FNCS Major 2 Competitive Details

FNCS fans and competitors,

Ready up for FNCS Major 2 kicking off on Thursday, April 13, 2023!

Each FNCS Major is crucial to earning your spot in the Fortnite Champion Series Global Championship 2023 taking place in Copenhagen, Denmark, in late 2023. Continue reading for full details of what FNCS Major 2 has in store, including an updated format to allow more players to compete in FNCS for a share of the $2,001,200 prize pool!

FNCS Major 2 Format

FNCS Major 2 will not be using the Divisional Cup system from FNCS Major 1, in an effort to allow more players to compete in FNCS.

In case you missed it, North American players will compete under one unified competitive region, North America, instead of the previously split regions, NA-East and NA-West. For more information on this, please see our “Announcing the NA-Central Server Region for Fortnite” blog post where we first announced this change.

Weekly Competition

• April 13-16
• April 20-23
• April 27-30

For each weekly FNCS Major 2 competition, the top 200 highest points-earning duos from Round 1 will advance to that week’s Round 2 session. Following the conclusion of the Round 2 session, the top 50 highest points-earning duos from each region will advance to that week’s FNCS Major 2 Weekly Finals.

Each duo that participates in the furthest round and/or stage reached for a given weekly FNCS Major 2 competition will be awarded Series Points based on their results from that week. The top 40 duos (in other words, the 40 duos who’ve earned the highest cumulative Series Points on the Series Leaderboard across Weeks 1, 2, and 3) will qualify for the FNCS Major 2 Grand Finals.

FNCS Major 2 Surge Week

• May 5-7

Duos who place 41st through 90th on the Series Leaderboard after the three weeks of FNCS Major 2 weekly competition will advance to the FNCS Major 2 Surge Week. These duos will compete in five FNCS Major 2 Surge Week matches for an extra opportunity to earn one of the last spots in the FNCS Major 2 Grand Finals.

The five duos who claim a Victory Royale during any one of the Major 2 Surge Week matches will advance to the Major 2 Grand Finals, and the next 6th through 10th duos with the most points on the Leaderboard will also advance to the Grand Finals.

FNCS Major 2 Grand Finals

• May 12-14

The FNCS Major 2 Grand Finals will take place across two days of competition, with six matches each day for a total of twelve matches. Duos with the highest cumulative points on the applicable FNCS Major 2 Grand Finals leaderboard will win a piece of the $2,001,200 prize pool, and the top Duos in each region will advance to the FNCS Global Championship 2023.

Fortnite Champion Series Global Championship 2023

A total of 12 teams globally will qualify to the Upper Bracket of the FNCS Global Championship 2023 from FNCS Major 2. Here’s how it’s split per region:

Major 2 Qualification Spots for the FNCS Global Championship 2023

For more details about how to qualify for the FNCS Global Championship 2023, check out our “Roadmap to the FNCS Global Championship 2023” blog post.

FNCS Major 2 Broadcast Schedule

FNCS Major 2 will be broadcast across multiple platforms throughout April and May. The official English broadcast will focus on delivering the exciting story of the FNCS Major 2 as the competition unfolds across 5 weeks of competition, with one duos team eventually claiming the FNCS Axe of Champions. See the schedule below:

EU FNCS English Broadcasts

NA FNCS English Broadcasts

Where to Watch FNCS Major 2 Online

You can watch via Legend’s Landing in-game (island code 3303-7480-5925), the official FNCS livestream in supported languages, or any of the other livestream links below:

English coverage:
fn.gg/Twitch
fn.gg/YouTube
fn.gg/CompTwitter
www.facebook.com/FortniteGame/
fn.gg/TikTok 

Portuguese coverage:
youtube.com/c/fortnitebrasil
tiktok.com/@fortnite.competitivo
twitch.tv/brasil_fortnite

Broadcast Clean Feed

If you’re looking to host your own watch party or get additional practice on your casting abilities, there is a clean link feed at watch.fortnite.com/cleanfeed. Be sure to read and accept our Terms of Service there before accessing the feed.

For broadcasters who aren’t sure what a clean feed is, it’s simply a separate, clean broadcast of the match gameplay as it unfolds, without caster commentary.

Fortnite drops During FNCS Major 2

Tune into FNCS Major 2 broadcasts at Legends Landing (Island Code: 3303-7480-5925) to earn the Major 2 drops.
Drops availability schedule:

• Week 1 - FNCS Neon Emoticon
• Week 2 - Tie Dye Drift Emoticon
• Week 3 - Champion Thunder Spray
• Surge Week - Highwire’s Hot Pursuit Loading Screen
• Grand Finals - FNCS Defender Back Bling

To be eligible for the drops you need to visit Legends Landing during the FNCS broadcast (please refer to English FNCS Major 2 Broadcast Schedule in this blog).

Drops might take up to 7 days to appear on your Epic account.

FNCS Community Cup

FNCS fans! Drop into the Duos Battle Royale FNCS Community Cup on May 8, 2023, to earn FNCS-themed in-game cosmetic prizes.

Keep an eye out for the reveal of these in-game cosmetics and the FNCS Community Cup official rules, prizes, and eligibility later this Season on our official (English) Fortnite Competitive Twitter and Instagram.

Good luck to all competitors in both the FNCS Community Cup and FNCS Major 2!