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| − | The '''Fortnite''' ARG was an ARG created by Epic Games that appeared to be to promote Season 5 of ''Fortnite: Battle Royale''. ''Fortnite Battle Royale'' is a free-to-play battle royale game developed and published by Epic Games. The ARG revolves around the rocket launch that created | + | The '''Fortnite''' ARG was an ARG created by Epic Games that appeared to be to promote Season 5 of ''Fortnite: Battle Royale''. ''Fortnite Battle Royale'' is a free-to-play battle royale game developed and published by Epic Games. The ARG revolves around the rocket launch that created mysterious portals all across the map. The 5th season of Fortnite: Battle Royale will begin on 2018-07-12. |
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| − | Throughout June 2018, it had been teased that the rocket would eventually be launched by the character known as ''The Visitor'', a skin that could be unlocked by doing the weekly challenges in the game. On 2018-06-29, it was stated that one time event would take place the next day at 6:30 PM UTC. A video of the rocket launch can be found | + | Throughout June 2018, it had been teased that the rocket would eventually be launched by the character known as ''The Visitor'', a skin that could be unlocked by doing the weekly challenges in the game. On 2018-06-29, it was stated that one time event would take place the next day at 6:30 PM UTC. A video of the rocket launch can be found [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFB7k586Jm4 here]. During the rocket launch, audio was played while the rocket was in the sky. The same audio was later found in two different forms in the game's files, [https://clyp.it/3y5l2ld3 Audio #1] and [https://clyp.it/ytundjdk Audio #2]. |
| − | + | Players discovered that both files contained spectrograms. Audio #1 showed the skulls that were present on the TV screens around the map prior to the rocket launch event. Audio #2 shows two sets of numbers that decode to four different coordinates on the game's map. Decoding the left set of numbers as ASCII values, and the right set of numbers as binary, you get the following translation: | |
| − | Audio #1 showed the skulls that were present on the TV screens around the map prior to the rocket launch event. Audio #2 shows two sets of numbers that decode to four different coordinates on the game's map. Decoding the left set of numbers as ASCII values, and the right set of numbers as binary, you get the following translation: | ||
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The coordinates '''B6''', '''H9''', '''I8''', '''I9''', are all speculated to be locations related to a leaked game mode that will be taking place at the end of Season 4. | The coordinates '''B6''', '''H9''', '''I8''', '''I9''', are all speculated to be locations related to a leaked game mode that will be taking place at the end of Season 4. | ||
| − | Soon after the rocket | + | Soon after the rocket launch, a massive rift formed in the sky. Shortly afterwards, smaller rifts started to appear in different locations around the map, and either destroyed or created new objects. As of July 8, rifts have appeared in the following locations: |
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Revision as of 19:35, 8 July 2018
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| Signs from the hugely popular Fortnite are appearing in the real world. | |
| Type | Official |
| Creator | Epic Games |
| Discovered | 2018-06-30 |
Main Page > List of Investigations > Fortnite
The Fortnite ARG was an ARG created by Epic Games that appeared to be to promote Season 5 of Fortnite: Battle Royale. Fortnite Battle Royale is a free-to-play battle royale game developed and published by Epic Games. The ARG revolves around the rocket launch that created mysterious portals all across the map. The 5th season of Fortnite: Battle Royale will begin on 2018-07-12.
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Rocket Launch
Throughout June 2018, it had been teased that the rocket would eventually be launched by the character known as The Visitor, a skin that could be unlocked by doing the weekly challenges in the game. On 2018-06-29, it was stated that one time event would take place the next day at 6:30 PM UTC. A video of the rocket launch can be found here. During the rocket launch, audio was played while the rocket was in the sky. The same audio was later found in two different forms in the game's files, Audio #1 and Audio #2.
Players discovered that both files contained spectrograms. Audio #1 showed the skulls that were present on the TV screens around the map prior to the rocket launch event. Audio #2 shows two sets of numbers that decode to four different coordinates on the game's map. Decoding the left set of numbers as ASCII values, and the right set of numbers as binary, you get the following translation:
066 - B, 0b0110 - 6 072 - H, 0b1001 - 9 073 - I, 0b1000 - 8 073 - I, 0b1001 - 9
The coordinates B6, H9, I8, I9, are all speculated to be locations related to a leaked game mode that will be taking place at the end of Season 4.
