Fortnite Rocket Countdown Linked To Inca Civilization In Conspiracy Theory

When the meteor appeared in the sky during Fortnite season four, everyone had their own opinion about what would happen. Was Tilted Towers going to be obliterated? Maybe the entire map would be hit? We all know now that it destroyed Dusty Depot and left craters across the map, and Epic are opting for a similar build up to the start of season five. Countdowns and an ominous skull face have appeared on televisions across the map, and one Reddit user has a complex but convincing theory about what it all means.

/u/MHC_Sweedee posted his theory to the official Fortnite subreddit, and it starts with the later unlocks in the battle pass: “At tier 97 of the current Battle Pass, you unlock an emoticion called "celebration". It shows some kind of mexican dude (at least thats what it looks like to me.). And at tier 87 you unlock the "squad leader". If you look at the skin or his concept art loading screen, you can see that he has a tatoo, to me it looks like an incan symbol. As we know from season 3, emoticons and stuff might tease the next season. (In season 2 there is even a gas mask player icon--hint at the new skin?).”

He went on to explain that he’s Austrian, so he went on the German wikipedia page for the Inca civilisation to research more. He noticed that the most important day on the Incan calendar was 23 June, the day of the Winter Solstice or Inti Raymi. Which is of course in a few days, and the countdown appeared just a few days ago. /u/MHC_Sweedee manages to link the recent Omen skin to the theory too, as fortune telling was a big part of Incan life, and Omen’s description says “Your victory has been foretold,” and is part of the “Overseer” set.

Funnily enough, the Incas made animal sacrifices on every important occasion. Guess which animal was the most common sacrifice? Llamas of course, and if you’ve played Fortnite, you know the llama is essentially the mascot for the game. The following is an excerpt from the German wikipedia page that he posted to Reddit:

“According to the research of William Sullivan, at sunrise, on the winter solstice (= June 22), a bridge emerged between the horizon, the human world, and Mayu ("river", Milky Way), the world of the gods. According to the myth, a llama announced a shepherd a flood in the constellation of the Lama, which corresponds to our constellation of Orion, before which he should bring with his flock on the mountain Vilcacoto, to safety.”

Could this have something to do with the recent skin called The Visitor, unlocked as part of the Blockbuster challenges? We know The Visitor is related to the rocket in some way, could it be used to flood the map, or to destroy something? Perhaps used to travel somewhere in space, away from the current Fortnite island?

“According to the Andean myth, the Flood took place exactly at the time when the Pleiades, the Andean constellation of the fox, were seen again in the sky exactly four weeks before the winter solstice. According to legend, all animals flee from the rising tide, the fox, however, slips off, so that his tail gets wet, so his cock (I think this should have been translated to tail.) is still black today.

Three kilometers outside of Cuzco, in Kenko, two cylindrically shaped, closely spaced stones rise about 20 centimeters, which served as sightstones in the star observation, especially the Pleiades, of Alpha and Alpha Centauri.

Alpha is the first letter of the Greek alphabet.Omega is the 24th and last letter of the Greek alphabet. Omega is often used to indicate an end, and thus is the opposite of the beginning, the alpha.”

As /u/MHC_Sweedee points out in the Reddit post, there’s a fox statue by the edge of Wailing Woods. Could Carbide and Omega represent Alpha and Omega from the Greek alphabet? He ends the Reddit post by admitting this could have nothing to do with Fortnite whatsoever, but there’s a lot of coincidences there if it is incorrect.

Fortnite is always evolving and updating though, and patch 4.4 went live yesterday in-game, and it brings Stink Bombs. You can read more on that here, and in the competitive Fortnite world, Ninja has announced a partnership with Red Bull and upcoming LAN tournament.