Corruption Cubes

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Corruption Cubes (or Kevin, nicknamed by the community) are purple version of Cubes that first appeared in Season 5. They are sentient beings born from The Last Reality with malicious intent to corrupt everything.
== Description and Lore ==
Corruption Cube is a sentient entity that appeared first on August 24, 2018, during Season 5. It appeared near Paradise Palms, being created from several lightning strikes from the Sideways Rift, closing it in the process. The Cube is an object of immense power, as it was capable of destroying objects in its path as it rolled towards Loot Lake, printing powerful runes which reduced gravity, and generated Cube Monsters from its fragments.
The Cubes are the power sources of The Last Reality, an evil and malicious faction affiliated with the The Sideways with an intention to corrupt and destroy realities. The Cubes are all controlled by The Cube Queen. Thousands of dormant cubes are stored in a dedicated room in the Motherships, used to power the gigantic alien ships.
It has taken several forms, but has spent most time as a large purple cube, which deflects bullets, and hurts players who attempt to go near it.
After killing the Storm King, a cube emerges in a lake and it begins to dissolve similar to how it did during Season 5, indicating the Cube was the Storm King.
== Powers and Abilities ==
Image	Description
 	Lightning AttackA self-defense mechanism that any cube can use.
 	RollingCan move in one direction at a time.
 	CorruptionCorruption Cubes can spread corruption from the Sideways near them.
 	InfectionCorruption Cube can spread small cubes around it. Some will turn into Monster Spawner for Cube Monsters.
 	ReproductionWhen charged up by the Golden Cube, They can use their lightning to print baby version of them.
 	Turn Solid or LiquidCubes can melt in water and turn into liquid. It can also return back to full solid cube at will.
 	Generate WindCubes can make strong wind around them. Abductors used their wind to float.
 	Low GravityThe first cube can produce a low gravity field around it.
 	Sideways PortalPortal to the Sideways.
 	Sky PortalPortal to The Last Reality.
 	EmpowermentCorruption Cube's dark energy can be harness for many uses. The Ice King and Raz uses it to make them stronger and more powerful. The Cube Queen uses it to power her Golden Cube and create portal to The Last Reality.
 	Sentience InducementCreated Chalice of Cubetastrophe with malicious sentience.
== History ==
=== Season 5 ===
As the Sideways Rift continued to rapidly close up, it suddenly turned purple. Within the next few days, purple storm lightning bolts began shooting out of the crack, all targeting a hill near Paradise Palms, containing a large stone rock surrounded by a ring of cacti. Each lightning strike picked off one cacti one-by-one, until a larger lightning bolt destroyed the large rock. The Crack Closure event occurred on 24th August 2018, with a gigantic storm lightning bolt striking out of the rift, lasting for around 10 seconds. When it was over, the Crack in the Sky closed. then The Cube was formed. Though it first appeared to be a stationary object, it began to move at a rate of one revolution every 1 hour and 43 minutes. It was unclear where it would end up. During its journey around the map, The Cube printed seven runes with anti-gravity domes surrounding. Throughout the final three weeks of Season 5, the cube continued to print these runes.
After finishing this process, The Cube destroyed one of the buildings in Tilted Towers. The sporting goods store was hit by a meteorite and was just in the final stages of reopening. The Cube then proceeded to the edge of Loot Lake on September 19, 2018. The Cube appeared to dissolve, turning Loot Lake in a purple-pink gelatinous state with properties akin to The Cube itself, such as becoming bouncy.
===Season 6===
With the beginning of Season 6, it was revealed that The Cube was still intact, as it rose from the waters, taking the cabin and island in the center of the lake with it, forming the Floating Island. This created a large hole in the lake exposing the bridge to The Zero Point, a vortex in the middle. After just two days of the island rising, The Cube began to move the island to each of the runes it had printed in Season 5. After getting energy from all runes, they dropped to the ground and the island returned to Loot Lake. A portal to The Last Reality was formed above, which began to expand until it covered the entire island. On October 24, 2018, the first day of Fortnitemares 2018, The Cube exploded the floating island into multiple pieces, the Cube still intact. Following the explosion, The Cube fragments that had been growing on the island had been sent all over the map, which released The Cube monsters.
From this day until November 4. The Cube began to crack. On November 3, it began to drip its nectar into The Zero Point, until the final drip. On November 4, 2018, The Cube started to spin rapidly, which led to a white flash, and The Cube splitting apart. After the flash, players were teleported to The In-Between. Shortly after, a rift formed, and took shape of a butterfly, which then multiplied, and came to every player still alive. A cut-scene showed up, where the player put out their finger, and the butterfly would land on the finger, and it got teleported back to the map through a rift. Leaky Lake appears to be completely new, and the Cube Monsters were gone.
