The next round of Fortnite’s SpongeBob crossover has surfaced, and it leans hard into the 2025 film The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants. The headline addition is a new Ice Spice outfit, but Wave 2 also folds in fresh pickaxes, back blings, and Patrick Star as a playable Sidekick.
Quick answer: Wave 2 adds a movie-styled Ice Spice skin, a “Big Guy” emote plus a Jam Track/Fortnite Moment, an Ice Spice back bling, and Patrick Star as a Sidekick with multiple styles. Epic Games has not confirmed a release, but the cosmetics are expected in the Item Shop on July 24, 2026, at 8 PM ET.
What Wave 2 of the SpongeBob collab includes
The files point to a full cosmetics set built around Ice Spice’s role in the film, alongside a Bikini Bottom staple joining as a companion rather than a full skin. Here is what has been pulled from the game so far.
| Item | Type | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| Ice Spice | Outfit | Flowery swimsuit look from the SpongeBob movie |
| Big Guy | Emote | Based on Ice Spice’s “Big Guy” song |
| Big Guy | Jam Track / Fortnite Moment | Playable in-game music |
| Ice Spice avatar | Back bling | Modeled on her “Big Guy” music video look |
| Patrick Star | Sidekick | Ships with multiple selectable styles |
The new Ice Spice skin, explained
This is not Ice Spice’s first appearance in Fortnite. She previously showed up as part of the Chapter 2 Remix Battle Pass. The new version instead recreates her underwater-themed appearance from Search for SquarePants, dressing her in a flowery swimsuit that matches the movie’s setting.
The set also builds out her music. The “Big Guy” track becomes an emote and is set to arrive as a Jam Track and Fortnite Moment, so you can play it in-game. On top of that, her look from the “Big Guy” music video is being turned into a back bling.
The reveal came out of files posted by dataminer HYPEX, who shared the first glimpse of the Wave 2 cosmetics.
Patrick Star joins as a Sidekick, not a skin
Patrick Star is being handled the same way SpongeBob was, arriving as a Sidekick companion instead of a full playable outfit. The Sidekick comes with several styles, letting you lock in the version of Patrick you want as his permanent appearance.
Release timing and what’s confirmed
Epic Games has not officially announced these cosmetics or attached a date to them. The most likely window points to the Fortnite Item Shop on July 24, 2026, at 8 PM ET, in line with the shop’s usual daily rotation.
The underlying files first turned up after the v41.20 update, when the Ice Spice and “Big Guy” emote references were spotted alongside the wider batch of new skins. Dataminers HYPEX and ShiinaBR flagged those files early.
Note: As with any datamine, plans can shift before anything goes live. Treat the July 24 timing as expected rather than locked, and consider it confirmed only once the set appears in the Item Shop or Epic posts an official announcement.
For now, the shape of Wave 2 is clear: a movie-inspired Ice Spice outfit with its own emote, Jam Track, and back bling, plus Patrick Star rounding out the Bikini Bottom lineup as a multi-style Sidekick.
