Klombo

About

Klombo is an animal NPC introduced to Fortnite in "Chapter 3: Season 1" that resembles a large dinosaur-like creature. In the game, players can ride on klombos as they make their way across the map and klombos shoot items from their blowhole when fed klomberries and eat all buildings and loot in their way. If attacked, klombos become aggressive and will charge and shoot acid at the player. They have a large amount of health and do heavy damage, making them dangerous to take on. Shortly after release, Klombos became a favorite addition to the game and inspired memes about the creature, as well as fan art.

Origin

On January 18th, 2022, Fortnite update version 19.10 was released.^[1] The most notable updates include the re-addition of the fan-favorite location Tilted Towers and the addition of a new wildlife creature, the klombo,^[2] which wanders across the map during rounds. Epic Games posted two images showcasing the creature in their announcement of the update that day (shown below).

That day numerous Fortnite players uploaded videos showcasing the creature including gattu, whose video gained over 800,000 views in six days (shown below).

Spread

On the day the klombo was added to the game, Instagram^[3] page fortnitebrfeed posted a clip of a player angering the beast, gaining over 219,000 views and 32,000 likes in six days (shown below).

Videos showcasing the creature gained significant attention on YouTube, including videos by YouTubers Fresh and TG Plays, gaining over 1.6 million and 3.8 million views respectively in under a week each (shown below, left and right).

Presence In Memes

Since the update including the lizard-like character, klombo has inspired memes on various platforms. For example, on January 18th, 2022, Twitter^[5][6] users @AstroIoxy and @Bananazcakies posted memes about the creature, the former comparing it to the dragons from How To Train Your Dragon and the latter a Worst Mistake Of My Life format, gaining over 1,500 and 49 likes in six days (shown below, left and right).

On January 20th, Instagram^[4] meme page _kingorange posted a meme showing a video of a hippo eating a watermelon captioned, "Feeding my Klombos gas station fruit," gaining over 22,800 likes and 118,000 views in four days (shown below).

On January 23rd, the same Instagrammer^[7] posted a Heart Locket GIF meme using an image of klombo, gaining over 24,000 views in a day (shown below).

Various Examples

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