The Meltdown
Keep it soft and serve it up.
The Meltdown is a Rare pickaxe in Fortnite.
- Type
- Pickaxe
- Rarity
- Rare
- Added to the game files
- 14 January 2025
Item shop history
- Last seen
- 9 January 2026 · 254 days ago
- Appearances tracked
- 13
- Returned after
- 196 days
- Longest absence
- 196 days
- FNDB Rarity Score
- 19/100 · Regular
Epic's public shop feed only exposes the current day, so our archive covers the 47 days since 5 August 2026. Appearances before then aren't recorded here.
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. We've recorded 13 appearances since we began tracking the shop on 5 August 2026.
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.