Guess Who's Back: The Guided Missile Might Be Returning to Fortnite

It seems an old nemesis might be making its way back into Fortnite, with datamining revealing that the Guided Missile might soon be added back to the game. You might remember the weapon as being a particularly difficult to balance item that a lot of the community weren’t happy with, before Epic Games opted to remove the weapon and place it in the vault while they figured out what to do with it.

According to Fortnite Insider, the weapon appears to be present in the game files as a “Backpack Item”, accompanied by an “It’s Back!” message. Not to be confused with a Back Bling cosmetic item, the Guided Missile Backpack Item would likely be found in the wild, similar to how the Jetpack worked a few weeks ago.

At the time of the weapons removal, Epic Games had this to say on the matter: “We’ve gotten a lot of feedback around the Guided Missile, in particular concerns over fairness and strength of the weapon. We share your concerns, so we’ve put the Guided Missile into the vault while we figure out the next steps for its future.”

The new iteration of the weapon, seen above, will hopefully be a little more balanced than the first time it made its appearance, lest we all are subject to the terrors of missiles circling above whilst we hide in the shrubbery. For more Fortnite news, check out our handy guide on how to find all the Soccer/Football pitches for this week’s challenges.