Where to hire Characters in Fortnite

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How to hire a character in Fortnite

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Survive at least one storm circle on stage 3 of community goal to receive the reward: These are specifically available through pve gameplay however they are in battle royale in the form of supply llamas. During the supply llama challenge, the community will be able to earn the following rewards:

Fortnite allows you to hire certain characters to follow you around and fight by your side. You’ll need to hire a character this to complete the “Hire a Character and travel 1,000 meters with them” Quest in the Foundation Battle Pass Quests.

In this guide, we’ll tell you where to find Agent Jones, Brainiac, Cuddlepool, Galactico, Jonesy The First, Lt. John Llama, Shanta, and The Visitor — the eight Characters who can be hired.

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Fortnite Hire a Character locations

There are eight Characters you can hire (Agent Jones has four different spawn locations).

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There are eight NPC Characters you can Hire in Fortnite — Agent Jones, Brainiac, Cuddlepool, Galactico, Jonesy The First, Lt. John Llama, Shanta, and The Visitor. One of them, Agent Jones, has a chance to spawn in four different locations — four Seven Outposts in the corners of the island.

To hire one of them, approach them and talk. One of the icons in the dialogue wheel will be a person-like silhouette with a little plus sign on it. Select that one and hand over 95 Gold Bars. They’ll automatically equip a gun, and start following and fighting alongside you.