Gnomes

The Gnomes, often referred to as the Unknown Gnome Organization are recurring characters/mainstays in Fortnite: Battle Royale that can usually be found in the midst of their antics around the map. Oftentimes, interacting with them will result in the completion of a challenge. They could frequently have been found in cohorts-with or fighting-against Teddy Bears.
== History ==
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|-|SX=
===Update v10.00===
An Unnamed Location known as The Gnomeplex serves as a base of operations for the newly budding faction.
=== The End ===
With the entirety of Athena being sucked into a Black Hole, the location did with it.
|-|C2S1=
===Update v11.00===
* Gnomes can be found as props in various locations on the island.
* A single gnome hides as part of Overtime Challenges.
|-|C2S2=
===Update v12.20===
A single gnome has been imprisoned by The Ted Offensive, and espionage-based subsidiary of the Teddy Bears, whom they have now set conquest against.
===Update v12.30===
Several gnomes scout Weeping Woods with telescopes.
===Update v12.50===
The gnomes launch an assault against the Teddy Bears, who are doing the same thing. The Looper can interact and cease the battle should they choose to do so.
===Update v12.60===
Close to GHOST House, representatives from both the Gnomes and the Teddy Bears sign and celebrate a truce between them.
|-|C2S3=
===Update v13.00===
They formed a truce with the Teddy Bears. Despite not being a faction at war anymore, the Gnomes remain a people with notable camaraderie among the other Fortnite mainstays.
* Previous gnomes on the island are no longer present.
|-|C2S4=
All of the events this season could have been interacted with as part of Secret Challenges that would provide players with Season XP if they chose to do certain tasks.
===Update v14.10===
A small group of Gnomes meet up southwest of Apres Ski for "The GNOM Talk", a small conference with one unique gnome showcasing an alternative Slurp product: "Super Slurp Juice". The meeting was promoted by multiple mini posters and tiny billboards around the island. This "Super Slurp" seemed to be popular with the gnomes, but the event ended abruptly when a chemical reaction caused the unique gnome to blow up with its product.
===Update v14.20===
Shortly after the incident, "Super Slurp Juice" was looked downed upon. The posters and billboards previously displaying the conference were now sprayed over with graffiti. In Hydro 16, group of gnomes are found "discussing" the event behind closed doors, while the unique gnome (now a cyborg) hides and schemes in the basement of GHOST House. The lair is filled with multiple "Super Slurp Juice"-related objects, as well as mini three robot army, and a map with five points marked. The Cyborg Gnome's goal, it seems, was to use Super Slurp Juice as weaponized materials to blow up mapped locations around Apollo.
 The Looper can intervene at said locations to disarm the aforementioned traps.
===Update v14.30===
The Cyborg Gnome has left many of their inventions hidden in Camp Cod. This is also likely around when said gnome began experimenting with the Slurp vats at Slurpy Swamp.
===Update v14.40===
The Looper may interfere with these plans as well, and "purify" the vats that have turned green from the Cyborg Gnome's experimentation. Confrontation afterwards led to them trying to blast off in a pseudo-escape attempt, which ultimately resulted in them perishing.
===Update v14.50===
A memorial is enacted to the Cyborg Gnome, and the Looper, as well as the other gnomes, can pay respects to the statue. 
The memorial is later removed due to unknown means.
|-|C2S6=
===Update v16.20===
A single gnome can be found in the cell of Sheriff's Office.
===Update v16.30===
More gnomes are added to the cell.
===Update v16.50===
Even more gnomes are added to the cell.
|-|C2S8=
===Update v18.00===
* A single gnome is perched upon the top of the antennae and FN Radio. 
* Several gnomes are found waiting for the bus at Pleasant Park.
===Update v18.10===
Many more gnomes arrive to start breaking the imprisoned gnomes out of the jail cell in the Sherrif's Office.
===Update v18.20===
All of the gnomes have escaped from the Landmark.
===Update v18.30===
The gnomes have traveled to Hydro 16 with supplies and canoes, with many of them in the swamp.
===Update v18.40===
Every previously mentioned gnome from the season has clustered at the edges of Apollo in canoes, seemingly in an escape attempt of the island.
Other, newer gnomes have appeared at bus stops, such as the one in Retail Row. They were last seen escaping the Island via canoes around the edges of the Island.
