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Fortnite Season 6 has gone “Primal” and if you missed the trailer showcasing some of the new additions, one round in the new map should be pretty revealing. From the prehistoric-looking huts to the new weapons clad with teeth and bones, Fortnite Season 6 almost resembles ARK Survival Evolved, if it weren’t for all the TikTok dancing and superheroes running around. Oh yeah–and there’s weapon crafting now.
How to craft in Fortnite is sure to be a big topic of discussion this season as it’s a complex new system all players are trying to learn on the fly. We’ve built this cheat sheet so you can have a better understanding of new elements such as Mechanical Parts, Animal Parts, Makeshift, Classic, and Primal weapons, and a general overview of how to craft in Fortnite. Here’s everything you need to know.
While the list of craftable items is long, none of it matters if you don’t know what you’re dealing with. First, you’ll want to get to grips with new crafting parts: mechanical parts and animal parts.
Mechanical Parts come from vehicles such as cars, trucks, RVs, and basically anything with a motor in it. Beat them up with your Harvesting Tool or blow them up to find Mechanical Parts left behind.
Animal Parts are dropped by defeated wildlife. This season introduces animals both passive and aggressive like chickens and frogs in the former case and boar and wolves in the latter case. When defeated, they’ll leave behind Bones and Meat.
Frogs may also leave behind Stink Sacs, while larger animals will leave behind more bones than small ones.
Both Bones and Mechanical Parts do not take up space in your five customary inventory slots, though meat does–four pieces of meat to a slot and 15 HP per piece of meat eaten. Bones and Mechanical Parts, however, are placed into a new Crafting menu you’ll find when you bring up your full inventory. Each craftable item will take either animal parts or mechanical parts, but as of now at least, nothing takes both.
Continuing from above, the reason no weapon recipes need Mechanical and Animal parts together is because they represent opposing styles of weaponry in Season 6. Primal weapons, clad in teeth and tape, pack a meaner punch at the cost of accuracy, while Classic weapons give players the familiar firepower they’re used to, but may leave them underpowered in a bout with Primal-equipped enemies.
There’s a risk-reward system at play that demands each player decides for themselves what they prefer, or sometimes what they can even manage to craft. If you discover a Makeshift weapon, consider it a blank slate. While it may be a serviceable weapon as is, combining it with the right crafting supplies can turn it into a Classic or Primal weapon at a moment’s notice.
We’ve already gone over how to craft the Hunter’s Cloak. In the next section, we’ll recap that and look at other recipes players can use to create new weapons.
It’s likely we’ll discover more crafting recipes in Fortnite in the gameplay hours ahead of us, but for now, here are the recipes we’ve found so far.
To craft an item, head to the Crafting menu and scroll to the base item you wish to alter, such as changing a piece of meat into a Hunter’s Cloak or a Makeshift Shotgun into a Primal Shotgun. If you have enough crafting parts in addition to the weapon, you’ll be able to make your desired weapon.
It should be noted that you can also find crafting items, and Primal and Classic weapons in chests, but because chests are randomized, the most surefire way to craft a particular item is to hunt down the animals or smash up the vehicles specific to your intended item.
For more guides, check out our breakdown of what’s in the Fortnite Season 6 battle pass, how to unlock the Neymar skin, and a list of all vaulted and unvaulted weapons this season.
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Its hardly news that superhero stories are big business these days with Marvel and DC movies alike regularly passing the $1 billion mark. Those mega-sized super tales are usually reserved for the cinema, but Jupiter’s Legacy from Mark Millar and Netflix hopes to be the exception, according to a new interview with Millar by Empire.
“It’s part 2001, part Avengers, part Godfather II,” said creator Mark Millar in a new interview with Empire. Millar is one of the most-adapted comic creators out there, with original stories like Kick-Ass, Wanted, and Kingsman having made it to the big screen. Millar also wrote Marvel’s Civil War comic series, which became one of the biggest Marvel films. Then, he cut a deal with Netflix to bring his work to the streaming service a few years back. Jupiter’s Legacy will be the first project to make the leap to live-action.
Empire described Jupiter’s Legacy as “a sprawling superhero epic with an almost limitless ambition,” and Millar says the story is a “50-year story self-contained inside one franchise,” and that it has a cast of “50 or 60 super-characters,” which seems almost incomprehensible. The show stars Josh Duhamel (Transformers) as Sheldon Sampson/The Utopian. Other cast members include Ben Daniels, Elena Kampouris, Andrew Horton, Mike Wade, Kara Royster, and Matt Lanter.
“The story starts in 1929 and runs until the end of time,” Millar continued, saying that it gets into the mystery of human existence. You know, the small stuff.
All the while, though, Millar says Netflix has had his team’s back throughout production. “There hasn’t been one conversation where someone said, ‘Can we make that explosion slightly smaller?'” Millar said. “Ambitious ideas are being rewarded.”
Netflix acquired Millar’s Millarworld comic book company in 2017 for an undisclosed sum, and that deal included all of Millar’s works that didn’t already belong to another production house.
