Fortnite Season 9 is officially here, and there’s tons of new content added to keep you busy. With brand new challenges, skins and map changes here’s how you can finish each challenge that will appear in Fortnite Season 9 Week 1.
Fortnite Season 9 Week 1 Challenges
First, let’s get the free challenges out of the way and then we’ll move onto the Battle Pass challenges.
Fortnite Season 9 Week 1 Free Challenges
Ride the Slip Stream Around Stage 1 and Stage 2 – 5 Battle Stars
Ride the Slip Stream around Neo Tilted (Stage 1)
Simply hop on the slip stream in Neo Tilted
Ride the Slip Stream around Mega Mall (Stage 2)
Simply hop on the slip stream in Mega Mall
This is what it looks like in action
Visit all Sky Platforms – 7 in total – 5 Battle Stars
For this free challenge, you’ll need to visit all the sky platforms introduced in the new season. Simply hop in one of the air vents and you’ll be taken right up.
This is what a sky platform looks like
Here are all the locations for it
Deal 200 damage to an opponent within 10s after using a Shadow Bomb – 10 Battle Stars
This challenge requires you to use a shadow bomb and dealing 200 damage within 10 seconds of the shadow bomb usage
There are multiple ways you can go about this, here are a few
- Sneak up to an enemy, throw the bomb, and use a shotgun for closed ranged damage
- Throw the bomb from a distance towards an enemy, and using an AR or sniper to deal the damage, from afar
Since the challenge isn’t restricted to distance, you can go with either approach
Fortnite Season 9 Week 1 Battle Pass Challenges
Now that we have the free challenges out of the way, here are all the challenges you’ll have access to if you’ve purchased the battle pass
Pick up a Legendary Item in 5 different matches – 5 Battle Stars
So, this is a pretty straightforward challenge, and all you have to do is pick up a legendary item in 5 different matches. It isn’t restricted to guns, so any legendary item works.
Here are some tips to increase your chances of picking one up
- Constantly loot whatever you can. Even if it isn’t your playstyle, keep doing that for this challenge alone.
- Loot vending machines as they have a higher chance of dropping legendary items.
- Get as many kills as you can, and loot other players for legendary items.
Search 7 chests at Lucky Landing or Loot Lake – 5 Battle Stars
This is another pretty simple one, all you have to do is head over to Lucky Landing or Loot Lake and simply search 7 chests.
3 Scoped Weapon Eliminations – 10 Battle Stars
For this challenge, you’ll need to take out 3 enemy players with a scoped weapon.
Currently, there are 3 scoped weapons in the game
- Assault Rifle (Scoped)
- Suppressed Sniper Rifle
- Heavy Sniper Rifle
Try prioritizing kills with the scoped sniper rifles as they deal more damage from a distance. This reduces the chance of you being spotted, and get killed in close quarters combat.
Deal (___) damage to opponents from at least _ stories above – 10 Battle Stars
- Stage 1: 300 damage, from at least 2 stories above
- Stage 2: 200 damage, from at least 4 stories above
- Stage 3: 100 damage, from at least 6 stories above
This challenge will take you some time, but it isn’t that hard to manage. You can deal damage from multiple stories but it takes careful planning and building to actually execute.
Here are some tips
- Set up a base on a mountain top, or tall building, and start taking out players from atop and afar, this will help you minimize the amount of damage you receive since you’ll have the higher ground.
- Use your own builds to gain a level of height above your enemy and take them out.
Utopia Challenge
The hint for this secret is on the gun, where you can see the coordinates I5, I6, J5, and J6.
Here’s where you can find it on the map
Fortnite Season 9 Week 1 Cheat Sheet
Here’s the cheat sheet that’ll help you out in this week for all the challenges
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