Epic Games has again decided to stir the pot with hidden messages and this time around Mark Rein is signaling quite brightly the Fortnite Chapter 7. The one-word tweet “Dodecahedron” made by Mark Rein has brought a lot of speculation and theory-making in the whole Fortnite community. If you did not have geometry or left it long ago, a dodecahedron is a polyhedron with twelve faces, that is to say it’s a three-dimensional polygon which is practically an intricate dice as used in a table-top game. But what about Fortnite? This could be a lot of different things on the map like a new spot or an extreme gameplay mechanic or even a heavenly creature. The timing is also perfect as Chapter 7 is soon coming and players are thirsty for any hints at what is coming next.
So what is the riddle of Mark Rein really? The replies to the tweet seem to be a treasure of reactions and theories from the community. “The Fortnite version of the LA sphere/ball,” suggested one player as the first association. The reasoning is quite valid due to Epic’s tradition of using real-world landmarks as game elements. Another user just declared “That’s a twelve-sided cube” along with a photo which, um, technically yes but also no? It is quite puzzling. The most popular assumption that keeps on being mentioned in the comments is that the word “Dodecahedron” is in fact a reference to one of the leaked features that the “shape” or “the object” was. One of the commenters goes, “he’s talking about the leaked ‘shape’” while another one is like, “OMG is that the freaking thing you guys were talking about before.” This means that the dataminers might have found something connected to this geometric mystery in the game files.
But speculation does not stop here. Some imaginative people are already considering the possibilities for the gameplay. A user sarcastically replied, “Math in Fortnite??” with a crying laughing emoji, and others mentioned “the cubes” from Fortnite’s history – do you remember those mysterious cubes which used to move around the map and cause chaos? Yes, that was quite a time. There is even one wild theory from a user that reads “Thats Sigint. Metal Gear wave 2 confirmed”, which seems like a major exaggeration but still, with Fortnite, anything can happen. It would be a hard timeline to follow considering that Fortnite has Marvel crossovers, Star Wars events, and even Eminem concerts, so it is not that difficult to picture Solid Snake battling a twelve-sided shape!
What is most interesting though is the fact that there are such opposing reactions from people. Excited players express their feelings with likes of “so excited to see what happens” and “So realllll, i can relate” (though the last one is a bit unclear). Conversely, there are people who just totally incomprehensible and their responses vary from “Wtf is that” through “What kind of trash is this?” with confused meme images as a bonus. This kind of split reaction is almost the same as Fortnite teasers – one part of the community is fully engaged in theory crafting while the other is just waiting and watching for the actual reveal.
This tease has even more significance because of the timing. With Chapter 7 just around the corner, Epic has to keep the hype up to a very high level for the next major changes in the game. Do you remember the mechs teasing before the start of Chapter 2? Or the zero-point anomalies before Chapter 3? These are the kinds of hints that Epic uses to raise the excitement, and they are the experts at making the players guess till the very last moment. One perceptive commenter said, “i’m sure whatever this is alluding to has been leaked already,” which is likely correct since leakage is a notorious feature of Fortnite’s development cycle. Perhaps dataminers have managed to come across files featuring this “Dodecahedron,” but Epic is still in a teasing mode so as to generate the maximum hype.
Looking back at Fortnite’s history with geometrical figures, this could very well turn out to be a big deal. The cube events in Chapter 1 were not just some of the most thrilling times in the game’s history but also the creation of these temporary spots around which players would come together and interact. If this “Dodecahedron” is going to be like a live event object, it might not just change but actually overturn the Chapter 7 map dynamics. How about a new kind of loot container that is not restricted to just one spot? Or a floating structure that constantly travels around the island? Or it might even be the case that it’s associated with the rumored theme of reality-altering that has been going around for the next chapter.
Players’ creative reactions from the community are strong signals regarding the level of players’ involvement in the Fortnite mysteries. They are all for the riddle’s modifier madness and the battle royale genre’s evolving landscape. The excitement even extends to other platforms, with PlayStation gamers sharing their own epic stories. And let’s not forget the latest craze: Xbox Crocs that have everyone talking.