Soon after the rocket launch, a massive rift formed in the sky. Shortly afterwards, smaller rifts started to appear in different locations around the map, and either destroyed or created new objects. As of July 8, rifts have appeared in the following locations:
Lonely Lodge (J4) - Taking the Lonely Lodge sign Motel (D2) - Taking the Motel sign Tomato Town (G4) - Taking the tomato on the building Retail Row (H6) - Taking the NOMS sign Greasy Grove (C7/B7) - Taking the Durr Burger on the building Mountain East of Snobby Shores (B6) - Placed an anchor Hill North East of Prison (I8) - N/A
It had been speculated that these rifts were teasing new locations for Season 5.
Durr Burger
On 2018-07-06, the Twitter account @selashiloni had tweeted out about finding a Durr Burger in a California desert at the address, 15160 E Ave S, Llano, CA 93544. The account had tweeted multiple videos of the burger, and a police car that was designed after the police car located in the game.
Agent Cards
That afternoon, another Twitter account, @A2K_Kilo had stated that they had traveled to the location and had received a card from an Agent at the site.
On 2018-07-08, a new agent had appeared on the site, handing out a new card with a different card with a new agent number:
It had been speculated that the Agent numbers could be decoded using a phone keypad to get the following translations:
Agent #3678 - FORT Agent #3742 - EPIC
The audio that plays when the number on the cards is called can be found here, with a higher quality version available here. Nothing has been found in the audio so far.
Phone Number
At the Durr Burger, there is an agent giving out business cards. Printed on these business cards is the phone number (712) 380 4091.
When calling the phone number, different buttons can be pressed to prompt different menus:
- Pressing *: Please enter the extension you are logging into, then press pound.
- Pressing #: For your protection, phone access has been locked due to invalid PIN attempts.
- Pressing 8: Please enter the first few letters of the person's first or last name, followed by pound.
- Pressing 0: A beep records your audio:
- Press 1 to review the voice mail
- Nothing happens. Menus play again.
- Press 2 to send the voice mail now
- The voice mail has been sent. (Hangs up)
- Press 3 to discard and re record the audio
- A beep, then the menus play again.
- Press 4 for special options
- Press 1 to mark this message as urgent
- The voice mail has been sent. (Hangs up)
- Press 2 to mark this message as confidential
- The voice mail has been sent. (Hangs up)
- Press 3 to mark this message as urgent and confidential
- The voice mail has been sent. (Hangs up)
- Press 4 to return to the previous menu
- Invalid selection, please try again.
- Press 5 to return to the previous menu
- Invalid selection, please try again. (Hangs up)
- Press 5 or 6 or 7 or 8 or 0 or # or *
- Invalid selection, please try again. (Repeats menu)
Durr Burger Tent
At the Durr Burger location, a tent was put up with 13 different items on a desk under the tent. A photo of the items on the desk was taken by a Reddit user.
The items on the desk are listed below:
1. Business Cards 2. Energizer Hard Case Professional Work Light 3. UFO Contact From Reticulum by Wendelle C. Stevens, William J. Hermann, and Sharleen M. Spivak 4. Gods From Outer Space by Erich Von Daniken 5. The Flying Saucer Reader by Jay David 6. Flying Saucers 101: Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About UFOs and Alien Beings by Harold E. Burt 7. Super Book of UFOs, Unidentified Flying Objects by Michael Shulan 8. Empire Level E280 16-Inch Heavy Duty Professional Combination Square w/Etched Stainless Steel Blade and True BlueR Vial 9. Flying Saucers: Fact or Fiction? by Max B. Miller 10. Realistic Walkie Talkie 11. Betty Crocker's Hamburger Cookbook by Betty Crocker 12. To Men of Earth (Including: White Sands Incident) by Daniel W. Fry Ph.D. 13 (Not Marked, Under 3). UFOs Over the Americas Mass Market Paperback – 1968 Jim; Lorenzen and Coral Lorenzen
The purpose of these items is currently not known.
Durr Burger Police Car
On-site with the agents & the burger, there was a police cruiser which resemble ones in-game. During a visit, players examined the car on site to reveal the numbers "212" on the inside of the gas cap, the vehicles's VIN (Vehicle Identification Number), and a license plate reading "7WKD070."
It is possible that the license plate is an allusion to the process of the Blockbuster Challenges during season 4, due to the duration being seven weeks, hence 7WK, however a link for D070 cannot be made.
The Second Sound File
On 2018-07-08, the sound file played when calling the number from the cards handed out by the agents was changed. The new file can be found here. Spectogram analysis of this file reveals a hidden code similar to the ones found in the rocket launch soundfile. Decoding this code with the same method as the previous codes yields C7, another coordinate from the in-game map.
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