Upon dropping in to your first match in Season 5, you'll immediately notice that the map has undergone a few big changes.
The most notable — and obvious — change is the introduction of an entirely new biome to the island: desert.
As many dataminers had predicted, the Season 5 map features a large swatch of desert landscape where Moisty Mire used to be.
In its place we now have Paradise Palms, a sandy resort area complete with cactuses, tumbleweeds, and lots of palm trees.
It's likely that Paradise Palms is at least somewhat inspired by the tourist destination Palm Springs, California, especially given Epic Game's recent decision to plant a real-life replica of the Durr Burger in the California desert last week.
Lazy Links has officially replaced Anarchy Acres in the Northern section of the map.
This point of interest will likely be a hub for finding the new driveable golf carts, because it features a large golf course where players can actually tee up!
What appears to be a viking ship and surrounding houses now sit atop the mountain between Snobby Shores and Greasy Grove.
The area was hinted at earlier this week when a large anchor was spotted on the hillside, no doubt dropped there by a rift.
This area is especially exciting for the game because the mountain top is covered in snow, another biome the game has never seen before.
An Anchor came out of the newest rift near Greasy. I wonder what's gonna come out of the massive rift in the sky? 🤔#Fortnite pic.twitter.com/2ZOYArtEk1
— Kai Peterson (@Kai_Peterson_) July 6, 2018A few of the map's old points of interest have also received substantial updates. Dusty Divot, for instance, is looking much more lush than it did yesterday.
The area surrounding the tents that were erected to study the meteorite at the beginning of Season 4 is now overrun with trees, grass, and ponds — a far cry from the desolate crater we knew and loved just a few days ago.
