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Durrr Burger is a character and namesake of a fictional fast food chain in the 2017 video game Fortnite, developed and published by Epic Games. It has featured in a number of in-game season challenges, an in-game food rivalry and game mode, and an alternate reality game (ARG) since its inception. The entertainment publisher Dot Esports regarded it as "one of the most recognizable logos in Fortnite: Battle Royale",[1] with the American news channel CNBC similarly described the character as an "iconic" "mascot" in July 2018.[2]
The character, introduced in Chapter 1 of the game, features a cheeseburger with protruding eyes and a long drooping tongue, held together by a toothpick-skewered olive. A humanoid version of the character, named Beef Boss, is both an in-game skin and the canonical boss of the Durrr Burger fast food chain present around the game's map. Between different seasons of the game, a rivalry with the competitor fast food chain Uncle Pete's Pizza Pit and its mascot Tomatohead is explored, largely culminating with the release of a limited-time tower defense game mode named "Food Fight", where players were tasked to defend either of the mascots from attacking players of the other team.
The character has been featured in various promotions since its inception: including on official onesies, graphic T-shirts, in Lego sets, and other items, and was made into a massive real-life model for an ARG run by Epic Games to promote the launch of Season 1, Chapter 5, in July 2018.
Design and lore
Durrr Burger is the name of the character and mascot of the in-game hamburger fast food chain of restaurants in the 2017 video game Fortnite.[3] The character is designed after a cheeseburger, with the addition of bulging eyes, a long protruding tongue, and a toothpick with a skewered olive coming from its head.[4][5]
The anthropomorphic or humanoid version of the character is named Beef Boss, who canonically is the "boss" of the in-game fast food chain.[6] The Beef Boss skin consists of Durrr Burger as its head, a mixed blue and orange body, and orange pants with the word "Durrr" written across them.[7] Beef Boss was added to the game in August 2018,[1] with the next month adding an additional character named "Grill Sergeant" as an employee for Durrr Burger.[6]
In-universe, Durrr Burger is rivals with Uncle Pete's Pizza Pit and its mascot Tomatohead.[8] After Pizza Pit was forced to close due to spacetime rifts affecting structures on the map at the time,[9] Durrr Burger locations around the map began to do the same due to a newfound cockroach infestation.[8] It was soon discovered by players that the cockroaches had been planted by Pizza Pit to take down their competitor.[8] As a result, both restaurants were forced to operate from simple food trucks, which were parked across from each other in a soccer field between Tilted Towers, Greasy Grove, and Snobby Shores.[9] With the Pizza Pit food truck displaying anti-Durrr Burger icons, the "Food Fight" game mode was launched soon after.[8] The plotline is conveyed without any written-out message or dialogue, something described by the British video game journalism website EuroGamer as "impressive environmental storytelling".[8]
In-game appearances
Durrr Burger has made a number of appearances in-game since its inception in the first chapter. Modern day, the character is largely seen as an "original" one, somewhat falling out of favor as the game values collaborations with existing intellectual properties more.[10] The character is often cameoed alongside some of the other popular characters from the game: including Peely, Meowscles, and Agent Jones,[11] and has been featured as part of an in-game challenge in the majority of chapters.
Chapter 1
In Chapter 1, Season 5, after previously existing in-game, the character first became a playable skin with the addition of Beef Boss, who was available for purchase in the item shop.[7] Beef Boss, the main character of the "Durrr Burger Set", also included the "Grill Sergeant" skin, "Deep Fried" back bling, "Flying Saucer" glider, and the "Patty Whacker" pickaxe.[6] The release, however, also included a number of visual and other bugs, which temporarily caused players' games to crash if Beef Boss wore a back bling until patches were made, additionally causing the Grill Sergeant skin to be removed from the item shop hours after it was released.[6][12] In Chapter 1, Season 6, a limited-time tower defense game mode named "Food Fight" was released as a way for players to decide the better in-game fast food chain: Durrr Burger or Pizza Pit.[13][14][15] The game mode split the lobby into two teams: one supporting Durrr Burger and one supporting Tomatohead, separated by an impassable barrier at the beginning of the match.[13] On each side, a large model of their mascot was placed, which players had to protect.[13] In the first phase of the game, players on each team were given time to build structures to protect their mascot.[13] In the second phase, the impassable barrier was removed, and players had to destroy the opposing team's mascot before their own was destroyed, with the first team to destroy the opposing team's mascot winning.[13] The game mode was highly regarded by the American gaming website GameRevolution, which reported "Epic Games is the true winner here!" as, by releasing playable skins of the mascots just before the release of the game mode, players were encouraged to purchase the relevant skin to support their team.[13]
