Fortnite Halloween challenges – End date, challenges, and how to destroy cube fragments

THE first Fortnitemares event was a little under a year ago, and one of the very first events to include the game's battle royale mode.

It's coming back for a second go-around this year, with skins, challenges and some HUGE changes to the game.

The first Hallowe'en event gave us some of the game's more charming and original skins, including Skull Trooper, which stand in some contrast to the overwrought and derivative current batch.

This time, Fortnite's Battle Royale mode is getting husks for the first time, as bits of Kevin the Cube will spawn Cube Fiends and Cube Brutes.

What are the Fortnitemares challenges?

There have been new challenges every couple of days through the week leading up to Samhain.

Individual challenges just reward XP, but doing the whole lot will get you the cosmetic item listed in the title.

First set (Fiery emoticon)

• Destroy Cube Monsters
• Deal damage with Assault Rifles or Pistols to Cube Monsters
• Visit a Corrupted Area in different matches
• Dance at different Gargoyles

Second set (Deadfire Spray)

• Destroy Cube Fiends
• Deal damage with Shotguns or SMGs to Cube Monsters
• Eliminate opponents at Corrupted Areas
• Destroy a Ghost Decoration in different Named Locations

Third set (Virulent Flames contrail)

• Destroy Cube Brutes
• Deal damage with Explosive Weapons to Cube Monsters
• Search Chests in Corrupted Areas
• Search Stages:
  • Stage 1: Visit Wailing Woods
  • Stage 1: Visit Fatal Fields
  • Stage 1: Visit Haunted Hills

Fourth set (Dark Engine Glider)

• Destroy Elite Cube Monsters
• Damage Cube Fragments
• Deal damage to Cube Monsters in a single match
• Visit four different Corrupted Areas in a single match
• Destroy Cube Fragments
• Complete all above Fortnitemares Challenges

Cube fragments appear around corrupted areas of the island and cause the zombie-like husk-things to spawn nearby.

Both the husks and the fragments can get destroyed in the usual manner -- take a gun and pump them full of holes.

What other Hallowe'en changes have there been?

Some Hallowe'en events have already started, with a number of spooky cosmetics including spider-people, vampires and, or course, the aforementioned Skull Trooper himself.

A couple of days of terrible poetry have teased Fortnitemares, which is sure to be the in-game Hallowe'en celebration, and some changes to implement the full force of the forced 'spookiness' must be on their way.

Yesterday's Save the World update revealed a couple of spooky additions to the paid-for co-op side of the game, and revealed that its much-awaited free-to-play launch wasn't going to happen until next year at the earliest.

There will also be a 50% off sale for Save The World access via Epic's Founders' Packs, so keep your eyes peeled for those and more Samhain-themed goodies in STW.

We'll update you with more on today's changes as we get it.

What is Fortnite and does the video game have an age rating certificate?

Fortnite is an online video game rated for those aged 12 and over, and most well known for its Battle Royale mode in which 100 online players are put in a battlefield to fight until just one player remains.

It is a shooter with building elements, so while the goal is to kill and not get killed, you can build structures to defend yourself from materials found in the world.