“Mark is as close as you can get to a modern-day Stan Lee,” said Netflix’s chief creative officer Ted Sarandos, at the time of the sale.
Neymar Jr., soccer star and pride of the Brazilian National Team, is coming to Fortnite, and why not? This is, after all, a game that has already featured The Terminator, Batman, Ellen Ripley, and now even the Tomb Raider herself, Lara Croft. In Fortnite, there are no bounds to who might show up.
Neymar was teased a few days ago, and has now been fully revealed with even the game’s menus leaving no room for doubt. But you can’t play as him just yet, no matter what Fortnite Season 6 Battle Pass tier you climb to. Here’s what you need to know about when he will become unlockable and how you’ll probably go about earning Neymar in Fortnite.
If you heard Neymar is coming to Fortnite and booted up the game today only to find a collection of other characters, such as Agent Jones and DC Comics’ Raven, it’s not your fault. Neymar is a midseason unlockable character for Fortnite Season 6, so he’s not available just yet. In recent seasons, we’ve seen other big names like Predator and Wolverine become available this way, and this time Epic Games is choosing to use a figure from real life instead of beloved fictional characters.
In the game’s menu, it says Neymar will be available in 42 days, which, at time of writing this and barring any delays, should mean his debut will fall on April 27. Until then you won’t be able to select Neymar in the game, but you can get a preview of what accessories he’ll include today.
If you head to the Battle Pass tab in Fortnite and scroll to the “?” page, you’ll see six Neymar Jr. rewards, and though the items themselves remain hidden, we can see by browsing them they include one Harvesting Tool, one Loading Screen, two Banners, one Outfit (Neymar Jr. himself), and an additional Style option, which means players will be able to choose from two different looks for the world-class athlete.
Typically, these midseason rewards are unlocked with additional challenges and by defeating the character themself in-game. While this approach seemed like a natural fit for Wolverine and Predator, it’s going to be a bit weirder to have to take down Neymar Jr. in battle, but until we hear otherwise, this does seem to be the plan. Maybe Epic will shake things up and demand we face Neymar on the pitch. That’s the thing about this game; you never can exactly predict how it’s going to play out.
We’ll certainly learn a lot more as his debut approaches, and once his full range of cosmetics and challenges are available, we’ll have all the guides you need right here.
In the meantime, get yourself caught up on the rest of Fortnite Season 6: Primal, including the Fortnite Season 6 Battle Pass, Week 1 challenges, and more.
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Few games make as many headlines with their season passes as Fortnite does with its Battle Pass. Recent seasons have delivered exciting crossovers like Marvel superheroes, The Mandalorian, and more. Chapter 2, Season 6 is no exception, and it even continues an ongoing streak of including licensed characters. Alongside new Back Bling, emotes, Trails, and more, here’s what’s in the Fortnite Season 6 Battle Pass.
The Season 6 Battle Pass gives fans access to one long-rumored character and another long-requested, with another famous face coming later this season.
The level 1 unlock is Agent Jones, the protagonist of Fortnite’s elaborate lore book for the past several seasons. Jones has been a desired skin for some time, and Season 6 finally delivers him with several additional cosmetic options too, each one showcasing the increasing urgency of his mission to fix the Zero Point.
At level 14, players will unlock a new character from the Gaming Legends series. Joining Master Chief and Kratos is the Tomb Raider herself, Lara Croft. Croft comes with various accessories like a quiver Back Bling, a Trail equipping her with dual flares, and a weather parachute right out of the 2013 reboot. Croft also comes in several styles herself, including reboot Lara, classic Lara, a modernized approach to her classic blue tank top, and a solid gold cosmetic.
Deep into the season for most folks, Raven from the DC Comics universe will unlock at level 77. Plenty of accessories like wallpapers and emotes will complete the theme for players who like it that way, and her DC Rebirth (2016) skin can be earned by completing 70 Epic (purple) Quests throughout the season.
Later this season, likely around Week 6 if past seasons are any indication, world-class soccer star Neymar Jr. will come to Fortnite. Similar to Wolverine and Predator in recent seasons, he will include his own challenges to unlock additional cosmetics throughout the season, and if you keep up with them, they will be completed before he even arrives. For now, we’re left guessing with only a set of question marks where his items will be seen later.
For the completionists, here’s a full rundown of all 100 tiers in the Fortnite Season 6 Battle Pass.
Tiers 1-7
Tiers 8-15
Tiers 16-22
Tiers 23-29
Tiers 30-37
Tiers 38-45
Tiers 46-53
Tiers 54-61
Tiers 62-69
Tiers 70-77
Tiers 78-85
Tiers 86-93
Tiers 94-100
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Fortnite Chapter 2, Season 6 is here and early leaks have revealed a full list of vaulted weapons and items, as well as weapons and items making a return. In Fortnite lore, The Vault is an extradimensional nexus housing The Zero Point, but beyond its story significance, it is also where items “go” when they’re removed from the battle royale.
Check out the list of Fortnite weapons and items that have been vaulted or unvaulted for Season 6.
According to Fortnite leaks on Twitter, the following weapons have been vaulted for Fortnite Season 6, which means they will not be available in the main game.
