Fortnite Season 6 FNCS: Dates, Prize Pool, and everything you need to know

The Fortnite Championship Series, or FNCS, is returning once again in Season 6, pitting the best players in the world against each other for their share of the prize pool.

In a recent blog post, Epic Games laid out everything you need to know about the tournament.

Here is all of the important information.

Format

All of the Fortnite FNCS tournaments throughout 2021 will be using the Trios format, where teams of three compete together in a squad type mode.

How To Participate

Trios will be able to participate in the Fortnite Season 6 FNCS tournament by all being in Champions League in the game’s Arena mode.

This is achieved by reaching Division 8 in Arena in which 6,000 points is required.

Tournament Dates

Here are all of the tournament dates for each round of the competition.

Qualifying Trios won’t be able to take part in future qualifier weeks, if there are still qualifier rounds left.

Qualifier Schedule

April 22: Qualifier 1 – Round 1 [Middle East]
April 23: Qualifier 1 – Round 1 [All Regions Except Middle East]
April 23: Qualifier 1 – Round 2 and Round 3 [Middle East]
April 24: Qualifier 1 – Round 4 [Middle East]
April 24: Qualifier 1 – Round 2 and Round 3 [All Regions Except Middle East]
April 25: Qualifier 1 – Round 4 [All Regions Except Middle East]

April 29: Qualifier 2 – Round 1 [Middle East]
April 30: Qualifier 2 – Round 1 [All Regions Except Middle East]
April 30: Qualifier 2 – Round 2 and Round 3 [Middle East]
May 1: Qualifier 2 – Round 4 [Middle East]
May 1: Qualifier 2 – Rounds 2 and Round 3 [All Regions Except Middle East]
May 2: Qualifier 2 – Round 4 [All Regions Except Middle East]

May 6: Qualifier 3 – Round 1 [Middle East]
May 7: Qualifier 3 – Round 1 [All Regions Except Middle East]
May 7: Qualifier 3 – Round 2 and Round 3 [Middle East]
May 8: Qualifier 3 – Round 4 [Middle East]
May 8: Qualifier 3 – Rounds 2 and Round 3 [All Regions Except Middle East]
May 9: Qualifier 3 – Round 4 [All Regions Except Middle East]

Semi-Finals Schedule

2.3.1    May 21: Semi-Finals – Heat 1, Heat 2, and Heat 3 [ME]
2.3.2    May 22: Semi-Finals – Heat 1, Heat 2, and Heat 3 [All Regions Except Middle East]

Reboot Round Schedule

May 22: Reboot Rounds [ME]
May 23: Reboot Rounds [All Regions Except Middle East]

Finals Schedule

May 28: Champion Series Finals (Day 1) [ME]
May 29: Champion Series Finals (Day 1) [All Regions Except Middle East]
May 29: Champion Series Finals (Day 2) [ME]
May 30: Champion Series Finals (Day 2) [All Regions Except Middle East]

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Prize Pool

The prize pool for the tournament can only be won in the finals. Previously we have seen prize money being earned throughout all stages of the competition but this was changed in Chapter 2 Season 5.

Europe

Rank    Prize
1st    $300,000
2nd    $210,000
3rd    $135,000
4th    $120,000
5th    $105,000
6th    $90,000
7th    $75,000
8th    $60,000
9th    $45,000
10th    $30,000
11th-15th    $15,000
16th-20th    $9,000
21st-26th    $6,000
27th-33rd    $3,000

NA East

Rank    Prize
1st    $150,000
2nd    $105,000
3rd    $69,000
4th    $60,000
5th    $54,000
6th    $45,000
7th    $39,000
8th    $30,000
9th    $24,000
10th    $15,000
11th-15th    $9,000
16th-20th    $5,400
21st-26th    $3,000
27th-33rd    $1,800

NA West

Rank    Prize
1st    $75,000
2nd    $48,000
3rd    $30,000
4th    $24,000
5th    $21,000
6th    $18,000
7th    $15,000
8th    $12,000
9th    $9,000
10th    $6,000
11th-15th    $3,000
16th-20th    $2,400
21st-26th    $1,500
27th-33rd    $900

Brazil

Rank    Prize
1st    $75,000
2nd    $48,000
3rd    $30,000
4th    $24,000
5th    $21,000
6th    $18,000
7th    $15,000
8th    $12,000
9th    $9,000
10th    $6,000
11th-15th    $3,000
16th-20th    $2,400
21st-26th    $1,500
27th-33rd    $900

Asia

Rank    Prize
1st    $36,000
2nd    $24,000
3rd    $15,000
4th    $12,000
5th    $10,500
6th    $9,000
7th    $7,500
8th    $6,000
9th    $4,500
10th    $3,000
11th-15th    $1,500
16th-20th    $1,200
21st-26th    $900
27th-33rd    $600

Middle East

Rank    Prize
1st    $30,000
2nd    $19,500
3rd    $12,000
4th    $9,000
5th    $7,500
6th    $6,600
7th    $5,400
8th    $4,800
9th    $4,200
10th    $2,400
11th-15th    $1,350
16th-26th    $900
27th-33rd    $600

OCE

Rank    Prize
1st    $22,500
2nd    $15,000
3rd    $9,000
4th    $6,300
5th    $5,400
6th    $4,500
7th    $3,900
8th    $3,300
9th    $2,700
10th    $1,800
11th-15th    $900
16th-20th    $750
21st-33rd    $600

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