These are some Beginner tips for new players in Fortnite Battle Royale.
Please add any more tips you have!
- First and foremost, this game is about surviving, not killing.
- In addition, fighting other players makes you both better at fighting in the future, and gives you better loot. Nowadays, hiding is now looked down upon and not recommended.
- If you drop into a populated area, you have a chance of getting something good, but you also have a high chance of dying.
- Drop into an unpopulated area and you will have to run farther to get good guns. Be sure to do so quickly, before any other players can grab them.
- Landing near other players often results in death so do so with this risk in mind.
- Your pickaxe can also damage players but it is weak. It does 20 damage per hit to players.
- A twinkling, almost angelic sound means there is a chest nearby.
- There are a lot of chests in this game and a lot of them have decent loot.
- Chests drop a guaranteed weapon (of random rarity), ammo for it and a random consumable (bandages, med kit, shield, slurp juice, the bush, chug jug) or grenades.
- You can only find the Rocket/Grenade Launcher, Minigun, Bush, Chug Jug or Boogie Bomb in chests/supply drops.
- Be sure to loot all chests in the area as some may have very good items.
- There are 5 tiers of weapons in this game:
- Common (Gray)
- Uncommon (Green)
- Rare (Blue)
- Epic (Purple)
- Legendary (Orange)
- Legendary items are EXTREMELY rare and very hard to come by, although Supply Drops will always give you a legendary.
- Weapon accuracy is increased depending of the tier of the weapon. For example, a Gray tactical shotgun's hip-fire accuracy is larger than a Blue rarity tactical shotgun. Same goes for every weapon.
- Rocket Launchers are pretty rare to find, including ammo for them, but are very powerful.
- A good strategy for dealing with people in bases is firing a rocket, then using your rifle to break the wall. If they don't build a new wall, the rocket will hit and either kill or take off their shields completely.
- There are five types of healing items: Bandage, Medkit, Slurp Juice, Campfire, and Chug Jug.
- There are also shield potions that add to your health.
- Shield potions will dramatically increase your survival.
- Slurp juice is another type of potion which will gradually increase your health or shields by 75, depending on which is lost. Health will heal first, shield second.
- Bandages can only heal you up to 75 hp.
- Slurp Juice can heal you to 100 hp, so it is best to use it after healing with bandages if you don't have a MedKit.
- Chug Jug refills all health and shield instantly after a 15 sec. use time.
- The Cozy Campfire must be placed on a floor, but can be very powerful since it heals 50 hp over 25 seconds, and doesn't take up an inventory slot.
- Don't rush into rooms, be sure to peek around corners before entering a room.
- Pay attention to both visual and sound cues.
- Prioritize Assault and Sniper Rifles, but don't forget about a Shotgun even till the end of the game.
- Each loadout typically has a Shotgun, SMG, AR, Sniper/Explosive, and a healing item.
- Don't get forced in by the Circle, plan in advance.
- Build ramps to access new areas.
- After killing someone don't loot immediately, first check that there is no one else around who may kill you while you are looting.
- All weapons except sniper rifles, grenade launchers, and rocket launchers are "hitscan" weapons. The visualization of their bullets are superficial except to allow players to note where the shots are coming from. "hitscan" weapons do not require you to lead your shots, and you can aim directly at your target no matter the distance.
- Walking over ammo, building materials and traps will automatically pick them up. Use this to clear up the clutter for when you are looting player's bodies.
- Don't always use a shield potion right away! You may find mini shields soon after.
- Beware of damage traps! They can be either on the wall, floor or ceiling. Enter every building with extreme caution, as they are silent after they are placed.
- Traps deal 150 damage, which can instantly kill (or knock out in squad game) any player.
- Traps only activate on buildings which are fully built. Meaning that if you are in a hurry, place traps on wooden walls since they build faster.
- Traps cannot be placed on other players' buildings.
- Launch Pads are extremely useful. They can be used for escaping the storm, getting in or out of a fight and dropping in bases for a surprise attack. If you see one, make it a high priority to pick it up.
- Remember to collect resources. Wood is fastest to farm, but the weakest, brick is medium, metal is the hardest. You will die without resources in this game. (I strongly recommend having a seperate bind keys for walls and ramps)
- Trees, rocks, buildings and everything destructible can be destroyed with a pick faster if you aim your pick towards the blue circle that appears when mining an object. This will give you 2x materials and mine it 2x as fast.
- Never let anyone have the high ground over you as they will have the advantage.
- Always build up. Never shoot without some kind of cover. If there isn't any - make one.
- Try to learn how to build, loot and correct your inventory the fastest way possible. But apart from that haste isn't always advised.
- Be like Obi Wan Kenobi - higher ground is almost always an advantage.
- Remember you can destroy pretty much anything in this game. Someone is camping in the building? Bring down the walls!
- Be aware of the storm. The first two circles deal small damage, but are fast. From the third one up it hits harder, but you can outrun it!
- Mini shields can only heal up to 50 shields, so drink them first before your Slurp/Big Shield.
- Consider firing in semi-automatic shots with automatic weapons such as the assault rifles. Doing so will allow you to shoot with 100% acccuracy. NOTE: When using 100% accuracy with burst assault rifles, only the first two out of the three shots will be accurate.
- ALWAYS take everything when you have free inventory slots. Even if you won't use them, it prevents someone else using it against you.
- Read the patch notes! This game changes constantly and knowing what changed can greatly assist your gameplay.
