absolute Doom Battle Pass
- Gwenpool (immediately activated!): “I participated in the Galactus event. That makes me an Avenger, right?”
- War machine: Flying ace, military veteran and loyal ally of Tony Stark.
- Peelverine: Nanamantium-enriched skeleton with the ability to mature mutants.
- Emma Frost: A devious and brilliant mutant clairvoyant with an indomitable will.
- Captain Jones: Pick up the Shield of Righteousness.
- Mysterio: An inventive supervillain with delusions of grandeur.
- Shuri: The brilliant princess of Wakanda and the current Black Panther.
Doom’s Arcane Gauntlets and Captain America’s Shield will be two of the biggest returning Marvel powerups that players will fight for, and both have been revamped since their initial debut. Doom’s gloves have been improved and now have the attack ability of Iron Man’s Repulsors, but also overheat. The Shield, meanwhile, has a new charge ability and can block things even when you slide and jump.
It has been four years since the last Marvel takeover of Fortnite as players banded together to fight off the threat of Galactus. The battle royale was still languishing a bit last year, although events like a return to the OG map had players returning in droves. It’s not surprising that Epic would return to the Marvel fountain for another big event. It’s the Fortnite the equivalent of Disney hiring Robert Downey Jr. to revive its dwindling MCU empire.
It has also been four years since Apple has withdrawn Fortnite of iPhones about Epic’s attempts to avoid fees for the App Store platform. By changing the regulations in Europe, players there can once again enjoy Fortnite on their Apple devices. In the US, however, iPhone players can are still blocked out of the game. At least for now. If Captain America’s shield can come back FortniteI am sure Fortnite may also find a way to return to iOS in the States.
