Fortnite Leaks Point to Pet-Like Companions, Including a Selection of Dogs and a Skateboarding Turtle

Fortnite is acceptable to adhd pet-like cosmetic "Companions" to its conflict royale, a bid of caller leaks suggest. Initial designs see a scope of dogs, arsenic good arsenic a turtle connected a skateboard.

Datamined images sourced from yesterday's caller Fortnite play update amusement what looks to beryllium a aureate retriever, a brace of pugs, a robot canine based connected the game's iconic Cuddle Team Leader, and the aforementioned skateboard-wielding aquatic reptile.

Fortnite fans person been alert of plans by developer Epic Games to merchandise pet-like Companions for immoderate time, based connected bits of grounds dug up and posted online from past datamines. But contiguous is our archetypal glimpse astatine the Companions themselves, from what look to beryllium idiosyncratic interface icons for them.

If Fortnite having pets sounds familiar, well, that's due to the fact that the crippled technically has them already. During the aboriginal years of Fortnite conflict royale, astatine least, the crippled offered "Pets" — animated animals — that you wore arsenic a "backbling", oregon fundamentally similar a rucksack.

Around a twelve oregon truthful of these Pets were released, usually wrong conflict passes, with aboriginal designs becoming somewhat much elaborate (a floating mind-controlling alien named Choppy is simply a idiosyncratic fave, alongside a licensed Baby Yoda). But much caller years person seen Pets near by the wayside, contempt instrumentality calls for their return.

Now, Epic Games is believed to beryllium moving connected Companions arsenic a acold much evolved mentation of Pets, with the creatures capable to scamper astir in-game adjacent your subordinate character. Fans expect that these creatures volition beryllium disposable to you and your squad of allies, though possibly not to force players — truthful there's nary blowing up of your caller turtle buddy to beryllium had.

Officially, Epic Games is yet to admit Companions arsenic being successful development, and it's inactive unclear if they volition get this season. Whenever they bash launch, however, Companions volition beryllium the archetypal caller cosmetic benignant introduced to Fortnite since November 2024, erstwhile the crippled introduced Kicks, amended known arsenic shoes.

Yesterday's large Fortnite update saw the crippled motorboat a caller alien bug-infested play for its main conflict royale portion, portion Fortnite OG shifted into the beloved play wherever Kevin the Cube archetypal appeared. Although, arsenic we antecedently reported, unusual things are going connected successful Fortnite OG — wherever the timeline appears to beryllium occuring somewhat otherwise this time.

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