How to play in $1 million Fortnite Xbox Cup – format, schedule and more
Epic Games / MicrosoftThe $1 million Fortnite Xbox Cup is open to all players with an Xbox Live Gold membership and the action takes place across two days. Here’s how you can get involved and win some money.
Now is the chance for all the Xbox players out there to prove their dominance in Fortnite by competing in the console-exclusive tournament that runs the weekend of July 20 and 21.
The event is open to everyone – they just have to make sure they play while the event is live. Where players place on July 20 will determine if they are able to go into the next day to compete for the grand prize.
When does the Xbox Cup begin?
The online qualifiers for the Xbox Cup start up on July 20 at 5 PM PST / 8 PM EST and will run for three hours until 8 PM PST / 11 PM EST.
From there, the top 1500 players from that first day will move onto the July 21 championship round which runs during the same timeframe of 5 PM PST / 8 PM EST to 8 PM PST / 11 PM EST.
What is the format for the event?
Like every previous Fortnite event, there is a distinct scoring system that applies to this tournament. Instead of only going for a Victory Royale, the format will account for your eliminations as well as your final placements.
It is as follows:
Victory Royale: 10 Points
2nd – 5th: 7 Points
6th – 15th: 5 Points
16th – 25th: 3 Points
Each Elimination: 1 Point
This means that while placement will reward players with the most amount of points, getting eliminations isn’t something that should be ignored.
What’s the prize pool?
While the tournament is being advertised as having a $1 million pool, that doesn’t mean the winner gets all of that, or even close to that amount.
The winnings are split up across different regions with $5000 going to the winner in NA East, NA West, and Europe and $3500 going to the winner in Asia, Brazil, and Oceania.
You can take a look at the complete prize breakdown below.
Event Prizes – NA East
Rank Prize
1st $5,000
2nd $4,000
3rd $3,000
4th $2,500
5th $2,250
6th $2,000
7th $1,750
8th $1,500
9th $1,250
10th $1,000
11th-20th $800
21st-30th $650
31st-40th $550
41st-50th $450
51st-75th $400
76th-100th $350
101st-250th $300
251st-1000th $250
1001st-1500th $200
Event Prizes – NA West
Rank Prize
1st $5,000
2nd $4,000
3rd $3,000
4th $2,500
5th $2,250
6th $2,000
7th $1,750
8th $1,500
9th $1,250
10th $1,000
11th-20th $700
21st-30th $600
31st-40th $500
41st-50th $400
51st-75th $350
76th-100th $300
101st-250th $250
251st-750th $200
Event Prizes – Europe
Rank Prize
1st $5,000
2nd $4,000
3rd $3,000
4th $2,500
5th $2,250
6th $2,000
7th $1,750
8th $1,500
9th $1,250
10th $1,000
11th-20th $700
21st-30th $600
31st-40th $500
41st-50th $400
51st-75th $350
76th-100th $300
101st-250th $250
251st-1000th $200
Event Prizes – Asia
Rank Prize
1st $3,500
2nd $3,000
3rd $2,500
4th $2,250
5th $2,000
6th $1,800
7th $1,500
8th $1,300
9th $1,000
10th $900
11th-20th $700
21st-30th $500
31st-40th $400
41st-50th $300
51st-75th $250
76th-100th $200
Event Prizes – Brazil
Rank Prize
1st $3,500
2nd $3,000
3rd $2,500
4th $2,250
5th $2,000
6th $1,800
7th $1,500
8th $1,300
9th $1,000
10th $900
11th-20th $700
21st-30th $500
31st-40th $400
41st-50th $300
51st-75th $250
76th-100th $200
Event Prizes – Oceania
Rank Prize
1st $3,500
2nd $3,000
3rd $2,500
4th $2,250
5th $2,000
6th $1,800
7th $1,500
8th $1,300
9th $1,000
10th $900
11th-20th $700
21st-30th $500
31st-40th $400
41st-50th $300
51st-75th $250
76th-100th $200
Now that you know how the event works, get in there and prove you’re among the best Xbox Fortnite players in the world!