It only took about nine years, but Fortnite Save the World is finally going free-to-play. Epic Games announced that the unique PvE mode, which predates Battle Royale, shall be free for everybody starting April 16. For many who don’t remember, Save the World was actually the unique Fortnite, a co-op action-building game where players team up to construct forts, craft weapons, and fight off hordes of monsters. Battle Royale got here later and, well, all of us know the way that turned out. Save the World was actually the Fortnite we spent essentially the most hours with, and were actually disenchanted when support shifted to Battle Royale. We obviously know why it did, considering Save the World didn’t have much of a playerbase in comparison with Battle Royale, but we were disenchanted nonetheless.
Save the World shall be available on PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox Cloud Gaming, Switch 2, PC, NVIDIA GeForce NOW, and Amazon Luna. It’s going to not be available on smartphones, tablets, or the unique Nintendo Switch. Recent purchases of Save the World are being paused starting tonight, March 11, at 5:00 PM Pacific (8:00 PM Eastern) to arrange for the transition.
Ahead of the free-to-play launch, Epic is running a community goal where players can register with their Epic account at save-the-world.fortnite.com to earn in-game rewards. There are three milestones to hit: 300,000 registrations unlocks the Save the World Jess Banner, 700,000 unlocks Kyle’s Construction Spray, and 1,000,000 unlocks the Snowstrike Hero. As of now, the community is at 12 percent of the primary milestone. Anyone who registers before April 16 is eligible for all rewards, even when the milestones have already been hit by the point they join. The Snowstrike Hero is a Save the World-specific reward that shall be granted when the mode goes free-to-play, with first-time players receiving it after completing the in-game tutorial.
This can be a pretty interesting move from Epic, especially coming alongside the V-Bucks price increases we just covered. Opening Save the World to everyone without cost could herald recent players who’ve only ever known Fortnite as a Battle Royale game. Whether those players stick around for a mode that’s nearly a decade old stays to be seen, but on the very least, it’s an excellent solution to introduce an entire recent audience to where Fortnite began.