Fortnitemares 2024 skins, start and end dates, challenges and a damn chainsaw

There are always some spooky weapons and items at the Fortnite Halloween party. This year does the same thing, but also adds a few new weapons to the loot pool that are some of the game's most intense items yet. Here's all the Fortnitemares loot you can expect during the event:

• Shotgun with wooden stake
• Pumpkin launcher
• Witch's broom
• Boom Billy
• chainsaw

Fortnitemares veterans will be familiar with the first three, although the last two are new to everyone. Boom Billy sends a Billy The Puppet from Saw, which rides towards the enemy on a tricycle before exploding with an explosion. If you hear his twisted laugh, run away quickly.

Meanwhile, a chainsaw also comes into play, which has both attack and traversal abilities. You can use it to lunge at an enemy or slam them into the ground, which will then propel you forward. It sounds like it could join the community's list of cool traversal items, like Spider-Man's Shockwave Hammer, Kinetic Blade, and Web Slingers.

While it's not exactly a loot item, there is also a new event on the island during Fortnitemares. Interact with a Billy The Puppet TV in various locations around the island and you will be given a target that you must eliminate among the players who have also chosen the challenge.

Both players wear Saw bear masks, and if neither player (or squad) eliminates their target before the timer runs out, both will explode. Those who win the showdown will receive a Boom Billy and a Witch's Broom, among other random loot.

*Cue scary Saw music and moralizing monologue*