Fortnite

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Fortnite

Developers
	Epic Games
	People Can Fly
LEGO® Fortnite	LEGO
Rocket Racing	Psyonix
Fortnite Festival	Harmonix Music Systems
Publishers
	Epic Games
Engines
	Unreal Engine 5
2017-2021 / Save the World	Unreal Engine 4
Release dates
Windows	July 21, 2017
macOS (OS X)	July 21, 2017
Reception
Metacritic	81
OpenCritic	84
IGDB	83
Taxonomy
Monetization	Sponsored, Subscription
Microtransactions	Currency, Cosmetic
Modes	Multiplayer
Perspectives	Third-person
Genres	Battle royale, TPS

Warnings

This game requires a constant internet connection for all game modes.

Fortnite is a multiplayer third-person battle royale and TPS game.

The Chapter 4 Season 1 update added support for Unreal Engine 5.1, which brought support for Nanite, Lumen, Virtual Shadow Maps and Temporal Super Resolution to the game.
As of Chapter 2 Season 4 (August 27, 2020) the game is no longer being developed for macOS. The last supported version is 13.40.

General information

Official support

Official Discord server

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail
Official website
Epic Games Store

All versions require Epic Games Launcher DRM and a constant internet connection for all game modes.

Version differences

Fortnite Battle Royale

The popular free-to-play 100-player PvP mode of the game.

This mode was originally in paid Early Access for two weeks before it was released as a free-to-play mode on September 26, 2017.

Fortnite Save The World / Standard Edition

The original mode of the game; a PvE co-op campaign that was released to Early Access on July 25, 2017 and remained as such up until June 30, 2020. While Epic originally mentioned that the intention was to make the mode free-to-play when was released, during the 2020 release announcement they stated that the mode would remain a premium experience rather than going free-to-play.

The Standard Edition includes the PvE co-op campaign, 7 pinata packs, and 4 in-game icons.

Deluxe Edition

Includes everything the Standard Edition includes, along with the Starter Hero Pack and additional in-game items, consumables, and cosmetics; some of which are exclusive.

Monetization

Type	Notes
Sponsored	Nike clothes are featured in the game.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%LOCALAPPDATA%\FortniteGame\Saved\Config\WindowsClient
macOS (OS X)

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%LOCALAPPDATA%\FortniteGame\Saved\SaveGames\
macOS (OS X)

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Epic Games Launcher

Video

Video options

Graphics feature	State	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		FXAA, TAA, TSR
High-fidelity upscaling		TSR, DLSS 2.2
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS		Specific frame rate limit can be selected, or set to unlimited.
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the engine page to force native HDR output, or the glossary page for other alternatives.
Ray tracing (RT)		Ray traced reflections, shadows, ambient occlusion and global illumination. Nanite Virtualized Geometry must be enabled for RT. Global Illumination and Reflections must be set to "Lumen High" or "Lumen Epic". Lumen Global Illumination and Lumen Reflections can be accelerated in hardware when Hardware Ray Tracing is enabled, otherwise software ray tracing will be utilized.
Color blind mode		Deuteranopia, protanopia, and tritanopia.

The game engine may allow for manual configuration of the game via its variables. See the Unreal Engine 5 page for more details.

The game engine may allow for manual configuration of the game via its variables. See the Unreal Engine 4 page for more details.

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  Game UI options

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  Game options

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration		Disabled by default.
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion		Under 'Game' settings, below 'Extra Game Options' called 'Invert View' and 'Invert Airborne Controls'.
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping		Choose between four presets: Combat Pro, Builder Pro, Old School, Quick Builder, or custom mappings.
Controller sensitivity		Adjustable for both Combat & Building
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration

DualShock 4 controllers		Native support when wired
DualShock button prompts
Light bar support		Use Aurora
Connection modes	unknown

Generic/other controllers
Button prompts		Game features an option to change the displayed prompts.

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Simultaneous controller+KB/M		Button prompts flicker between KB/M and controller

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  Mouse and keyboard options

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  Controller options

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  Touch and motion options

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  Default key bindings

Audio

Audio options

Subtitles options

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound		Automatically configured. Confirmed up to 7.1 output.
Subtitles		Appearance can be customized.
Closed captions		Enabled alongside subtitles.
Mute on focus lost		Can be set to on, off or notifications only.
EAX support		3D Headphones HRTF in options. (Resonance Audio.)
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Polish
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian
Spanish
Latin American Spanish
Turkish

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
LAN play
Online play		100	Versus, Co-op Battle Royale: 100-players PvP mode. Save The World: 4-players PvE co-op campaign. Creative: Up to 50 players. LEGO Fortnite: up to 16-players PvE mode. Rocket Racing & Fortnite Festival: 16-players. 'Supports crossplay with Nintendo Switch, Xbox One & Series S & X, PS4,PS5 and Android.

Connection types

Type	Native	Notes
Matchmaking
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated
Self-hosting
Direct IP

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	11, 12	Support for DirectX 9 and 10 was removed in patch v10.00. Beta support for DirectX 12 was added in patch v11.20. DirectX 12 became default renderer on higher-end hardware as of the Chapter 4 Season 1 update. DirectX 11 does not support Lumen and Nanite.
Metal support

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Audio	Resonance Audio	Vivox for voice chat
Multiplayer	Epic Online Services
Anti-cheat	BattlEye, Easy Anti-Cheat	Fortnite uses both of them (not simultaneously).

System requirements

Windows

macOS (OS X)

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	10	11
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core i3-3225 3.3 GHz	Intel Core i5-7300U 2.6 GHz AMD Ryzen 3 3300U 2.1 GHz
System memory (RAM)	8 GB	16 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)		NVMe SSD
Video card (GPU)	Intel HD Graphics 4000 AMD Radeon Vega 8 DirectX 11 compatible	Nvidia GeForce GTX 960 AMD Radeon R9 280 2 GB of VRAM

Nanite Virtualized Geometry setting requires an Nvidia GeForce Maxwell generation or an AMD Radeon GCN 1 generation video card. GeForce RTX 2080 or Radeon RX 5700 are recommended.

For Epic quality presets the recommendations are Intel Core i7-8700 3.2 GHz or AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 3.6 GHz, 16 GB RAM, Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 or AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT, and an NVMe SSD.

Starting with Chapter 4 Season 2 (March 10, 2023) the game requires Windows 10 or higher. Support for Windows 7 and 8 has been retired.

macOS (OS X)
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	10.14.6 (Mojave)
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core i3-3225 3.3 GHz	Intel Core i5-7300U 2.6 GHz
System memory (RAM)	8 GB	16 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)		NVMe SSD
Video card (GPU)	Intel Iris Pro Graphics 5200 Metal compatible	AMD Radeon R9 280 2 GB of VRAM

A 64-bit operating system is required.