The Best Fortnite Landing Spots In Chapter 5 Season 2

Classy Courts is by far my favorite returning location from Season 1, but it’s slightly different now–all those coolers with the fish were removed from the tennis courts, removing one of the main reasons to drop directly onto the actual courts. With that change, the clubhouse is the best place to land–you’ll have plenty of loot for the squad, there are two slurp kegs and two slap kegs in the back, and, most importantly, you’ll actually have cover.

The train station just southwest of Classy Courts has a similar amount of loot as the clubhouse, plus a vending machine and a mission board (whatever the new mission things are called), and you’ll be a little further from the action if things are particularly spicy.

I’ve gotten fond of triggering the boss fights as soon as possible at any of the big new locations that have them–not to fight them immediately, but rather to add a chaotic wild card to the equation right off the bat. But it’s a more effective tactic at Brawler’s Battleground than the other spots because the fight happens right in the open in the middle of the location (unlike at Underworld or Mount Olympus), and all the NPC enemies have guns (unlike the wolves at the Grim Gate). This move will absolutely get you killed sometimes, but there’s a good chance you’ll have a wild ride as long as you focus on the real players and don’t fall for your own trick.

Ares is a popular target because his mythic Warforged AR is just as dope as Nisha’s win-button of a gun was last season. If it’s just too much, there’s a house to the west, down a steep dropoff that’s worked fairly well for me as a refuge from the madness of Brawler’s Battleground. And if you go further west from here, you’ll enter this season’s biggest dead zone. Speaking of which…

Brawlers’ Battleground, Fencing Fields and Snooty Shores form a triangle that contains three large landmark locations, each of which has enough stuff to outfit a full squad. And unless the storm circle pushes everyone to this part of the map, it’s usually pretty dead because, well, it’s a boring area. If you want a peaceful landing, this is where you should look. As a bonus, the hireable Aphrodite NPC lives at the restaurant by the train station, and she’s one of those who will periodically heal you with Chug Splashes. Plus, the island mansion–just a zipline away from the restaurant–has a vault in it.

Without the anthropomorphic tiger and his mythic shotgun, Lavish Lair is a lot more chill this season. But the NPC Artemis, who periodically pings enemy players if you hire her, lives in the parking lot now. That means that you frequently won’t be the only one after her–she seems to be a fairly common target for landings. But if you get her first, those pings can turn the tide of any battle you find yourself in–and she’s one of only two current hireable NPCs that can do that.

To the south of Lavish Lair is a train station that I accidentally ended up at so many times that it ended up being one of my favorite in-between places–and it hosts anNPC who drops a purple-quality weapon, plus there’s a guaranteed legendary chest in its mini-vault. If somebody’s gonna beat you to Artemis, this is a great backup spot.

I still love Pleasant Piazza and Fencing Fields, but both of those spots are “play it by ear” places. By that I mean, when you drop at one of those places it’s best to choose your landing spot based on the situation at hand, rather than going to the same place every time. But right smack between these two locations is that drone factory. It’s not nearly as good of a spot as it was when the Underground base was across the street, but that change has turned an unusually popular drop spot into a totally deserted one. But the drone building itself is still heavy with loot, and it spawns loot drones, which are guaranteed to drop both a weapon and health or shields, every single match. It’s reliable.

This yacht anchored off the western side of the island is secluded from everything else, has enough loot sources, and is home to an NPC (Brutus) who sells purple-quality Frenzy Shotguns. If opponents land with you you’ll be in a fight super quickly, but those fights will be more contained than they would be at a location on land, because it’s tough to run and hide here without leaving the place entirely.

Another little crossroads-type of spot, this small outpost doesn’t have enough going on to support a full, four-person squad, but what it lacks in loot quantity it makes up for in amenities. To the north is a storm forecast tower, with its NPC that drops a guaranteed purple-quality rifle, and right next to the outpost to the south is a bunker that you can loot when it opens–or ambush other players when they inevitably pop in from Mount Olympus.