In Chapter 1, Season 7, a small outdoor location of the character's restaurant chain was located in Retail Row.[16] In Chapter 1, Season 8, a large Durrr Burger-themed telephone was located on a set of snowy mountains near Fatal Fields, which, when the correct numbers were entered, played a dial tone congratulating the player.[17] In Chapter 1, Season 9, dancing inside a holographic head of the character located at Neo Tilted, alongside similar mini-quests, allowed the player to earn five "Battle Stars", which could be used to purchase in-game cosmetic items.[18][19] Furthermore, a currency only awarded during this season for completing tasks, "Fortbytes", was also awarded if the player used a Tomatohead emote inside one of the character's restaurants, or a Durrr Burger emote inside one of Tomatohead's restaurants.[20][21] In Chapter 1, Season 10, a large statue of the character could be found east of Pleasant Park. If the player was wearing a "Catalyst outfit" skin and also visited two other character statues around the map, they were given experience points (XP).[22]
Chapter 2 and beyond
In Chapter 2, Season 5, a requirement for players to earn a new Predator-themed skin involved them to visit one of the character's restaurant locations to talk to Beef Boss.[23][24] In Chapter 2, Season 6, dancing in one of the character's restaurant locations or driving from Durrr Burger to Pizza Pit without leaving the car both gave the player XP if completed, which could be used to unlock skins and other rewards.[25][26]
In Chapter 3, Season 3, the character was featured as an Indiana Jones-styled Golden Idol, which could be found in an area of the map.[27] After a player completed a mini-quest to collect these idols, a back-mounted satchel was rewarded.[27]
In Chapter 5, Season 4, the character was featured in a partnership with Marvel Comics as "Ghost Ri-Durr": a combination of the character with Ghost Rider, dressed as Ghost Rider but with a flaming hamburger as its head.[11]
In Chapter 6, Season 1, a variant of the character named "Durrr Taisho" was released as a skin, which styled the character as sushi.[28]
In Lego Fortnite, players could use Beef Boss as a skin,[10] as well as encounter him as one of the 20 villagers in-game.[29] As a job within the game to earn money, players could work as a Durrr Burger Line Cook at the character's restaurant.[30]
Promotion and reception
A booth modeled off the in-game fast food chain featuring the character during E3 2018
In July 2018, a massive model of the character was placed in a desert near the town of Palmdale, California, as part of an alternate reality game (ARG) which promoted the release of Fortnite Chapter 1, Season 5. During the ARG, players were given real-life scavenger hunts to learn details about the upcoming season.[2][31] Leading up to the event, the character had been among the many to disappear in-game from the map after a rocket launch cracked a hole in the sky, creating rifts which removed characters before the release of the next season.[31] Beside the real-life model in the desert, a fake police car displayed the message: "This site is unstable. Beware of possible effects," referencing the in-game event.[31] The person who discovered the model, a photographer named Sela Shiloni, claimed she was not a gamer and had stumbled across it by accident,[4] though some online cast doubts this was not entirely true.[31] To promote the return of the Fortnite OG season, a popular streamer of the game Ninja was sent another massive model of the character as a reference to the past event.[32]
During the Food Fight game mode, a representative of the American burger chain Wendy's began to stream themselves on Twitch playing the game mode repeatedly on the side of Pizza Pit, stating on Twitter "We never joined #TeamBurger because Durrr Burger is full of freezers and we don't clown around with the frozen beef."[33] Conversely, support for the character during this time inspired the creation of a subreddit named "ShineOfDurr".[8]
In October 2018, during Halloween, masks of the character were sold as costumes.[34] In December 2018, an official merchandise store was launched by Fortnite, in which the character was promoted through the sale of onesies, graphic T-shirts, and other items.[35] In July 2024, Lego partnered with Fortnite to release four game-themed sets: including one of the character, as well as the Battle Bus, Supply Llama, and a Halloween version of Peely.[36][37] The character's set was the fourth and least expensive of the series, priced at US$14.99 with 193 pieces.[36][5] The set became available for sale in October 2024,[5] and became available for purchase at retailers Walmart and Best Buy in January 2025.[38]
Durrr Burger, alongside its rival fast food character Tomatohead, was regarded by the entertainment website GamesRadar+ as "staples in Fortnite's short but popular history" during Season 1.[3] The American news channel CNBC described the character as an "iconic" "mascot" in July 2018.[2] In August 2018, the entertainment publisher Dot Esports regarded the character as "one of the most recognizable logos in Fortnite: Battle Royale".[1] A variant of the character from Chapter 1, Season 7, named "Onesie", was included in a ranking by Dot Esports of the 50 best Fortnite skins in 2024, placing 25th.[39]
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