The Zero Point

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The Zero Point, also known as Zero, is a nigh-omnipotent being in Fortnite. It is the second primordial entity born after The Nothing. It served as the source of the Big Bangs, the heart of Reality Zero, and the origin of all realities in the Omniverse.
In Remix: The Finale, it was revealed that the Zero Point was shattered into pieces sometime after Chapter 4: Season 4, implying the destruction of Asteria Island and Reality Zero alongside it. One of its fragments later landed on Oninoshima in Reality: 783, reawakening the once-banished magic as well as an ancient threat to this reality.
==Overview== 
 
The Zero Point is a nexus orb composed of pure energy, believed to be the origin of all reality. It constantly cycles through countless realities per second and serves as an infinite power source as well as a gateway to alternate realities. Structurally, the Zero Point appears to be an energy sphere with an outer shell containing a central core made up of tendrils of energy capable of opening portals. These tendrils can become tangled, as demonstrated during the Zero Crisis Finale when The Foundation untangled them to prevent an implosion. Despite this effort, stabilizing the Zero Point ultimately required the creation of The Spire.
===Reality Waves and Altering Time and Space===
 The Zero Point holds the ability to manipulate reality in limitless ways. When unstable, it emits reality waves that randomly warp reality itself, changing anything into completely other things. These waves also have the capacity to restore specific locations to moments from their past, or rather, bring them from different point in times, even from different alternate timelines. For instance, during Season X, it reverted Dusty Divot back to Dusty Depot, before halting time just before The Meteor struck.
===Exploitation by the Imagined Order===
 For millennia, the Imagined Order harnessed the power of the Zero Point to access and control various realities, imposing their version of "order." The Zero Point was also integral to maintaining The Loop, a system of endless repetition.
Following the events of Chapter 3: Season 2, the Imagined Order's defeat liberated the Zero Point from their influence.
===Sentience and Galactic Communication===
 The Zero Point has demonstrated signs of sentience, especially during moments of crisis. In Chapter 3: Season 3, it began summoning relics from other dimensions as a form of communication. The Scientist tasked The Looper and AMIE with recovering these relics, each retrieval triggering a shockwave. These shockwaves were later revealed to be a galactic distress signal calling for assistance against an impending threat—The Herald. Despite this, the Zero Point went dormant.
===Restoration and Zero Fusion===
After the destruction of Artemis and Apollo, the Zero Point reactivated, gathering fragments of the shattered islands. With the assistance of AMIE and The Looper, the Zero Point was restored. The Paradigm initiated Zero Fusion, merging fragments from different realities to form Asteria, with the Zero Point hidden beneath Hidden Henge.
===Exposure and Petrification===
During Chapter 4: Season 3, earthquakes caused by MEGA City exposed the Zero Point after part of the island collapsed. By then, the Zero Point had entered a petrified state, depleted of much of its energy following Zero Fusion.
===Alternate Timeline: Reality UN-0-C4OG===
In Reality: UN-0-C4OG, the aftermath of The End differed from Reality Zero. The Zero Point collided with the Meteor, pulling Athena into it as in Reality Zero. However, due to Jones' interference, the Black Hole exploded instead of forming like it should have. This resulted in another Big Bang, creating new galaxies and realities, including Reality: UN-81.
===Remix: The Finale and the Spirit Realm===
During Remix: The Finale, a fragment of the Zero Point followed Jones, Hope and The Looper out of a wormhole, landing on Oninoshima in Reality: 783. This fragment's arrival restored magic to the island and reopened portals to the Spirit Realm, enabling an invasion by Demon Warriors. The Demons seized the fragment and took it back to the Spirit Realm.
==Personality==
The Zero Point is a highly enigmatic entity whose intentions are extremely difficult to discern. Although fully aware of everything that occurs around it, it often allows events to unfold without interference, even when those events directly affect its own state. It has tolerated being enslaved and abused by the Imagined Order for centuries without resistance.
When a threat such as Galactus attacked it, the Zero Point refrained from directly defending itself, opting instead to annihilate reality by transforming into a Black Hole once again. This drastic measure was taken without regard for the people living in Reality Zero. On the other hand, the Zero Point has shown moments of sentience and intervention, such as calling for help and warning the Islanders of The Herald's impending arrival. It even actively defended itself when The Last Reality attempted to capture it.
These actions suggest that the Zero Point tolerates nearly everything, rarely intervening and leaving individuals to resolve their problems independently. However, it seems to break this pattern only when The Nothing or the fate of the entire Omniverse is at stake.
==Appearance==
The Zero Point is a large glowing orb that is constantly emitting the power of creation in the shape of plant-like tendrils. The interior of the orb is hollow and big enough to fit a person inside but it is also the place that contains the raw power of creation.
*Stable State - It glows a bright blue color.
*Unstable State - It will slowly change from glowing light blue to dark red. Environment surrounding it will be distorted.
*Bloom State - Special state that the Zero Point occasionally enters when it becomes extremely unstable. The Zero Point will shape its tendrils into the shape of a gigantic lotus flower. After the flower fully materializes it will release all of its unstable energy across the sky in an attempt to stabilize itself.
