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Fortnite Week 8 Challenges LEAKED: Epic Games NEW Season 5 Battle Royale tasks coming SOON
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Monday 27th August 2018 – Fortnite Challenges for Season 5 Week 7 are coming later this week, Thursday, August 30th to be more precise, but we already have a pretty good idea of the tasks players will be undertaking come Thursday.
For some reason as well, Fortnite challenges have reverted back to a Thursday, following last weeks Friday release. Why that is, we'll never know.
As with most weeks, the games latest challenges were leaked by dataminers and whilst it's not 100% official until they're live, there's a pretty solid chance that these leaked Week 87 Challenges will turn out to be correct.
That being said, you never know, maybe Epic Games will change them at the very last minute.
For the time being though, it looks as though it's going to be a really easy week with some pretty straightforward tasks to complete.
There's the usual selection of challenges asking players to find chests, deal damage and eliminate opponents in various locations. The usual fare as most weeks.
The only exception is one 'Search' task with players expected to find a hidden battle star between 'three oversized seats'. We'll have more on that in our official guide, but it should still be pretty simple to complete.
Keep reading for the full Week 8 lowdown and stand by for official confirmation on Thursday!
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Unlike in past seasons of Fortnite, the latest – Season 5 – introduced a new methodology to how weekly challenges would work.
Previously, weekly challenges were only available to Battle Pass holders, but now challenges are split with three weekly challenges for non-Battle Pass players and a further three only available to those with the seasonal Battle Pass.
For those who need a reminder, the Battle Pass costs 950 V-Bucks, purchasable through in-game V-Bucks, which you either earn in-game (slowly) or through a singular paid microtransaction (a bundle of 1,000 V-Bucks costs roughly £8).
If you're wondering why you should bother completing these challenges? Well, it's simple. They help you gain extra XP and Battle Stars, which in turn allows your player to level up faster and obtain more free loot in the game. This includes skins, gliders, pickaxes, emotes and much more throughout the season.
You need to complete four of the seven challenges to get your bonus 4000 XP. The other three won't give you any extra XP, but will help you unlock a mystery loading screen that hides a secret Battle Star in the map.
This is the Fortnite Road Trip challenge (previously known as the Blockbuster challenge in Season 4).
Keep reading to find out what the new challenges are for the week ahead and details of how to complete past Season 5 challenges to help you level up that Battle Pass.
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Fortnite – Leaked Week 8 Season 5 Challenges (August 30th 2018)
Free challenges:
- Place 10 Traps (5 Battle Stars)
- Search Seven chests in Wailing Woods (5 Battle Stars)
- Four Shotgun Eliminations (10 Battle Stars)
Battle Pass Challenges:
- Deal 250 damage with a pickaxe to opponents (5 Battle Stars)
- Use 10 Rifts at different spawn locations (5 Battle Stars)
- Search between three Oversized Seats (10 Battle Stars)
- STAGE 1: Eliminate One opponent in Greasy Grove (10 Battle Stars)
Free challenges:
- Place 10 Traps (5 Battle Stars)
- Search Seven chests in Wailing Woods (5 Battle Stars)
- Four Shotgun Eliminations (10 Battle Stars)
Battle Pass Challenges:
- Deal 250 damage with a pickaxe to opponents (5 Battle Stars)
- Use 10 Rifts at different spawn locations (5 Battle Stars)
- Search between three Oversized Seats (10 Battle Stars)
- STAGE 1: Eliminate One opponent in Greasy Grove (10 Battle Stars)
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What were the previous Fortnite Season 5 Challenges?
If you missed a week and want to go back and complete some past challenges from Season 5, here's the list of what you've missed out on.
Plus some links to helpful guides to assist you with completing some of the more tricky weekly challenges.
Week 7 Challenges (August 23rd 2018)
- Visit the centre of named locations in a single match (4)
- Search supply drops (3)
- SMG eliminations (3)
- Deal damage to opponents structures with Remote Explosives (0/8,000)
- Stage 1: Search a Chest in Pleasant Park (0/1)
- Follow the treasure map found in Dusty Divot (0/1) [HARD]
- Eliminate opponents in Lazy Links (3)
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Week 6 Challenges (August 16th 2018)
- Deal Headshot Damage to opponents (5 Battle Stars)
- Harvest building resources with a pickaxe (10 Battle Stars)
- Search where the Stone Heads are looking (10 Battle Stars)
- Search Chests in Lonely Lodge (5 Battle Stars)
- Complete timed trials (5 Battle Stars)
- Minigun or Light Machine Gun Eliminations (10 Battle Stars)
- Eliminate opponents in Tilted Towers (10 Battle Stars)
Week 5 Challenges (August 9th 2018)
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Week 4 Challenges (August 2nd 2018)
Week 3 Challenges (July 26th 2018)
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Week 2 Challenges (July 19th 2018)
- Deal damage with Assault Rifles to opponents (1000 total, 5 Battle Stars)
- Search 7 Ammo Boxes in a single match (7 total, 5 Battle Stars)
- Eliminate opponents in Paradise Palms (HARD) (3 total, 10 Battle Stars)
- Score a basket on different hoops (5 total, 5 Battle Stars)
- Search chests in Loot Lake (7 total, 5 Battle Stars)
- Search between an oasis, rock archway and dinosaurs (HARD) (1 total, 10 Battle Stars)
- Sniper Rifle Eliminations (HARD) (2 total, 10 Battle Stars)
Week 1 Challenges (July 12th 2018)
- Deal damage with SMGs to opponents (500 total, 5 Battle Stars)
- Search a Supply Llama (1 total, 5 Battle Stars)
- Clinger, Stink Bomb, or Grenade Eliminations (3 total, 5 Battle Stars)
- Search Chests in Snobby Shores (7 total, 5 Battle Stars)
- Search floating Lightning Bolts (7 total, 10 Battle Stars)
- Follow the treasure map found in Risky Reels (1 total, 10 Battle Stars)
- Eliminate opponents in Retail Row (3 total, 10 Battle Stars)
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