Rift Encounters

Rift Encounters are random events that can happen when playing a match of Fortnite: Battle Royale. 
==Overview==
Rift Encounters function similar to IO Elevators, as they can happen anywhere on the island and will activate when a player is near; when triggered, it will be signaled by a loud sound and something rifting nearby. The encounter that has rifted in has a chance to have loot and might also have a Character appear to give the location more context, though in some scenarios the Outfit used is random. The character is either Passive or Hostile and mostly cannot be interacted with directly while they move around the encounter's location to do different emotes and comment about the situation rifted in.
==List of Possible Encounters==
Note: Due to the varying landscape these Encounters can appear in, some objects mentioned may not be present.
===Normal Rift Encounters===
The scenes are either normal every day scenarios, situations where the Character used would make sense, or make reference to old Fortnite History. These include:
Toilet Queue - Rift Encounter - Fortnite.png|A Port-a-Potty with Five Slurp Barrels. Three Characters are in line struggling to hold it in waiting for whoever is inside to finish. Entering the potty will cause the closest character to lose their patience and transport you to a random potty on the map and re-entering the potty will take you back to the encounter.
Growing Tree - Rift Encounter - Fortnite.png|Six Big Bushes (Not in Picture) Circling a Lone Tree. Bushranger and Bloom can be seen cheering on to the tree for it to grow. But destroying the tree will cause the two to stop, likely due to this outcome not having any programmed response.
Meow Yarn Balls - Rift Encounter - Fortnite.png|A Bunch of Big Yarn bundled with a two Chests. Meowscles/Meow Skulls can also be seen here circling around the yarn.
Frozen Whiplash - Rift Encounter - Fortnite.png|A Stunt Ramp with a Whiplash and a few boxes frozen midair with Whiteout/Storm Racer/Honor Guard/Dummy/Jade Racer visibly dissapointed. Includes a Chest and Cooler.
Launchpad - Rift Encounter - Fortnite.png|A Launchpad Post that also spawns a Launchpad item for the player, Peekaboo appears on the item doing jumping related emotes.
Meowscles Flexing - Rift Encounter - Fortnite.png|Three Chests with a random Character next to them. The Character, often being one with a Built-In Emote.
Henchbros - Rift Encounters - Duo.png|A Camping Trip with GHOST Enforcer and SHADOW Enforcer of the Henchbros. An unlit Cozy Campfire also spawns between them.
Lil Whip Rift Encounters.png| The SofDeez Ice Cream Truck with Lil Whip continuing his soft serve escapade. He has the same behavior as he did during No Sweat Summer however he will only hand out normal Ice Cream and he doesn't have his AI music.
Three Llamas - Rift Encounter - Fortnite.png|A Rock with Three Loot Llamas on them, possibly making reference to a Specific spray.
Outdoor Pitstop - Rift Encounter - Fortnite.png|An Outdoor Pitstop with Jules/Kitbash/Mecha-Pop upgrading a Car. Mecha-Pop being present could have been a reference to Pop's cameo in the Hit the Road Save the World LTM.
Peely Leaving Jonesy - Rift Encounter - Fortnite.png|A Detached Living Room with Peely wishing to leave Aged Bunker Jonesy with him trying to convince him otherwise.
Sayara's Lost Key - Rift Encounter - Fortnite.png|A Tree with a single lock Holo-Chest next to it. Sayara also appears confused about a Key she misplaced near the spot. Its actually possible to find a buried Chest with the aforementioned key inside next to the encounter, using it or another key in your inventory to open the crate will make Sayara happy.
Chicken Circle - Rift Encounter - Fortnite.png|A Broken Farm Seed Tank with four Chickens circling Hayseed/Tender Defender Clucking along. The chickens have a chance to carry loot and approaching the chickens will not scare them initially. However if scared the character will get confused. (note: more info required)
Hungry Dire - Rift Encounter - Fortnite.png|Some sort of trail with a withered tree with two Chests, a fence with another Chest, and Dire who can be seen howling at a scarecrow and warning players to stay away from him. Getting too close to Dire will make him hostile.
Henchbros_Quintet_Rift_Encounter.png|Another Even Bigger Camping Trip with all five of the Henchbros Present. Trespasser Defector, Order Remnant, and Svenja.
Bombs - Rift Encounter - Fortnite.png|Nitrojerry/TNTina/Splode hanging out near a Fuel Tank with Fuel Cans with three chests right around it all. If detonated the Character will not be aggravated, they will just return to their spot to celebrate the explosion that happened. Loot it with caution.
Coral Cleaning - Rift Encounter - Fortnite.png|A Coral Environment with Fishstick, Pirate Fishstick, Atlantean Fishstick, and Triggerfish all grouped up playing jugs, shortly after three of the Fishsticks will be rifted into Floppers, leaving only one standing to clean the mess.
