Gifting in Fortnite is a popular phrase these days. More often than not, you'll probably hear a player on the teams asking someone to buy them a skin or offering someone to gift them one of their own. Usually these people are joking or trying to scam you. I do not recommend listening to them. However, once in a while, you or someone else might want to gift a skin, but I don't know how! We are here to help you.
How to gift skins and items in Fortnite
Gifts have been simplified in Fortnite and are easily accessible from the Item Shop. As of Chapter 2 Season 5, you cannot gift skins that you currently have in your locker, but you can gift skins in the market. No one knows why they removed the ability to gift skins from your locker, but we can hope they might bring it back someday. For now, follow the instructions below to see how to gift skins and items from the Item Shop.
Step One: Open the Item Shop
Believe it or not, not everyone knows where the Item Shop is. You can access it in-game by loading up the main screen, where you can select game modes and view your friends list. We've highlighted the Item Shop menu button in the image above. It's at the top of the menu screen, aptly titled Item Shop. Click here to access it!
Step two: select the item you want to send as a gift
Everything can be selected! This includes dances, skins, wraps, and emotes! Simply select the item you want to gift to your friend and he will open the item page. The item page is where you will choose to send it as a gift.
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Step Three: Select Buy as a Gift
We told you sending a gift was so much easier! It's not the last step, but it's quite intuitive once you select an item. When you click Buy as a Gift (highlighted in the image), you will be taken to the page where you can select the friend you want to send it to.
Step Four: Choose Your Friend
We know; you probably have so many friends that you just don't know who to send the gift to. However, once you have solved this puzzle, check the box next to their name (highlighted in orange). You can select more than one person to send it to, but it will cost more V-Bucks. No item fits all here! Once you have selected your friends, click continue to go to the final screen.
Fifth step: send it!
As shown in the image above, all you have to do is click Submit. Once you've done that, you're done! Your friend will see their shiny new item in their Fortnite locker!
Since you can't send gifts from your locker, unfortunately you can't complete a mission to earn a skin just to send it to your friend. We really hope they allow us to send in already owned skins at some point, like they have done in the past!
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