Fortnite is known as much for its paid cosmetics as it is for having arguably the best Battle Royale modes around. But these days, Fortnite offers so many free cosmetics at any given time that it’s easier than ever to enjoy it without dropping a penny on skins, emotes, or other cosmetics.
With so much free stuff, it’s not always easy to tell what is available to unlock, since there’s no “here’s all the free stuff you can earn” page in Fortnite itself. Scroll on to find out what exactly you can get, and what modes you’ll need to play or, in some cases, what websites you’ll need to make accounts for.
Battle pass free items
The Chapter 7 Season 1 battle pass, which runs until March 17, includes 27 items that you can earn for free by leveling up without buying the pass, as well as 300 V-Bucks that can be used in the item shop or put toward buying the battle pass, Lego pass, OG pass, or music pass. Many of the items are minor cosmetics like sprays, emoticons, loading screens, and banner icons.
Highlights:
- Hanzo Katana pickaxe
- Marty’s Gibson ES-345 guitar
- Peely Surfer glider
- Lights, Camera, Action jam track
- Slamcorder pickaxe
- Action Knife pickaxe
- The Holloway weapon wrap
- Boardbreaker contrail
- Movie Maker’s Mocktail back bling
- Mini Mu Ren back bling
- Stuntcopter glider
Music Pass
The Chappell Roan music pass includes nine free items that you can earn without buying the pass by leveling up in any Fortnite experience. Highlights include a guitar, a drum kit, an emote, a back bling, an aura, and four jam tracks that were licensed from a stock music library.
Items:
- Love Song guitar
- Drumset Supernova drums
- She Is The Boss emote
- Flutter Dreams aura
- Pink Pony Star back bling
OG Pass
The Fortnite OG Season 7 OG pass includes 12 items you can unlock by leveling up without actually buying the pass, including two gliders, two pickaxes, two back blings, a weapon wrap, and an emote.
Items:
- Festive Cane pickaxe
- Void Walker’s Claws pickaxe
- Gift Copter glider
- Cosmic Voyager glider
- Llamacorn Sleigh emote
- Napstar back bling
- Lynx’s Catpack back bling
Rocket League
Every car and SUV in Fortnite is also in Rocket League, and that means the best way to earn car-related cosmetics is by playing Rocket League. For starters, you can unlock the Backfire car body (pictured) and seven decals in both games simply by completing the tutorial quests for new players. A number of other car bodies, wheels, and other accessories can be unlocked at random via loot crates that you can earn by completing weekly and seasonal challenges. Any car body or accessory can be pulled from those crates, in theory.
Rocket Pass
Like Fortnite’s passes, the Rocket Pass also includes a variety of free items. Many of these items aren’t the types of things that have an equivalent in Fortnite, like car toppers. But the Season 21 Rocket Pass, which runs until March 11, includes two sets of wheels and a decal for the Octane car. You must play Rocket League to make progress on the Rocket Pass.
Items:
Rocket League tournaments
Participating in Rocket League tournaments and getting wins earns points that can be used to open loot crates that contain random cosmetics. In Season 20, six of these items transfer to Fortnite.
Items:
- Batterbaker wheels
- Hatcher wheels
- Holosight wheels
- Holosight: Holographic wheels
- Ramen Rush boost
- Ramen Rush drift trail
The Ninjago Lego pass includes an emote, a loading screen, and 8 sets of Lego Fortnite decor items that can be unlocked for free by leveling up in any Fortnite experience. These items are for building in Lego Fortnite Odyssey, Lego Fortnite Brick Life, and other Lego-related Creative experiences.
Items:
- Fire Tornado emote
- A Monstrous Journey loading screen
- Ninja Scullery decor
- Ninja Living Room decor
- Ninja Dining Room decor
- Ninja Forge decor
- Ryumura Home decor
- Ryumura Town Square decor
- Trial of the Dragon Training Course decor
- Ninja Workshop decor
Connect a Lego account with your Epic Games account
Connect a Lego account with your Epic Games account to instantly unlock both the Fortnite and Lego styles for the Explorer Emilie and Mr. Dappermint skins. No need to play Lego Fortnite to enjoy these two. You can link accounts here.
Lego True Explorers quests
Activate the completely free Lego True Explorers quest pack from the item shop, and then complete the quests in Lego Fortnite Odyssey to unlock the Trailblazer Tai skin and back bling. You can link accounts here.
Umbrellas
Fortnite awards umbrella gliders for your first win each season in Battle Royale, OG, Reload, and Blitz, as well as glowing variants for wins in ranked modes.
- The Umbrella – first-ever Fortnite win
- Fame ‘Brella – first win in BR during Chapter 7 Season 1
- Fame ‘Brella Reloaded – first win in Reload during Chapter 7 Season 1
- Winter ‘Brella – first win in Fortnite OG during Season 7
- Blitz ‘Brella – win three rounds of Blitz Royale
PostParty
Downloading Epic’s PostParty app and using it to share a clip of your gameplay will unlock the Post That! Weapon wrap.
Ranked quests
You can unlock a variety of free cosmetics by playing and ranking up in ranked modes, including a few smaller modes like Ballistic (Fortnite’s team-based first-person mode) and Rocket Racing.
Highlights:
- Felinos skin (pictured) – Ranked Reload and Battle Royale
- Felinos’ Fury weapon wrap – Ranked Reload and Battle Royale
- Felinos’ Claw pickaxe – Ranked Reload and Battle Royale
- Film Reel Faller – Ranked Reload and Battle Royale
- Corny Combo pickaxe – Ranked Battle Royale and Reload
- Poppin’ weapon wrap – Ranked Battle Royale
- Matte Magma – Ranked Reload
- Brute Blades – Ranked Reload
- Poppin’ Dark weapon wrap – Ranked Ballistic
- Tread Dread wheels – Ranked Rocket Racing
- Lamp Lighter wheels – Ranked Rocket Racing
- Swave boost – Ranked Rocket Racing
- Deep Space trail – Ranked Rocket Racing
Reload map mastery
Complete the Reload map mastery quests, which require placing highly, and eventually getting wins, on each of the Reload maps in rotation.
Highlights:
Survey emails
Sign up to receive Fortnite-related surveys in your email to unlock the Sir Beurre back bling.
Two-factor authentication
Activating two-factor authentication will unlock the Boogie Down emote
