Fortnite Fall Skirmish Week 1 Tournament Stream and Rules - twitch.tv/fortnite

By Nicholas Barth ·

Week 1 of the Fortnite Fall Skirmish is about to start, and we have all the info and the stream at twitch.tv/fortnite covered for you.

Fortnite Fall Skirmish Week 1 Tournament Stream and Rules - twitch.tv/fortnite

Coming off the success of its Fortnite Summer Skirmish Series, Epic Games will be looking to bring any more excitement to the world of the competitive scene for its popular battle royale game in the Fortnite Fall Skirmish Series. Featuring a $10,000,000 prize pool and six weeks of competition, the Fortnite Fall Skirmish is setting up to be a very entertaining and highly anticipated event. Friday, September 21st will see Week 1 of the event kick off, and we have all of the information and the event stream at twitch.tv/fortnite covered for you. 

Fortnite Fall Skirmish - Week 1 

Viewers will be able to catch all of the action from today's tournament on the official Twitch channel for Epic Games' battle royale title at twitch.tv/fortnite. Many of the competitors will also be likely streaming their own perspective of the action on their personal Twitch and YouTube channels. You can find an embedded version of the official event stream at twitch.tv/fortnite below. Fans can watch the battle royale action begin at 12 PM EST with Group 1 and then at 4 PM EST with Group 2.

Over 500 community members, content creators and professional players have been invited to compete in the $10,000,000 and six week event. These players have been split into five different clubs who will all be competing against one another to be the championship club at the conclusion of the Fall Skirmish by battling for club points in each week of the series. 

These five clubs can be found below. 

  • Fort Knights
  • Lucky Llamas
  • Dusty Dogs
  • Rift Raiders
  • Bush Bandits

The format for Week 1 of the Fortnite Fall Skirmish will consist of Hold The Throne Duos. This format will see the competing duos of the event on Friday, September 21st battle to have the most points at the end of six matches in order to be declared the winner of Week 1 of the Fortnite Fall Skirmish.

You can find the official scoring system for Week 1 of the Fortnite Fall Skirmish Hold The Throne Duos format below. 

  • VICTORY ROYALE:+3 POINTS

  • 2ND-3RD PLACE:+2 POINTS

  • 4TH-5TH PLACE:+1 POINT

  • 8+ ELIMINATIONS:+3 POINTS

  • 6-7 ELIMINATIONS:+2 POINTS

  • 4-5 ELIMINATIONS:+1 POINT

The duo that finishes Week 1 of the Fortnite Summer Skirmish holding the throne (having the most eliminations in any match) will be awarded an extra two points while the duo that is holding the throne at the end of all six matches will be awarded a bonus of $50,000. 

You can find the official prize pool for Week 1 of the Fortnite Fall Skirmish that will be broadcasted on twitch.tv/fortnite right below for your viewing pleasure. 

Fortnite Fall Skirmish twitch.tv/fortnite Standings Week 1
(Source: Epic Games)

With a grand prize of $67,500 and 305 club points, the competing duos for each of the Fortnite Fall Skirmish clubs will no doubt be determined to perform at a very high level in order to walk away from the exciting Week 1 tournament action taking place at twitch.tv/fortnite as champions. 

(cover photo courtesy of Epic Games)