What Are Fortnite’s Cubes?įortnite Season 8’s Cubes spread corruption across the island as they travelled, ultimately meeting at what is now marked as The Convergence. Now, in Season 8, Fortnite's Cubes have converged and broken apart at The Aftermath, allowing the Cube Queen to emerge above the golden cube. At the end of Fortnite Chapter 2: Season 7, players discovered that the Mothership had been powered by thousands of these cubes after Doctor Slone’s betrayal, which destroyed the ship and sent the Cubes plummeting to the island below. Related: Every NPC Location in Fortnite Season 8Ĭubes first came to Fortnite in Chapter 1: Season 5 with community-named Kevin appearing after a lightning strike from the Sky Rift.
They’ve covered the map in mysterious Sideways Zones, low-gravity pockets of this reality in which players are unable to build. So far in Season 8 of Fortnite, the Cubes have corrupted reality with The Sideways, letting this hostile alternate dimension bleed into the island through portals called Anomalies.
With the reveal of this season’s secret skin, the Cube Queen, the mystery behind the trans-dimensional Cubes thickens, leaving many players likely speculating about what they actually are. Season 8 of Fortnite is well underway, and the ominous Cubes have been wreaking havoc on the island as they follow the lead of the golden Queen Cube.