Revive Your Game: How to Ready Up After Dying in Fortnite

Are you a Fortnite player who often wonders what happens after you die in the game?

In this article, we will discuss what exactly occurs when you die in Fortnite, how long you stay dead, and why it is crucial to ready up after dying.

We will also provide you with step-by-step tips on how to effectively ready up, what happens if you don’t, and some useful strategies to keep in mind.

Let’s jump right in and explore the world of Fortnite after death!

What is Fortnite?

Fortnite is an online video game developed by Epic Games. It was released in 2017 and comes in three distinct game modes. The most popular version is the following:

1. Battle Royale: A battle to the last player standing. Up to 100 players are dropped onto a large island where they must gather weapons and resources to fight others. The game keeps players moving as a storm moves inward, causing battle zones to change. Players control and customize their characters using skills and clothing earned and purchased over time.
2. Fortnite Creative: Allows players to create their own private islands and worlds.
3. Save the World: Players must survive against zombie-like creatures and scavenge for supplies.

Fornite was unique when it first launched because it combined cartoonish colorfulness with the play style of a traditional military shooter, complete with map zones and different weapons. The Construction and Building aspects of the gameplay were also novel at the time.

What Happens When You Die in Fortnite?

In Fortnite Battle Royale, when you die, you are eliminated for the match and return to the Lobby. There is no way to keep playing as your player after dying in Fortnite. You can watch as a spectator for the remainder of the match. You can play another match which will begin with a new drop from the Battle Bus and you select a new landing location as your Ready Up.

How Long Do You Stay Dead in Fortnite?

You stay dead in Fortnite until all remaining players on your team are dead and have attempted to be brought back via reboot. Once all members of the team are eliminated, you will be moved out of the match.

This could take seconds if your team was already in a fight when you got eliminated. The game notifies players of their dead status in two ways. When the whole team has died, instead of being able to spectate the killer or other players, the game says the camera is exploring and then sweeps around the Fortnite map looking for any interesting activity around it.

The camera starts near where the team was eliminated and then moves further afield to other squad battles or areas of busy movement. The other way players know they are eliminated is when they see their guns pointing straight up with a zombie purple cast to the image. They will be able to move around and jump but not fire or interact.

There is one method of keeping connected to the game. One player who is shown as dead can stay connected via their video chat app until they are invited to watch the game of the other teammates. The Reconnect feature was added with Chapter 2, Season 6, and allows players who disconnected during a match to jump right back in if the match is still going.

Why Do You Need to Ready Up After Dying?

You need to ready up after dying to keep track of your kills during a play session as well as to match yourself against your Fortnite kill competition from friends and others you encounter on the internet. In Fortnite, kill goals typically involve the total number of kills in a single match or several matches. One’s friends or others on the internet generally take this metric very seriously. Some treat each kill as a bingo number tile, while others track aggregate performance during the day by counting how many total kills they have in the current day.

Various Fortnite players have creative ways to ready up as seen in the image below:

How to Ready Up After Dying in Fortnite?

You can ready up after dying in Fortnite in one of two ways. If you are in a solo, duo, or squad match, the Leave Match button in the lower left will send you back to the lobby. You can press Battle Royale and then Ready Up. If you are in a Party Royale match, dying doesn’t result in your redeployment and typically results in you going directly back to the lobby. Check the Community blog on the fortnite.com website or recent Fortnite update notes to determine if this has changed.

You can ready up quickly in the Fortnite lobby after dying by pressing the Circle button if you are using a PlayStation controller, the B button if using an Xbox controller, or two-finger clicking on the Leave Match button with a computer mouse. If the Battly Royale button is already displayed, click on it to return to the queue. If you see a Return to Lobby button, you should first press Battle Royale and then Ready Up.

Step 1: Press the “Ready” Button

• Click on the “Ready” button shown in the lower left-hand side of the screen.
• Select Change Mode button to select what type of match you wish to join after respawning.
• Select the game Time of Day.
• Select the Sever Region if you want to change it.
• Click Accept to save these changes and the selection of the server region. If there are no problems, you will be back to the ready status.

To ready up in Fortnite, press the “Ready” button that appears in the lower-left of the screen. The Ready button is seen in the left upper corner of the screen on desktop, in the left lower corner on mobile, and the bottom of the screen on PlayStation and Xbox. Click on the “Ready” button to have your character join a new game and continue playing after death. In solo mode, you just have to click ‘Return to Lobby’ and then load a new round from there. This is not possible in team or squad modes because you carry on playing your own game after dying while the others in your team are still playing.

Step 2: Wait for Your Teammates to Ready Up

After watching the rest of their team’s match, defeated players pick up from their departure marker to spectate the rest of the round in Fornite Battle Royale. Players are only able to either Ready Up or Leave Game once the entirety of their squad has been killed. Should their entire squad be eliminated in the round, all members have the power to ready up for another match.

Step 3: Communicate with Your Teammates

Communicate with your Teammates. Communicating with teammates is critical and can be accomplished immediately after reviving, new players should know that there is no need to rush or revive your team members quickly. There is no time limit on the cards and you can take all of the time you want to assess your situation when you have teammates revived. Once you know something about the storm and there are your teammates revived, you can drop items such as rare guns to help them.

