Fortnite Challenges: Where Are The Rift Portal Locations? (Season 5, Week 5)

Season 5, Week 5 of Fortnite: Battle Royale is here, and with it comes a few new challenges to complete. One of those will require you to run around the game world in search of Rift Portals to use, which is much easier said than done. Rifts played a key part in the lead up to Season 5, transforming large areas of Fortnite's island. Interacting with them teleports you high into the air above the island, allowing you to plummet down to the ground or use the elevation to glide around. [Update: A bug that caused Epic to remove Rifts from the game temporarily has been resolved, so you should be able to once again undertake the challenge explained below.]

The difficult part of this challenge is actually finding these portals, as they appear randomly. Generally, you'll have to run around and just keep your eyes open, so we recommend just getting on with the other challenges and staying alert. However, there is one extra tell to look out for: when a rift opens, you'll hear a booming sound that serves as an audio cue to alert players nearby that one has opened, so keep your headphones on and turned up.

If you've never seen a rift before, they look like blue tears in the fabric of reality. They're tricky to see during the daytime, since they can blend into the brilliant blue sky, so it's worth constantly scanning the sky above you.

Although there's no specific location to find the rifts, anecdotally we've found we run into them most in the new areas that were added to the game at the start of Season 5. As a result, we recommend taking regular trips to the desert biome at the bottom of the map and hanging around Snobby Shores too. We've also had some luck finding them in the vicinity of Tomato Town and Risky Reels, so give those a shot if you're struggling.

If you're still trying to complete the other challenges for Fortnite Season 5, Week 5, we've put together a guide on how to follow the Snobby Shores Treasure Map, which is the other more time-consuming quest. Those still catching up on previous weeks' challenges can also take a look below, where you'll find a guide for the entire season thus far, along with some recent news surrounding Fortnite. Alternatively, you can head over to our dedicated Fortnite Season 5 challenge guide.

Fortnite Season 5 Coverage

• Fortnite Season 5 Is Live
• Fortnite Season 5 Update Adds Nintendo Switch Motion Controls
• Fortnite Season 5 Patch Notes Include New Vehicle, Map Areas, Rifts
• Fortnite Season 5: All The Skins, Back Bling, Contrails, Gliders
• Fortnite Season 5 Battle Pass: Every Reward
• Fortnite Season 5 Battle Pass: Skins, Price, Free V-Bucks, And How It Works
• Fortnite Season 5 Update Adds Nintendo Switch Motion Controls
• Fortnite Season 5 Battle Pass's Big Chase: The Level 100 Ragnarok Skin
• Fortnite Season 5 Adds Autofire On Mobile; Here Are The iOS Patch Notes
• Fortnite Challenge Guide: Where To Search Floating Lightning Bolts
• Fortnite Challenge Guide: Where To Find Risky Reels Treasure Map
• Fortnite Offering $8 Million In Big Esports Event
• Fortnite Playground Mode Is Live; Here's What New And Different
• All Fortnite Birthday Cake Locations: Guide To Where To Dance For The Challenge
• New Fortnite Update Adds A Hilarious Tribute To The Map
• Fortnite Skins For Founder's Pack: Here's The Two Exclusive New Outfits
• Fortnite Challenge Guide: Follow Treasure Map In Flush Factory, Shoot Clay Pigeons
• Fortnite Challenge Guide: All Clay Pigeons Locations (Season 5, Week 3)
• New Fortnite Jetpack Mode, Fly Explosives, Available For A Limited Time
• How To Get Free Fortnite Battle Pass Tier -- Week 1 Road Trip Challenge
• Fortnite Week 4 Challenge Guide: Search Between Gas Station, Soccer Pitch, Stunt Mountain
• Fortnite Week 4 Challenge Guide: Flaming Hoops Locations
• With Fortnite's Android Release, Epic Will Bypass Google Play
• Fortnite 5.20 Patch Notes: New Double Barrel Shotgun, Steady Storm LTM, Aim Bug Fix, And More

• Fortnite Is Good For Gaming, EA Says