Mastering the Cash Cup in Fortnite: A Guide to Qualifying for Competitive Play

If you’re a Fortnite enthusiast looking to test your skills and compete for cash prizes, then Cash Cups are the perfect opportunity for you.

We will explore what Cash Cups are, how to qualify for them, the different types of Cash Cups available, the prizes you can win, how to register, the rules and regulations to follow, and some valuable tips and strategies to succeed in these competitive events.

So, gear up and get ready to elevate your Fortnite game to the next level!

What Is A Cash Cup In Fortnite?

In Fortnite, a Cash Cup refers to a competitive event pitting players against each other in an attempt to win cash rewards. It is among the easiest of all competitive events to enter as there are no requirements to join. The only process necessary to register is simply to log in during the specific times at which the event occurs. Cash Cup events take place weekly, bi-weekly, tri-weekly, and monthly during the FNCS, or Fortnite Champion Series.

How To Qualify For A Cash Cup?

To qualify for a Cash Cup, a player has to earn the required points for the tournament during the qualifier stages. Points are earned by registering a partnership in the Custom Matches screen and then playing a duo or squad game. The number of points needed can vary — typical amounts are between 80-100 for solo Cash Cups, and 100-120 for duo or squad Cash Cups. The tournaments are time-limited, and players are associated with the server they join (NA East, NA West, or Europe), depending on their points and server congestion.

Have A High Arena Points

According to Epic Games, you can only get into a cash cup in Fortnite if you have a high enough arena points. The arena playlist is one of the core competitive experiences available to Fortnite players, with participants able to earn participant points as they increase up the Arena Divisions. The chances of qualifying increase along with the division growth, but many lower division players have been denied entry into Cash Cups once they have enough participant points.

This selection mechanism can keep the qualifications difficult. But a dedicated player who performs consistently in the Competitive Arena playlist will earn enough points for a Cash Cup qualifying period eventually. Once you have enough points, Cash Cup registration will appear as an option on your Fortnite home screen.

Participate In Contender League Tournaments

If you have not qualified for the cash cup, you can participate in Contender League tournaments instead. Although Fortnite leagues do not award as much prize money, they are similar to cash cups and offer the same competitive experience without the stakes. The upside to competing in Contender League competitions is that there are more opportunities with as many as three every day.

League events are useful for even more casual players who want a taste of competition to learn how to improve their playing without losing money. These too often pay some nominal amount, such as $10 to $25 for the top four finishers. There are players in all the major Fortnite leagues who are among the best in the world, so even second-tier tournaments can be thrilling and rewarding.

Participate In Open League Tournaments

Open league tournaments refer to the ladder level of play in Fortnite’s EU region. The open tournaments are the Daily Duo Cash Cups and Daily Solo Cash Cups that give competitive players a way to practice for increasingly competitive tournaments. A certain number of top players earn themselves a spot in the regional Fortnite Champion Series based on their Open league performance. The top 99 teams from each game mode region get to play in the FNCS Qualifiers.

The above image shows the Season 7 Chapter 3 leaderboard from the official Fortnite website. It shows the winners of an event, their respective prize winnings and in-game achievements, details about the event they competed in, and a social media link.

What Are The Different Types Of Cash Cups?

These are the different types of cash cups in Fortnite:

1. Duos and Trios Fortnite Cash Cups
2. Faze Clan Cash Cup Featuring Highsky
3. MyDisney Friends Fortnite Cash Cup
4. Daily Trios Cash Cup
5. Aqua and Nyhrox Trio Cash Cups
6. Trio in VT Classic Cash Cup

Fortnite server regions offer various cash cups leading to many different flavors. Residential gamers can pick the time where they have the best internet connection and receive top guests. Latin America and Asia have special duo events. Europe hosts two streams at two separate times for the same event. There are special Faze Clan Cash Cup events as well. There are weekly cash cup events that provide open competition for all teams in the North American region and other server regions. Smarshy Regional Platform Cash Cups are a good start to test talent as Asian or Australian gamers without much ping lag.

Solo Cash Cups

Solo cash cups are easy to enter, as they happen daily and the only entry requirement is that you register while the registration window is open. Cash cups are not free to enter but the entry fee is nominal, typically $2.50 to $5.00. For the lower fee tournaments, Epic Games uses an open format where all individuals and duos from specific regions compete in the same tournament. For the higher fee Solo Cash Cup event, Epic Games uses a contender format so that those participating have met the requirements and Epic Games can track all players’ scores.

Solo Cash Cups start at 14:00 EST and last for three hours. Drop into Fortnite and find the Compete tab. Find the Solo FNCS Arena ladders and join the Solo Cash Cups queue in order to find an arena match. November 2021’s current schedule of solo cash cups features three tournaments for players in NAW, and two for players in EU.

