Not a sticky sweet or an obscure club drug, Fortnite‘s new hop rocks are popping off in the survival shooter’s gameplay.
The hop rocks, which developer Epic Games introduced yesterday, are a consumable item players can find in Fortnite‘s new Dusty Divet crater. After using them, players jump through the map with low-gravity physics that feel a little Halo-esque. They have turned the crater into a chaos hole where players hopped up on hop rocks prey on the land-bound.
Players are pulling off impressive mid-air trick shots and wild fort builds all over and around the crater:
Already got to have a bit of fun with the new Hop Rocks #Fortnite #FNBRSeason4 pic.twitter.com/lFqtJdNwN9
— Sevigor (@SevigorTV) May 1, 2018
IMPULSE + HOP ROCKS = INSANE PLAYS #FortniteSeason4 #Fornite @Ninja pic.twitter.com/GlcaStagne
— Mossi◾️ (@Tsourber) May 2, 2018
GIF: ImMarksman
It’s become pretty clear that competent hop rock users can have a big advantage over non-buffed opponents. The height advantage and increased mobility can make aiming and evading shots way easier.
GIF: OpticBigTymer
The rocks have also made building totally wild:
If you’re like me and have trouble pulling the trick shots off yourself, it turns out the best way to escape hop-rocks-fuelled death is also hop rocks.
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2 responses to “Fortnite’s New Hop Rocks Are Making The Game Wild”
I can’t keep up with this game…
I love this game.
Most of Cecilia’s articles about fortnite read more like ads than articles. And that’s ignoring the twitter echo chamber element that accompanies more and more articles each week.