How to throw something in Fortnite

Fortnite is back with another set of weekly challenges, each offering players some extensive XP rewards for their hard-earned efforts. In the case of this week, one of the challenges players may struggle to complete is the quest that asks you to throw something.

At first glance, it may appear the challenge is tasking you to do something slightly laborious, but in actual fact, it’s much simpler than it initially seems. The common problem many players face is overthinking the solution when it’s really as easy as it sounds.

It’s incredibly vague and could potentially lead to confusion when you just want to complete them all as fast as possible.

How do you throw something?

It's incredibly easy to throw something in Fortnite: with the item you want to throw selected, you then need to aim as if you were looking down the sights of your weapon and throw it by pressing the fire button. Your item will leave your hand and hit the targeted area.

To complete the throw something challenge, players can use a variety of items, like Chug Splashes, Grenades, and even opponents. It all ties into the theme of this week’s set of challenges, which is called Throw Down.

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Obviously, the easiest of these to throw is either grenades or Chug Splashes. Both can be found fairly regularly around the Fortnite island, but you can make things easier if you’re really struggling. With the new perk Augment system, select the Splash Medic perk once it appears. If you’re not coming across it, keep re-rolling until you do - it’s relatively common.

Once you have thrown something once, the challenge will be marked as complete, allowing you to work on the remainder of your missions for the week in Fortnite.

If you need a new perk, check out how to reroll Augments in Fortnite.