Fortnite Champion Series 2021 Headlined by $20 Million Prize Pool

The Fortnite competitive team at Epic Games announced information for the upcoming Fortnite Champion Series 2021 headlined by the news of a $3 million prize pool increase.

"At the end of 2020, after considering feedback from the community we announced we’re standardizing the Fortnite Champion Series (FNCS) format to Trios for all of 2021 with more info coming in the new year. Now we’re ready to share more details on FNCS for 2021, including prizing, format, broadcast plans, gameplay adjustments, and additional tournament offerings. We break it down below," the team said in the announcement.

Fortnite Champion Series 2021 Headlined by $20 Million Prize Pool

Fortnite Champion Series for 2021 will feature a $20 million prize pool. The competitive team also announced the following format adjustments for the year:

• Players will compete in a single cross-platform player pool. This allows players on multiple platforms to play together as teammates.
• Weekly Qualifiers will have an additional Round to pare down to the final lobby more gradually. See details below. 
• Once qualified to the Semi-Finals, teams will be locked and not be able to play in additional Qualifiers. This means if a team directly qualifies to the Semi-Finals in Week 1, that team won’t be able to influence Week 2 or Week 3’s Qualifiers.
• Semi-Finals and Finals will be played out on separate weekends to better manage both player fatigue and tournament operations.
• All prizes have been shifted to the Finals. 
• The top three teams from each region’s Finals will auto-qualify for the next season’s FNCS Finals. Note: This change requires that all three members of the team remain together during the next season.
• FNCS Champions and other consistent top performers will earn the opportunity to be invited to the mid and end-of-year prize competitions. 
• Slightly different scoring formats for single lobby vs. multiple lobby gameplay, to account for increased level of competition and the increased challenge of obtaining eliminations in the later stages.

The FNC Chapter 2 Season 5 schedule is as follows:

• Qualifier 1: Feb. 4-7
• Qualifier 2: Feb. 11-14
• Qualifier 3: Feb. 18-21
• Bye Week: Feb. 25-28
• Semi-Finals: March 5-7
• Reboot Round: March 12 & 13
• Finals: March 12-14

For more information on FNC 2021, check out the official announcement here.