Upgrade Station Cache - Rift Encounter - Fortnite.png|A variant of a Small Cache with an Upgrade Station, three Safes, two Chests and two Ammo Boxes. Contrary to a similar Encounter, Sgt. Green Clover is not found here.
Grapple Glove Station - Rift Encounter - Fortnite.png|A Grapple Glove Swing Station from Chapter 3: Season 3 with Anarchy Agent lifting weights and flexing by the side. Includes 1 Grapple Glove Toolbox.
*A Blue Bus Stop with a Character grouchily waiting inside. Bringing any Vehicle to the Bus stop will make the Character happy and reward the player with loot.
*A Chicken Coup with three Chickens inside and Hayseed/Tender Defender watching over it. The chickens have a high chance of carrying loot and eliminating one will cause the Character to cry.
*Madcap meditating with a large amount of Mushrooms surrounding him. All the Mushrooms available will be enough to top up your shields.
*A Small Cache with an Upgrade Station, three Safes, two Chests and three Ammo Boxes. Sgt. Green Clover can be found remarking how lucky this encounter is.
*A Broken Building Corner with six Safes inside. Loveless can be seen within, reveling in the wealth she's amassed. Opening one Safe will instantly make her hostile.
*An Interest Debate of Slap VS Slurp between Outcast/Bone Wasp and Slurp Leviathan/Slurp Bandolette/Rippley. Both sides having their brand's barrel (slap and slurp respectively) behind them, breaking one side's supply will make that side's character angry and the opposing side happy. However, breaking both supplies replays their arguing emotes.
*A Surplus Stock of Slurp Barrels with Slurp Leviathan/Slurp Bandolette/Rippley in the middle handing out the barrels to anyone in need, stating that there's no problem slurp can't solve.
*A Stand off between Mecha Strike Commander/Dark Sentinel and Blackheart/Oro with Cobblestone Cover in Between. The Characters deal no structure damage and will instantly fight each other upon spawn. The player can choose who to help, however no additional rewards will be given outside of the four Chests around the wall.
*A Big Container that can spawn five-to-seven Wolves inside. The wolves have a high chance of carrying loot.
*Some Rubble and a Dinosaur Skull with Rex and Tricera Ops stomping around their turf.
*Four Different Vending Machines with a Character trying to decide which one to buy from. There is also a bench nearby.
*A Compact Beach Site with four Coolers. Beach Brutus/Scuba Crystal can be found partying in it.
*Two Tables that have a chance to spawn up to twelve Ammo Boxes. Munitions Major/Special Forces/Sledgehammer is also present next to the tables, giving away the munitions to anyone needing them.
*A Few City Props with a Character dancing under a Street Light.
* A Chunk of a Restaurant with Peekaboo and Slurp Leviathan/Slurp Bandolette/Rippley sitting at a table also taken in. 
*A Makeshift Hammock made out of a small boat between two trees, three Chests are nearby and two boxes of Green Apples are on the boat, though they don't give Apples when destroyed. Dummy/Farmer Steel/Sunflower has a rare chance to spawn behind the Chests confused.
*A Part of An IO Surface Hub with Fox Clan members Drift, Catalyst, and Vi present. Upon spawn they will all be resting or scouting, though when a player moves close they will get startled, and one will state that they can't be here and must leave; shortly after, they all rift out of the encounter. Three chests, two tables with Ammo boxes, and two coolers are also available for the player.
**As of Update v23.40, this Encounter received minimal changes: the encounter itself is slightly more damaged, one Ammo Box table is replaced with a barricade, and only two of the members are now present. They still scan the area, and the same interaction happens with different dialogue, followed by them rifting away upon getting too close.
**As of Update v23.50, this Encounter has been updated once again: the remaining Ammo Box table now flipped on its side as cover, another barricade is added in place of a chest, and now only one member spawns, who can be seen sweating or crying, possibly in panic. The remaining member will no longer rift away upon the player getting closer.
===Winterfest Rift Encounters===
Rift Encounters that were exclusive to Winterfest 2022:
*Mr. Dappermint singing a carol with nine Peppermint Lollipops surrounding him. If approached, he will stop singing and morph into a bunch of loot, equating to a Supply Drop's amount.
*A Holiday Present presented by a Christmas-themed Character. Inside is a small Christmas tree with two Chests and two Dirt Bikes.
===Specialist Rifts===
Specialist Rifts appear like normal Rift Encounters, but have a guaranteed Specialist Character spawn. Possible Specialist Rifts include:
SHADOW Brutus - Rift Encounter - Fortnite.png|A Workout Station with various exercise equipment. Includes Heavy Specialist SHADOW Brutus.
*A Makeshift Medical Tent. Includes Medic Specialist Field Surgeon.
*A Sandbagged Sniper Tower. Includes Scout Specialist Archetype.
*A Mini Satellite Tower with supplies next to its base. Includes Supply Specialist Munitions Major.
