Fortnite Players Can Get Banned for Using the Emote Pickaxe Cancel Exploit

Fortnite Battle Royale has had its fair share of glitches and bugs throughout its lifespan with one of the latest ones being the emote pickaxe cancel exploit. The Fortnite emote pickaxe cancel exploit allows players to gather materials much faster by allowing a player to swing their pickaxe faster.

It is achieved through canceling a swing with an emote and then canceling the emote with another pickaxe swing. This will grant the Fortnite player a double swing with their pickaxe that is available to use every two swings.

While the exploit is not caused from the hacking of the game by players, Epic Games has deemed the use of the Fortnite emote pickaxe cancel exploit as a bannable offense. According to a report by DBLTAP, an Epic Games employee had stated in a discord server that "It's an exploit and we do not approve using it. It may be our fault, but it takes very specific deliberate action to use that's not something a user can repeatedly do accidentally. It's the same as getting underground using a cart."

While the Fortnite bug is a problem on the end of Epic Games, it looks as though the developer believes that it being an action that a player can control performing puts it into the studio's collection of bannable offenses for players. 

With gathering building materials in order to have plenty to utilize in fights of Fortnite one of the most important areas of the popular battle royale game, the Fortnite emote pickaxe cancel exploit is surely a very tempting action to take for players looking to gain a leg up on their opponents during a match. However, Epic Games has made it clear that it is an exploit that carries a stiff ban punishment if a player is discovered using it.

(cover photo courtesy of Pro Games Guide)