The top 750 finishers/teams in Solo Cash Cup events in default (open) format can win Prizes from $80 to $1,250 while the top 260 finishers in the Solo Cash Cup in the contender (invite) format are awarded between $300 and $10,800.

Duo Cash Cups

In a Duo Cash Cup, you would need to successfully find and invite a friend to play with you in a tournament. To get into a Duo Cash Cup in Fortnite, one player will have to register for the tournament and that player will choose at least one friend to compete with.

Entry into a Duo Cash Cup by platforms is as follows:

1. PC Duos: log into Fortnite and click on the Compete tab in the Battle Royale lobby. From there, the dates and times for the tournament will be visible, and you will be able to register if eligible.
2. Console Duos: log into Fortnite on the appropriate console and follow detailed instruts provided in the Cash Cup registration steps.

If a player registers for a tournament as a solo participant, they will not be able to find another solo player to team up with. Unlike platforms such as Battlefy, Epic’s official registration system for Fortnite Cash Cups/ tournaments, only allows for registration as members of a duo.

Trios Cash Cups

Trios Cash Cups are invitational online elimination tournaments with a $600,000 USD prize pool held by Epic Games, with separate competitions for each Fortnite region. They are typically played on Thursdays but may sometimes be played on Fridays or Saturdays. Trios Cash Cups consist of two rounds of play on the same day. Participants only need to receive an invite through Arena and do not need to reach a target division. Players simply need to be in the arena with their Trios team on the day and time of the tournament.

The initial round consists of three match play with the top three trios moving on to the grand final. The final round consists of six match play with money awarded to the top 100 trios. You can see the specific rules for trios in the graphic at the 30:11 mark of this video. As with all competitive Fortnite, a player earns cash cup invitations by playing and winning in solo, duo, and trio FNCS.

This graphic explains arena game modes leading to cash cup play. In trios, players earn cash cup participation by reaching Division Seven of the Arena Solo or Trio game mode (Prospect League).

What Are The Prizes For Cash Cups?

Prizes for Cash Cup participants range from 400 to 31,200 V-Bucks per player, but this amount varies according to the specific cash cup, the region, the platform, and how well players perform. Prizes are usually given to a large portion of the field of entrants, particularly in the EU and NA East servers.

Every Weekly Cash Cup after FNCS 2019 (season X) rewards the top 1000 players with prizes, according to data available from at least 18 past cups across all servers as well as the guidelines for the upcoming Winterfest 2022 Cash Cup. These rewards are broken down into 20-25 tiers, with 50th place receiving comparable prizes to 950th place and 2nd place receiving comparable rewards to 27th and 30th place.

Early in the FNCS, prizes weren’t nearly as generous. In the January 2020 power-ranking article by Perfect Puller, they estimated that anyone in the 15-20 points range would usually finish in the top 75% of the field thereby getting themselves at least 400 V-Bucks. There are no good estimates of average winnings after two years of inflation and ever-changing reward tiers in the Cash Cup guidebooks.

Cash Prizes

These tourneys are intended as money-making ventures, with the best players consistently winning the tournaments and cash prizes. Cash prizes may vary, but are typically granted to 1% of the tournament’s entries. This is the most common form of tournament reward, rarely contributing V-bucks.

The EU Cash Cups as well as the daily Ontario and NAE tournaments frequently award all but the bottom 3000 placements with cash.

In-game Cosmetic Items

In Cash Cups, players can participate in in-game tournaments for large matches. These performance competitions typically last roughly one hour across several matches. Winners are decided by scoring systems that grant points for eliminations, wins, top 1/3, top 1/2, and so on through top 10 finishes. Fortnite Cash Cups began in.

To announce its own friendly platforms, Fortnite places links for its Tournaments and Cash Cups in the Compete section of the main game menu. One can click this and obtain instructions on how to participate. Players should select the Cash Cup or tournament they wish to join, then join that Lilo by clicking the join tournament button. Earnings, times, rules and so on differ for each Cup and Tournament, so always consult the tournament entry page for specifics.

Players can actually acquire in-game objects by participating in Fortnite Cash Cups. While most of these cosmetics are now randomly drawn on days that in-game tournaments are not running (in what the games calls Random Dates), they were initially given to participants in Cash Cup tournaments over the years. The winning player of each Cash Cup (that means the individual go out in the game, team up with teammates, compete against other trios to put themselves in a position to win) receives an in-game cosmetic prize.

How To Register For A Cash Cup?

You register for a Cash Cup by navigating to the competitive section of the Fornite web page during the event you wish to participate in. Click on the Cash Cup event and look for entry requirements. You must click Register to be eligible for a spot. Entry requirements for Fortnite Cash Cups have varied in the past, some with open participation, and others requiring entry from extraordinary arena tournament performance. So be sure to check the eligibility criteria set out for each specific Cash Cup you want to enter.

