In this week’s Fortnite update, Bruno Mars officially leads Fortnite Festival Season 9 as its featured artist, replacing earlier rumors of Daft Punk and Deadmau5. The announcement comes with a music pass, a themed item shop bundle, and multiple new jam tracks. The World Tour Bundle includes:
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Brunoan Outfit with Tokyo and Brazil-inspired variants
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Bruno’s Collection Back Bling – An arcade-style accessory
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Floating Notes Contrail – A slick trail effect
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Bondi Brun Emote and matching jam track
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Keychar Gear, Worldwide Bass, and more
Two Bruno Mars collab jam tracks are also featured: Die With a Smile (with Lady Gaga) and Apartment A. These will be available throughout Season 9.
The Festival Season 9 Pass costs 1,400 V-Bucks and includes:
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“Die With a Smile” Bruno Outfit (Premium Heavenly Gold Style unlocks at the end)
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Dreamers Twoot Back Bling (free reward)
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Red Heart Kits Drums and Last Reprise Guitar
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Four Premium Jam Tracks:
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Bruno’s Theme Song
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Sabotage Monra (Part Institutial)
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Jackson 5 – ABC
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Silk Sonic – Leave the Door Open
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Free rewards include the Sonic Splash Guitar, Paddle Bass, and Hype Emote, plus four jam tracks from Epic’s previous projects like Dance Therapy and Into the Underworld.
Game Update Adds “True Random” Music System
One of the most-requested updates is finally live: True Random Lobby Music. When players select random lobby music, it will now cycle properly—playing a different track each time rather than looping the same one. This change also includes improvements to the jam track selection menu, now allowing players to filter by specific letter ranges (e.g., A-B, C-D) for easier browsing.
Fortnite Festival also gets an All-Time Leaderboard, now visible across seasons and accessible via the main leaderboard screen or music library.
LEGO Fortnite Expeditions – New PvE Mode Explained
Launching with this update, LEGO Fortnite Expeditions introduces a co-op PvE mode supporting up to four players. Players will fight Daigo’s forces across mission-based maps while managing upgrades and progressing through a shared hub called Supernova Academy, home to characters like Vengeance Jones and Hopeset.
Main Mission Zones:
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Utopia City – Rescue civilians and build defenses
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Spire Excavation Site – Investigate enemy digging ops
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Busted Bridge – Combat-focused encounters
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Demon’s Domain (coming soon) – Daigo’s final base
Players complete Academy Assignments and contribute to Team Projects, unlocking new buffs and global objectives. Each hero class—Shadow Caller, Hunter, and Rift Rippler—features a unique skill tree and can equip class-specific tools like dual daggers, plasma pistols, or a Warhammer.
Gadgets act as passive stat boosters (e.g., extra health or damage), and three can be equipped at once.
Enemy Types:
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Spires – Crystal enemies
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Light/Heavy Demon Guards – Basic melee and ranged foes
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Cores – Fast lieutenants that summon allies
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Titans – Giant bosses meant for team fights
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Daigo – Final boss (coming in a future update)
Odyssey Integration + Twitch Drops
Many Expeditions features will roll into LEGO Fortnite: Odyssey over time:
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Spire enemies begin spawning in July
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Expeditions weapons will become craftable in Odyssey
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Hero classes will eventually be available in Odyssey missions
Twitch drops go live June 18 – June 23, offering the Zeric Dares Loading Screen and LEGO decor items for watching 90 minutes of LEGO Fortnite streams.
