If you have played Call of Duty: Warzone, you are likely familiar with bounties. In Fortnite, you can obtain bounties by interacting with NPCs or using bounty boards scattered across the map. Once you accept a bounty, a random player is marked as your target, and your goal is to eliminate them before anyone else does.
After accepting a bounty, a golden circle appears on your map, showing the general area where your target is located. To pinpoint their exact location, you will need to track them down manually. You have five minutes to complete the task. If you fail to eliminate the target within the time limit, the targeted player receives a gold bar reward instead.
Completing a bounty successfully rewards you with 70 gold bars, making it a worthwhile endeavor. On the other hand, if a squad protects their teammate who has a bounty, they also earn a gold bar reward for their efforts.
NPC and Bounty Board Locations in Fortnite Season 5
There are more NPCs on the map than you might expect. Two reliable NPCs for obtaining bounties are:
- Mancake: Found in the Butter Barn at the southern edge of the desert.
- Menace: Located in the Colossal Coliseum.
NPCs are marked with a chatbox icon on your mini-map and have the same icon above their heads when you approach them. They often resemble older Fortnite skins, so be cautious and do not shoot them right away.
Here are some other locations where you can find NPCs or bounty boards:
- Razor Crest
- Northwest of Holly Hedges
- Catty Corner
- Durr Burger food truck
- Hunter’s Haven
- Dirty Docks
- Shipwreck Cove
- Misty Meadows
- Pizza Pit
- Camp Cod
- Hydro 16
- Craggy Cliffs
- Flushed Factory
- Crashed Cargo
- Steamy Stacks
- Sweaty Sands
- Fort Crumpet
- The Orchard
- Steel Farm (east of Colossal Coliseum)
- Unremarkable Shack
- Pristine Point
- Hilltop House
- Slurpy Swamp
- Weeping Woods
- North of Retail Row
- Viking Ship
- Salty Towers
- Pleasant Park
- Lazy Lake
- Lazy Lake Island
That sums up everything you need to know about gold bars and bounties. Keep an eye on how these mechanics might evolve with future game updates!
