How to complete Fortnite Close Encounters Quests & Challenges

The Close Encounters game mode has returned in Fortnite Chapter 3, Season 1, and here’s how you can complete all the Close Encounters Quests and Challenges.

Fortnite Chapter 3, Season 1 received a major content drop after the arrival of the v19.20 update, including the return of the Close Encounters game mode which has was first introduced back in 2018.

If you open up your Quest log in the game, you’ll see a few Close Encounter Challenges and Quests that you can complete to earn some quick XP as you progress through Chapter 3, Season 1’s Battle Pass.

How to complete Fortnite Close Encounters Quests & Challenges

Fortnite’s Close Encounters game mode ensures faster-paced close-range battles by limiting your weapon choices to just shotguns and making the safe zone shrink much quicker than it normally does.

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Here are all the Close Encounters Quests in Fortnite Chapter 3:

• Eliminate two player opponents within 30 seconds of each other in Close Encounters (0/1) – 12,000 XP
• Get an elimination with 10 or fewer players remaining in Close Encounters (0/1) – 14,000 XP
• Deal damage to opponents from above in Close Encounters (0/100) – 10,000 XP

There is also a Close Encounter Challenge that will grant you 18,000 XP for completing all three of these Quests. These tasks are simple enough that you can get them all done in just a few matches.

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The Close Encounters Quests are pretty straightforward, as they require you to do tasks that you already attempt when playing a normal match of Fortnite, such as dealing damage to multiple opponents.

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You can complete them even quicker by joining the Close Encounters game mode with a reliable teammate. The two of you can support each other as you tackle multiple tasks in a single match.

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