===Season 7===
During Ice Storm event, The Ice King uses a small shard of the Cube to summon Ice Legion and freeze the island in order to stop Polar Peak from melting.
===Season X===
The Floating Island from an alternate timeline came through a Rift Beacon. it didn't do anything after that except circle the island aimlessly. Later in the season, Cube memorials appeared at Loot Lake and on the mountain Kevin was created.
===Chapter 2: Season 1===
Following The End of Athena and the creation of Apollo, The Floating Island was destroyed, but The Cube was conserved. Following the reconstruction of the island by The Zero Point, it was placed into a dormant state and underneath Building 2 of Steamy Stacks, a power station which uses The Cube to generate electricity. The facility is run by Kevolution Energy.
===Chapter 2: Season 6===
The Spire Artifact is a small piece of the Spire's core, it emits Cube's runes. The Spire's core was originally made of chromium, how it got corrupted is unknown. Seeing visions of the future in his dreams, Raz ended up on the island after years and years of research, and got too close to The Spire Artifact only to make him corrupted with new powers. The Last Reality notice his power and arrives at the island.
===Chapter 2: Season 7===
During the Operation: Sky Fire live event, The Last Reality was revealed to have possessed a corruption cube in one of its rooms. After Doctor Slone deactivates it using Alien Backpack and arms the bombs, she betrays the loopers by sealing them in with the cube. The Loopers reboot it, turning it blue, which causes the room to rise up into a chamber containing thousands of dormant corruption cubes stored inside with a golden cube at the center. After the bombs detonate, the mothership is destroyed, and debris and cubes rain down onto the map, causing devastation.
===Chapter 2: Season 8===
There are the multiple Corruption Cubes scattered throughout Apollo following the destruction of The Mothership. There were five purple cubes spread across the island at the beginning of season, along with one more hidden under Steamy Stacks. When the cubes (and any of their "spawn") move around the map, the corruption from their energy spreads around the island with them. There used to be 38 Cubes on the map, including the Gold and Blue ones. Now, only two "full" cubes remain, those being, ironically, the Gold and Blue ones, with the rest being fused into The Convergence.
On October 19th 2021, 3:55 AM EST, all the cubes moved for one final time before downtime began for Update v18.21.
It is important to note that not every movement will be recorded here.
==== Baby Cubes ====
==== Map Movements ====
Chapter 2 Season 8 (9-28-2021) - Map - Fortnite.jpg|09/28/2021
Chapter 2 Season 8 (10-02-2021) - Map - Fortnite.jpg|10/2/2021
Chapter 2 Season 8 (10-10-2021) - Map - Fortnite.jpg|10/10/2021
Chapter 2 Season 8 (10-12-2021) - Map - Fortnite.jpg|10/12/2021
Chapter 2 Season 8 (10-18-2021) - Map - Fortnite.jpg|10/18/2021
Chapter 2 Season 8 (10-19-2021) - Map - Fortnite.jpg|10/19/2021
===The End (Chapter 2)===
The Cube Queen used The Pyramid to shot a beam of corrupted energy into the sky, opening a massive rift to The Last Reality, revealing hundreds of Motherships powered by Golden Cubes, along with the Cube's Cradle. They quickly overrun the entire island. meanwhile in The Bridge. The Foundation reverses the gyroscopic orientation of the Island causing it to rotate. The Cube Queen goes underwater (possibly teleporting) and The Pyramid is completely submerged once the Island reaches a 90-degree tilt, closing the rift to the Last Reality.
===Universal Monsters - We Will Be Monsters===
The reality of universal monsters is being consumed by the colorless void, Frankenstein's Bride and the other monsters teamed up and use the cube's power to restore the colors.
===Chapter 4: Season OG===
With the beginning of Season 6, The Cube rose from the waters, taking the cabin and island in the center of the lake with it, forming the Floating Island.
===The Big Bang===
The Floating Island did not appear at the event.
==Trivia==
*The original Purple Cube is also known as "Kevin" by fans.
**This was due to the name "Cube" being banned on a megathread on the Fortnite Subreddit.
**The nickname "Kevin" originated from the title of a post by Reddit user u/6acee.
**The first time "Kevin" was officially used in the game was in the final Fortnitemares 2018 reward, the Lil' Kev back bling.