*Dormant State - Dark, but with a faint blue light at the center of the orb. Low power.
*Petrified State - Silicified, constantly groaning. No power left.
*Big Bang State - A massive Kaleidoscope explosion with lotus flower layers which resulted in the creation of The Omniverse.
Initiating Zero Fusion - Fracture - Fortnite.png|Fully Active
Dormant Zero Point - Fracture - Fortnite.png|Dormant
The Zero Point (Cracked) - Object - Fortnite.png|Cracked
The Zero Point (C2S5) - Object - Fortnite.png|Pulse
Zero Point Imploding - Collision - Fortnite.png|Unstable
The Zero Point (Entangled)- Object - Fortnite.png|Entangled
Zero Point Bloom - Fortnite.png|Bloom
The Apparatus (Petrified Zero Point) - Landmark - Fortnite.png|Petrified
Zero Point In-Between 2 - Galactus - Fortnite.png|Shell-less
Zero Point Implodes.jpg|The Big Bang
Zero Point Shard - Remix The Finale - Fortnite.png|Fragment
==Power and Abilities==
The Zero Point is a very powerful being wielding the Power of Creation. It can create, alter, and destroy entire Realities and more. Its power is absolutely infinite, unless destabilized. The Zero Point is also the source of magic.
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Big BangBloom into a countless layers of lotus flower to create plenty of new Galaxies and Realities. The Omniverse was created by the Zero Point during its emergence.
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Reality RestructuringCan produce a new Reality by restructuring the matter of an existing Reality. It transformed the first iteration of Reality Zero (Athena) into a new iteration composed of two superimposed islands (Apollo & Artemis).
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Reality AnnihilationThe power of creation can also be used to destroy reality.
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Reality WarpIt possesses the power to alter reality in any way imaginable. It can send out Reality Waves that will alter the fabric of time and space, as well as create snapshots or copies of the matter in Reality Zero.
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Zero FusionMerging pieces of fractured realities together into one. During the process, The Zero Point will open portals to random realities and uses its tendrils to snatch a chunk of land from it. However, several negative effects are to be expected, such as the sacrifice of the person who initiated this phenomenon, a relatively short lifespan of the created reality, and the petrification of the Zero Point. This power allowedt eh creation of the third and final iteration of Reality Zero, from the remnants of the previous iteration and various other realities.
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Infinite EnergyThe Stabilized Zero Point is an infinite source of pure creation energy that can be harnessed for many uses. The Bridge, Neo Tilted and The Loop used the Zero Point as their main power source. Mecha Team Leader, as well as Galactus used it to not only replenish them, but also make them stronger.
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TendrilsCan shoot out Tendrils that have the ability to pull anything from a previous time or different reality. They can also open portals (also known as Rift Gates).
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RiftA crack in spacetime, a type of portal that can lead into random places on the island or other realities.
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Reality PortalThe Zero Point itself is a massive portal that cycles through countless realities infinitely. By using vibrational energy attuned to a specific reality, it can lock on to that reality for short amount of time.
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Reality BloomAn healing mechanism, it can bloom into a huge lotus like flower to release all unstable energy in an attempt to stabilize itself. Just like Zero Fusion, this phenomenon must be activated by a third party.
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Black HoleWhen the Zero Point is extremely damaged, imploding over itself or under certain unknown conditions, it will explode, releasing what could have been seen as stars before transforming into a black hole. After a while, the Black Hole appears to shrink and explode, creating a new reality from the matter of the old reality that was sucked out and restoring the Zero Point to it's original state.
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PetrificationThe Zero Point appears in this state after its power has faded out from unknown circumstances.
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Reality AwarenessIt is aware of imminent threats and dangers. The Zero Point was aware of The Herald before her attack on the island. If the threat is linked to The Nothing, it will start showing signs of significant activity, such as bringing back artifacts or creating shock waves to warn people.
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Source of MagicThe Zero Point's power is also a source of magic itself, although this aspect is unknown to most characters. This power was revealed during Chapter 2: Season 6 with The Spire and its guardian towers manifesting magical power. Spire Cult and Raz also manifested magical powers from The Zero Point itself. Later in Chapter 6: Season 1, one of the shards of The Zero Point returned Magic to Oninoshima.
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==Creations==
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The OmniverseCountless realities that originated from the Zero Point.
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The IslandAn artificial island created by the Zero Point located in Reality Zero.
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The In-BetweenThe realm of The Zero Point that connects all realities.
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Pure PortalsPortals created by Tendrils shot out by and linked to the Zero Point.
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Zero Point CrystalsCrystalized unstable zero point energy.
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Zero Point Desert BiomeThe Zero Point Desert was created by the destabilization of Zero Point after the 
The Devourer of Worlds event.
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Reality Bloom BiomeThe Zero Point Forest was created by the liberation of the Zero Point after the 
Collision event.
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==History==
==Lore Trivia==
*The End's leitmotifs usually plays when the Zero Point is involved.
