How to Play With Friends on Fortnite
When you play Fortnite on a console, you immediately have the option to team with friends who also use that console. For example, if you’re playing on Xbox One, you can invite your Xbox Network friends. PlayStation 4 owners can play with their PlayStation Network friends.
Fortnite is a cross-platform game, which means that PC players can play with Xbox players, Nintendo Switch players can play with mobile players, and so on.
To play with a friend who’s using a different platform, you need to add them through Fortnite or the Epic Games launcher PC app.
How to Add Friends on Fortnite
Fortnite makes it easy to send friend requests to friends on other platforms, and you can also send them to people you have played with recently.
Here’s how to add friends on Fortnite:
Launch Fortnite, and create a Save the World, Battle Royale, or Creative lobby. The type of lobby you create doesn’t matter. Friends added in Save the World mode are also available in Battle Royale, and vice versa. If you want to play the game as soon as your friend accepts your request, then create a lobby for the mode you want to play to save some time. Click or tap the friends icon that looks like human silhouettes if you’re playing on PC or mobile. On Xbox One press the view button (looks like two boxes); on Nintendo Switch, press the - button; and on PlayStation 4, press the touchpad button. Click or tap ADD FRIENDS if you’re playing on PC or mobile. Xbox One users, press X. Nintendo Switch users, press Y. PlayStation 4 users, press Square. Select the ENTER DISPLAY NAME OR EMAIL, and enter your friend’s Epic Games display name or their email. Xbox One users can access this field by pressing A. Nintendo Switch users use the B button. PlayStation 4 users, tap X. You will also find suggested friends and recent players on this menu. If you want to send a friend request to someone you played Fortnite with recently, select them from this menu. If you enter your friend’s display name or email address correctly, you will see a Friend Request Sent message. If your friend accepts the request, they will show up in your friends list in the EPIC FRIENDS section.
Can You Add Fortnite Friends From Outside of Fortnite?
When you add friends on Fortnite, you’re adding them to your Epic Games account. Epic is the developer and publisher of Fortnite, and they have a PC app that acts as a launcher for the PC version of Fortnite and a store in which you can buy other titles.
If you have a friend who plays Fortnite, and you want to add them to play later without actually launching the game, use the Epic Games app on your PC. Using this method, if you’re playing a different game on your console, you don’t have to launch Fortnite just to add someone.
Adding friends through the Epic launcher lets you easily play cross-platform with all your friends, regardless of whether they play on Xbox One, PlayStation 4, PC, or mobile.
To add a Fortnite friend through the Epic Games launcher, click Friends > Add a Friend. Enter the other player’s email address, and then click Send.
