Once on the ground, players must scavenge for weapons, armor, and healing items, as well as using their pickaxe to knock down existing features to gather wood, stone, and metal resources.

This all must be done while avoiding attacks from other players, as well as staying within a shrinking circle on the map or risk taking fatal damage outside it.

During the Saturday of each week, any player or duo could compete with others by geographic region, playing up to 10 matches to earn points through eliminations and victories.

The top point-scorers in each region from the Sunday event then proceed through to the World Cup, a total of about twenty players/teams each week.

[2] In the World Cup finals, the competitors played a total of six matches, with points earned for the highest finishers.

[4] The Fortnite Creative Cup had a similar online process to select the players for the finals, taking place over five two-week periods from April to June 2019.

[5] In the finales, eight teams of four, consisting of those that had their Creative island selected and other notable Fortnite players, complete in these five events to earn the best overall score.

Fortnite Battle Royale rapidly became popular, and by June 2018, with the game ported to computer, consoles, and mobile devices, had reached 125 million players.

[6] Total 2018 revenue for Fortnite Battle Royale was estimated at $2.4 billion by analysis firm SuperData Research.

[13][14] The Fortnite World Cup was split into two different events, one for solo players, and a separate for two-player teams, or duos.

For solos the placement points were as follows: The duo event finals were held on July 27, 2019, with Emil Bergquist Pedersen ("Nyhrox") and David Wang ("Aqua") sharing its US$3 million grand prize.

For duos the placement points were as follows: The creative cup involved 8 teams, each led by a popular Fortnite icon.