===The End===
As the island Apollo flips in the culmination of the Event, all gnomes are flipped with it.
|-|C3S1=
===Update v19.00===
At the Landmark Shell or High Water, a statue of the Evil/Cyborg Gnome can be found within the Hedge Maze.
|-|C4SOG=
===Update v27.00===
With the return of Athena as a result of time travel, many things on the island have been altered. One such difference is the (re)appearance of the gnomes, some of which were already interacting with the Teddy Bears.
*There are ten locations across the map where gnomes were present:
**Pleasant Park
**Dusty Divot
**Paradise Palms
**Junk Junction/Metal Llama
**Greasy Grove
**Lonely Lodge
**Risky Reels
**Shifty Shafts
**Wailing Woods
**Crashed Battle Bus
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===Update v32.00===
With the return of Apollo come ten new locations Loopers may find gnomes, often with a teddy bear. Interacting with them will result in the completion of a Hidden Quest.
*There are ten locations across the map where gnomes are present:
**Holly Hedges
**East of Holly Hedges
**Weeping Woods
**Misty Meadows
**Weather Station
**Gorgeous Gorge
**Green Steel Bridge
**South of Steamy Stacks
**Pristine Point
**Craggy Cliffs
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== Gallery ==
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|-|Chapter 5=
Gnome Spot (C2 Remix - Holly Hedges) - Quest - Fortnite.PNG|Holly Hedges
Gnome Spot (C2 Remix - Holly Hedges Tree) - Quest - Fortnite.PNG|East of Holly Hedges
Gnome Spot (C2 Remix - Weeping Woods) - Quest - Fortnite.PNG|Weeping Woods
Gnome Spot (C2 Remix - Misty Meadows) - Quest - Fortnite.PNG|Misty Meadows
Gnome Spot (C2 Remix - Weather Station) - Quest - Fortnite.PNG|Weather Station
Gnome Spot (C2 Remix - Gorgeous Gorge) - Quest - Fortnite.PNG|Gorgeous Gorge
Gnome Spot (C2 Remix - Green Steel Bridge) - Quest - Fortnite.PNG|Green Steel Bridge
Gnome Spot (C2 Remix - Steamy Stacks) - Quest - Fortnite.PNG|South of Steamy Stacks
Gnome Spot (C2 Remix - Pristine Point) - Quest - Fortnite.PNG|Pristine Point
Gnome Spot (C2 Remix - Craggy Cliffs) - Quest - Fortnite.PNG|Craggy Cliffs
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Gnome Spot (Pleasant Park) - Unnamed Location - Fortnite.jpeg|Pleasant Park
Gnome Spot (Dusty Divot) - Unnamed Location - Fortnite.jpeg|Dusty Divot
Gnome Spot (Paradise Palms) - Unnamed Location - Fortnite.jpeg|Paradise Palms
Gnome Spot (Junk Junction) - Unnamed Location - Fortnite.jpeg|Junk Junction
Gnome Spot (Greasy Grove) - Unnamed Location - Fortnite.jpeg|Greasy Grove
Gnome Spot (Lonely Lodge) - Unnamed Location - Fortnite.jpeg|Lonely Lodge
Gnome Spot (Risky Reels) - Unnamed Location - Fortnite.jpeg|Risky Reels
Gnome Spot (Shifty Shafts) - Unnamed Location - Fortnite.jpeg|Shifty Shafts
Gnome Spot (Wailing Woods) - Unnamed Location - Fortnite.jpeg|Wailing Woods
Gnome Spot (Crashed Battle Bus) - Unnamed Location - Fortnite.jpeg|Crashed Battle Bus
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Shell or High Water (Hedgemaze - Statue 3) - Landmark - Fortnite.png|Evil/Cyborg Gnome statue
|-|Chapter 2=
Sheriff's Office (C2S8 Gnomes 1 - Sep 30) - Landmark - Fortnite.png|
Sheriff's Office (C2S8 Gnomes 2 - Sep 30) - Landmark - Fortnite.png|
Sheriff's Office (C2S8 Gnomes 3 - Sep 30) - Landmark - Fortnite.png|
Sheriff's Office (Sheriff's Office - Gnome Cell) - Landmark - Fortnite.jpg
Sheriff's Office (C2S6 v16.20 Gnomes) - Landmark - Fortnite.png|
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The Gnomeplex - Unnamed Location - Fortnite.png|The Gnomeplex
The Gnomeplex (Interior) - Unnamed Location - Fortnite.png|Interior
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== Trivia ==
* There is a rare chance a Gnome could be inside the pattern of a Brick surface.
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