The Character Collection challenges you with finding all of the NPCs living on the Fortnite map in Chapter 4 Season 1.

While you’ll meet most by exploring the Fortnite island, others can be harder to find due to rotating appearances with other characters in matches.

Below we cover how to complete your Character Collection and all of the current character locations in Fortnite Chapter 4 Season 1.

On this page:

  • Character Collection in Fortnite explained
  • Character Collection list and locations in Fortnite
  • Fortnite Character Collection badge reward explained
  • Fortnite Character Collections in previous seasons

Character Collection in Fortnite explained

A new Character Collection arrives at the beginning of every Fortnite season challenging you to track down every NPC on the island. New characters might arrive and others may leave as the season continues, so it’s a good idea to keep an eye on your Character Collection if you want to meet them all.

The Character Collection acts as a catalogue for the characters which appear across the Fortnite map. To add a character, you simply have to find and talk to them during a match since most of them act as vendors. If you attack them though, they will retaliate!

Character Collection list and locations in Fortnite

Below you’ll find all of the characters, along with their locations, which are currently in the Fortnite Chapter 4 Season 1 Character Collection.

Fortnite Character Collection badge reward explained

While completing the Character Collection for Fortnite Chapter 4 Season 1 does result in a small reward, it’s sadly not Battle Pass XP. You will, however, earn a small amount of XP from talking to characters in matches.

Instead, you’ll receive a badge on your Legacy Page, which is accessed from the Careers tab in the game’s main hub. You can also look back on your Fortnite achievement from the beginning of Chapter 2 on this tab as well.

It’s currently possible to complete the Character Collection in Chapter 4 Season 1 and earn the badge, but it will take you a number of matches to find all of the characters.

Fortnite Chapter 4 Chapter 1 is here, complete with a new augments system, the coming arrival of Geralt and the Ageless Champion to beat! We’ve also got a present list for Winterfest and Cozy Lodge and pizza slice locations.

Meanwhile, learn how to get XP fast, earn the Victory Umbrella, find character locations and earn a Victory Crown.

Fortnite Character Collections in previous seasons

Fortnite is home to a host of characters - from original like The Scientist to characters hailing from different spheres of pop culture like Goku from Dragon Ball - and below you’ll find some of the Character Collections from seasons past:

Fortnite Chapter 3 Season 4 Character Collection

A number of these characters were added to this collection as the season progressed.

Fortnite Chapter 3 Season 3 Character Collection

Five of the characters on this list weren’t present on the island anymore by the end of this season.

Fortnite Chapter 3 Season 2 Character Collection

Fortnite Chapter 3 Season 1 Character Collection

Some of these characters were added to the collection as the season progressed.

Fortnite Chapter 2 Season 8 Character Collection

It should be noted that this is the Character Collection from the start of the season as it changed over the course of Season 8.

Fortnite Chapter 2 Season 7 Character Collection

Good luck finding all of the characters in Chapter 4 Season 1!