Friday ‘Nite: The Real-Life Fortnite Zero Point Is Even Weirder Than It Looks

I was out of commission last week, so I could only watch from a hospital bed as the world reacted to the real-life Fortnite Zero Point that was discovered some 4,000 light-years away from Earth. I thought it was so cool, but couldn’t share in the strangeness of the moment. Thinking I had missed the boat, I moved on with my Fortnite week, finishing Foundation challenges and whatnot. But when I was feeling better, I caught up on the details of the mysterious space object and realized there’s even more to it that’s bizarre. Beyond the way it looks stunningly like the Zero Point, it also behaves like it.

For the uninitiated, let’s catch you up quickly on what exactly the Zero Point even is. I mentioned it a few weeks ago when I compared Fortnite to ABC’s hit drama-adventure series of yesteryear, Lost. That’s because, like the heart of the island on Lost, the Zero Point rests at the center of the Fortnite island, Artemis, and appears to be the life-giving force for all beings in the omniverse.

The Zero Point is often the target of ne’er-do-wells who seek to control it or even destroy it for their own personal power, but to date, no one has snuffed it out for good–despite a few close calls. The Zero Point has a distinct look. It’s a perfect sphere, made up in blue and purple hues, with a wispy tail that spins around the sphere in different directions. it emanates energy and the essence of total enigma at once. Here’s a picture of it for reference: