Fortnite appears to have teased the flood that might kick off Chapter 2: Season 3 more than a year ago.
In late 2019, Fortnite’s first island disappeared into a black hole. The new island’s arrival indicated the beginning of what Epic has dubbed Chapter 2. Since then, it’s felt like the developer has been a little less methodic about Fortnite’s storyline. That belief was fueled by the repeated extensions to Chapter 2: Season 1, and the lack of content to fill that extra time.
Season 2 hasn’t been quite as bad and has felt more organized, but there have still been delays. The most recent of those delays came just last week when Epic announced the start os Season 3 had been pushed one more week. The second delay to the start of the season which was meant to have started all the way back on April 30.
However, there’s a theory that all of this was planned well ahead of time. The imminent flood, the SpongeBob-esque island, even the postponements. This theory revolves around Bunker Jonesy, a variation of Fortnite’s most famous character who was first introduced during Chapter 1: Season 9. The images Jonesy scrawled on the wall of his bunker back in May 2019 include the Battle Bus flying over an island with three trees.
That’s right, very similar to the image leaked on the PlayStation Store this week indicating what’s to come in Season 3. That’s not all, either. During that same season, Bunker Jonesy spent time on a small island with three trees, accidentally bringing down a Battle Bus as he tried to signal for help. Evidence that Epic is more organized than we could have ever imagined, but a theory that shoots a big hole in the potential of a SpongeBob crossover event.
The final piece of evidence is the one that suggests even the delays were planned ahead of time. The number 1106 is printed on the crate from which Bunker Jonesy pulls his flare gun. In most parts of the world, people write the date DD/MM, which means the printed date on the crate is June 11. Following the latest delay, Season 3 is due to start on June 11. Is this all one big coincidence, or has Epic been putting the pieces in place for more than 12 months?
