New Fortnite Season 8 Map Changes - Risky Reels Returned?
By Nicholas Barth ·
Check out the new Fortnite Season 8 map with all of its changes that includes what many believed to be the return of Risky Reels.
The time that the Fortnite community has been waiting for has finally arrived with the start of Season 8 for the popular battle royale title. While there were plenty of changes that were implemented by the way of the new content period's patch notes and highlighted in the Battle Pass and official cinematic trailers, the changes everyone is excited about consist of the new additions to the map of Fortnite for Season 8 that includes what many thought to be the return of Risky Reels.
New Fortnite Season 8 Map Changes
A volcano has sprung up on the map of the battle royale title, and it has brought many of the map's alterations. While an official asset graphic distributed by Epic Games showed off the return of Risky Reels, the actual area of this location is only three buildings and not the Risky Reels that players knew and love before it was replaced with The Block. The new Fortnite Season 8 map changes also brought the locations of Lazy Lagoon and Sunny Steps. The location of The Block was also moved closer to Junk Junction.
There is also now a volcano in the environment of the battle royale game thanks to all of the new Fortnite Season 8 map changes that can be found Southwest of Sunny Steps where lava can be found. Players can bounce on the lava, but it will cause damage to players every time they do. There is also a sand bar with multiple bodies of water that can be found west of what many thought to be Risky Reels.
You can find the official Fortnite Season 8 map that at first had Risky Reels marked and the actual graphic for this new period of content with all of its changes below.
What are your favorite additions that were made in the new Fortnite Season 8 map changes? Are you mad to see Risky Reels not make an actual return to the world of the battle royale title? Let us know in the comments below!
(Editor's Note: A previous version of this article stated that Risky Reels returning was one of the new map changes for Season 8 of Fortnite. However, this was incorrect, as the official asset graphic made available by Epic Games had the previously removed location included on the new season's map. All changes in this article reflect this correction.)
(cover photo courtesy of Epic Games)