What are Fortnite melee weapons? How to defeat a character with melee
radiotimes.comThere are plenty of ways to dish out damage, but with guns and the like taking much of the limelight, we thought we’d shed a spotlight on what melee weapons are in Fortnite and how to defeat a duelling character with melee weapons.
This is a requirement to complete the Pirate Code Six quest «Defeat a Duelling character with a pistol or melee weapon», which is part of the Pirates of the Caribbean event.
The current season, Wrecked, only brought about one melee weapon – the Nitro Gloves – and these pack quite the literal punch. These will be far more ideal for taking down duelling characters.
Perhaps we will see more melee weapons in the next Fortnite season, or even a special variation during the next Fortnite live event.
There is only so much time to complete the quest though so let’s get straight to it!
A melee weapon in Fortnite is a weapon that doesn’t use any sort of ammo and requires players to get up close and personal. It can also be used to harvest resources.
Your starting weapon – the pickaxe – is a melee weapon, for instance.
These can come in many more varieties and are typically tied to seasons or events in Fortnite, such as the Chains of Hades that was found in Chapter 5 Season 2: Myths and Mortals.
Chapter 5 Season 3: Wrecked has been a little light on melee weapons, but we’ll go over what’s in the game right now and how to get them just below.
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To complete the Pirate Code Six Quest “Defeat a Duelling character with a pistol or melee weapon”, you need to defeat either Cerberus or Oscar with a pistol or melee weapon.
Cerberus and Oscar are the only two duelling characters in the game right now. Luckily for you, we have guides on how to defeat Oscar and how to defeat Cerberus.
Cerberus isn’t very challenging but will be more so with
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