Fortnite Shadow Stones Disabled Due to Glitch

The Shadow Stones, one of the new items added to Fortnite with the launch of Season 6, have already been disabled by Epic Games due to a major glitch. The Shadow Stones are dotted around the map, as seen in our handy location guide, and are meant to add another layer to the game, through the magical world of invisibility.

Due to an issue with Shadow Stones, we’re disabling them until we have a fix.

— Fortnite (@FortniteGame) September 27, 2018

Players who pick up the Shadow Stones would be turned almost completely invisible, leaving only a small trail behind where they travel. That’s the plus side, the down side of the item is the inability to use weapons or items, or even build whilst invisible, making them excellent for sneaking up on people, or sneaking away from a gunfight, but less handy if an opponent knows where you are. The Shadow Stones also allowed players to phase through walls and jump higher, meaning some high-quality exploring was possible.

Please fix this glitch. Their whole squad was perma invisible from r/FortNiteBR

So, why did Epic Games remove the Shadow Stones from the game so quickly? It seems a glitch had been discovered that allowed players to become invisible, and yet also retain their ability to build and use weapons. If you can imagine the fear you feel when you’re being tracked by a full squad, imagine now that that same squad is invisible and nigh-impossible to hear, and you can see why Epic Games felt the need to disable the item for the time being.

Hopefully a fix will be found soon, and players can go back to playing what is essentially hide-and-go-seek on steroids, however if the choice comes down to playing with perma-invisibility players, or not having the item in the game at all, personally, I’m in favor of not having any invisibility.