Fortnite Refer A Friend 2022: How To Get The Xander Skin For Free

Following a successful showing last time out, Fortnite is bring back Refer A Friend for 2022, this time out offering the Xander skin for free while asking you to team up with a friend.

Refer a Friend is basically exactly what it sounds like. If you can enlist a friend to play Fortnite with you and grind out some challenges, you can both earn free cosmetics. It’s a great way of finding something to do in the summer, as well as bringing back any lapsed Fortnite players to check out what Chapter 3 has to offer.

Here’s everything you need to know about Refer A Friend 2022, including how you can snag the Xander skin for free.

 

Fortnite Refer A Friend Explained

In essence, Refer A Friend asks you to invite your friends to join you as a “referee” over the course of the event, with both of you able to complete challenges to unlock free cosmetics. However, the friend you invite can’t have played Fortnite in the last 30 days, as the program is designed to bring back people who haven’t played Fortnite in ages.

Here’s the step by step guide to taking part:

– Visit referafriend.fortnite.com/ or fn.gg/ReferAFriend and sign up to the program by logging in with your EGS account. Your friend doesn’t need to also sign up for the program, they just need to accept your invite.
– Select Add A Friend and then choose someone who’s eligible that has played less than two hours of Fortnite in the last 30 days. You can add up to 5 friends, but this doesn’t change how quickly you earn rewards.
– Start completing tasks/challenges from the official website. Refer to the website to check your progress.

Players must play Fortnite Battle Royale in either the normal or Zero Build mode. Most of the tasks revolve around completing tasks together.

Please be aware that players under 13 years of age or those hailing from Cuba, Iran, Iraq, North Korea, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, and the regions of Crimea, Donetsk, and Luhansk will not be able to take part in this event.

 

Fortnite Refer A Friend 2022 Tasks & Rewards

Players can earn everything from a spray just for signing up to the Xander skin for taking part in Refer A Friend this year.

There are five tasks and five cosmetic rewards in total. You have to complete each task in order, as a new task will unlock each time you complete the prior one.

 

Task 1 & Reward

Task 1: Create A Connection (sign up on the site)
Reward: Xander Double Draw Spray

 

Task 2 & Reward

Task 2: Play 1 Game in Fortnite With A Referee
Reward: Xander Immortal Oasis Wrap

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Task 3 & Reward

Task 3: Place top 10 6 times with your referee
Reward: Xander Oasis Wind Back Bling

 

Task 4 & Reward

Task 4: Eliminate 45 opponents with your referee
Reward: Xander Oasis Wind Pickaxe

 

Task 5 & Reward

Task 5: Gain plus 60 levels on your own and wait for your referee to gain plus 60 levels too
Reward: Xander skin

This year’s Refer A Friend actually asks players to do a lot more than last year, which was already quite a lot. Players now have to eliminate more than four times as many opponents and place in the top 10 more than before. It’s a lot of effort for a free Xander set.

Bear in mind that your friend will also have to level up 60 times for you to earn the free skin. That is dozens of hours of gameplay, but bear in mind that you don’t have to do it together.

 

When Does Fortnite Refer A Friend 2022 End?

Players have until January 10th, 2022 at 11:59 PM ET to sign up to Refer A Friend with a friend. Entries will be closed after that time.

However, if you sign up in time, you will have until February 19th, 2022 at 11:59 PM ET to actually complete everything with your friend. Even if you’ve partially completed the tasks, you will not be able to fully complete them after this cut-off point.

Fortnite is free-to-play on PC via the Epic Games Store, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X | S, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and Android.

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