Fortnite Season 3 Battle Pass Rewards And Skins Revealed

Fortnite's big new update has arrived, introducing a variety of content to both Battle Royale and Save the World. On the Battle Royale side, Season 3 is now officially underway, and with it, a new Battle Pass is now available on PC, PS4, and Xbox One, which means there are a ton of new items to acquire.

As with previous Battle Passes, this one includes a limited selection of content that anyone can unlock, including some emotes and a new pickaxe. The vast majority of the rewards are restricted to those who actually purchase the full Battle Pass, which costs 950 V-Bucks (or just around $10). If you owned the Season 2 Battle Pass, you'll automatically get five tiers' worth of progress for free, helping you to get a jump start on unlocking the new items. Additional tiers can be earned by collecting stars by playing and fulfilling specific objectives, or by purchasing them with additional V-Bucks.

Among the items you'll find in the premium tier of the Battle Pass are new pickaxes, skins, gliders, emotes, and much more. There's also Back Bling, which is a new category of item added as part of the 3.0.0 update alongside skydiving trails and loading screens. In the images above, you can see all of the major new items included in the Season 3 Battle Pass. Bear in mind, these are all cosmetic; nothing will actually impact gameplay directly. If you're a fan of references, though, you're in luck, as you'll find skins clearly meant to resemble the likes of John Wick and Guardians of the Galaxy's Star-Lord.

There have been some changes to the Battle Pass for Season 3. Most notably, there are now 30 additional rewards tiers and 76 items in all to unlock. Despite the additions, it should take roughly the same amount of time to obtain everything as it did with the previous Battle Pass--Epic's estimate is a range of 75-150 hours.

In terms of playable content, Fortnite has received some new additions. Battle Royale now has a new weapon, the Hand Cannon, that uses Heavy ammo. Some notable improvements have also been made to building (which also extends to Save the World), and a 60 FPS framerate is now the default option for all console players. You can see everything the update does in the Fortnite 3.0.0 patch notes.