Rideable Wildlife set to arrive in Fortnite Season 8
Eagle-eyed Fortnite players have spotted a new ‘Riding’ option in the keybinds, all-but-confirming that rideable Wildlife will arrive in Season 8. Data miners have now given more details on how this new traversal feature will work.
It has been leaked before that rideable animals would arrive in Fortnite, but even though Wildlife arrived in Season 6, players have been unable to ride them. Everything from Boars to Raptors could be tamed, but players were unable to use them for traversal.
However, that’s expected to change in Season 8 after eagle-eyed players spotted new control schemes for “Riding” and “Dismounting” in the menus following the new season’s update.
Fortnite Season 8 is in full swing, bringing a brand-new Cube theme to the island. Much has changed, but Season 6’s Wolves and Boars still remain. These animals can be tamed, but it appears that you’ll soon be able to ride them too.
Fortnite artist @Lix_wan_Kenobi was the first to report the new Riding submenu that arrived after Season 8 launched.
In the Keyboard Controls section of Fortnite’s menus, there is now an option for “Riding,” which contains binds for “Riding Ability” and “Dismount.” The menu isn’t in use yet and doesn’t have any buttons assigned, but the feature should arrive later in the season.
Popular Fortnite dataminer and leaker HYPEX has previously reported that there would be “flying wildlife animals.” These will supposedly come in big and small and will drop Purple weapons and meat. Fortnite has included planes and helicopters in the past, so this is well within the realms of possibility.
HYPEX has now found more rideable animal features in the game files. On September 26, they tweeted that you can’t “search, aim/shoot, build and carry a player” while riding Wildlife.
They also revealed that “you’ll need a Saddle item to ride them,” and “you can make them attack players if they’re an aggressive animal.” Bots can also ride the animals too.
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It’s highly likely that either the flying animals or standard Boars and Wolves will become rideable as the season progresses. But stay tuned to Charlie INTEL, where we’ll keep you updated with all things Season 8.
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