'Fortnite' Season 8 launches today with new skins, new map locations, and a huge overhaul to its offline mode

Among Season 8's seven new skins are three legendary outfits: Blackheart, Hybrid, and Luxe. Legendary skins can be upgraded over time, unlocking new styles and color options as you play. Blackheart eventually turns into a bearded ghost pirate, while Hybrid becomes a dragon.

The Season 8 battle pass also includes four epic outfits: Sidewinder, Peely, Ember, and Master Key. Sidewinder is a cowgirl, like Calamity from Season 6. Ember is a member of the Ashen guard protecting the island's volcano. Master Key resembles a martial artist and can unlock a special tiger mask. Peely... is a banana.

Like prior seasons, the Season 8 battle pass costs 950 vbucks, and a discounted battle bundle includes the season pass and the first 25 tiers of rewards for 2,800 vbucks. Vbucks can be earned through in game challenges, or you can purchase them in "Fortnite."

The battle pass costs just under $10 if you're paying with cash, while the battle bundle is $25.

While you can still unlock some items without the battle pass and save your vbucks for your favorite items in the shop, the battle pass has the most valuable rewards. Other exclusive items in the Season 8 Battle Pass include Woodsy and Dodger, a pair of new pets, an octopus parachute, and a conga dance emote.

Luckily, even if you spend the first few weeks of Season 8 playing without the Battle Pass, you can still level up. If you decide to buy the pass late in the season, you'll unlock the same rewards as if you had it from day one.

A volcanic eruption has shifted the landscape of "Fortnite," bringing a pair of new locations with it. Players will need to be on the look out for lava and special volcanic vents that can launch them into the sky with a rush of hot air.

The Season 8 trailer shows a clan of warriors who look like they're covered in hardened lava. It's possible that they originate from the Sunny Steps, one of the new map locations. Ember, one of Season 8's Epic Skins, belongs to the Ashen Warrior set.

Pirate cannons will appear in all of "Fortnite's" game modes during Season 8. Players can load them with cannon balls and fire from long distances; the explosion will deal damage to anyone in the area. If players are feeling a bit crazy, they can climb into the cannon and fire themselves across the map too.

Season 8 also removes some older items from the Battle Royale map — including three vehicles: the X-4 Stormwing plane, shopping cart, and all terrain kart. Two winter-themed items, the Sneaky Snowman and Chiller Grenade, have also gone back into the vault.

"Fortnite: Save the World," the game's $40 paid offline game mode is getting a big time overhaul. "Save the World" is a separate game type where players fight against waves of AI-controlled enemies and work together to survive. Players select from a large roster of "Fortnite" heroes, each of whom have their own special abilities and perks.

The new hero loadout system allows players to stack perks and abilities from multiple heroes, adding a greater reward for unlocking new heroes, and giving players new ways to enhance their favorites.

Loadout perks can provide a stat boost or entirely new abilities like a triple jump. Heroes will also have access to team perks that can give your whole squad a power-up.

"Save the World" players will all receive a gift box with Hero XP bonuses, evolution materials and more bonuses. They'll also be able to unlock new eight new heroes with in-game quest lines.

These are the new heroes and their respective classes: Archetype Havoc (Soldier), Liteshow Spitfire (Soldier), Dark Vanguard Airheart (Constructor), Conqueror Magnus (Constructor), Forged Fate (Ninja), Overtaker Hiro (Ninja), Valkyrie Rio (Outlander), Ventura Ramirez (Outlander).

"Fortnite's" new Creative Mode is still seeing regular updates too. Season 8 allows up to 16 players to join a matchmaking party for the Playgrounds game type, letting them try out new game modes on featured islands, or practice in a specific area of the "Fortnite: Battle Royale" map.

It'll be easier to keep in touch too; Creative Mode will feature a single voice channel for all players to keep in touch, regardless of their team. Previously, players on separate teams could not use voice chat.

Fortnite Season 8 is live now and will continue for 10 weeks. The first weekly challenges include visiting all of the islands pirate camps, boosting yourself into the air with a volcanic vent, and finding treasure chests in Retail Row and Junk Junction.

Now that you've gotten the details, it might be time to get out their and have your own pirate adventure.