The Fortnite Winterfest 2025 bug has been substantiated, and as soon as expected, Wenso made known the complete list of rewards that players will get as their presentations this year. This list has a new jam track called ‘Just A Holiday in Battlewood’ among other cosmetics, and the community has rather mixed responses, to say the least. Therefore, we need to check what is being given for free this year and also see the reasons some players celebrate while others suspect Epic Games, just like the default doing the Orange Justice.
Let’s summarize those players who are not so keen on the details: The leaks on the rewards for Winterfest 2025 have come to light. The present from the cabin contains the new jam track, a handful of musical toys, a backpack, a harvesting item, a wrap, and multiple sprays. It is crucial to mention that none of the Harry Potter collab items which have been just introduced are on the list of gifts. This has become one of the main points of the conversation. Players are reacting differently to the number of spray cosmetics with some being relieved and others disappointed.
The picture shows all the 14 gifts, right? Among the things you can see are musical instruments like a drum, a guitar, and a keyboard. This is so amazing, music never fails to bring life to the lobby! There is also a fancy-looking harvesting tool bat, a frozen-themed back bling, a wrap, and sprays, oh there is not just one, not two but three sprays! And this is where the talk begins. One community member, Not Grammy Norma, literally expressed it: ‘3 FUCKING SPRAYS REALLY’. Yes, that seems to be the sentiment of a huge part of the players. To be honest, sprays are probably the least wanted items in the Battle Royale universe. You will apply them once for a challenge and then you will forget they exist in your locker until you do a spring cleaning.
But wait, there is a more important story here and it seems that everyone is somewhat shouting about it, which is the complete lack of any Harry Potter equipment. Remember when the whole collaboration launched would be the case, people said: ‘oh no, it’s gonna be so annoying to see Hogwarts robes in my lobbies’? Well, it seems that Epic decided not to impose the Hogwarts theme on us through the free cabin. The relief among the players is noticeable. User Pixel wrote: ‘No more Harry Potter crap, thank god’. Another user Cole rejoiced: ‘Omg we are safe 😭🙏 No forced HP cosmetics’. It is really a whole mood and vibe. Some even thought that Epic might have them log in to claim a free wand pickaxe or something. Crisis averted, it seems!
However, not every aspect of the situation at Fortnite Winterfest 2025 is about partying and celebrating. The critiques are fast and from different corners. Armadio said that ‘Kinda sad that pretty much everything is a reskin this year but free is free so can’t complain that much’. And indeed they do not exaggerate. The instruments, for example, do look a bit familiar with previous seasons’ skins. The bat is a new model which is really nice, and just giving an opinion, Soniczilla even said: ‘The Bat looks good’. Still, though, there isn’t any new emote or sidekick pet. ‘Damn no emote…’ groaned spooky Peter. And FlamingFox245 wondered why Epic could not ‘give us a free sidekick’. Point taken. Sidekicks are awesome; just picture a little festive hamster or something and it would be such a hit.
There is also the other question regarding the other Harry Potter items. User vamp was asking about the ‘hamsters backbling and the pickaxe’ from that set and whether they would be sold separately in the item shop that is quite a probability—Epic who has to generate revenue from that collaboration probably thinks the good stuff is going to cost V-Bucks. Jessie guessed that they might be Twitch drops which, hey, that’d be a cool way to get ’em.
Meanwhile, the jam track is being well received! CERVA NiVEA was just glad with ‘instruments and a back bling✌️’. And the fact that Frozen has not been forgotten made BABBYKRONK hyper: ‘Omg the children’s series finally got attention let’s go’. So, not everything is diving into the ditch. There are still things that people appreciate. The bow wrap has also left people jolly as well with Vellichoraa just shouting ‘THE BOW OMFG’ and saily begging ‘IS THE BOW REAL? DONT PLAY W ME PLS’. So, yes, that is a winner.
However, it is necessary to look at the general picture. Crafty stated, ‘Most of it is reskinned cosmetics’. It looks like Epic is going through the same cycle, with some players enjoying the game on PlayStation and Xbox.
