There are a ton of cool rewards at the end of this season's Battle Pass, including Baby Yoda, so you're going to want to make sure you level up as quickly as possible. These are the best strategies for leveling up fast and earning a ton of XP.
Meet your challenges
Like most seasons, taking on challenges is a great way to progress quickly in Fortnite. However, with Chapter 2 of Season 5, Epic Games have revamped the challenge system. Now, instead of having a handful of challenges each week, we now have unlimited challenges that you can do without ever running out. These are now called “Quests”, but they are basically the same as the Weekly Challenges.
There are a few that you can only do once a week, but most of these quests are endless. Oranges are legendary quests, and they can only be completed once per week. For example, the first Legendary Quest of the season is to complete the bounties for the Mandalorian. These are the hardest challenges to complete, but they give a ton of XP. The other quests are blue and you will never run out of them.
Because you literally have endless challenges this season, there is more XP to do than ever before. They are all easy too. Most are as simple as "Kill Players" or "Shakedown Opponents". If you go into a match with the goal of eliminating one or two challenges each time, you'll level up in no time.
Work on milestones
Punch cards were a great way to get XP in previous seasons, but they were removed in Chapter 2 of Season 5… or at least you think. Punch cards are technically still around in the form of milestones. These are hidden challenges that reward you for completing menial challenges like walking a certain distance or getting a certain number of kills.
You'll get quite a few of them just by playing the game, but there are a few that you might not get if you don't try certain things. Make sure you go out of your way to do things like swim, destroy certain items, or eat specific foods. These little tasks add up and will allow you to get easy EXP when you reach a milestone.
Collect bounties
Bounties are the big new mechanic in Fortnite Chapter 2 Season 5, and they're a great way to level up quickly. There are 40 NPC vendors scattered around the map, and some of them have bonuses that you can take on that task of eliminating specific players. There are other small missions that you can take on from these NPCs, but the bounties are by far the most profitable.
Successfully eliminating your target will not only earn you a significant amount of Gold Bars, but you will also receive a large portion of XP when the bounty ends. Sometimes you don't even have to do the job yourself. If your target dies before you can reach them, you will still receive full payment and XP. Even if you don't plan on hunting bounties, collect bounties when you encounter NPCs and you'll be surprised how often targets are poached. Poached or not, you still get paid anyway.
Purchase levels
It's not exactly the advice most people are looking for, but it's definitely the easiest way to level up. Buying Battle Pass tiers is a great way to get a head start on the season, provided you have some V-Bucks lying around. You can purchase 25 levels in a bundle at a reduced price, which will allow you to get skins and items to start the season.
If you want to get a little more value from your V-Bucks, you can always check out the Fortnite Crew Membership. This membership gives you the Battle Pass and a monthly allowance of 1000 V-Bucks, which you can then donate towards certain Battle Pass levels. Most of the best rewards of the season are found at the end of the Battle Pass, so it's understandable to want to skip the first few levels.
Fortnite is now available on PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X | S and mobile devices. For more information on Chapter 2 of Season 5, visit the official Fortnite website.