* outfits are based off of the Cube and are styled like it (Dark Bomber, Raptor, Dark Wild Card, Dark Jonesy, Dark Red Knight, Fallen Love Ranger, Darkheart, Dark Power Chord, Dark Tricera Ops, and Dark Rex).
*Cube movement videos provided by the Twitter account Cubetracker, who has additional videos.
The Cubes teleports themselves if they wants to cross the water. The first instance of that happening is on September 21st, 2021.
* When rolling over, Cubes deal 10000 damage, thus destroying any player or vehicle underneath.
**If you get eliminated by a Cube, the kill feed will say “[player name] Got Pancaked by”, followed by flickering Cube Runes.
*Some Corruption Cubes are different from others, showing greater intelligence and powers.
**This is the case of STW Cube, and of Kevin (as well as it's counterparts).
**It's possible that this is what makes the difference between Cubes capable of becoming Storm Kings and those who can't, STW Cube being a Storm King.
**Among the additional powers of these Cubes we find in particular a stronger Corruption which kills all life, the ability to fly, create tornadoes, the control of The Storm and the ability to summon their own monsters, identical to those of the Storm Kings.
**However, these cubes seem incapable of reproducing and creating other Cubes, as Season X Kevin was unable to do so, even after the Golden Cube had fully restored it's energy.
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== List of Corruption Cube ==
Name and Image 	Name and Image	Status 	Description
Kevin the Cube(Original) 	 	 
Destroyed	The first corruption cube who arrived through Sideways Rift in Season 5. With enough energy, obtained by temporarily merging with Loot Lake and by the runes printed onto the ground and with the help of The Storm, it can create Cube Monsters identical to those of a Storm King. It was destroyed in The Butterfly Event by Loopers.
Kevin the Cube(Season X) 	 	 
*Destroyed	A variant of Kevin brought from an alternative timeline by a Rift Beacon during Season X. As it was extirped from it's timeline without having time to recover the energy from the runes of it's world, it was unable to attack the Island. After The End (Chapter 1), it became the power source of Steamy Stacks. During Chapter 2: Season 8, it broke out and got charged by Golden Cube but didn't create any baby cubes like the others because it differs slightly from it's congeners, being closer to a Storm King than it's counterparts. As part of The Convergence, it was used by the Cube Queen to open a massive rift to the Last Reality. Was annihilated with the destruction of Reality Zero by The Herald.
Kevin the Cube(Season OG)	 	 
Unknown	A variant of Kevin within another reality. Unlike it's Reality Zero counterpart, it managed to get below Loot Lake without ever imprinting runes or merging with the water of Loot Lake. It's plan is also different, aiming to attack Zero Point directly and steal it's energy. Unlike it's Reality Zero counterpart, it survives until the end.
Kevin the Cube(Remix) 	 	 
*Active	In a reality similar to Reality Zero but where the world is still stuck on Apollo, a varitn of Kevin is being used to power Steamy Stacks and hasn't broken out yet.
Storm King 	 	Active 	The King of The Storm in Save the World, it's the most powerful and the smartest Corruption Cube known to date. It has the ability to mind control human and robots. As a Corruption Cube, it's mere presence alters the emotional state of people and robots, giving them a state of sadness and hopelessness. However, it can deactivate this effect at will.
The Mothership's Cubes 	 	Destroyed	Corruption Cubes powering The Mothership, the majority of them were destroyed during the crash of the Mothership during Operation: Sky Fire. Some of them survived and landed on Apollo, each summoning 6 smaller baby Cubes upon being charged up by the Golden Cube. They later became part of The Convergence, being used by the Cube Queen to open a massive rift to the Last Reality. The surviving cubes became inactive after Apollo flipped and were later annihilated with the destruction of Reality Zero by The Herald.
The Pyramid's Veins 	 	Destroyed	An army of cubes created by The Cube Queen that opened portals to The Sideways to let Caretakers fully enter in Reality Zero during The End (Chapter 2). They became inactive after Apollo flipped and were later annihilated with the destruction of Reality Zero by The Herald.
Mini-Kevin 	 	Unknown 	A dormant mini Corruption Cube that was experimented in The Bridge then taken to The Joneses after The Bridge's Destruction.
Universal Monsters 	 	Active 	A cube in Universal Monsters Reality that powers their monsters.
