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In just about seven months, "Fortnite Battle Royale" has become the hottest game in the world.
The game is not only free-to-play for anyone, it's also everywhere you could possibly play a video game: It's a free download for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC, but also iOS. It's coming soon to Android.
The gist of "Fortnite Battle Royale" is simple: 100 players are dropped onto an island with a constantly-shrinking "safe zone." There are weapons and special items scattered all over the island. The goal is to be the last person standing at the end.
"Fortnite Battle Royale" may seem straightforward, but it's actually a very nuanced game with plenty of depth. And knowledge, in addition to fast reflexes, is crucial to surviving and winning the 100-person battle royale.
And so, here are 15 tips and tricks to win at "Fortnite Battle Royale":1. Take advantage of the training area before the game starts.Dave Smith/Business InsiderBefore every game, all of the players are loaded into a lobby of sorts, where you'll be able to pick up a few weapons and materials to practice shooting and building, respectively. If you're feeling unsure about controls, use this time to get familiar.
2. Use your pickaxe on everything you can, especially at the start of each game.Dave Smith/Business Insider
Every character in "Fortnite Battle Royale" carries an indestructible pickaxe, and almost every object in the game can be destroyed with your pickaxe. Just hit it repeatedly to gather its materials — wood, metal, or brick — which you'll use to build forts, ramps, walls, and defenses.
Gathering materials early on is the key to a good defense in "Fortnite Battle Royale." The best players break everything apart from the very start of the game, from trees to boxes and even walls and floors.
3. Learn to build. Building is the key to your defense, and defense often means survival.Epic Games
This is crucial for newcomers. Practice making quick buildings and ramps around your character in just a few seconds, which can save your character if you're getting shot at. Practice building to climb mountains and buildings quickly. Keep practicing. Building is your best mode of transport in "Fortnite," but it's also your very best defense aside from the potions and Med Kits you'll find strewn around the island.
4. Your health is most important. Prioritize consumables that restore your health and shields.Dave Smith/Business Insider
Several items can restore your health, or make you harder to kill. Shields, in particular, will give you a much better chance at surviving the battle royale:
- Bandages and Med Kits restore your health (the green bar at the bottom of the screen), but only Med Kits can fully restore your health.
- Shield Potions and Small Shield Potions (or "Minis") restore your shields (the blue bar on top of the green bar), but only two Shield Potions can fully restore your health.
- The Chug Jug takes 15 seconds to consume, but gives you full health and shields.
- Drinking Slurp Juice will give you one health point per second and one shield point per second, for 25 seconds.
5. Know each weapons' strengths and weaknesses.Epic Games
- Snipers are perfect for taking out enemies from long distance, but terrible for close combat.
- Shotguns are perfect for when enemies are close, but you need to be aggressive when using it. (Try jumping while pushing forward on an enemy to be a moving target.)
- Assault rifles are great at long distances, but can be used up close as well when necessary. Some have scopes; others don't.
- Submachine guns fire really quickly, but are bad at long distance.
- Pistols are good at medium range, but may fire too slowly for close-combat situations.
- Rocket launchers and grenade launchers are great for destroying enemy forts and buildings in a shot or two — and usually your opponents along with them.
- The Crossbow has unlimited shots. But it's a crossbow. So there's that.
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