Fortnite’s Limited-Time ‘Solo Showdown’ Ranked Mode Offers Chance For Massive Rewards

Fortnite Battle Royale is arguably the biggest game in the market right now and it just keeps getting bigger. Epic Games recently launched a new feature that allows players to finally have a ranked mode. It’s called “Solo Showdown” and whoever rises through the ranks and comes out on top have massive rewards to look forward to, as well as bragging rights.

Running for a limited time, Solo Showdown is pretty much the same as the regular Solo Battle Royale version, except the players have their victories recorded and ranked, Forbes reports. 100 players will still parachute onto an island, start collecting weapons and supplies, blueprints, and then kill whoever they come across until only one remains.

This new feature basically acts as something of a proving ground where some of the best players in the world compete to prove once and for all who is truly the greatest. Or, at the very least, it allows gamers to see just how far up the rankings they go.

Aside from the massive bragging rights and fame that can be obtained via this limited time event, there’s also the matter of the V-Bucks rewards. V-Bucks is basically the in-game currency in Fortnite, which allows players to buy things like skins and emotes.

For the competitor to get 1st place, 50,000 V-Bucks awaits. That’s enough to buy a ton of new skins and equipment. 2nd to 4th place yields 25,000 of the in-game currency, while 5th to 50th get 13,500.

Just for some context, the top price translates roughly to around $500, so it’s not exactly small potatoes, Engadget notes. The position of the players is also decided based on points gathered over 50 matches. The players with the most points during that time wins, which comes after a ton of gaming spanning several days of play.