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===Chapter 2===
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===Steamy Stacks===
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Cooling Tower Liquid
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==In Chapter 2==
Inside of the Mothership with Kevins - Operation Sky Fire - Fortnite.png|Family of Cubes inside the Mothership
Rift Tour - Memory 8 - Fortnite .png|The Cube memory bubble in Rift Tour
Science Lab (Mini Cube) - Impostors - Fortnite.png|Mini Kevin in The Bridge's Science Lab
Alien Abductor Bounce Pad - Gameplay - Fortnite.png|Cube Energy in the Last Reality technology
Countermeasure Device Orb - Quest - Fortnite.png|Alien Device
Kevin Rising - Operation- Sky Fire - Fortnite.png|A Cube Awakening in the Mothership during Operation: Sky Fire
Kevin Zapping Phase - Operation- Sky Fire - Fortnite.png|The Cube zapping Loopers
Deactivated Kevin - Operation- Sky Fire - Fortnite.png|Deactivated Cube
Mothership Blowing Up - Operation- Sky Fire - Fortnite.png|Cubes falling onto the island
Cube Crash Site - Promo - Fortnite.jpg|Crash Site
Cube Return - Cinematic - Fortnite.jpg|Overworld
Cube Return 2 - Cinematic - Fortnite.jpg|The Sideways
Cube Awaken - Promo - Fortnite.jpg|
A New War Takes Shape - Promo - Fortnite.jpg|
Cubes Everywhere - Promo - Fortnite.jpg|Crash Site
Chapter 2 Season 8 - Keyart - Fortnite.jpg|Chapter 2: Season 8 Promo
Cube (Timber Tent) - Cube - Fortnite.png|Believer Beach (Shattered Saucer)
Cube Charging - Event - Fortnite.png
Believer Cube Birth 1 - Event - Fortnite.png|The Cube about to give birth
Believer Cube Birth Lightning - Event - Fortnite.png|Imprint Lightning
Pleasant Cube Print - Event - Fortnite.png
Believer Cube Birth 2 - Event - Fortnite.png|The Cube printing his son
Believer Cube Birth 3 - Event - Fortnite.png|Baby Cube Spawning
Believer Cube Birth 4 - Event - Fortnite.png
Believer Cube Birth 5 - Event - Fortnite.png
Believer Cube Birth 5 alt - Event - Fortnite.png
Believer Cube Family - Event - Fortnite.png|Children of the Believer Cube
Believer Cube Train - Event - Fortnite.png|Cubes Train corrupting everything in their path
Cube (Lazy Lake Island) - Cube - Fortnite.png|Misty Meadows (Leveled Lake)
Cube (Compact Cars) - Cube - Fortnite.png|Dirty Docks (Destroyed Dish)
Cube (Pleasant Park) - Cube - Fortnite.png|Pleasant Park (Smashed Stronghold)
Pleasant Cube Train - Event - Fortnite.png
Cube (Weeping Woods) - Cube - Fortnite.png|Weeping Woods (Wasted Woods)
Cube (Steamy Stacks) - Cube - Fortnite.png|Steamy Stacks
Steamy Cube Scenic Spot - Event - Fortnite.png|Steamy Cube taking a long break.
IO Console (Cube) - Monitor Screen - Fortnite.png|Monitor screen in The Bridge
Cube (Generic Overview - Pleasant Park) - Cube - Fortnite.png
Cube (Llama Spawn) - Cube - Fortnite.jpg|Llama Spawn
Cube Chamber (Off) - Operation Sky Fire - Fortnite.png
Cube Chamber - Operation Sky Fire - Fortnite.png
The Aftermath (10-18-2021) - Landmark - Fortnite.png
Cube Enters Loot Lake
==In Chapter 1==
Screenshot 1893.png|The Cube's first appearance
Loot Lake (The Cube Sinking) - Location - Fortnite.png|Loot Lake a week before Season 6
Dark Reflection (Full) - Loading Screen - Fortnite.png|Dark Reflection Loading Screen
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Butterfly Event - Event - Fortnite.jpg|The Cube's power has overwhelmed the playlists.
Turning Of The Tide (Full) - Loading Screen - Fortnite.png|Turning Of The Tide Loading Screen
Loot Lake (Cube Fragment) - Location - Fortnite.jpg|Remains of the Cube at Loot Lake
Cube Shard - Ice Storm - Fortnite.jpg|The Ice King using cube fragment
Kevin Runes (Decal) - Spray - Fortnite.png|Kevin Runes Spray
==Other==
The Cube - Universal Monsters.jpg|Universal Monsters
Void Cube - Universal Monsters.jpg|Universal Monsters - Consumed by the Void
Cube Restoration - Universal Monsters.gif|Universal Monsters - Color Restoration
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