The Meltdown
Keep it soft and serve it up.
The Meltdown is a Rare pickaxe in Fortnite.
Last seen
9 January 2026
299 days ago
Days in the shop
13
since 14 January 2025
Longest absence
196 days
FNDB Rarity Score
21/100
Regular
- Type
- Pickaxe
- Rarity
- Rare
- Added to the game files
- 14 January 2025
Item shop history
- Last seen
- 9 January 2026 · 299 days ago
- Days in the shop
- 13
- Returned after
- 196 days
- Longest absence
- 196 days
- FNDB Rarity Score
- 21/100 · Regular
Shop dates combine fortnite-api.com's per-item shop history (from 30 October 2017) with fndb's own daily archive (from 5 August 2026, 92 days). Prices and full shop pages exist only for days in our archive.
The Meltdown — common questions
When was The Meltdown last in the item shop?
The Meltdown was last seen in the Fortnite item shop on 9 January 2026. It has been in the shop on 13 days since 30 October 2017.
How much does The Meltdown cost?
We don't have a recorded price for The Meltdown. We only know an item's price from days it has appeared in the shop while we were tracking it, and this pickaxe hasn't.
Can you still get The Meltdown?
Epic doesn't publish a return schedule for item shop cosmetics, so there's no way to say in advance whether The Meltdown will rotate back in.