===Star Wars Rift Encounters===
Rift Encounters that were exclusive to Find the Force prior to the execution of Order 66:
*A Cafeteria Chunk with a kitchen and a Republic Chest near the hall door, alongside two Clone Troopers taking a break. The wall layout is similar to the Fox Clan Rift Encounter.
*A Rockside with Tree being occupied by one Clone Trooper. Includes one Slurp Barrel, a Single Lock Key Crate, a Double Lock Key Crate, and an unlit Cozy Campfire.
*A Galactic Republic Affiliated Infantry Camp being guarded by two Clone Troopers. Inside the barracks contains a Republic Crate.
*An Armory Chunk with a Republic Chest, a shelf that can spawn up to nine Ammo Boxes, and an Upgrade Station. A single Clone Trooper also appears guarding the spot.
===Avengers Rift Encounters===
Specialized Rift Encounters exclusive to the Absolute Doom Live Event's Boss Battle against Doctor Doom:
*Three Large Ammo Boxes in a triangular formation.
*A Single Faction Chest that could either by from The Avengers or Stark Industries.
==Dialogue==
<tabber>
|-|Small Tree=
|-|Slurp Surplus=
|-|Madcap's Mushrooms=
|-|Loveless' Stash=
|-|Ammo Handout=
|-|Lucky Workshop=
|-|Dire Situation=
|-|Propane Party=
|-|Outdoor Pitstop=
|-|Launchpad Post=
|-|Fox Clan Scouting=
===Version 1===
===Version 2===
|-|Sayara's Key=
</tabber>
==History==
===Chapter 4: Season 1===
*Update v23.00: Added .
*Update v23.10: Added two new Rift Encounters related to Winterfest.
**December 27th 2022: Removed Winterfest Rift Encounters.
*January 21st 2022 Hotfix: Disabled the Port-a-Potty Rift Encounter.
*Update v23.30: Added two new Rift Encounters.
**Also replaced the Research Lab Rift Encounter with the Fox Clan Rift Encounter.
*Update v23.40: Re-enabled the Port-a-Potty Rift Encounter. The Port-a-Potty itself is now indestructible.
**Updated the Fox Clan Rift Encounter.
**Replaced Lil Whip's Ranger Assault Rifle with a Assault Rifle.
*Update v23.50: Updated the Fox Clan Rift Encounter once again.
===Chapter 4: Season 2===
*Update v24.00: Added two new Rift Encounters.
**Disabled the Fox Clan Rift Encounter.
*Update v24.20: Added a new Visualized Icon for Visualized Sound Effects.
**Added four Specialist Rifts. 
*April 13th 2023 Hotfix: Disabled the Port-a-Potty Rift Encounter once again.
*Update v24.30: Added four new Rift Encounters related to Find the Force.
*May 12th 2023 Hotfix: Find the Force Rift Encounters disabled as Order 66 has been executed.
*Unknown date: Disabled the Bunker Jonesy & Peely Rift Encounter.
===Chapter 4: Season 3===
*Update v25.00: Re-enabled the Bunker Jonesy & Peely Rift Encounter. 
===Chapter 4: Season OG===
*Update v27.00: Disabled Rift Encounters.
*November 10th 2023: Re-enabled Rift Encounters.
**Added three new Rift Encounters. Only the Grapple Glove Station Rift Encounter is enabled at the moment.
===Chapter 5: Season 1===
*Update v28.00: Disabled Rift Encounters.
===Chapter 5: Season 4===
*Update v31.30: Added Absolute Doom Rift Encounters reserved for the Live Event.
*October 5th 2024 2:00 PM EST: Enabled Rift Encounters as Absolute Doom has begun.
*October 5th 2024 2:54 PM EST: Disabled Rift Encounters as Absolute Doom has ended.
*Update v31.40: Removed Absolute Doom Rift Encounters.
==Trivia==
*It's possible for the Port-a-Potty Rift Encounter to send you within any Vault on the Island that contains a Port-a-Potty, allowing players to get inside the vault without needing to defeat the Boss guarding it. Due to the rarity of this happening, it was never patched out during Most Wanted.
*The Port-a-Potty Rift Encounter has been disabled more than any of the available ones. It was also the only one to still be disabled before Chapter 4: Season OG.
==Gallery==
Rift Encounter Visualize Sound - Icon - Fortnite.png|Visualized Sound Effects Icon
Rift Appearance (Rift Encounter) - Event - Fortnite.png|Rift appearance
Rift Formation (Rift Encounter) - Event - Fortnite.png|Formation of Rift
AI Appearance (Rift Encounter) - Event - Fortnite.png|AI appearance
Scene Formation (Rift Encounter) - Event - Fortnite.png|Formation of scene
Meowscles Flexing - Rift Encounter - Fortnite.png|Fully-formed Rift Encounter
==See Also==
*LEGO Fortnite:Rift Encounters: Rift Encounters That Appear In LEGO Fortnite.
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