Fortnite players discover the Midas touch goes beyond battle royale

Players have found that the Midas skin can turn Fortnite Festival instruments golden, just like in the battle royale.

The Midas skin, introduced in Chapter 2 of Fortnite, has quickly become one of the franchise’s most popular additions.

He has since received multiple variants since his release but despite that, his appeal remains the same. All versions can turn what he touches into gold.

When using the skin in battle royale, Midas will turn the weapons that he touches into gold. Now players are discovering that the same mechanic works in other modes.

Fortnite Festival players discover Midas touch

A post on Twitter/X showed an image of a player using Midas in Fortnite Festival in which their bass was completely gold. To make the mechanic even more advanced, it will turn whatever bass skin is being used into gold as well.

“Wait that’s actually amazing,” said one reply. “I’ll have to try it with Icebound and Shadow tomorrow.”

Others were impressed by the level of detail with the Midas skin. Some pointed out that since Midas would turn the bass gold, it would work the same for the other instruments too.

The trick doesn’t only work for the regular Midas either. One commenter confirmed that alternative models will also have this effect.

“Works with shadow Midas and Marigold as well,” said the commenter. “Switching your instruments too much may cause it to disappear tho.”

Some pondered if other modes, like LEGO Fortnite, would also be affected by Midas’ touch. Although no one has given it a try just yet.

Fortnite recently added another version of Midas to Chapter 5 Season 2. This time with a mythology theme that has him with a golden laurel.