Fortnite Chapter 5 Season 3: The Best Landing Spots During Wrecked

The Nitrodrome is that rare location that’s perfect for free-for-all sort of battles. It’s easy to lose yourself in the maze-like architecture. There’s tons of cars and car upgrades, so it’s the easiest landing spot to run away from if it’s too much. Hanging around the arena for 60 seconds will spawn tons of good loot, including Nitro fists, and this is the only location that always has a boss NPC and boss car. And it’s in the middle of the map, so it’s usually in the circle for a long time. The Nitrodrome is the complete package. But it’s also a spot you have to play by ear–this is a chaos zone, for sure.

For solos, this is a good pivot spot because it has three slurp cacti and enough other loot that you’ll be ready to fight quickly, and a car parked out front for a fast getaway if needed. It’s going to be fairly rare for there to be enough loot for multiple people here, but there’s a service station pretty close to the north that can help as well.

Aside from the Nitrodrome, the best place to get a well-equipped car quickly is one of the gas stations–not just any random Season 3 service station, but specifically one of the gas stations that have been on the map all season. These gas stations always have all three car upgrades, along with a decent assortment of loot and a vending machine. So any of them will get you serious bang for your buck.

The pea man’s house has all the same amenities as a gas station, but with way more stuff otherwise. While a gas station is probably a better landing place for a smaller group, this house has enough loot to support a full squad.

Anecdotally, Classy Courts has been a lot quieter this season thanks to the new region being on the opposite end of the map, so you’re more likely to be able to land here without being harassed now. But on top of that, Oscar the Tiger lives in the clubhouse now, and if you beat him in a duel you get his mythic Frenzy Shotgun. But when enemies land here with you, be sure to drop at the big clubhouse vs the courts–the cover of the building will save your life more often than not.

This little outpost south of Reckless Railways was a favored spot of mine last season because it’s got a decent amount of loot and it’s sitting right in between a bunker and a weather station. And in Season 3 it got even better with the addition of a Wasteland Challenge pickup. With a challenge, you’ll have to deal with some complicating factor–like taking 5 points of health damage every time you stand still, for example–but you’ll also get bonus XP as you play. And since you can only pick up a challenge before the third storm circle, landing near one of these is a must if you want to play with one. But since this one is located in the middle of the map, it can be fraught sometimes to drop here.

The only other place to get a Wasteland Challenge is this small spot on the southernmost point of the island. In addition to the challenge, there are several chests to loot, an NPC who sells Boom Bolts, a bunch of slurp cacti so you can easily and quickly shield up, and usually a vehicle. It’s at the edge of the world, yes, but it’s also close to all the new stuff, so it’s a good spot to get started from.

This beached ship is kind of an awkward spot because of its verticality, but slightly to the west of it (under the L in Brutal on your mini-map) is a smaller building that holds Megalo Don’s SUV when he spawns there. This little building has become my main starting point for Brutal Beachhead because it’s a much more contained situation than the rest of the ship is. But don’t dilly dally here–there’s not that much loot in the building, so this is just your, ahem, beachhead for this location before you go hunting for your enemies.

Snooty Steppes, best known as the former home of Peter Griffin, got a significant makeover when it was buried in sand–it’s a really cool change, if we’re being honest. And if you land near the NPC Hope on the eastern end of town, you’ll have access to three weapon chests that guarantee at least blue-quality weapons, and Hope herself sells a purple-quality Tactical Assault Rifle and Shockwave Grenades. In other words, if you land in this house, you’ll very quickly be ready to fight as sweatily as you want.

Mount Olympus may seem a little bit lackluster without Zeus and his equipment, but the throne room is now home to Artemis, the only current hireable NPC that will ping enemies. So while this spot may have lost a lot of its luster this season, Artemis’s presence makes it a destination even so.