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.

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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

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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:

Character's Collection Number

Character Name

Location

Available Services

#1

Fennix

Royal Ruin landmark - west of The Citadel and south of Breakwater Bay

  • Sells Combat SMG
  • Sells Firefly Jar

#2

Volpez

The Hall of Whispers landmark - west of Slappy Shores and south of Brutal Bastion

  • Activates Prop Disguise
  • Sells Submachine Gun

#3

Innovator Slone

Southern Ruin landmark - southeast of Rumble Ruins and northwest of Mega City

  • Sells Flapjack Rifle
  • Sells Grenades

#4

Aura

Hitches and Ditches landmark - east of Shattered Slabs and northeast of Frenzy Fields

  • Sells Thermal DMR
  • Sells Key

#5

Nia

Neon Bay Bridge landmark - west of Kenjutsu Crossing and south of Steamy Springs

  • Sells Explosive Repeater Rifle
  • Sells Tactical Pistol

#6

Guardian Amara

Brutal Bastion

  • Sells Kinetic Boomerang
  • Sells Small Shield Potions

#7

Trace

The Apparatus landmark - east of Rumble Ruins and southeast of Creeky Compound

  • Sells Thermal DMR
  • Sells Cloak Gauntlets

#8

Peely

Northern Ruin landmark - north of Shady Stilts and east of Breakwater Bay

  • Sells Exotic Shadow Tracker
  • Sells Bananas

#9

Purradise Meowscles

Sunswoon Lagoon landmark - west of Creeky Compound and north of Rumble Ruins

  • Sells Havoc Pump Shotgun
  • Sells Shield Potions

#10

Remedy

Frenzy Fields

  • Available for hire (Medic Specialist)
  • Sells Med-Mist

#11

Triage Trooper

Slappy Shores

  • Available for hire (Medic Specialist)
  • Sells Med Kit

#12

Kitbash

Breakwater Bay

  • Available for hire (Heavy Specialist)
  • Sells Maven Auto Shotgun

#13

Beastmode

Drift Ridge landmark - north of Mega City and southeast of Rumble Ruins

  • Available for hire (Heavy Specialist)
  • Sells Drum Shotgun

#14

Insight

Rumble Ruins

  • Available for hire (Scout Specialist)
  • Reveals next Storm Circle

#15

Longshot

Eastern Watch landmark - northeast of The Citadel and southeast of Breakwater Bay

  • Available for hire (Scout Specialist)
  • Reveals next Storm Circle

#16

Munitions Expert

Fallow Fuel landmark - north of Kenjutsu Crossing and southwest of Knotty Nets

  • Upgrades weapons
  • Available for hire (Supply Specialist)

#17

Triggerfish

Seaside Sentry landmark - on the beach by Seaside Sentry, northwest of Shattered Slabs

  • Sells Havoc Suppressed Rifle
  • Sells Tactical Pistol

#18

Bryne

Burning Beacon landmark - on the beach southeast of Neon Bay Bridge, southwest of Kenjutsu Crossing

  • Sells Small Shield Potions
  • Sells Shield Potions

#19

Turk

Berg Barge landmark - north of Shady Stilts and west of Beep 'N Bounce

  • Available for a Duel (reward: Submachine Gun or Tactical Pistol)
  • Sells Shield Fish
  • Sells Fishing Rod

#20

Riptide

Berg Barge landmark - near Turk, north of Shady Stilts and west of Beep 'N Bounce

  • Available for a Duel (reward: Havoc Pump Shotgun or Havoc Suppressed Rifle)
  • Sells Floppers
  • Sells Fishing Rod

#21

Stingray

Lonely Labyrinth landmark - this landmark can be found underneath Frigid Frog, north of Lonely Labs

  • Available for a Duel (reward: Havoc Pump Shotgun or Havoc Suppressed Rifle)
  • Sells Sharp Tooth Shotgun

#22

Era

Shady Stilts

  • Activates a Rift
  • Sells Key

#23

Princess Lexa

The Citadel

  • Sells MK-Alpha Assault Rifle
  • Sells Shield Potions

#24

Bushranger

Rowdy Acres landmark - west of Steamy Springs and south of Meadow Mansion

  • Sells Thermal DMR
  • Sells Big Bush Bombs

#25

Garrison

Watery Watch landmark - located on the bottom left corner of the map

  • Upgrades weapons
  • Available for hire (Supply Specialist)

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

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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.

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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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