While exploring the numerous POIs and landmarks on the Fortnite map, players will sometimes notice a speech bubble appear on their map. This means that a character that they can interact with is nearby, and they will exchange gold bars for some of their services.
This guide will show players the locations of all the Fortnite NPCs in mentioned in the Collection tab of the game, and other encounters that they might have with other characters wandering around the Chapter 4 Season 3 map.
Update on August 9, 2023, by Ashely Claudino: Chapter 4 Season 3 will be coming to an end within a couple of weeks. Throughout the past couple of months, the game has received several updates. During these patches, the Fortnite loot pool has been changed quite a lot, so certain weapons have been vaulted and others have been added to the game. For example, players can no longer purchase the Heavy Sniper Rifle from any NPCs since it was vaulted. However, the Maven Auto Shotgun has been removed from the game, but Kitbash still sells its Epic rarity variant at Breakwater Bay.
His guide has been updated in order to be as accurate as possible. It contains all the NPCs available on the Battle Royale map since the v25.30 update, released on August 8.
Friendly Character Locations and Services
At the start of the season, players could find a total of 16 NPCs on the Fortnite island, and now there are 20 characters wandering on the island, all of which have their own services to offer. It's likely that this number will increase as more updates are released throughout Chapter 4 Season 3.
None of these NPCs will be hostile or aggressive towards the players unless provoked. It's not worth taking them out on purpose since they have a significant amount of health and only drop uncommon loot once eliminated.
It's useful to know where to find a specific NPC if they have any items that might be required for a quest, so here is the location of every friendly character on the Fortnite battle royale map and the kind of services they'll have available:
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Character's Collection Number |
Character Name |
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Available Services |
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#1 |
Fennix |
Royal Ruin landmark - west of The Citadel and south of Breakwater Bay |
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#2 |
Volpez |
The Hall of Whispers landmark - west of Slappy Shores and south of Brutal Bastion |
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#3 |
Innovator Slone |
Southern Ruin landmark - southeast of Rumble Ruins and northwest of Mega City |
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#4 |
Aura |
Hitches and Ditches landmark - east of Shattered Slabs and northeast of Frenzy Fields |
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#5 |
Nia |
Neon Bay Bridge landmark - west of Kenjutsu Crossing and south of Steamy Springs |
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#6 |
Guardian Amara |
Brutal Bastion |
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#7 |
Trace |
The Apparatus landmark - east of Rumble Ruins and southeast of Creeky Compound |
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#8 |
Peely |
Northern Ruin landmark - north of Shady Stilts and east of Breakwater Bay |
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#9 |
Purradise Meowscles |
Sunswoon Lagoon landmark - west of Creeky Compound and north of Rumble Ruins |
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#10 |
Remedy |
Frenzy Fields |
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#11 |
Triage Trooper |
Slappy Shores |
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#12 |
Kitbash |
Breakwater Bay |
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#13 |
Beastmode |
Drift Ridge landmark - north of Mega City and southeast of Rumble Ruins |
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#14 |
Insight |
Rumble Ruins |
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#15 |
Longshot |
Eastern Watch landmark - northeast of The Citadel and southeast of Breakwater Bay |
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#16 |
Munitions Expert |
Fallow Fuel landmark - north of Kenjutsu Crossing and southwest of Knotty Nets |
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#17 |
Triggerfish |
Seaside Sentry landmark - on the beach by Seaside Sentry, northwest of Shattered Slabs |
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#18 |
Bryne |
Burning Beacon landmark - on the beach southeast of Neon Bay Bridge, southwest of Kenjutsu Crossing |
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#19 |
Turk |
Berg Barge landmark - north of Shady Stilts and west of Beep 'N Bounce |
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#20 |
Riptide |
Berg Barge landmark - near Turk, north of Shady Stilts and west of Beep 'N Bounce |
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#21 |
Stingray |
Lonely Labyrinth landmark - this landmark can be found underneath Frigid Frog, north of Lonely Labs |
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#22 |
Era |
Shady Stilts |
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#23 |
Princess Lexa |
The Citadel |
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#24 |
Bushranger |
Rowdy Acres landmark - west of Steamy Springs and south of Meadow Mansion |
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#25 |
Garrison |
Watery Watch landmark - located on the bottom left corner of the map |
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Gamers should always talk to an NPC when they're nearby; characters will give a free item and some XP to those that speak to them.
Other NPCs
There are more NPCs on the map besides the ones mentioned above; they work a bit differently, but players can still benefit from encountering them.
Random Encounters
Players might have random encounters on the map with unexpected NPCs. It's not possible to interact with these characters, and they will often simply be standing around with a few chests around them or doing a random activity.
Highcard NPC
There are also Highcard NPCs that appear marked on the map, and players can defeat them to collect a vault key. These characters aren't hostile at first, but the entire group will start shooting at the player if they attack them. Gamers can take down the Highcard boss to open the vaults at Mega City, Shattered Slabs, the Eastern Watch landmark, the Secluded Spire, and Meadow Mansion.
Wildguard Relik Boss
Wildguard Relik is Chapter 4 Season 3's main boss. Unlike Highcard, he is hostile at all times and will immediately attack on sight. Even though he's strong and highly aggressive, Wildguard Relik can be worth defeating, especially if gamers have confidence in their arsenal of weapons and are at max health and shields.
Wildguard Relik drops two exclusive items once he's been defeated: Wildguard Relik's Mythic Cloak Gauntlets and Wildguard Relik's Mythic MK-Alpha Assault Rifle. These are improved versions of the Cloak Gauntlets and the MK-Alpha Assault Rifle. So, even though they're harder to obtain, they're a guaranteed drop and will provide an advantage compared to their standard counterparts.
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