Balloons Are Coming To 'Fortnite' -- Here's What They Do

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Balloons Are Coming To 'Fortnite' -- Here's What They Do

Oct 29 ,2018

Source: Mmoah

A new item is coming to Fortnite: Battle Royale, likely in this week's coming update: Balloons.

The existence of said balloons was already found in the game's files, but we didn't know what they did or how they worked until now---though, to be fair until they're in the game and we can try them out we won't know exactly how they function.

But we do have an official description and the above image. The description reads: “Inflate balloons to defy gravity! Add balloons to increase your altitude!”

Like the Grappler and Jetpack before them, Balloons will give players the ability to reach new heights. I suspect they'll be a consumable that comes in stacks of around 10 (similar to the number of uses a Grappler has) though it's also possible that they're items you simply use and don't store in your inventory at all.

Still, the description makes them sound like consumables, and not just that, it sounds like you can use more than one at a time to increase how high you go. Like in the movie Up.

It should be interesting to see how this impacts the game. Unlike jetpacks and grappling hooks, balloons are fragile. They pop easily. I imagine enemies will be able to shoot them, potentially sending other players to their death (though with the new soaring mechanic in all modes, fall damage is much less common.)

In any case, we should be seeing balloons in the game Tuesday morning assuming Epic Games sticks to the studio's traditional update schedule. It strikes me as somewhat odd timing, what with the Halloween event going on and the Fortnitemares LTM. Releasing a balloon item would have made more sense during Fortnite's birthday event.

Better late than never, I suppose.

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Balloons Are Coming To 'Fortnite' -- Here's What They Do

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