Characters

Characters are a type of AI and Gameplay Mechanic in Fortnite: Battle Royale. They were introduced in Chapter 2: Season 5 and have been expanded upon and included in every season since.

Description
Characters are a unique type of AI which will spawn in every match, at various set locations. Unlike other AI, they can be talked to by the player, offering dialogue and various functions for the player to interact with. Talking to a character will add to the Character Collection Book.

There are four types of character in Battle Royale, each of them with a unique purpose and features:


 * Neutral: These characters are by far the most common. They offer various trades in exchange for Bars, and will use dialogue to engage with the player. They will attack the player if provoked.
 * Hostile: These characters attack the player on sight, acting like an IO Guard or Boss AI. They often drop higher tier loot when eliminated.
 * Healer: These characters will offer a single line of dialogue, and allow the player to mimic the emote they are acting out, in exchange for periodic Chug Splash healing.
 * Static: These are static machines which will offer the player one or more items for Bars. They are technically characters in terms of mechanics, but are not described as such in game. Examples include Bounty Boards, Upgrade Benches and Vending Machines.
 * Phones: Phones are similar to Static objects, but can only initate quests.

Eliminating a Neutral or Hostile character will usually turn them into a, which allows the player to interact with them normally (and interact with hostile characters without them attacking you). Some characters will spawn in a as default, and some Hostile characters will not return as one.

Interacting with a Neutral character will provide the player with a Gift. This gift can range from a stack of Bandages, to a weapon.

Functions
Neutral and Static Characters, as well as Phones can have the ability to several of the following tasks for the player, each of which cost bars (except for conversation). Phones will only display quests, whereas Static characters will only display one or two functions.

Special Dialogue
Characters will often have Special Dialogue with the player depending on different factors:

Trivia

 * Characters can use Outfits that are unreleased to the player. An example would be Kyle.
 * The Cube Assassin used to follow this rule before she was eventually released as an outfit.
 * Boss AI have returned as Characters in later seasons. Examples are Kit, Brutus and Jules.
 * Kit offered a Heavy Assault Rifle to the player, likely as a reference to Meowscles' Peow Peow Rifle.
 * The Mandalorian, Predator, Doctor Slone, Zyg and Choppy are AI Bosses that attack players on sight and cannot be talked to, though they are classified as Characters in the Character Collection Book.
 * Raz is the first Character to become a Boss, while also being both a Boss (The Spire) and a Character (Colossal Crops) at the same time.
 * Orelia is the first hostile Character to have Boss music and the only Character to be in Battle Lab.
 * Characters will spawn in all standard Battle Royale modes, as well as Team Rumble.