Through The In-game Compete Tab

In Fortnite: Battle Royale, you can enter cash prize tournaments through the in-game Compete tab on Wednesdays and Thursdays to secure a portion of the weekly $1M prize pool. Opening it will display upcoming tournaments on the schedule with gameplay rules and prize money. Select a tournament that has not ended, do a warm-up round with friends, then select the Enter button when you feel ready to compete.

You will be switched to a special matchmaking queue with other competitors. Matchmaking decisions are based on server, optimal tournament platform performance, and local time constraints. You are eligible to win based on the tournament’s scoring format as long as you have not used a VPN, have not attempted to remove yourself from the tournament server, and are playing alone. After completing the number of matches needed for the competition, enter the in-game Compete tab to view the tournaments page and receive one of three potential payments within days (the top performers can expect to wait a little longer than those cashing in at the bottom!

Recent tournaments have awarded the top five to sixty players from as low as $200 to highs near $3500. You will receive V-Bucks if you are not eligible to earn real-world money in these tournaments.

Through The Epic Games Website

Cash cups can be registered for through The Epic Games website easily and quickly by following these steps:

1. Search epicgames.com. Type cups into the search bar.
2. Select Casual Cash Cups. In the search results, select Casual Cash Cups | April 20 or another upcoming date.
3. Sign in with your Epic Games Account. If you don’t have one, click on Don’t have an Epic Games account to create one.
4. Select the size of cup you want to play in. Then proceed and select the region for the cup you’d like to participate in such as the Middle East or the Europe region.
5. Register and Check In. Select a partner if you’d like and then click the Register button to register. Make sure to do the same to check in for the tournament a small time before the start time.

A complete list of tournaments to register for is also available on their Competitive Gaming page, which includes Champion Cash Cups, Trios Cash Cups, and other regional and bespoke tournaments promoted by Epic.

What Are The Rules And Regulations For Cash Cups?

The following are the rules and regulations that Epic Games has for Cash Cups:

1. Tournament Details: Eligibility rules, tournament system, prize structure, and payment play are determined by the specific details of a Cash Cup series and posted on the Compete tab of Fortnite.
2. Edit Rules: There are multiple Edit and Material settings that apply to specific Cash Cup styles, check the Fortnite Compete tab and search ‘Cash Cup Rules’ for a pdf.

Eligibility Requirements

• Players must have an Epic Account and agree to the Epic Developer Agreement. This Agreement requires players to be at least 13 years of age. Players who live in Crimea, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, or Syria cannot participate in Fortnite.
• Cash cups have been known to have different eligibility requirements depending on the individual tournament. EU qualification criteria for eligibility will be similar to that in the North American and Oceania regions. However, players are encouraged to check the Competitive tab in Fortnite regularly to check for eligibility information for specific cups they intend to enter.

Match Format

Matches in Fortnite Cash Cups use a format to level the playing field for competitors, protect non-pro players from being eliminated too early, and deter cheating. Competitors in Cash Cups start by playing in an open qualifier where the top players advance to the main event. Qualifying players are divided into rounds based on their performance in earlier competitions.

The Champions Division format in Fortnite is typical of the competition format across open eSports in general. When geographic qualifiers are conducted, participants are allowed to compete in the region of their choice. Any rankings scored in such qualifiers are NOT counted for the rest of the tournaments (Cash Cup, FCS, FNCS).

There are a total of 7 rounds in Fortnite Cash Cups – Daily Cash Cup with 3 rounds and Trio and Platform Cash Cups with 2 rounds each. You want to reach round 7 where you says reach it with maximum chances. By this stage of the competition, a players’ competitive form has been adequately documented, and can thus be compared across other eliminations of the same skill bracket.

Here are the formats for each of the Fortnite Cash Cups as of February 2022.

1. Daily Cash Cup Eastern
• Round 1: 5 Sessions
• Round 2: Top 1,777 teams (5 games)
• Round 3: Top 150 teams (1 game)
2. Daily Cash Cup Western
• Round 1: 5 Sessions
• Round 2: Top 1,857 teams (5 games)
• Round 3: Top 150 teams (1 game)
3. Daily Cash Cup Brazil
• Round 1: 5 Sessions
• Round 2: Top 1,407 teams (5 games)
• Round 3: Top 150 teams (1 game)
4. Asian Pacific Cash Cup for All Servers
• Round 1: 5 Sessions
• Round 2: Top 1,707 teams (5 games)
• Round 3: Top 150 teams (1 game)

