How to win Fortnite by staying out of the battle

There’s more than one way to play Fortnite. Sure, you can drop directly into Titled Towers and hope that, as the chalice of battle boils away, you’ll be part of the residue left behind. But don’t you get tired of that? Don’t you ever wonder what it’s like on the periphery where you can hear every footstep land? More pertinently: don’t you want to know if there’s another way to win? In the busier spots of Fortnite’s map, your focal point is always the nearest bunny-hopping figure on the horizon, your attention snapping naturally from one opponent to the next. But in the quiet places, where enemies are an irregularity, you can hunker down in a sports centre or shipping container, plant the traps you’ve been ignoring, and just listen. Listen to the shimmer of the chests that nobody but you will find. Listen for a rare player who happens upon your hiding place and track their location in stereo. In the quiet places of Fortnite, you can feel a tension like no other in the game, and reach the top ten without firing a shot. But you’ve got to find them first.