Start and End Dates for All Fortnite Seasons

Boats, Bandage Bazookas, and only Basic Weapons are three things we remember most about Chapter Two Season One. Fortnite added new achievements, more Battle Pass mechanics and rewards, and made getting across the water in the game way more fun. It finally felt like the game it was meant to be.

This season brought about Muscle-Cat and gave us options for the rewards we earned. The Shadow and Ghost groups gave us light and dark-themed versions of characters, item skins, and weapons skins. We also got to obtain the dance that is funny no matter which character is doing it—The Kitty Cat Dance.

A considerable portion of the map was flooded in Chapter 2 Season 3; it receded over the course of the season, but it made boats an absolute necessity until then. Season Two was technically the first season to introduce styling of in-game content (does anyone even use Maya anymore?), but Season Three let us style our umbrella!

Marvel took over Fortnite in Chapter 2 Season 4. Certain special items that mimicked our favorite superhero powers were made available, and several significant chunks of the map were replaced with Marvel-related areas. Upstate New York became the hottest drop point, where players would battle Iron Man himself. At the end of the season, Fortnite did something it never did before and had its players fly the BattleBus to defeat Galactus!

Season 5 gave us bounties, bounty hunters, and baby Yoda. The story revolves around Agent Jonesy recruiting bounty hunters, who appear in-game as NPCs you can interact with. They provided quests and items and were the only way to upgrade your weapons. Once you reached level 100 in the Battle Pass, you got everyone's favorite Mandalorian character — the aptly nicknamed Baby Yoda — as a companion!

Season Two was when Fortnite deployed some clever monetization: The Battle Pass. Want some of those fancy skins and neat cosmetic features? Now you don't have to pay for them directly! Put in $10 and fight, search, and possibly hide your way to a higher level. This was also the first season we saw the classic Chapter One location, Tilted Towers.

Season Three brought challenges and officially awakened the completionist in all its players. Most of us would be familiar with this thought:

Go to bed? Maybe in a minute; I just want to get this achievement first.

Next thing you know, three hours have gone by, and you're pre-emptively debating calling into work the next day.

Season Three had some themed elements, but Season Four was when themes began to dominate the Fortnite updates. It focused a lot on Superheroes and Superhero movies. Many points of interest (POIs) were changed to mimic movie-making settings.

Season Five introduced the World's Collide theme. Rifts began to open, which allowed players to transport across the map quickly. This season also introduced Toys into Battle Royale, which could be equipped, thrown, or otherwise used when battling against other players. This brought to light how versatile Fortnite truly is.

The most bittersweet season of Chapter One, Season Six destroyed Loot Lake (a popular drop point) for the sake of the admittedly amazing Darkness Rises theme (which added to the Worlds Collide storyline). It also gave us Pets and Music, which was quite a selling point for the game. Bring them back, Epic!

Season Seven was the first winter-themed season and brought a lot of younger kids joy with Creative Mode. You could design your levels and game modes in Creative instead of always diving into battle. With this, user-created content on the Fortnite marketplace exploded in popularity!

Season Eight gave us riddles, treasure, and a sense of adventure. Group raids of the pirate campsites became popular, which meant another enemy to consider besides other players. Those riddles also gave us something to consider if we wanted to unlock those sweet rewards.

The classic Fortnite blue/purple/pink shades started to show in Season Nine, which was themed on a cyber-punk future setting. Thankfully, the sensory overload was dulled down a bit in future seasons.

Season X was the last season of Chapter 1. With the theme titled "Out of Time," developer Epic planned to completely revamp the game in Fortnite Chapter 2 from the beginning of the season. A lot of players were left concerned when everything got sucked into a black hole at the end of the chapter, as we didn't hear any news for several days; there were conspiracies and speculations galore.