Fortnite: 8 Best Landing Spots in Chapter 5 Season 3

Highlights

• Landing at quiet spots can be great for players who want to avoid confrontation so early into the game.
• POIs might be popular picks for players, and highly populated, but they are great to discover NPCs and chests.

With FortniteChapter 5 Season 3 bringing a range of changes to the map, players might be in search of a new landing spot to call home. Dropping from the Battle Bus is always filled with adrenaline, and some players are going to want to bring that energy to some spots with incredible loot and fierce competition to make the biggest splash and conquer the best landing spots in Fortnite.

Yet, other players might want to channel that energy into something calmer, where a tactical mind can scavenge for loot without the abundance of violence found in classic spots like Tilted Towers. Whether players enjoy a calm drop spot in Fortnite, or a hectic one, they can find an assortment of the best POIs in Fortnite Chapter 5 Season 3 below.

8 Grim Gate

A Hectic Spot With Loot and Escape Routes

Grim Gate can be seen as a somewhat risky spot to drop to, as there are an abundance of advantages to be found here. Not only will players be able to challenge Cerberus for the Mythic Gatekeeper Shotgun, but the fact that the area is swarmed with the glowing green river allows players quicker movement thanks to the Underworld Dash ability, so starting fights can get a bit hectic when everyone is dashing around.

Yet, that comes with the advantage of knowing that if players get surrounded or in trouble, they can follow the river to Underworld Dash away from Grim Gate. The location itself is brimming with Splash Barrels and Chests, providing plenty of loot and shields to starting teams.

7 Pea Bois HQ

A Solo Spot, Great For Vehicle Upgrades

A calmer spot due to the fact that it’s a Landmark and not a POI, Pea Bois HQ makes one of the best landing spots in Fortnite for a few reasons. The most notable, is the fact that players can find all vehicle mods here.

Whilst it’s a smaller area intended for solo players, the fact that people can come here and stack their vehicles with intense upgrades will surely give them the advantage they need to win, as Chapter 5 Season 3 relies heavily on the new vehicle mods that can turn a regular car into a four-wheeled death machine.

6 Lavish Lair

A Bountiful Mansion With Many Floors, Vehicles, and Loot

Lavish Lair certainly deserves its name, as this location is rather stunning in appearance and size. Landing here is best when players have a team at their side, as it’s a large location with many different rooms and floors, so a few teams might end up dropping to Lavish Lair for what it can offer them, making it a premium spot for combat and loot.

Players will find all manners of floor loot and chests as they roam the large castle and even the gardens behind it. In case the loot isn’t to their standard, or there are just too many teams, feel free to hijack one of the vehicles at the front of the castle and make a daring escape.

5 Nitrodrome

Popular and Intense Landing Spot with Loot Galore

Chapter 5 Season 3 introduced the apocalypse to the map, and with that, the Nitrodrome was forged. This location is essentially a coliseum forged with scrap, and inside, players will find an intense arena covered in traps. The Nitrodrome is a hot spot to land due to the abundance of loot, and the rewards earned from the center after a certain amount of time spent here.

Nitrodrome also houses a few goodies, like Ringmaster Scarr’s Mythic Boom Bolt, and the keys to her vehicle, which is a must-have for those roaming the wasteland. The Nitrodrome can be extremely chaotic at the start of the map, so to those not looking for a fight, it might not be the spot for them.

4 Pleasant Piazza

A Large Estate, A Quiet Spot With Map Advantage

Pleasant Piazza isn’t the most exciting place in the world, and it seems to have missed the deadly sandstorm that ravished the south of the map. Pleasant Piazza doesn’t have many teams landing at it, and the abundance of buildings with roofs with different heights makes it a great spot to control the POI, or loot up before heading somewhere else.

Pleasant Piazza is situated South of Grim Gate and North of Sandy Steppes, making it a really good starting spot, for players can loot up here in the quiet, and then head off to more dangerous areas as the zone closes in.

3 Li’l Dirty Dock

A Cluster Of Open Containers, Between Two POIs

Li’l Dirty Dock is another potentially quiet spot thanks to the fact that it is a Landmark. Players who head here will be pleasantly surprised by the abundance of potential loot, as plenty of items are found across the floor, with chests and splash canisters sitting in containers just waiting for someone to use them.

Players can also hire Ruckus, an NPC found at Li’l Dirty Dock, which can easily give teams and solo players the advantage they need with more firepower. Once looted up from Li’l Dirty Dock, players can head West for Redline Rig or East for Brawler’s Battleground to take on fighters who survive the other POIs.

2 Classy Courts

Open Tennis Courts For A Quiet Start With Little Cover

Classy Courts is a good start for players fresh out of the Battle Bus due to the fact that it’s found in the North East of the map, away from most other POIs. Whilst players might not drop here for a fight, they can expect them occasionally, but that’s where the structure of this POI works in their favor, as the lack of walls and inclusion of wire fences makes it easy to shoot other players without the worry of them hiding.

Classy Courts is also pretty useful for acquiring loot, as players can find Oscar here, who can be challenged for the one-of-a-kind Frenzy Auto Shotgun, a weapon that was vaulted at the start of Chapter 5 Season 3. Weapon aside, Classy Courts is a nice quiet spot that will get the ball rolling from the start of the game.

1 Cloistered Castle

An Isolated Castle In The Middle Of Water

If players are looking for a location away from the chaos, then Cloistered Castle could be for them. Found northeast of Lavish Lair, this area is pretty far from other areas, and the fact it has its own isolated island makes it a decent visit for those looking for loot without the trouble of engaging in a fight with other teams.

The use of water around the island makes for a decent getaway through swimming. If the loot isn’t good enough here, then feel free to head further North to Piney Lane, or take what has been found and battle it out at a named POI.