Fortnite goes all-in on May the Fourth this 12 months with new Star Wars crossover characters, quests, and gadgets. However along with all of the in-game stuff it’s a must to pay for or play to earn, you can too get a a couple of free digital goodies as Twitch drops–although, you are going to should perform a little work for them, too.
As a part of its Star Wars Celebration content material this week, Epic Video games is providing a Star Wars-themed Fortnite loading display screen as a Twitch drop. In contrast to different drops, nevertheless, you may should do extra than simply watch a collaborating streamer for a sure period of time. As an alternative, you may should tune in to streamers utilizing Fortnite’s “Select Your Facet” extension, which generates gadgets that sometimes seem on the stream.
Click on these gadgets to gather them as a part of a digital scavenger hunt, and once you get sufficient, you may unlock the Galaxies Collide loading display screen, pictured under.
The factor in regards to the scavenger hunt is, gadgets solely seem on the display screen for a sure period of time, so you may should be fast about gathering them. The extension tracks all of the gadgets you have discovered, plus the full variety of gadgets, and features a leaderboard that may present you ways you stack up in opposition to different individuals in the identical Twitch chat, in addition to globally. It is price noting that the merchandise assortment minigame is Twitch-only–you’re not catching gadgets that’ll then unlock in Fortnite.
To take part within the Select Your Facet scavenger hunt, you may additionally must hyperlink your Twitch account and your Epic account. Doing so will earn you a further in-game merchandise for Fortnite: the Growling Chewbacca Emoticon. This is what that appears like:
You’ve got received till May 14 to unlock the loading display screen and Chewbacca emoticon by Twitch. Try Epic’s blog post on the Star Wars Twitch drops for more information.