Fortnite Competitive Updates - Chapter 2; Season 3

Hello Fortnite competitors! 

With the arrival of Fortnite Chapter 2 - Season 3, we’re ready to discuss what you can expect on the competitive front this Season — including tournaments, new rules, enforcement policies, and more.
 

Fortnite Official Broadcasts

With last Season’s FNCS Invitational, we wanted to see if we could bring back the official broadcast with a completely remote, socially-distanced production team. Given all of the positive feedback we received, we will continue to broadcast our FNCS tournaments this year while highlighting new and rising on-screen talent during these broadcasts.

Each season of FNCS broadcasts will also include more Competitive-themed Twitch drops. In an effort to better support community-led viewing experiences, we’ll be making these drops available to any Twitch channel streaming FNCS gameplay.
 

Fortnite Seasonal Items Update

With the Season 3 launch, we wanted to provide a reminder on how we’re handling Season launches and new items in Fortnite. When a new Season drops, core playlists and Arena will contain the same items. As new items are added throughout the season, there will be a two week evaluation period where new items are kept out of Arena and tournaments. If it is felt new item(s) will add value to competitive play, they may be added to the Arena and tournament pool after the evaluation period. In rare cases, some items may also be subject to change over the course of the season, as was seen with Remote Explosives and Grenades last Season. This philosophy only applies to items specifically and does not necessarily apply to map updates or environmental changes.
 

Fortnite Competitive Integrity Updates

Whether you’re a new or returning player to Fortnite Competitive, we encourage everyone to make sure they understand our rules for competitive play. With Chapter 2 - Season 3, we are introducing a few new guidelines:
 

Future Event Eligibility Policy

We are updating our event eligibility policy. If a player is caught breaking an official rule that results in a 30-day or longer competitive ban, that player will also be ineligible for the next Season’s FNCS (or other pinnacle event), regardless of competitive ban timing. 
 

Multiple Accounts and “Smurfing”

Effective immediately, players will not be permitted to play in the same session’s tournament across multiple accounts. This includes restarting a tournament on a different account to gain an unfair advantage, or having multiple players participate on the same machine.

Additionally, this season we will have some Cash Cups broken out by Arena level. Any instances of “smurfing” (playing on a secondary account that has a lower rank than your main account) in the lower level tournaments will result in actions against both your main account and smurf account. 
 

Display Name Policy

Part of our broadcast goals is to share Fortnite competitions with a globally diverse viewer base. It is our responsibility to make sure that all parts of our broadcast are living-room safe, including the display names of all competitors. Any player who has a questionable display name is required to change it now, or will be disqualified from current tournaments and ineligible for the next season’s FNCS depending on severity or repeated rule breaks.
 

Fortnite Season 3 Competitive Tournament Schedule*

Here’s the current schedule for Chapter 2 - Season 3 competitive play:

Contender-Only Trios Cash Cups: Every Wednesday from July 15 - August 12
Champion-Only Trios Cash Cups: Every Wednesday from July 15 - August 12
Platform Cash Cups: Every Thursday from July 16 - August 13
Hype Nite: Every Sunday from July 19 - August 16
FNCS Qualifier 1: August 1
FNCS Qualifier 2: August 2
FNCS Qualifier 3: August 8
FNCS Qualifier 4: August 9
FNCS Finals: August 14 - August 16

*All dates are subject to change
 

Dreamhack Online Tournaments featuring Fortnite

We are continuing to build out our competitive ecosystem and expanding competitive options for players with a partnership with Dreamhack. The first competition will be the Dreamhack Open featuring Fortnite starting in July with more online tournaments being scheduled for the rest of 2020. More info on what is coming is in Dreamhack’s press release is HERE.


Note: The Epic team will be taking time off from July 3 to July 12. There will be no tournaments with prizes during these dates.

Outside of the schedule above, we  are also planning additional activations across all regions for even more opportunities to hop in and compete. Keep an eye on the Compete tab in-game and follow @FNCompetitive for updates!

Good luck this Season!