The quest to mark enemy characters or players causes confusion, so here’s how you do it.
You can use Fortnite’s marking ability to stay on top of your opponents when they are out of sight, so you can plan a sneak attack on them or avoid a potential ambush by keeping track of them. In Week 8, Fortnite quests ask you to mark enemy characters or players. Although there are multiple ways to do so, only a couple of them count toward the five marks you need to place.
Here’s an explanation of what does and doesn’t count toward marking enemy players in Fortnite for this quest to help you figure it out.
Marking Enemy Players or Characters
The first thing we need to do is set aside any ways that do not count towards this quest for marking enemy players in Fortnite. As a result of activating the Bloodhound Fortnite augment, hitting enemies with a marksman rifle will also not register if you tap or double-tap left on the D-pad to ‘ping’ them.
Additionally, hiring a Fortnite character such as Longshot or Insight that scans the surrounding area for enemies won’t help you with this quest.
Those are the only two ways that count toward this quest when marking enemy players in Fortnite. You can unlock the Tracker’s Armory augment after playing for a while, which grants you a Flare Gun and Shadow Tracker Pistol, both used to mark enemies and characters.
Once you fully raise the flag, anyone in the surrounding area will be marked by one of the Fortnite Capture Points, which you can claim in named locations. However, it should be possible to guarantee that at least one NPC will be nearby at the following named locations when you trigger this, even though it will be down to chance whether any enemy players will be nearby.
- Breakwater Bay
- Brutal Bastion*
- Frenzy Fields
- Shattered Slabs*
- Steamy Springs
* These locations may need to be waited for before the Highcard Boss and his henchmen appear.