Marking

Marking (Informally known as Pinging) is a Gameplay Mechanic in Fortnite: Battle Royale. It was introduced in the Pre-Season.

Description
Marking refers to the action of highlighting an area or item for you and your squad members. Marking can be done via pressing the attack button whilst on the Map, or by pressing Mouse 3 (PC), or Left D Pad (Console). This will show a marker for the location you selected and for your entire squad. Marking can also be used to highlight danger. This is achieved by pressing the mark button twice in quick succession, and with default settings, holding the aim button, and marking normally (This can be turned off). Finally, regular marking via the mark button will highlight Items, interaction objects, Wildlife and Vehicles for your squad. Marking an item displays its rarity, as well as an icon of the item.

Placing a regular marker shows a light beam in the sky. This can be seen across the map and will fade as the player gets closer. Markers will disappear after a decent amount of time, and have a short cooldown before using them repeatedly. Players can mark whilst knocked, and place map markers whilst eliminated. Markers and danger markers will also display on the compass, but item marks will not.

Each player in the Squad has a unique map marker color:


 * Host: Blue.
 * 2nd Player: Red.
 * 3rd Player: Yellow.
 * 4th Player: Purple.

Objects that can be marked
The following is a list of items and objects that can be marked by the player:


 * Every item that can be dropped, such as weapons, consumables or materials.
 * Foraged items which are not present as items yet.
 * Vehicles.
 * Wildlife, but not all AI.
 * Payphones and Phone Booths.
 * Containers.
 * Characters.
 * Upgrade Benches and Vending Machines.
 * Slurp Barrels.
 * Alien Parasite Eggs.
 * ???????????? (Location where a Runestone is deposited).
 * Campfires.

Strategy Guide

 * Players can easily gauge distances by marking a location and reading the distance shown. This can be useful for identifying how far the circle is, or to scale up for a Sniper Rifle Shot.
 * If you cannot identify what an item is at range, but can only see its rarity glow, marking the item will show you what it is.
 * This is easier achieved by turning off the setting to automatically make aimed marks as danger only.
 * Be wary of how long your markers last, as a marked location may un-mark itself over a long time.

Pre-Season

 * Update v1.6: Added Marking alongside Battle Royale.
 * Players can mark a location for their squad using the Map.

Season 8

 * Update v8.00: Updated Marking:
 * World Markers are now visible in the world when placed close to you.
 * Double-clicking the World Marker hotkey will place a “danger” version of that marker. World Markers placed while aiming with a weapon will also place the danger version.
 * Added 2D UI indicators to the World Markers, making them easier to see through objects.
 * World Markers now have an off-screen indicator and display the distance your character is from them.
 * Placing a World Marker on an item will display that item’s icon and rarity.
 * Placing World Markers remains on the same key for PC and console (KBM: Middle Mouse Button, Controller: D-Pad Left).
 * This button can be remapped to any button you want. Let us know on our social channels what works best for you!
 * Mobile also has a button that can be added to the HUD. Place this button by using the HUD Layout Tool.

Trivia

 * Marking a Slurp Barrel shows a bugged icon, as the icon is layered on top of the circular portrait, instead showing a square.
 * Thrown Items, such as a Medkit or Bandages will be marked automatically upon landing.
 * Cosmic Chests and Vaults will automatically mark themselves if within range of a player.
 * Cosmic Chests use a unique light pink rarity color, not used by anything else.
 * Vaults do not mark in the tradition sense, as they have no circle outline or attached rarity.
 * Like Rebooting, the advanced Marking mechanics are taken from Apex Legends, another Battle Royale game which gave Fortnite competition upon its release. Apex Legends has a much more advanced marking system, but the pinging of items and marking danger was taken from the game.