Shield Kegs Are Broken In Fortnite
Fortnite continues to dominate the battle royale space, and it's clear to see why.
Though the game made its name with its massive melting pot of pop culture tie-ins, the game has more than proven itself to be a polished title that can introduce new items and events constantly, keeping the meta fresh without dramatically altering it one way or another.
One of these items is the Shield Keg, an item that was introduced with Chapter 3 that can be thrown on the ground to allow anyone in the area to slowly gain shield in a massively valuable drop.
But someone has found that it can be severely broken.
Fortnite Glitch Makes The Shield Keg Useless
The Shield Keg might be a powerful tool in Fortnite squads and alone, but one player has discovered a glitch that makes it completely useless.
Player iBackk has shared a video that sees them throw a Shield Keg on the ground, and rather than opening up and spraying out shields, it simply bounces around inside the mobile home they drop it in, giving no benefit whatsoever and sitting dormant in the corner.
It's a bizarre glitch, and not much is known right now about how common it is, or why it has just bounced around instead of deploying, but there's every chance that this glitch could become widespread - but apparently, it's common enough for other players to have the same problem.
The Shield Keg Glitch Isn't A One-Off
Sharing the video to Reddit has proved that this glitch isn't just a one-and-done scenario - in fact, other players have suffered from the same problems.
"I had this same bug today in one of the metal tunnels at Daily Bugle," says one commentator, and another has replied that it also happened to them when the keg is thrown inside a truck.
It looks like the keg has a hard time reacting to some environments, but it's hard to tell which is adaptable and which isn't. It's a frustrating glitch that we hope is going to get a patch soon - because we can't be wasting kegs like this. They're far too valuable.