According to Fortnite leaks on Twitter, the following weapons have been removed from the vault for Fortnite Season 6, and will be available to use.
Both the Pump Shotgun and Revolver were last vaulted in Chapter 2, Season 5, so they weren’t gone for long.
For more on Fortnite Chapter 2, Season 6, check out our guides on crafting the Hunter’s Cloak and finding golden artifacts near The Spire. Don’t forget to check our breakdown on everything in the Fortnite Chapter 6 battle pass.
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The Agent Jones styles are treated like the Mandalorian armor plates. Meaning, players will need to reach certain stages of the Battle Pass before they’re given a chance to complete each quest. For instance, the one that unlocks Jonesy’s first style, Jump 15, is revealed at level 14.
The first Agent Jones challenge tasks you with investigating an anomaly detected in Lazy Lake. Seems simple enough. What makes this tricky is that Fortnite doesn’t actually tell you what the anomaly is or where to find it (beyond said lake).
You’ll want to make your way to Lazy Lake upon exiting the Battle Bus. Once there, check each house – I suggest heading towards the blue house in the North part of town. That’s where we found the anomaly which looks like an ethereal butterfly. You know, the thing Agent Jones turns into during the Zero Crisis Finale event.
Once found, the butterfly will head downstairs into the basement. Chase after it. After descending a few stairs, it’ll fly through a wall. Take down the wall and you’ll be greeted with the anomaly seconds before it disappears into a wooden structure. From here, all you have to do is solve a brief puzzle by activating four jewels; you’ll need to activate each one in the right order (Red, Purple, Blue, and Green worked for us) or risk restarting the puzzle. Once complete, you can snag the crystal-like item to unlock Agent Jones’ Jump 15 skin style.
To unlock all of Agent Jones styles, players will need to first hit specific Battle Pass levels. Once done, they’ll be given access to the challenges associated with each style:
We’ll be sure to update this guide as we complete more Agent Jones quests and unlock new styles. For more, check out our Fortnite review and these upcoming blue and yellow Fortnite Joy-Cons.
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After recent news that Activision Blizzard has reportedly cut some 50 employees from its workforce, company CEO Bobby Kotick is poised to receive a huge cash payout to the tune of $200 million. The investor firm CtW Investment Group is none too happy about this.
Kotick will get this massive payout thanks to the “Shareholder Value Creation Incentive” provision in his employment agreement. This loophole allows Kotick to receive a full performance equity payout from previous years regardless of whether company milestones were reached. As a result and in the face of the company’s share price increasing over 66 percent since December 2019, Kotick will get cash rewards dating back to 2017.
CtW Investment Group issued a statement reflecting much of what the company said last year when criticizing the Activision Blizzard CEO for raking in more than $30 million in 2019.
“While the increase in Activision’s stock price is somewhat commendable, as we stated last year and continue to assert, this achievement alone does not justify such a substantial pay outcome for the CEO,” director of executive compensation research Michael Varner said. “There are many factors that may contribute to a rise in this particular company’s stock price that may not be directly attributable to Robert Kotick’s leadership. The use of video games as one of the few entertainment options available amid the COVID-19 pandemic, for example, has been a boon to many companies in the gaming industry irrespective of executive talent or strategic decisions.”
Throughout 2020, the CtW has aimed at both Activision Blizzard and Electronic Arts for the exorbitant pay their top executives receive. However, the two company’s handwaved the criticisms, defending Kotick’s payout and voting against a compensation package.
Though the two likely aren’t connected, Activision Blizzard reportedly laid off some 50 employees. All were mostly responsible for live events like esports matches. The affected employees are expected to receive at least 90 days severance and health benefits for a year, Bloomberg reporter Jason Schreier said they will also get a $200 Battle.net gift card.
IGN Italy reported that while testing the new Xbox Wireless Headset a prompt appeared on their Xbox Series X system saying their “VR Headset” needs an update. This suggests the Xbox Series X supports VR peripherals in some capacity.
However, a Microsoft Spokesperson says this is not the case. In a statement to IGN, the company says, “The copy in this error message is inaccurate due to a localization bug. VR for console is not a focus for us at this time.”
Microsoft has been asked in the past whether it will bring VR to the Xbox, but the company has been cool on the idea. Ahead of the Xbox Series X reveal in 2019, Phil Spencer said that VR is not part of its next-gen plans because “nobody’s asking for it.”
Compare this with PlayStation which has been an early adopter of console VR, and fairly successful with its venture to boot. The company recently announced a new VR headset for the PlayStation 5.
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Meanwhile, Microsoft isn’t completely out of the VR game though most, if not all, of its efforts, are entirely on the PC side of things. Windows mixed reality platform works with VR games, and the HoloLens AR headset recently revealed a Pokemon demo created in partnership with Niantic using the Microsoft Mesh mixed reality platform.
So at this time at least, Microsoft seems content keeping AR/VR on PC while focusing on other ventures for its Xbox Series X hardware.
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Matt T.M. Kim is IGN’s News Editor