Fortnite season 5 challenge: How to find floating lightning bolts in Fortnite?

Season 5 of is finally here and gamers have a fresh set of Weekly challenges to tackle on the Battle Pass.

Every week, Epic Games releases a set of challenges for players to complete, with experience and Battle Stars rewarded.

Experience goes towards ranking up the Battle Pass Tiers to secure the rarest skins, cosmetics and emotes. 

Week 1 challenges see Fortnite players hunting down and collecting Floating Lightning Bolts dotted across the map. 

What are the Season 5 Week 1 Challenges? 

Once Fortnite players have bought the Battle Pass, they can begin completing challenges to secure experience points. 

The new season offers players 100 new tiers to grind through, collecting skins and cosmetics as they go. 

In Season 5, Epic Games has released two Legendary skins, Drift and Ragnarok, that evolve and change the more experience players get with them.

Players are working hard to grind their way up the ranks and get the rarest skins in the game, but to do that, they need to complete the weekly challenges.

Here is the full list of Week 1 challenges: 

• Deal damage  with SMGS to opponents (0/500)

• Search a Supply Llama (0/1)

• Clinger, Stink Bomb or Grenade Eliminations (0/3) HARD

• Search Chests in Snobby Shores (0/7)

• Search floating Lightning Bolts (0/7)

• Follow the Treasure Map in Risky Reels (0/1) HARD

• Eliminate opponents in Retail Row (0/3) HARD

Fortnite season 5 challenge: How to find floating lightning bolts in Fortnite?

EPIC GAMESFortnite season 5 challenge: How to find floating lightning bolts in Fortnite?

How to find floating lightning bolts in Fortnite? 

One of the new challenges this week is to search 7 Floating Lightning Bolts across the map—which has seen some big changes in Season 5.

This includes a new desert biome and two new Named Locations: Lazy Links, a golf course replacing Anarchy Acres; and Paradise Palms, a new urban location where Moisty Mires used to be.

The Floating Lightning Bolts are spread across the map across various heights, so you will need to build to reach some of them. 

It appears there are 19 lightning bolts across the map that have been found so far. 

Week 1 challenges see Fortnite players hunting down and collecting Floating Lightning Bolts dotted across the mapEpic Games

Week 1 challenges see Fortnite players hunting down and collecting Floating Lightning Bolts dotted a

Here is a full list of locations to help you complete the challenge: 

• In Paradise Palms on the western edge right next to the lone skyscraper.

• West of Tomato Town north of the plateau above the river.

• In the western residential section of Retail Row, right in the middle.

• Centre of Tilted Towers.

• Hovering up above the middle of Greasy Grove.

• Above the water just off the north dock in Loot Lake.

• Right above the centre of Dusty Divot, which is now overgrown with trees.

• Where the rift swallowed the motel sign to the west of what was formerly Anarchy Acres.

• Right by the tower in Lonely Lodge.

One of the new challenges this week is to search 7 Floating Lightning Bolts across the mapEPIC GAMES

One of the new challenges this week is to search 7 Floating Lightning Bolts across the map

• Near the factory with the dance floor in Flush Factory.

• By the Evil Lair to the northeast of Snobby Shores.

• Just to the northwest of Wailing Woods in the hilly area.

• To the north of Junk Junction above the Llama.

• Above the Temple to the northeast of Lucky Landing.

• At the three-way intersection past the bridge a ways to the west of the hero base.

• Between the two big hills to the east of Haunted Hills.

• Along the northwestern edge of Salty Springs.

• In the northern woods of Wailing Woods.

• Between Lazy Links and Risky Reels at the place where the river meets the sea.

Despite the hassle of collecting these Lightning Bolts, this challenge is not considered HARD by Epic Games. 

The locations will be littered with players looking to complete the challenge too so keep a wary eye out for enemies. 

Remember, you must complete the round to the finish to secure the challenge – quitting early will not give you the challenge or the Battle Stars.