Port-A-Fort Can Save You From a Sky Base Fall in Fortnite
By Nicholas Barth ·
A fall from the heights that many Fortnite players choose to construct their sky bases at often results in death. However, one community member has discovered a way to survive a fall from the heavens.
One of the creative forms of building that Fortnite Battle Royale players have taken to is the construction of massive sky bases that allow them to gain a tactical advantage over their enemies. Unfortunately, enemy players can destroy your base with some focused fire and send you plummeting to the ground, which often results in you being eliminated from the massive amount of fall damage. However, with the recent addition of the Port-a-Fort grenade into Fortnite, players have now discovered a way to survive a fall from incredible heights if they have the new piece of equipment in their inventory.
-Using a Port-A-Fort to negate fall from a skybase!- from r/FortNiteBR
Community member camnop02 posted an example of how the Port-a-Fort can be utilized to survive a fall from a base built high in the sky with a video created from the recently added replay system on Fortnite's official subreddit. The method consists of throwing a Port-a-Fort right underneath you as you are falling to the ground. In order to survive the fall, you must land perfectly on the pile of tires that lie at the very bottom of the instantly built structure. If you hit the landing, your character will be safe and sound as you bounce to the top of the structure safely. However, this survival method only works for one player at a time, as a player landing next to you will cause both of you to recieve the full amount of fall damage.
Unfortunately, players do not have the same access to their gliders when falling from a sky base compared to when they are diving out of the Battle Bus.
(Source: Epic Games)
It remains to be seen if port jumping will become the latest technique to take over Fortnite, such as rocket riding has done, but it provide players who are avid sky base builders a last ditch survival technique for when they are sent plummeting to the ground.
(cover photo courtesy of Law Night)