Paradise

Fortnite Chapter 3 Season 4, titled "Paradise," launched on September 18, 2022. Despite the name, the season focused on a terrifying liquid metal substance known as "Chrome" that rapidly consumed the island, its inhabitants, and its architecture. The season was commanded by The Herald, a mysterious antagonist who seeded the Chrome from her stronghold. In response to the spreading corruption, the island's inhabitants desperately tried to save their homes by attaching giant balloons to Points of Interest to float them safely above the ground. The season profoundly altered combat and movement with Chrome Splashes, which allowed players to turn themselves into fast-moving liquid blobs that were immune to fire and could phase directly through walls. The narrative culminated abruptly in the "Fracture" live event. The Herald succeeded in destroying the Reality Tree, causing the entire island to destabilize and shatter in a massive cosmic explosion. The Paradigm (revealed to be Brie Larson) used Zero Point energy to pull fragments from different realities together to forge a completely new island, prematurely ending Chapter 3 after only four seasons.