*Although supposedly unique, it has been shown on several occasions that the Zero Point also existed simultaneously in other realities similar to Reality Zero.
**A Zero Point is seen in a realistic Reality similar to the Island unveiled in the Cinematic Trailer of Chapter 2: Season 6.
**Another is seen in Chapter 4 Season OG's Reality. 
**Fusion also uses an orb almost identical to the Zero Point, although it is smaller. This is also the case of both Vex and Xev, the two beings that form Fusion.
*In Fortnite X Marvel: Zero War, it is heavily implied that Vibranium originated from the Zero Point.
*In Batman/Fortnite: Foundation, The Batman Who Laughs implied that World Forge's creation power is a lesser version of the Zero Point's creation power.
*In the deleted scene of the Fracture event, The Zero Point is shown to be able to destroy The Mothership on its own and also be able to escape and move on its own.
**In the final version of Fracture, the Zero Point showed instead the ability to teleport at a much farther location in the Omniverse.
*In The In-Between, The Zero Point only appears as pure energy.The Butterfly EventThe Devourer of Worlds
*Zero-point energy (ZPE) is a real type of energy that is found in objects close to absolute zero, the coldest theoretical temperature any object can reach before it loses nearly all energy (0°K/Kelvin, about -273° Celsius). It keeps these objects stable, and is also part of the reason why Helium can remain a liquid at close to 0°K. This may be linked to the Zero Point, not just by name, but by strength (ZPE is quite strong) and application (Most of space is close to absolute zero, yet particles are still created and it is still stable thanks to ZPE partly).
==Speculation Lore Trivia==
*Zero is implied to be the spirit of The Zero Point as it was later confirmed the Zero Point was sentient.
**The Zero Point was also simply named Zero by the Imagined Order in the secret transmission playing before the opening scene of Chapter 2: Season 1 as well as in Nexus War: Thor.
*It is suggested that the The Zero Point and The Nothing may just be two sides of the same coin, similar to the One Above All and One Below All in Marvel.
**Zero is stated to be both "Everything and Nothing".https://x.com/FortniteGame/status/1184136853256986627 
**The Black Hole was implied to be The Nothing or one of its manifestation by The Scientist, although it was originally The Zero Point.
**In Fortnite X Marvel: Zero War Issue 4, Doctor Doom confirm that the Power of Creation can also destroy. The Imagined Order using this to create The Collider, a doomsday weapon meant to collide The Zero Point with crystals to annihilate Reality Zero.
**Chapter 2: Season 6, Chapter 3: Season 3, Chapter 3: Season 4 and Chapter 6: Season 1 show that The Zero Point is also a source of darkness:
***In the presence of Zero Point, The Spire was corrupted, imbued with Dark Magic, until its core became similar to Corruption Cubes.
***Bushranger during Chapter 3: Season 3 described the Reality Tree as being "Darknessdarkness big scary", despite being made from the energy of The Zero Point. 
***The ambience sound effect files for the Reality Tree in Chapter 3: Season 4 were named "Nothing Tree". In addition, Chrome emerged from all the Reality Bloom and the Reality Tree itself, suggesting the Reality Tree was tied to The Nothing. 
***In Chapter 6: Season 1, it was revealed that The Zero Point was also the source of Magic itself, with one of its fragments returning Magic (including Dark Magic) to Reality: 783.
==References==
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The Zero Point is an Environmental Object in Fortnite: Battle Royale, first introduced in Season 9. It has appeared in multiple seasons but functioned as a Gameplay Mechanic only in Season X and Chapter 2: Season 5.
==Functionality==
===Chapter 2: Season 5=== 
*Coming into contact with the Zero Point would pull the player in, granting a small amount of Health and Shield before ejecting them. 
===Season X=== 
*Touching the Zero Point would cause the player to get Rifted into the sky.
==History==
==Trivia==
*The Zero Point Object appeared ingame in the following seasons: Season 9, Season X, Chapter 2: Season 5, Chapter 2: Season 6, Chapter 3: Season 3, Chapter 3: Season 4, Chapter 4: Season 3, Chapter 4: Season 4 and Chapter 4: Season OG.
**It also appeared ingame in the following events: The Butterfly Event, The Unvaulting Event, The Final Showdown, The End (Chapter 1), The Devourer of Worlds, Zero Crisis Finale, The End (Chapter 2), A New Day, Collision, Fracture and The Big Bang. 
*In the game files, The Zero Point's Material is usually made out of "T_Glass_Cracks_M" texture painted with blue, position it with a ScreenPosition, then give it some Fresnel.
**Chapter 1: Season 8's version has an extra texture called "T_ButterflyStarField_D" for the starry effects inside the orb.
**Chapter 2 cracked version utilizes the World Position Offset Material Functions for the unstable shaking.
* Since the Zero Point in Chapter 2: Season 5 could give you full health, players used this to their advantage to get free wins by making a sky base inside the Zero Point, so they don't fall down. Luckily this was patched, now that players don't have enough health to survive the storm.
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