Chapter 5 Season 3 is well underway in Fortnite, which means plenty of weekly challenges are trickling in for you to complete as you dive off the Battle Bus into your next match.
Completing these challenges can offer you a bit of a head start on the Battle Pass earning a generous amount of additional XP. New challenges are released each week, right up until the end of the season.
There are a total of five challenges to complete every week, so here's a rundown of everything you'll need to check off to get the maximum reward.
Week 9 challenges
| Challenge |
Requirement |
| Eliminate opponents with the Combat Shotgun |
5 |
| Outlast players while holding a Medallion |
30 |
| Survive Storm Circles |
15 |
| Emote at Brawler's Battleground and Nitrodome |
2 |
| Damage opponents using a weapon with an underbarrel mod |
2,000 |
Week 8 challenges
| Challenge |
Requirement |
| Eliminate players with pistols or SMGs |
4 |
| Mod a vehicle within 60 seconds of landing from the bus |
1 |
| Search chests |
25 |
| Hit different opponents with Nitro Fists in a single match |
3 |
| Damage opponents with Shotguns |
1,000 |
Week 7 challenges
| Challenge |
Requirement |
| Mod a vehicle with Off-Road Tires or Bulletproof Tires |
1 |
| Slide across a vehicle |
1 |
| Fire shots |
500 |
| Damage opponents or vehicles while attached with a Tow Hook Cannon |
750 |
| Eliminate opponents using a weapon with a barrel mod |
10 |
Week 6 challenges
| Challenge |
Requirement |
| Travel distance while attached to a vehicle with a Tow Hook Cannon |
250 |
| Knockback vehicles with Heavy Impact Sniper Rifle |
3 |
| Mod weapons at a Mod Bench |
4 |
| Capture Loot Island or a Storm Forecast Tower |
3 |
| Collect Ammo |
1,500 |
Week 5 challenges
| Challenge |
Requirement |
| Use Nitro Splash in a vehicle |
3 |
| Damage opponents while in a vehicle |
200 |
| Emote while attached with a Tow Hook Cannon |
1 |
| Collect weapons from eliminated opponents |
10 |
| Damage players using Epic or better weapons |
500 |
Week 4 challenges
| Challenge |
Requirement |
| Jam at a named location |
1 |
| Apply Mods to different vehicles |
3 |
| Deal damage to or take damage from a Warbus |
250 |
| Collect Rare or better items |
30 |
| Damage opponents with the Tri-Beam Laser Rifle |
1,000 |
Week 3 challenges
| Challenge |
Requirement |
| Repair a vehicle with the Repair Torch |
1 |
| Destroy Nitro Barrels with a vehicle |
10 |
| Restore health |
200 |
| Eliminate Wasteland Guards or Bosses |
15 |
| Collect Bars from eliminated players |
300 |
Week 2 challenges
| Challenge |
Requirement |
| Travel distance over water while infused with Nitro |
400 |
| Damage players with pistols |
500 |
| Recover health or gain shields in an Oasis Pool |
150 |
| Drive or ride in Megalo Don's Behemoth, The Machinist's Lockjaw, Ringmaster Scarr's Lockjaw, or a War Bus |
1 |
| Mod a vehicle with a Cow Catcher or a Spiked Bumper |
2 |
Week 1 challenges
| Challenge |
Requirement |
| Restore health or gain shields with Slurp Cactus |
300 |
| Eliminate players using a weapon with a scope mod |
3 |
| Damage opponents with Nitro Fists |
400 |
| Defeat Megalo Don, The Machinist, or Ringmaster Scarr |
3 |
| Enter a car from the roof |
1 |
Week 0 challenges
| Challenge |
Requirement |
| Fully refuel or repair a vehicle |
1 |
| Deal explosive damage to opponents |
250 |
| Visit Redline Rig, Brutal Beachhead, and Nitrodome |
3 |
| Destroy objects while in a vehicle |
150 |
| Travel distance while boosting |
2,000 |
All of the weekly challenges that are available to complete right now are in the table above - each earning you 15,000 XP for each challenge you complete in the game.
As expected, a lot of these challenges have been set to encourage trying out the various weapons and map changes laid out in the patch notes.
When are the weekly Fortnite challenges released?
New weekly challenges are expected to be added to Fortnite every week on Tuesday at 7AM PT | 11AM ET | 3PM BST. You can keep track of them on your 'Quests' screen.
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Ben Williams
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