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It’s the special time of year when the snow hits the island and Sgt. Winter rains down destruction inFortnite.As with the last few years, you can now log in and accept free cosmetics and quests to further complete the battle pass.
While some of the traditions have stayed, there are also some changes as part of Fortnite’s evolution into multiple modes at the start of Chapter Five. If you’re a new or returning player, you might need a refresher on how everything works, so this guide is for you.
Updated Jun 23, 2025:We’ve updated this guide to include the latest quests and information. There are now enough Winterfest Quests to complete the main objective.
How To Claim Winterfest 2023 Presents
When you log in during Winterfest 2023, you canscroll over to the ‘Quests’ tab, where there will bea ‘Daily Gift’ sectionat the top. If you haven’t already received the gift for the day, you’ll be able to press or clickthe prompted button to open your presentfor the day.
If that happens,there will be no cosmetics shownwhen you open the first gift.
There will be14 days of free cosmetics, lastingfrom December 14 -28, 2023, offering opportunities for gifts even after the major holiday rolls around.
Even if you don’t get an opportunity to open them each day, you’ll still have the opportunity toclaim the multiple earned giftsuntilJan. 2, 2024, at 9am EST.
Thetwo new skins being giftedduring Fortnite’s Winterfest 2023will have figurines availableto play in the Lego Fortnite game mode.
All Winterfest 2023 Quests
There’s also thechance to earn multiple battle pass levelsthanks to the new holiday and seasonal-themed quests. This year, the quests are separated into the character-specificSnapshot Quests, more generalWinterfest Quests, and theShip It! Express Quests.There are alsooverall goalsto be met for Winterfest;unlocking more cosmetics.
More Winterfest Quests will be releasedas the event continues.
Snapshot Quests
There are currently multipleShip It! Express Snapshot quest, similar toother character-specific missionsin previous seasons. As part of the event, you will see new corporations on the island, like Ship It! Express. Each Snapshot isa multi-stage quest, and you won’t be able to unlock the general reward untilall four stages are completed.
15,000 XP
Talk to Holiday Boxy about the stolen boxes.
Thankfully, allthe locations for this quest are markedon the map. That means you’ll be able tomark themat the start of the match or as you go, which willallow you to get through each objectivein less time.
The only place that isn’t marked is Crackshot’s Cabin, butyou can find that on the floating islandthat appears in the middle of each match.
Use a Sneaky Snowmando prop nearKrampus and his presents.
EliminateKrampus to save Winterfest.
Krampus isslightly weaker than the Society’s bossesaround the island, so facing him by yourself at full shields with weaponswon’t be a long fight.
As with the first quest, all the locations areeasily markableon the map. The only location without a specific objective markerappears in Hot Spots, which arethe yellow-tinted names of major POIsthat change each match. For that objective,shoot the flying blue dronesout of the sky, which also drops loot.
There is currentlya Snapshot questthat requires players tocollect a gift from Sgt. Winteraround the map, buthe was not addedfor about 12 hours after the quest went live.
The next Snapshot quest is fairly easy once youfind Sgt. Winter, but he’smuch easier to track downthan in previous years. Simplyhead to the Christmas-themed islandwith the present production system to the right of the in-game marker. It hasa large ice-lake in the middlethat’s hard to miss.
Emote with Holiday Boxy or Sgt. Winter.
All the other stages of the quest outside Sgt. Winter’s locationhave accurate markerson the map, with the Santa knock-off only beinga little to the rightof his objective marker. Juststand near him for around ten seconds,and he’s likely to throw a gift.
Winterfest Quests
Each stage of Winterfest Quests countstoward the goal of completing the Winterfest Quests.
Epic Games has removed the Icy Grapplerfrom the game for the rest of Winterfest on December 20, with it beingreplaced by the regular Grapplerinstead. Due to this, Epic Games alsoreplaced one of the queststhat required you to slide with the ice effect.
The new questrequires players to hit 50 weakpointswith their pickaxe instead.
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Land from the busat Winterburgand make it to 20 players remaining.
Eat three Snowy Floppers or hide in three Sneaky Snomandos.
Earn 20,000 XP in Creative experiences.
TheSnowball Launchercan be easilyacquired from Boxyif you have enough gold, so it may be worth robbing a vault before you pay her a visit. TheNPC enemies also count as opponents, so hitting them with the Snowball Launcher is sure to work.
you may find Winterfest presents if youland on the island where Sgt. Winter can be foundon the northernmost middle part of the map.You can tell the differencebetween Winterfest presents and decorative onesby the golden glow and loot noise, similar to the base chests. There are alsoChristmas trees at many POIsthat have thechance to spawn presentsas well.
Sneaky Snowmandos and Frozen Floppers seem to bemore likely to appear in the snowy areasof the map, which you will have plenty of time to explore as youdamage NPCs and enemy playersto complete the four-part objective.
Ship It! Express LTM Quests
TheShip It! Express Limited Time Mode is a special takeon Battle Royale that Epic Games is releasing for a limited time during Winterfest this year. In it, you will become employees of Ship It! Express and will only be able touse items on the island that can be thrown.
Reward
Damage enemy players for 300 with thrown items in Ship It! Express.
Even though it takes place in a different mode,any Ship It! Express quests will counttowards your Winterfest Quests total.
