Fortnite FNCS: prize pool, date, and more

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The Fortnite Championship Series is this weekend. Plenty of streamers and pro gamers will be duking it out on the battle royale island for a small mountain of prize money.

Here's everything we know about season 2's FNCS, including prize pool, rules of engagement, and the dates and times you need to be watching.

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The Fortnite Championship Series (or FNCS) is running from April 17 through April 19. You can get a full schedule here. You can watch most streamers through Twitch via their Fortnite hub.

The event starts at 1pm PT on Friday April 17, when duos rounds 1 and 2 will take place.

Saturday, April 18, duos rounds 3 and 4 start at 1pm PT.

Sunday, April 19, the grand finals start at 5pm PT.

Want to know who to look out for during these intense final rounds? Check out Fortnite's official preview of the competitors.

How to unlock Fortnite Champion Series items

Epic is giving players a chance to snag some cool FNCS-themed gear, including a new spray, a new emote, a skateboard, and a pickaxe. All you have to do is watch some Twitch streams. Easy enough.

This weekend, you can unlock a number of these items (we're not sure yet about the pickaxe) by logging into Twitch and watching streamers while having drops enabled. You can enable that feature by going here if you haven't already.

Most of the streamers competing in FNCS will have drops featured.

Fortnite Season 2 Champion Series rules

Here's what your final match position means in terms of points:

Victory Royale: 10 Points
2nd-5th: 7 Points
6th-10th: 5 Points
11th-15th: 3 Points
Elimination: 1 Point

These are the series points awarded to every duo team at the conclusion of each week's round three window:

1st: 500
2nd: 476
3rd: 452
4th: 428
5th: 408
6th: 386
7th: 363
8th: 350
9th: 332
10th: 316
11th-15th: 300
16th-20th: 284
21st-25th: 270
26th-50th: 244

You must be at least 13 years old to participate in FNCS. Any player younger than 18 years old must have a parent's permission to participate.

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FNCS duo prize pool: stage one

These stage one prizes, exclusive to PC players, are split evenly among the two winners. Here are all the prizes by rank for each territory:

Weekly event prizes: Europe

1st: $5,000
2nd: $4,500
3rd: $4,000
4th: $3,500
5th: $3,000
6th: $2,400
7th: $2,100
8th: $1,800
9th: $1,500
10th: $1,200
11-15th: $1,000
16-20th: $700
21-25th: $500
26-50th: $400

Weekly event prizes: NA East

1st: $4,500
2nd: $4,200
3rd: $3,500
4th: $2,750
5th: $2,400
6th: $2,000
7th: $1,400
8th: $1,200
9th: $1,000
10th: $800
11th-15th: $600
16th-20th: $500
21st-25th: $400

Weekly event prizes: NA West

1st: $3,000
2nd: $2,400
3rd: $1,500
4th: $1,100
5th: $1,000
6th: $900
7th: $800
8th: $700
9th: $600
10th: $500

Weekly event prizes: Brazil

1st: $3,000
2nd: $2,400
3rd: $1,500
4th: $1,100
5th: $1,000
6th: $900
7th: $800
8th: $700
9th: $600
10th: $500

Weekly event prizes: Asia

1st: $1,130
2nd: $800
3rd: $750
4th: $650
5th: $600
6th: $550
7th: $500
8th: $450
9th: $420
10th: $400

Weekly event prizes: OCE

1st: $1,130
2nd: $800
3rd: $750
4th: $650
5th: $600
6th: $550
7th: $500
8th: $450
9th: $420
10th: $400

Weekly event prizes: Middle East

1st: $1,130
2nd: $800
3rd: $750
4th: $650
5th: $600
6th: $550
7th: $500
8th: $450
9th: $420
10th: $400

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FNCS duos prize pool: stage two

Season finals event prizes: Europe

1st: $70,000
2nd: $60,000
3rd: $55,200
4th: $45,000
5th: $40,000
6th: $30,000
7th: $26,000
8th: $22,000
9th: $18,000
10th: $14,000
11-15th: $7,000
16-25th: $4,000
26-50th: $3,000
51-200th: $1,800

Season finals event prizes: NA East

1st: $44,000
2nd: $37,000
3rd: $34,000
4th: $28,000
5th: $25,000
6th: $18,000
7th: $16,000
8th: $13,500
9th: $11,300
10th: $8,700
11-15th: $4,300
16-25th: $2,500
26-50th: $2,000
51-200th: $1,120

Season finals event prizes: NA West

1st: $17,500
2nd: $15,000
3rd: $13,800
4th: $11,200
5th: $10,000
6th: $7,500
7th: $6,500
8th: $5,500
9th: $4,500
10th: $3,500
11-15th: $1,750
16-25th: $1,000
26-50th: $750
51-200th: $450

Season finals event prizes: Brazil

1st: $17,500
2nd: $15,000
3rd: $13,800
4th: $11,200
5th: $10,000
6th: $7,500
7th: $6,500
8th: $5,500
9th: $4,500
10th: $3,500
11-15th: $1,750
16-25th: $1,000
26-50th: $750
51-200th: $450

Season finals event prizes: Asia

1st: $10,000
2nd: $9,000
3rd: $8,000
4th: $7,000
5th: $6,000
6th: $5,000
7th: $4,000
8th: $3,000
9th: $2,300
10th: $1,700
11-15th: $1,000
16-25th: $650
26-50th: $500
51-100th: $400

Season finals event prizes: OCE

1st: $10,000
2nd $9,000
3rd: $8,000
4th: $7,000
5th: $6,000
6th: $5,000
7th: $4,000
8th: $3,000
9th $2,300
10th: $1,700
11-15th: $1,000
16-25th: $650
26-50th: $500
51-100th: $400

Season finals event prizes: Middle East

1st: $10,000
2nd: $9,000
3rd: $8,000
4th: $7,000
5th: $6,000
6th: $5,000
7th: $4,000
8th: $3,000
9th: $2,300
10th: $1,700
11-15th: $1,000
16-25th: $650
26-50th: $500
51-100th: $400

Joseph Knoop is a freelance writer specializing in all things Fortnite at PC Gamer. Master of Creative Codes and Fortnite's weekly missions, Joe's always ready with a scoop on Boba Fett or John Wick or whoever the hell is coming to Fortnite this week. It's with a mix of relief and disappointment that he hasn't yet become a Fortnite skin himself. There's always next season...