Fortnite XP gets a boost after battle royale players complained that leveling up was too slow in Chapter 6, but "it still isn't enough" to make up for the nerf

Dec. 4, 2024

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Epic Gamesis attempting to make amends for the huge nerfs to XP gain inFortniteChapter 6: Season 1, but battle royale players insist that the leveling-up situation is"still awful."

Clearly, though, developer Epic Games is aware of the complaints because it’s now made a few alterations. One of the main issues was with the merge of Daily Quests into one tab – while you could previously complete a few dailies in different modes for loads of bonus XP, Chapter 6 changed this so that the first three completed inanymode would give you 60K bonus XP total – far less than what was previously available. This has now been buffed slightly, withnews account @FN_Assistreporting that the first three dailies now award 25K bonus XP each for a total of 75K a day. That’s, uh, not that much more, especially when you consider how much we could get from the dailies previously.

While it’s definitely an improvement overall, the general sentiment is that more needs to be done. “This is nothing. There’s still a weekly cap. Still atrocious,“says one playeron Reddit. “It still isn’t enough,“agrees another. “They seriously need to bring back playtime XP for [Battle Royale] and just never touch it again. It felt great overall,“another suggests.

Whether Epic will listen and make any further changes remains to be seen, but with all of its different Battle Pass rewards now tied to XP gain rather than individual currencies for each mode, earning those levels is more important than ever.

While you’re here, be sure to check out our guide toFortnite character locationsin Chapter 6 Season 1.

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