Fortnite Chapter 5 Season 1 Best Landing Spots
12.01.2024 - 07:27
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The Fortnite Chapter 5 map is a much different beast than the island we fought on in Chapter 4. Obviously, it's an entirely new island with entirely new landmarks on it, but it also feels pretty different. This map is more geographically volatile--meaning there are a lot more hills and mountains and sharp cliff faces all over the place, much more like the retro map we played on in OG season.
Likewise, we've got entirely new types of locations here, with multiple Places of Interest (POIs) that are primarily just a single massive building, something Fortnite has never done before. It's a whole new ballgame out there in some significant ways, and it's been a process to find the best landing spots.
But found them we have. Below you'll see our nine favorite places to drop in Fortnite Chapter 5 Season 1, as well as our reasons for loving those places so you can see if you might want to try them out as well. Let's take a look.
Most of the major named locations on the Chapter 5 map are warzones from the very start, but I rarely encounter other players at this POI in the far northwest corner of the map, which is home to the NPC Steelsight, who sells grapple blades and is available for hire. Beyond that, you'll find more than enough loot here to outfit an entire squad.
Given its central location, Ruined Reels naturally gets more traffic than Rebel's Roost, but Tilted Towers this ain't. This spot is remarkably chill for being right in the middle of the island, and its centrality means the whole circle is open to you.
Montague's mythic Nemesis AR is absolutely worth dying for, but since it's mostly one very large building, Grand Glacier (like Lavish Lair) provides too many angles to get surprised from for there to be a specific reliable drop spot on the main property itself. Instead, away a little bit to the northeast there's a smaller building that usually has at least one vehicle parked out front along with a sewer tunnel that will take you right to the entrance of the Grand Glacier vault beneath the main staircase. There's a good chance you'll have to fight someone here, but it's a much safer bet than going straight into the main building for most players.
Every POI that has a boss with a medallion and mythic weapon tends to be exceedlingly chaotic because those mythic guns are actually good enough to be worth the hassle of fighting over them. But fighting the bosses and their armies of NPCs is super dangerous at the start of a round because it's so easy to get jumped by an opposing team while you're looking at the NPCs.
But Valeria's house, in the