Summary
- Fortnite's recent Star Wars update includes iconic vehicles, music, and boss fights with Darth Vader for players to enjoy.
- Complaints about the difficulty of defeating Darth Vader in Fortnite have led to a nerf to make the boss battle easier.
- Players have until May 14 to challenge Vader and obtain his Lightsaber, but some fans feel this year's Star Wars event is a step down from previous years.
Darth Vader may be the most feared Sith Lord in the galaxy, but Fortnite players might have an easier time battling him after a new update. Fortnite recently celebrated Star Wars Day with a host of new content across all its different game modes, allowing fans to build iconic vehicles on a new Island in LEGO Fortnite, rock out to classic Star Wars tunes in Fortnite Festival, or tear up the tracks in cars themed after Darth Maul and Anakin Skywalker’s Podracer in Rocket Racing.
The traditional Fortnite Battle Royale has also brought back its Darth Vader boss fight from Chapter 3, Season 3 back in 2022 for this year’s Star Wars festivities, meaning that players can find and challenge the infamous Dark Lord of the Sith on the island of Piney Lane. Those who best Vader and his small Stormtrooper escort will be able to use his signature red Lightsaber in Fortnite, but this is easier said than done due to the fallen Anakin Skywalker’s powerful Force abilities. In fact, many Fortnite players have complained that Vader might be too tough to beat, and it looks like Epic Games agrees with them.
As discovered by Fortnite insider and Twitter user HYPEX earlier this week, Fortnite’s Darth Vader boss encounter has been nerfed following a recent hotfix. Whereas the Sith Apprentice once had 700 Health and 700 Shield for a total of 1,400 health, he now has just 550 in each bar. This sets Vader at 1,100 overall health, a good 300 points less than he had before the latest patch.
Fortnite’s Darth Vader Boss Battle Should Be Easier Now
Players have until May 14 to defeat Darth Vader and obtain his Lightsaber in Fortnite Battle Royale. So far, this year’s Fortnite Star Wars event has been seen by many as a step down from 2023’s May 4 Battle Pass, despite the latest festivities spanning all of Fortnite’s alternate game modes. One particular fan complaint came from the unlockable Yoda Backbling cosmetic, which was recently removed from the Item Shop due to causing crashes when paired with the Zoidberg Scuttle emote.
Darth Vader is hardly the first difficult boss players have come up against in Fortnite, and being such a difficult encounter is certainly on-brand for the slayer of so many Jedi in the Star Wars universe. However, Fortnite players have deemed this year’s iteration of the Darth Vader boss fight a little too challenging, leading to a significant nerf for the rest of the ongoing Star Wars celebration event.
Fortnite
- Released
- September 26, 2017
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- ESRB
- T for Teen - Diverse Content: Discretion Advised, In-Game Purchases, Users Interact
- Developer(s)
- Epic Games
- Publisher(s)
- Epic Games
- Engine
- Unreal Engine 5
- Platform(s)
- PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch 2, Nintendo Switch, PC, Android, iOS
