Fortnite Chapter 7 Season 3 brings a new island, five new weapons, and an extraction mechanic

Fortnite Chapter 7 Season 3 — dubbed Runners — is live, and it's one of the biggest mid-chapter shakeups the game has seen. A brand-new island, five new weapons, and a full extraction shooter mechanic are all in from day one.

The new island is called the Shattered Coast and comes with 13 named POIs: Lifty Lodge, Latte Landing, Chopped Shop, The Battlewoods, Wonkeeland, Calamari Canyon, Frosted Flats, Golden Grove, Sinister Strip, Heatwave Harbor, Shaken Sanctuary, Sunken Shores, and Cluster Coast. The loot pool gets five new weapons: the Extending Focus Shotgun (long-range), the Surgical Burst Rifle (low recoil, burst fire), the Chaos Exploder Rifle (Dark Voyager's heavy AR that fires explosive cubes), the Lancehead Pistol (John Wick's sidearm), and the Bank Shot Pistol — a ricocheting bullet pistol arriving later in the season. Returning weapons include the Striker Pump, Maven Auto Shotgun, Ranger Pistol, Stinger SMG, Hunting Rifle, and Chaos Reloader Shotgun. Two new movement items also drop: Seven Sliders, which let you slide faster and slow time when you aim down sights, and Shock Rocks — three midair jumps — coming later this season.

The headline mechanic is sprite extraction. Sprites debuted in Chapter 6 Season 1 as support items, but Season 3 flips the script — now you carry them to an extraction site and safely collect them to use in future matches, turning Fortnite into a proper extraction shooter for the first time.

Later in the season, the Battle Bus has a small chance of returning mid-match, letting players board it for a shot at a victory.