How To Use Visualize Audio Effects In Fortnite

A Fortnite Victory Royale can be a steep hill to climb. Outlasting roughly 99 other players and sealing the win for yourself or your team takes awareness, skill, and maybe a dash of luck at times. If you're looking to enhance your Fortnite setup, we've got just the thing: Using one of the in-game accessibility options, you can enjoy a more detailed island, so every threat is measured more accurately and you'll always be a step ahead of the competition. Here's how to visualize audio effects in Fortnite, and why you should want to enable this helpful feature.

Why use visualized audio in Fortnite?

Visualizing audio in Fortnite is built in as an accessibility feature for players who may require some assistance in identifying threats via in-game sounds. What it does is creates a radial threat indicator on your screen and pinpoints where certain audio is coming from. Rather than just hearing a threat or seeing a small blip on your compass at the top of your screen when they fire a gun, with visualized audio, you'll have a much clearer picture of where enemies are. You'll also enjoy the system's way of calling out other sounds such as chests, vehicles, and wildlife. If it's making noise, this feature tells you where it is.

If ever you've watched high-level Fortnite players on streams or in esports, there's a good chance they were using this feature. That's because it can be very helpful for all Fortnite players, not only those who are hard of hearing. It's not invasive on the admittedly already-busy UI of Fortnite, so its benefits far outweigh its minor to arguably absent detriments.

How to toggle visualized audio in Fortnite

Now that you understand the benefits of visualized audio in Fortnite, here's how to turn it on yourself. It's rather simple, even if a bit buried in the Fortnite menus--it's a good problem to have, really, as it stems from the deep customization on offer in Fortnite.

To turn on visualized audio in Fortnite, head into the settings menu and scroll to the section marked by the speaker icon. Scroll down to the midway point of the length menu options to find "Visualize Sound Effects." By default, this setting will be off. Simply turn it on and make sure to apply your settings using the interact button on a controller or the A key on a keyboard.

Then, hop into a match and give it a try for yourself. You may soon ask how you ever played without it. It really is helpful, especially in late-game storm circles when every degree of difference and every sound count so much. If you're able to score a quick Victory Royale using this handy feature, let us know--and either way, good luck!