As this wikiHow article on how to quickly check in on Fortnite explains, if you have a microphone and are able to communicate with your teammates in this way that is best. Remember that after dying in Fortnite you do not need to try to rush reviving your teammates, as the time cards last forever, you can utilize this time to plan.

What Happens if You Don’t Ready Up?

If you don’t ready up within 15 seconds after dying in Fortnite, you will automatically be taken to the lobby screen where you can decide whether or not to ready up. Users can decline to ready up depending on if they want to play more games, join their friends, change their cosmetic outfit, or exit Fortnite.

Players will miss the opportunity to give teammates a peace offering if they don’t ready up soon enough, because their teammate will assume the player would like to spectate the match.

Can You Still Spectate After Not Ready-ing Up?

No, you cannot spectate anymore after not pressing the Ready-Up button after dying in Fortnite. Once you have died, the game will move to whatever state you choose, Return to Lobby or Replay. If you press the Return to Lobby button, you will no longer be able to spectate and will wait in the lobby until everyone becomes ready and the game starts again. If you press the Replay, you can view the game in spectator mode and secret it to see the end.

If you press not ready to spectate you will remain in an empty instance of the battle royale map where you can move around and explore but not interfere. When you have had enough exploring you can choose either Return to Lobby or press the Start button and select Leave Creative from the game settings menu to return to the lobby.

If you press not ready to spectate you will remain in an empty instance of the battle royale map where you can move around and explore but not interfere. Exit the game from the menu settings to return to the lobby.

Will You Be Kicked from the Game?

When you die in Fortnite Battle Royale, you will not be kicked out of the game. You can hang around and see how your remaining teammates fare, making callouts to help them live by pointing out threats and gear or medkit locations. When all your teammates are eliminated, you can choose to watch the player who eliminated them and see how far that player goes, or you can exit the game and start again, possibly with new squadmates.

Tips for Ready-ing Up After Dying in Fortnite

Five tips for readying up after dying in Fortnite are to practice exposed fights, build, learn from my mistakes, hot drop, and take a break. After making improvements to your strategic and building weaknesses, learn from each individual fight and avoid repeating mistakes that led to your death. If you are struggling with dexterity, frequently hot dropping will help your muscle memory have more opportunities to improve. If you are growing frustrated, take a break to play another game or practice less stressful activities such as Travis Scott Skateboard and Deathrun maps.

Stay Calm and Communicate

When you die in Fortnite, it is vital to inform remaining squad members on your microphone about the weapons and gear you collected as well as the location of enemy players. To communicate in Fortnite, press whatever key or combination tunes your microphone in on the system you are using to play Fortnite. If you are using a platform that has a speaker and microphone already built-in, set your push-to-talk button by opening the setting window, clicking the audio tab, and finding the push-to-talk key section.

Pay Attention to the Countdown Timer

Once you are eliminated, there is a 20-second long period before the UI that shows your character’s elimination disappears. This is the period during which you can still be potentially revived, but make sure to keep an eye on the countdown timer at the bottom center of the screen. If you see an active teammate of yours with the prompt showing that they are ready to revive you, remain still and let them pick you up. But if after wasting precious seconds they still are unable to do so or if they themselves are busy being attacked, go back to either waiting for the match to end, or rejoin a new match.

Use the Time to Strategize

While spectating, use the time out of the game to strategize what you will do next time, even jotting them down on a notepad. Fortnine Pro Gamer Fresh describes how he plans what he will do after he dies.

Fresh is a dedicated gamer who plans his strategies even in the downtime between deaths in Fortnite. He notes things like how much fuel he needs or how much wood based on his recollections from previous matches. So, when he comes back from the lobby, for example, he knows exactly how many trees to hit, which locations to avoid, etc. while many other players might just open their map and see any movement anywhere in the map and just randomly pick that. Esports professionals usually do not study as much as traditional sports teams, as their field is always changing and unpredictable, but to the extent that upping one’s game correlates to points left unspent in sporting events, taking notes to figure out why one failed last time is incredibly helpful.

These might include such things as I always enter from the south side of that town, let’s try from the east side this time or these set of two buildings we always bypass by, but others like entering them are happening, maybe we should too. While continuously spectating other players after being eliminated will not guarantee the success of the next round, taking mental notes or journaling can help improve gaming skills and strategy and aid in problem-solving any barriers to better performance.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do I ready up after dying in Fortnite?

Can I still ready up if my teammates are still alive?
Yes, you can still ready up even if your teammates are still in the game. Simply press the ready button on the main menu.

What happens if I don’t ready up after dying?
If you don’t ready up, you will remain in the spectator mode and will not be able to join another game until you do.

Is there a time limit for readying up after dying?
No, there is no time limit for readying up after dying. You can take your time to spectate and decide when you want to ready up.

Can I change my character’s appearance before readying up?
Yes, you can change your character’s appearance and loadout before readying up. Simply go to the locker and customize your character.

What happens if I accidentally click “Return to Lobby” instead of ready up after dying?
If you accidentally click “Return to Lobby”, you will be brought back to the main menu. Simply click the ready button to join another game.