Fortnite’snew Day of Doom mode is now available for all players to try, and it’s a great way to complete quests and earn XP. This new limited-time mode (LTM) takes inspiration from Marvel comics, pitting teams of heroes and villains against each other with players wielding iconic items from Marvel lore. However, Day of Doom isn’t easy to get to grips with.
Day of Doom is just the latest mode to come fromFortniteand Marvel’s extremely cool collaboration: a 16v16 mode where players are split into two teams: Allies of the Avengers and Doom’s Henchmen.As it’s a limited-time mode, players can access it from the main lobby screen and jump in from there.Day of Doom has its own custom ruleset, victory conditions, and more.
How To Play Fortnite’s Day Of Doom Mode
Ally With The Avengers Or Join Doctor Doom’s Army Of Henchmen
Players in Day of Doom are split into two teams: Doom’s Henchmen and the Allies of the Avengers.
To win, Doom’s Henchmen must collect six Arcane Artifacts, which periodically spawn from the sky and come crashing down on theFortniteisland.The player that manages to collect an Arcane Artifactbecomes one of Doom’s Chosen, donning the Marvel supervillain’s armor and wielding his powers against enemy players.
In ordinaryFortnitematches, becoming Doom’s Chosen effectively makes a player nearly invulnerable. However, as Day of Doom is a team-based mode, Doom’s Chosen is much more vulnerable to team-based assaults.
Doom’s Chosen can wield powers such as Scorch Beam, a powerful sustained beam weapon that deals high damage to players and structures alike, and Mystical Gigabomb, an AOE blast attack.If Doom’s Chosen is killed, another player will randomly be selected to take up the mantle.
As one of Doom’s Henchmen, players also unlock a specific loadout:
Once all six Arcane Artifacts have been collected, players on the hero team cannot respawn.To win, Doom’s Henchmen must simply eliminate any remaining players.
As such, the Allies of the Avengers must stop Doom’s Henchmen from collecting the Arcane Artifacts.To win, they must score enough eliminations.The Doom’s Henchmen team only has a limited number of respawns, and once they run out, the Avengers will win. To assist in battle, players have access to four different loadouts, each based on a different Marvel hero:
Black Panther Loadout
Essentially, Doom’s Henchmen must collect all Arcane Artifacts, while the Allies of the Avengers must stop them and score enough eliminations to win. Day of Doom is a rather fun deviation from typicalFortnitegameplay and provides a more team-oriented experience with guaranteed access to many of this season’s best items and weapons.
Based on my experience in two rounds of Day of Doom, this mode is a rather chaotic firefight, with lots of powerful superhero items and supervillain powers being used. The only real tactics for winning involve carefullytracking each Arcane Artifact as it falls from the sky, securing its location immediately by flooding it with allies, and building and rebuilding structuresto physically bar the enemy team from accessing it.
Unfortunately, the fight seems to be balanced slightly against the Avengers at the moment, as it’s still hard to stop one of Doom’s Chosen. However, playing Day of Doom is rather useful for completing challenges and unlocking Accolades for Battle Pass XP, making it a great and fun way to level up through yourFortniteBattle Pass.
