I remember on Thursday mornings when new challenges would go live, you’d see a huge surge of players out hunting them down. I guess I’m just not sure what the point of doing away with these challenges is to begin with. Hell, even XP Coins, which at least provided a somewhat different scavenger hunt challenge. It would have been really fun for the community-players and guide writers, too!-to have “Search Between” and Treasure Map challenges return. Now? Despite going back to the game’s roots, all the challenges are wildly generic and dull. The secret Garden Gnome vs Teddy Bear challenges were super unique. This was annoying as someone who wrote guides for these challenges, but at least they still had some unique stuff to tackle. Over the years, challenges changed and then Epic started including the challenge table that made it absurdly easy to find stuff. These loading screens were fun, too, because they had a clue as to the location of a hidden Battle Star. It was fun having a new set of challenges unlock each week, and if you completed all of them, you’d get a special loading screen. It was fun finding secret gnomes and treasure maps and giant pianos and the sheet music that went with them. I’m speaking, of course, of the challenges.īack when Fortnite first started releasing seasonal content, they had great challenges that required players to actually go out into the map and explore and find things.

This is all well and good, but I thought it worth mentioning that one of the best things about the game’s original format remains completely AWOL in Season OG. Players have flooded back to the Battle Royale game, eager to dive back into so many fun, nostalgic locations on the original map (only a very modernized version of it). I guess we’ll find out soon! Updateįortnite’s new season is live and apparently quite popular.

I wonder if original style challenges will make a comeback? I’d love to see the OG Battle Pass with secret loading screens, treasure hunt challenges and all the rest return but I very much doubt it. It will still look and feel like modern Fortnite. Later additions to the game, like Reboot Vans, mantling and other movement changes will all remain in Fortnite OG so while it will be a return to the game’s earlier days, don’t expect a 1:1 recreation of the game’s past. Pretty much all the original guns and items are coming back, including:

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