1. Europe Cash Cup for All Servers
• Round 1: 10 sessions
• Round 2: Top 1,500 teams (10 rounds)
• Round 3: Top 500 teams (6 rounds)
• Round 4: Top 320 teams (4 rounds)
• Round 5: Top 140 teams (3 rounds)
• Round 6: Top 33 teams (3 rounds)
• Round 7: Top 33 teams (4 rounds)
2. Trio Cash Cup for All Servers
• Round 1: 6 sessions
• Round 2: Top 700 teams (6 rounds)
• Round 3: Top 500 teams (6 rounds)
• Round 4: Top 320 teams (4 rounds)
• Round 5: Top 140 teams (3 rounds)
• Round 6: Top 33 teams (3 rounds)
• Round 7: Top 33 teams (4 rounds)

Scoring System

The scoring system for all Cash Cups is identical. Here is the Fortnite Cash Cup scoring system for solo and duo modes: You score 55 points if you win, with a point awarded for each rank lower than 55. You are awarded an additional 2 points for every elimination. There are 112 players and teams in any matchmaking pool, yielding a maximum of 85 points in solo mode and 95 points in duos mode.

All However, the optional performance-based cash prizes in the solo mode of the Twitch Rivals Cash Cup are calculated differently. The announcement for the Twitch Rivals Catty Corner Cash Cup mentioned that points and prizes will only be awarded based on end-of-game placement.

Code Of Conduct

In the Cash Cup rules, section 4 outlines the Code of Conduct. Players will not make any paraphrased, masked, or symbolic expressions through language, behavior, or any means that contain any political, religious, hate-related, pornographic, or potentially offensive meanings. Players will not engage in, support, or glorify any form of discrimination, harassment, cyberbullying, or any other form of <> (including but not limited to cheating, <>, illicit acts, harm, or fraud).

If such player behavior is identified and verified, the player will receive an immediate final penalty notification and a matchmaking ban. These standards in the guidelines are firmly applied by ESL and Epic Games.

Tips And Strategies To Succeed In Cash Cups

Players looking to get into cash cups in Fortnite need to know that securing victory is difficult as it will require eliminating other players.

According to VRTex’s in-depth guide on the Metaverse, here is a list of Strategies to Succeed in Cash Cups:

1. Be as healthy as possible
2. Practice, then practice more
3. Learn from the professionals and use their tactics
4. Customize your HUD to make everything easy
5. Maintain your equipment
6. Compensate for any lack of strategy with your aim
7. Remain in movement when you are in the open
8. Develop your building abilities

Practice Consistently

Practice should be a daily, even twice-daily, if you can afford the time to do it routine. Play with friends and learn from others. That way, you can improve by copying the best habits and even discuss tricks in the trade with others. Equip yourself with not only console best practices but be sure to opt for more rewarding peripherals including headset, gaming chair, and a good game monitor.

Analyze Your Gameplay

Even in amateur Cash Cups, Fortnite players are among the best in the world. This is true even in the smaller community tournaments where players have minimal winnings or earnings.

Thus, there are frequent opportunities to watch and learn from some of the best players in the world. Many of the Cash Cups and other tournaments are live-streamed or have their best games casted by known Fortnite analysts. The major fortnite-streaming platforms such as Twitch and YouTube have a constantly changing list of the best streamers available. You would be able to watch them practice, try different strategies, and even test out different clients.

Study The Competition

Make sure to watch competitive Fortnite games, read about them, analyze them. Watching how some of the best players in the world handle aggressive games or end-game rotations can dramatically help a novice player increase their own skill.

Some of the best places to educate oneself on Fortnite strategy are Stohch’s Youtube videos and Destiny Jesus’s website. Be sure to watch the Fortnite World Cup which every month during its season had a cumulative prize pool of tens of millions of dollars.

Frequently Asked Questions

How to Get Into a Cash Cup in Fortnite?

1. What is a Cash Cup in Fortnite?

A Cash Cup is a competitive event in Fortnite where players can compete against each other for a chance to win a cash prize.

2. How do I qualify for a Cash Cup in Fortnite?

In order to qualify for a Cash Cup, you must first be a registered player in Fortnite and have the game downloaded on your device.

3. Are there any requirements to enter a Cash Cup in Fortnite?

Yes, players must be at least 13 years old and have a minimum account level of 15 to be eligible to participate in a Cash Cup.

4. How often do Cash Cups take place in Fortnite?

Cash Cups typically take place every week, with different regions and platforms having specific days and times for their respective tournaments.

5. Can I play in a Cash Cup with a team?

Yes, players can form a duo or squad team to compete in a Cash Cup, but all team members must meet the eligibility requirements.

6. How do I sign up for a Cash Cup in Fortnite?

In order to sign up for a Cash Cup, you must visit the Compete tab in the Fortnite game and select the Cash Cup event you want to participate in. Then, follow the prompts to register and compete.