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The BZ Chronicle

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Back issues

Every published edition, newest season first

October 2026 season 2026-10

Vanilla Solo

  1. The wipe day briefingA hundred and eighteen metre shot closes the book, and a new seed opens for business
  2. Week oneA parachute opens 28.5 metres below the island, with kurukuro still attached

Vanilla Duo

  1. The wipe day briefingVanilla duo starts over, thirty five days on a fresh seed
  2. Week oneNewcomer reaches the Oil Rig's elite crate 4.7 hours after arriving

PvE Pure

  1. The wipe day briefingA new island opens clear and empty after mento closes the books at 1,119
  2. Week oneThe wipe's first killing was answered in ten minutes

PvE Zombies

  1. The wipe day briefingTom Cruise leaves the old island owning every column on the board, and a new one opens forty minutes later
  2. Week oneCurious George falls 1,510 metres and opens his parachute for the last 35.6

PvE Hardcore

  1. The wipe day briefingA new island opens clear, inheriting one name's runaway record
  2. Week oneA newcomer beats the whole island to an elite crate on the Large Oil Rig

September 2026 season 2026-09

Vanilla Solo

  1. The wipe day briefingA new island rises at 13:50, and the first alarms go off within the hour
  2. Week oneOne hundred and forty two kills in six days, and the island's biggest single win came from a spinning wheel, not a rifle
  3. The month in reviewA shot from a hundred and eighteen metres closes the book that opened with a hatchet at zero range

Vanilla Duo

  1. The wipe day briefingA new island rises at 13:52
  2. Week oneA hundred and twenty kills mark the island's first full week
  3. Week twoThe island fights less and gambles harder
  4. Week threeFifty kills and one grid square turn Sunday into the wipe's bloodiest afternoon
  5. The month in reviewTwenty-six days of quiet give way to one Sunday nobody forgets

Vanilla Quad retired

  1. The wipe day briefingA new island rises under clear skies, and nobody has done anything yet
  2. Week oneSix days in, the island finally finds something to shoot at
  3. Week twoAlmost half the week's kills happen at the same crossroads
  4. Week threeEleven kills in twenty one minutes, then four days of silence
  5. The month in reviewTwenty six days after clear skies, the island counts its kills and calls it a season

PvE Pure

  1. The wipe day briefingPure resets under clear skies and fluk3sh0t claims the island's first two elites
  2. Week oneEight thousand kills, one parachute, and a wheel that gives and takes in the same night
  3. Week twoKatnip breaks the wheel at Bandit Camp for eleven thousand scrap
  4. Week threeA single life runs past a hundred hours, and GrandpaRoger1 doesn't blink
  5. The wipe in reviewTwenty six days, one eleven thousand scrap spin, and mento walks off with the crown

PvE Zombies

  1. The wipe day briefingThe map turns over, and the island starts counting again
  2. Week oneSix days into the wipe, CyanN already tops both boards that matter
  3. Week twoOne pvp kill all week, and it lands at zero range
  4. Week threeAt Y4, TooBy sends the favor back
  5. The wipe in reviewThe wipe ends with Tom Cruise on top of the board, and two records that still won't move

PvE Hardcore

  1. The wipe day briefingClear skies over a brand new island, and forty five kills before the first hour is out
  2. Week oneSix days in, one resident is already living an entire wipe by himself
  3. Week twoThe gap gets wider: a thousand more kills, and the rest of the island still chasing
  4. Week threeLast wipe's kill record finally goes under
  5. The wipe in reviewTwenty six days, one name never headed, and a wheel that finally called in the debt

August 2026 season 2026-08

Vanilla Solo

  1. The wipe day briefingThe island wakes up thin and foggy
  2. Week oneThe scramble burns off, the routine holds
  3. Week twoThe guns go quiet, but the wheel never does
  4. Week threeThe house closes a week in the red for the first time all season
  5. The month in reviewThe guns go quiet two days before the map does

Vanilla Duo

  1. The wipe day briefingThe island reopens and immediately starts locking doors
  2. Week oneThe doors go quiet, the guns do not
  3. Week twoGrid E21 spends an afternoon as the island's only address
  4. Week threeThirty hours behind four walls, and the ladder moves anyway
  5. The month in reviewForty six kills into one life, a rocket writes the finale's biggest number

Vanilla Quad retired

  1. The wipe day briefingFresh dirt, one swipe, and twenty eight days to ruin it
  2. Week oneThe island opened every door it had, then stopped answering
  3. Week twoThe doors wake back up while the guns fall quiet
  4. Week threeThe island opens six doors in two bursts and calls off the war by nine in the morning
  5. The month in reviewThe guns fall silent and the loot rooms work through to the final night

PvE Pure

  1. The wipe day briefingSam4207158 and Big Tedies find the good crates before the first hour is out
  2. Week onePure spends its first week racing itself to the same doors
  3. Week twoLamb clears sixteen elite crates before the Thursday lunch rush
  4. Week threePJ comes within a second of the season's fastest door, then keeps looting anyway
  5. The wipe in reviewTy6xxx breaks the wipe night record twice before lunch

PvE Zombies

  1. The wipe day briefingThe island opens for business and already keeps a body count
  2. Week oneTooBy tops the board, then cleans out the casino for good measure
  3. Week twoCyanN logs forty more hours than the leader and still finishes second
  4. Week threeTheFlyingCow logs the season's most hours and still can't catch TooBy
  5. The wipe in reviewTooBy closes the season on top with fewer hours than the men chasing him

PvE Hardcore

  1. The wipe day briefingThe island opens with scrap in one hand and coin in the other
  2. Week oneThe wreckage of wipe day turns into a ledger
  3. Week twoA single life runs almost a full day and ends with three hundred and twenty four scientists dead
  4. Week threeTwo lives run past twelve hours, and one ends with three hundred and thirty two dead scientists
  5. The wipe in reviewThe season hands out its final records as a new island opens for business

July 2026 season 2026-07

Vanilla Solo

  1. The wipe in reviewTwo thousand seven hundred and eighty two hours, and one kill every eight and a half of them

Vanilla Duo

  1. The wipe in reviewOne thousand and seventy-two hours, and the ledger closes even

Vanilla Quad retired

  1. The wipe in reviewSeventy-seven residents, seven hundred and fifty-three hours, one hundred and seventy-five kills

PvE Pure

  1. The wipe in reviewNine Thousand Hours, Zero Duels, One Very Committed Fisherman

PvE Zombies

  1. The wipe in reviewThirty-eight kills in a month of twelve thousand hours

PvE Hardcore

  1. The wipe in reviewThree kills, 2,773 deaths, and a month spent looking the other way