How do you get your hands on the nightmarish Fortnite Ruin skin? If you’ve been playing Fortnite and completing all your weekly challenges, you’ll have access to the Ruin skin, and rumour has it he has a big part to play in the future of the game alongside the inimitable Prisoner. Of course many rumours abound about the mysterious character in a lore context, but at least we finally know how to unlock the Ruin skin. After you’ve completed the necessary eight weeks of quests it will be yours, but this is only the beginning when it comes to the future of Fortnite. If this all sounds familiar, that’s because it wasn’t long ago that we were detailing how to get your hands on the Fortnite Prisoner skin, which was the reward for Fortnite’s Snowfall challenges. The process has been similar when it comes to season 8 so far, but we’re hoping to see plenty of unlockable styles come to Fortnite’s Ruin skin just like season 7’s Prisoner. So, how do you unlock Ruin and when does the Discovery skin release? Keep reading for everything we know about the new skin. How to unlock the Fortnite Ruin skin To get this skin you’ll need to complete 55 weekly challenges – you can check your progress in the challenges tab of the main menu to see how far along you are. Every week we get seven new weekly challenges, four of which are free to all players while the remaining three are exclusive to Battle Pass owners. If you run the numbers, that means Battle Pass owners can already unlock the Ruin skin, as week 8 has been and gone. That means you also have Ruin skin challenges to tackle, and they’ll certainly turn you into a player worthy of the name of this skin: Destroy trees (50) Destroy rocks (35) Destroy cars, trucks, and RVs (20) Deal damage to opponent structures (10000) Outlast opponents (1000) Complete daily challenges (5) Completing the above challenges will award you with Dying Light Back Bling and the Dread Pickaxe. But, when it comes to the emerging metanarrative behind Ruin, check out the week 8 loading screen below. While the image above doesn’t give much away, it certainly suggests that something important is going to take place inside the fiery belly of Fortnite’s volcano. It could mean any number of things, so we’ll be keeping you updates with all the necessary lore updates before things kick off around the approaching Fortnite season 9 release date. Discover more Fortnite challenges below: Fortnite visit highest elevations Fortnite wooden rabbit location Fortnite stone pig location For Fortnite players who don’t have the season 8 Battle Pass it takes 14 weeks of challenges to hit the 55 weekly challenge requirement, so unfortunately the cosmetic is for Battle Pass players only. But, as ever, it’s worth keeping on top of your challenges this season if you do have the Battle Pass as you can only unlock the skin while season 8 is still active.<doc-sep>Image via Epic Games/HYPEX Image via Epic Games/HYPEX Fortnite: Battle Royale players don’t have to wait until season eight, week eight challenges are available to find out how the Discovery skin Ruin looks like. Epic has already unveiled it in the Discovery challenges section in the game. Data miners and leakers HYPEX, Kleinmike, and PXLPAT found the images of Ruin inside the v8.30 Fortnite update files and revealed them earlier today. They also found that players who unlock Ruin will also unlock a special back bling that looks like a shield with magma inside. Both of these leaks were confirmed as soon as the servers went live with the v8.30 update, and players were able to see the models of both cosmetic items in-game. Ruin itself seems to be made of magma. It has a heavy body armor and helmet that covers its body completely, giving us no clue about who’s inside. Whoever it is, it’s inhuman enough to live in magma without dying. This is the first time we see Ruin’s model, but we knew what it looked like to some extent. Epic revealed a few images of the skin last week while teasing it to players, revealing that it had something to do with fire and magma. One of these images appeared to show Ruin inside an excavation site that players have been digging up, but we have it to learn how both of them are connected. Players can only unlock Ruin after completing 55 weekly Battle Pass challenges, which means only those with a premium season eight Battle Pass can grab it. Players will have access to 56 weekly challenges in total starting on week eight, and then they’ll have until season eight ends to unlock Ruin in their Locker. After that, the skin should be impossible to obtain again through this method. Even though players can already see Ruin, they can only unlock it when the week eight challenges are available. That will only happen on April 18.<doc-sep>When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Sometimes they'll include recommendations for other related newsletters or services we offer. Our Privacy Notice explains more about how we use your data, and your rights. You can unsubscribe at any time. Sign up forfor the biggest new releases, reviews and tech hacks Fortnite Ruin skin has leaked following the rollout of update 8.30 today. The Fortnite Ruin skin is the reward for season 8’s Discovery challenges, and will unlock after completing 55 weekly challenges. Last week the official Fortnite Twitter account teased what the Fortnite Ruin skin would look like. They tweeted a GIF of the Fortnite Ruin skin in the shadows alongside the message: “Battle Pass Owners… Prepare for Ruin.<doc-sep>
Fortnite: Battle Royale players have been introduced to the season eight Battle Pass skin, Ruin. This skin is a Legendary character outfit that’s part of the season’s Discovery challenges—and it has a challenge directly related to it. The Ruin skin is tied to the season eight Fortnite Battle Pass. Players need to meet certain requirements in weekly challenges to finally unlock Ruin. Here’s how and when you can do it. Requirements to unlock A challenge in the Discovery set says players need to complete 55 weekly challenges throughout season eight to unlock a mystery item, which is the Ruin skin. Since season eight consists of 10 weeks of challenges, and each week comes with three free and four premium weekly challenges, players need to complete nearly eight full weeks of Battle Pass challenges to unlock Ruin. Doing the math, players will notice that they can only unlock Ruin starting from week eight, which is set to begin on April 18. It’s impossible to unlock Ruin before that date. After that, players can complete any 55 weekly challenges to unlock Ruin, even if they haven’t completed a full set of challenges in season eight. Players who haven’t bought the season eight Battle Pass and only have the free weekly challenges available can only complete up to 30 challenges throughout the season. That means they won't be able to unlock Ruin at any point, even after all weekly challenges are available. Players who complete 55 weekly challenges will unlock Ruin automatically. The skin will appear in their Locker and will be selectable from that point on. The skin is permanent and remains in players' lockers even after season eight ends. Deadline Ruin is a skin that’s exclusive to season eight. That means players have until the season eight end date, which is May 8, to complete 55 weekly challenges and unlock Ruin. After that date, no one else will be able to unlock Ruin. Epic rarely brings season-exclusive skins back to the game in new challenges or the Item Shop, so May 8 might be the last opportunity ever for players to unlock Ruin.