Jason R. Rich - Expert Sniper Strategies for Fortniters: An Unofficial Guide to Battle Royale

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

SECTION 1

DISCOVER THE EVER-CHANGING WORLD OF FORTNITE: BATTLE ROYALE

W hen you step onto the mysterious island where Fortnite: Battle Royale takes place, youre always guaranteed to experience plenty of fun, as well as a few surprises.

Epic Games (the games developer) continuously tweaks Fortnite: Battle Royale by introducing new gaming elements, such as: points of interest (locations) to the island, types of terrain to explore, ways to get around the island, as well as weapons and loot items.

This is how the island map looked during Season 3 of Fortnite: Battle Royale. A lot has changed geographically on the island since then. There have been earthquakes, massive explosions, volcano eruptions, meteor strikes, an ice age, and other terrain-changing disasters.

Shown here is the Season 8 island map. As you can see, there are all-new points of interest, along with vastly different types of terrain and terrain-based challenges. During Season 9 and beyond, expect some additional and rather significant geographic changes to the island.

During each Solo (shown above), Duos, or Squads match you experience, for example, you control a single soldier who is visiting the island at the same time as up to 99 other soldiers, each of whom is controlled in real time by a different gamer. Since each gamers experience level, reaction time, and thought process is different, its virtually impossible to predict what to expect each time you encounter an enemy on the island.

In addition to the three main Fortnite: Battle Royale game play modesSolo, Duos, and SquadsEpic Games continues to introduce other exciting game play modes that allow you to experience the game in entirely new and challenging ways.

The Playground mode (shown above) allows you to spend time on the island exploring and experimenting with different weapons and items at your own pace. Creative mode allows you to design your own island from scratch, and then challenge yourself and other gamers in a one-of-a-kind match. There are also temporary game play modes from Epic Games, like Team Rumble, High Explosives, and 50v50 Squads, each of which offers an entirely different way to experience your time on the island.

If youre a newb (beginner), playing 50v50 matches typically allows you to stay in matches longer, find and utilize more powerful weapons, and have up to 49 other gamers watching your back in battles.

More Ways Fortnite: Battle Royale Constantly Changes

There are also many other things that keep Fortnite: Battle Royale interesting and challenging.

The ability to customize the appearance of your soldier is an extremely popular gaming feature, although how your soldier looks has no impact whatsoever on their fighting, exploration, building, or survival capabilities during a match.

In addition to purchasing or unlocking outfits and cosmetic accessories, including Back Bling (your soldiers backpack), Harvesting Tool (pickaxe) designs, Glider designs, Contrail designs, Emotes, and weapon wraps for your soldier, some of the outfits themselves can be altered using Unlockable Styles. These are typically unlocked by accomplishing specific tasks during game play.

Plus, each time a new way to transport your soldier around the island is introduced, it provides yet another way to protect your soldier, explore more territory faster, and potentially launch creative attacks against your enemies.

From vehicles to airplanes, jetpacks, rifts, hoverboards, balloons, and ziplines, discovering unique ways to use these transportation options can give you a tactical advantage during matches. With one, two, or three balloons attached to your soldiers back, for example, they can defy gravity and make large leaps, and then drift slowly to the ground without injury. The drawback to this transportation method (shown here on an iPad Pro) is that while airborne, your soldier becomes an easier target to see and shoot.