Top 5 Worst Fortnite Locations That’ll Leave You Dead on Arrival

Tomato Town

The Worst Fortnite Locations to Avoid

Tomato Town consists of a pizza place, a taco shop, a gas station, and a small brick box, so you certainly wouldn’t want to call this “town” your home. More importantly, it’s a terrible place to start in Fortnite.

Because there are not many buildings, there are fewer options to find weapons and items if you’re competing with anyone else that’s dropped into the area. It’s also a super dangerous place to visit in the late game, too, with the underpass and surrounding cliffs easily hiding other players looking into the town. They should rename Tomato Town Ambush City.

If you are inclined to drop in Tomato Town due to a specific daily or weekly challenge requirement, it’s better to loot the house west of the square or the southern tunnel with a secret room that possibly holds up to two treasure chests. You can then waltz into this postage stamp-like “town” and pick off anyone still struggling to pick up a gun.

Flush Factory

The Worst Fortnite Locations to Avoid

A small area on the southwestern edge of the Fortnite map, Flush Factory may seem like a good place to drop since it is out of the way but can often be so far out of the way that it’s a serious handicap for the rest of the game. There seems to always be a poor amount of loot, too. Chests do occasionally spawn within the two buildings and in the parking lot but find yourself short on weapons and items more often than not.

It can also be a long hike from the safe zone, since it usually gravitates near the center of the map, and spending too much time in Flush Factory means less time looking elsewhere before the storm closes in.

There are factories to the northeast that hold better loot and more chests, but you might find those are fairly heavily populated with enemies. At least with those, though, you’ve got a chance of picking up some decent kit before being engaged in a fight.

Loot Lake

The Worst Fortnite Locations to Avoid

Loot Lake is an oxymoron because it’s certainly not a lake filled to the brim with loot. There are treasure chests sitting in various rowboats on the open water, but most players do not even bother because walking through the water slows you down so much that it’s far too dangerous to risk. Building out to them isn’t really viable, either, since it’s impossible unless connected to the mainline, and also requires a huge amount of resources.

Dropping into the lone house in the middle of the lake is more tedious than trying to survive anywhere outside this location.  Once looted, everything on the island must be chopped down so you have enough materials to cross the lake safely and have enough for future battles.

The watchtower and house on the northern side of the lake is a little better for maneuverability, but you’ll need to move quickly to avoid players with full inventories coming from the Anarchy Acres area. The factories to the west have much better opportunities for loot but are sandwiched between two common drop locations: Pleasant Park and Tilted Towers.

Tilted Towers

The Worst Fortnite Locations to Avoid

Tilted Towers was so despised by the Fortnite: Battle Royale community that the mere thought of a giant meteor wiping it off the map was cause for celebration. The fanbase held their breath every weekly update leading up to Season 4 hoping the large city would be literally cut down but sadly that did not come to be. After Season 4 dropped, it is not as baad as it once was.

The reason it was so hated was that everyone went there, causing massive fights and the 100 player count significantly dropping to less than 50 in a minute. This usually caused a boring mid-game, since thirty players would be left standing before the storm even closed in on the first circle. The city had plenty of buildings filled with loot, and were high enough oversee other battles happening and safely pick off other distracted players.

Despite the city’s plentiful loot, it is still a place to avoid if you’d like to at least make the top 50 and not have trouble with building while fighting. Though Tilted Towers was once the go-to location since it’s inception, it’s popularity has fallen to the wayside for a much deadlier location. 

Dusty Divot

The Worst Fortnite Locations to Avoid

The large crater that now resides in the middle of the map was once Dusty Depot, three warehouses that did not offer much loot and were surrounded on all sides by much better locations. More players are now drawn to the literal hole in the ground since becoming Dusty Divot at the beginning of Season 4, so there is still less opportunity to grab weapons even with the increase in loot.

The uptick in popularity might be because it is new, but the crater also holds a large quantity of small, purple crystals that can be consumed to give players an increased jump height for a short amount of time. Building becomes faster and jumping across huge sections of land can be gratifying, especially running up to surprised enemies.

There is also a base of operations in the middle of the crater with tightly packed buildings that make for clustered team fights. Without explosives or a light machine gun to easily take out large groups in seconds, it will be very hard to come out on top from this one location.