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Fortnite has pets now, and Twitter is falling in love

They're just too cute.

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Ana Valens

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Posted on Sep 27, 2018   Updated on May 21, 2021, 5:29 am CDT

Fortnite: Battle Royale Season 6 dropped today, and along with a ton of new skins and map changes, Fortnite also introduced one of the most important features in the game’s history yet: Doggos.

Players that purchase a Season 6 Battle Pass can grind experience points and unlock three different pets: A dog, a chameleon, and a tiny dragon. It’s a pretty nifty little cosmetic, albeit a simple one. Pets just sit on your back and hang out as you run around the game killing opponents, and they don’t provide any gameplay improvements. They’re just furry friends.

But pets are pets, and the internet loves pets, so it didn’t take long for Twitter to collectively lose its cool after the feature leaked.

https://twitter.com/xitsmike/status/1045032847210426368

https://twitter.com/iyagovos/status/1045230129386016768

https://twitter.com/FNBRLeaks/status/1044968251019735041

Pets are so cool that Fortnite players are declaring Season 6 the best season to date. All hail Epic Games.

https://twitter.com/Felino_EN/status/1045276630883667970

But there are so many unanswered questions about the pets’ appearance in Fortnite. Players regularly shoot, bludgeon, and explode their opponents to death, so it’s unclear if the pets are safe during any of the game’s firefights. Others flat out refuse to kill anyone with a pet, because why would you do that?

https://twitter.com/shelbyrenae/status/1045259359108964353

https://twitter.com/ahmadjawadd/status/1045275077825236993

Most importantly of all, everyone agrees that Fortnite’s new feature is about to take away their hard-earned cash.

https://twitter.com/AdamJ1233/status/1045032702804660224

https://twitter.com/Viitamin_R/status/1045287604063735808

Then again, all of our Neopets, Nintendogs, and Tamagotchi haven’t been fed in a long time. Maybe we should skip out on getting another virtual pet until we take care of our others first.

In the meantime, you can get your own pupper by purchasing a Season 6 Battle Pass in Fortnite: Battle Royale. To get started, head over to Epic Games’ official website and set up an Epic Games account. Fortnite is available for free across PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC, Nintendo Switch, iOS, and Android, and the Season 6 Battle Pass can be purchased for 950 V-Bucks (or $9.50).

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*First Published: Sep 27, 2018, 11:37 am CDT

Ana Valens

Ana Valens is a reporter specializing in online queer communities, marginalized identities, and adult content creation. She is a former Daily Dot staff writer. Her work has appeared at Vice, Vox, Truthout, Bitch Media, Kill Screen, Rolling Stone, and the Toast. She lives in Brooklyn, New York, and spends her free time developing queer adult games.

Ana Valens