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The Fantastic Four Are Coming to Fortnite - Unlock Their Outfits Early!

Andrew Boggs

Sports Writer

Publish Date: 10/09/2025

Fact checked by: Mike McKean

Key Points

The Fantastic Four Cup rewarded survival time as well as top placements, giving casual squads a real shot at free cosmetics.
For 3,600 V-B, you got four skins, pickaxes, emotes and LEGO styles, saving around 2,900 compared to buying individually.
With Johnny’s fiery transformation and Sue’s force-field flair, Epic gave Marvel’s OG team an impressive Fortnite debut.

Fortnite x Fantastic Four Crossover Release

This wasn’t a fever dream. Marvel’s First Family officially hit Fortnite on 25 July 2025, just as Fantastic Four: First Steps dropped in cinemas. It was loud, it was fiery, and it came with a sweaty Squads Cup two days earlier that gave players a shot at early unlocks.

Even if you missed the Fantastic Four Cup, the entire Fantastic Four bundle made it into the item shop, and it looked great. From LEGO alt styles to built-in emotes and theme-locked pickaxes, this was one of the beefiest crossover drops Fortnite’s done all year.

Fortnite x Fantastic Four Crossover

Movie tie-ins & meta shifts

This wasn’t just a random drop. The collab dropped day-and-date with First Steps, Marvel’s big-screen reset of the Fantastic Four. Epic’s timing was spot-on. Chapter 6 Season 3 was already in full swing, and the FNCS grind had players locked into BR anyway, so slotting in a collab cup felt natural.

Plus, Fortnite and Marvel have history on Fortnite betting sites. Spider-Man, Iron Man, Wolverine, Deadpool… they've all been here. This was just the final piece of the puzzle. The original Marvel team finally got their moment, and Epic made sure it was a big one.

Every skin & style explained

If you grabbed the Fantastic Four Bundle, you scored all four heroes plus emotes, back blings, LEGO variants, and themed pickaxes. Here’s how it all stacked up:

👤 Character	💡 V-Bucks (Solo)	✅ Built-In Emote	😎 Pickaxe	➕ Extras
Reed Richards	1,600	Fantastic Calculations	Fantastic Fists	LEGO style included
Sue Storm	1,600	Force Field Shatter	Psionic Orbs	LEGO style included
Johnny Storm	1,800	Flame On! (transformation)	Torch’s Flame	LEGO style included
Ben Grimm	1,500	It’s Clobberin’ Time!	Four Girder	Alt “The Thing” style
Full Bundle	3,600	Includes all of the above	Includes all of the above	Saves ~2,900 V-Bucks total

Mr Fantastic

Reed came with stretchy arms, a Fantastic Calculations built-in emote, and a two-piece “Fantastic Fists” Pickaxe that morphed when swung. He looked a little awkward in crouch-walks, but that’s part of the charm.

Mr Fantastic

Invisible Woman

Sue Storm’s skin had a slick silver-blue finish, with a Force Field Shatter emote that added a reactive force bubble around her. Her Psionic Orbs Pickaxe floated behind her when holstered, which looked incredible during rotations.

unvisible woman

Human Torch

Johnny’s “Flame On!” emote was the standout here. Full-body fire glow, flaming trail when gliding, and his pickaxe literally ignited on eliminations. The LEGO version still looked hot.

human torch

The Thing

Ben Grimm’s alt style, chunky and comic-accurate, let you switch between clean trench-coat vibes and full rock-armour. The “It’s Clobberin’ Time!” emote was a very fun to spam after 200-pumping someone in Tilted Remixed.

The Thing

Here’s how the Fantastic Four Cup went down

The Fantastic Four Cup took place on 23 July and ran for three hours, with a max of 10 matches per squad. Each region had its own leaderboard, including Oceania, which gave ANZ players a rare shot at clean ping.

Standard placement and elim points applied, but there was a bonus twist. Even if you didn’t win, staying alive got you cosmetics. 60 minutes of survival time got you the It’s Clobberin’ Time Spray, and 120 minutes got you the Flame On! Emoticon.

Only the top squads in each region unlocked the full Fantastic Four bundle early. And if you saw someone with it in lobbies on the 24th, you knew they were either cracked or carried by a demon trio.

✅ Warm-up lobbies with superpowers

Was it FNCS tier? No. But did people treat it like a Major warm-up anyway? Absolutely.

The Cup used standard BR Squads format, which lined up nicely with FNCS scrim settings. Some pros used it as a no-pressure zone to test synergy and endgame rotations. Others just wanted to flex the bundle on stream 48 hours before everyone else.

It also gave casuals a legit format to sweat without the usual Ranked stress. Fortnite’s always done collab Cups well, and this one lived up.

✅ Big savings for big brains

Once the Cup ended, the full Fantastic Four bundle hit the shop on 25 July. You also had the choice to buy skins individually. Here’s how they were priced:

Each Fantastic Four skin: 1,500–1,800 V-Bucks (varies by character)
Total cost if bought individually (skins + pickaxes + emotes): 6,500 V-Bucks
Bundle price in the shop: 3,600 V-Bucks

If you had even two skins in mind, grabbing the bundle made perfect sense. It stayed in rotation until 4 August, so players had just over a week to decide before it rotated out (and probably won’t return until a future Marvel rerun event).

Lore & little touches you might’ve missed

Epic snuck in a few cheeky nods for the comic-book faithful. Sue’s back-bling was a direct pull from the classic ‘60s blue-and-white costume, and The Thing’s alternate style included rocky texture details that lined up with his very first appearance in Fantastic Four Issue #1. It wasn’t just surface-level Marvel branding, there was actual respect for the source material here.

Every skin also meshed perfectly with old Marvel cosmetics. Silver Surfer’s board, the Quinjet glider, even the Mjolnir pickaxe if you wanted to get lore-bendy. They felt like they belonged in the Marvel set, something not every collab can pull off.

And if you flipped to LEGO mode, it was easily some of the best LEGO variants Epic’s ever dropped. Johnny’s flames had that soft plastic glow, Reed’s limbs looked bendy, and Ben Grimm in brick form was weirdly adorable. fortnite fantastic four

From Battle Bus to Baxter Building

Even if you aren’t a massive Marvel fan, this was one of those drops that felt like it will go down in history. The skins were awesome. The Cup was sweaty but fair. And if you played during the event window, odds are you saw some of the best squads in your region trying to speed-run those 10 matches before time ran out.

Hopefully we see more of this kind of collab. Until then, here’s hoping your squad didn’t get clobbered.