Fortnite Crew update makes the subscription better than ever at no extra cost – but there's a catch

Major changes are coming with adjacent month's Fortnite Crew update, with the subscription work acceptable to springiness players adjacent much bang for their subordinate erstwhile the caller Fortnite OG Pass drops.

Fortnite's monthly subscription work is getting a monster upgrade that adds heaps of caller content, and successful the process, it's teased a marque caller benignant of walk for players to enactment through.

Epic Games has shared its plans for a Fortnite Crew upgrade that sees the premium subscription work connection players adjacent much contented for precisely the aforesaid terms erstwhile Fortnite OG launches adjacent month. In its existent iteration, players wage a monthly interest that includes the Battle Pass for conflict royale and throws successful travel extras to boot, including capable V-Bucks to fundamentally screen the subscription fee. So if you're idiosyncratic who's going to prime up the Battle Pass anyway, the subscription has been the champion mode to walk your wealth – particularly arsenic you tin cancel your rank and inactive person entree to the premium Battle Pass rewards for arsenic agelong arsenic it's unrecorded – truthful the remainder of the applicable play essentially.

The Fortnite Crew update makes the subscription adjacent amended worth for money, due to the fact that erstwhile Chapter 6 and Fortnite OG spell unrecorded successful December, the monthly rank volition see the Music Pass and Lego Pass arsenic well, meaning you tin assertion the premium rewards from each 3 Battle Passes. Better yet, immoderate XP you gain volition advancement each 3 simultaneously, which Epic announced astatine the extremity of October.

However, there's 1 important alteration being ushered successful by the Fortnite Crew update, and that's the 1 that's ruffled feathers. Going forward, you'll request an progressive subscription to assertion premium rewards, truthful if you cancel your membership, you'll lone beryllium capable to assertion premium rewards up until your billing play ends. For those of you who instrumentality longer that a period to grind a pass, you'll request to support the subscription rolling until you unlock and assertion anything.

It's important to enactment that, astatine this time, this lone applies to new subscribers starting Sunday, December 1 from 5am GMT / 12am EST, which is 9pm PDT connected Saturday, November 30; which is the time the Fortnite Juice Wrld performance is happening. For current subscribers or caller subscribers who motion up earlier that cut-off, determination volition beryllium no alteration to however you unlock and assertion rewards. Basically, Epic has you by the balls due to the fact that if you fto your rank lapse, you'll beryllium considered a caller subscriber again, truthful either mode you request a constant, monthly membership.

We interruption down the details and terms below, but thing other Epic announced alongside the Fortnite Crew update is simply a Battle Pass terms summation – it'll outgo you somewhat much V-Bucks from Sunday, December 1. Read connected for everything you request to know!

Fortnite Crew update explained

Starting from December 1, according to a new blog post from Epic Games, the Fortnite Crew update volition spot the subscription see the Music Pass and Lego Pass astatine nary further cost. But, the blog station besides confirmed what has agelong been speculated, that Fortnite OG volition get its ain conflict pass, called Fortnite OG Pass. The walk seems to beryllium a walk for players to unlock themed Chapter 1 skins arsenic they play the caller Fortnite OG mode, but nary further details person been revealed yet, with Epic promising much details to travel earlier the mode launches connected December 6.

Players volition gain XP for each of the passes simultaneously, practically quadrupling their rewards compared to the regular single-pass acquisition that players impact themselves with. This is simply a immense change, and the biggest daze is that the outgo of Fortnite Crew volition not alteration astatine all, remaining astatine £9.99 / $11.99 / AU$17.55.

However, a insignificant terms summation is coming for the Battle Pass, with the terms going from 950 V-Bucks to 1,000 V-Bucks. You’ll inactive beryllium capable to screen the terms of the Pass unsocial by buying a 1,000 V-Bucks bundle (£6.99 / $8.99 / AU$11.95).

This update is monolithic and inactive offers players the perks that presently basal with the subscription service. It volition beryllium harder than ever to defy its charm, particularly with truthful overmuch to play with going forward. Chapter 6 is going to beryllium huge.