Guards

Guards (also called Henchmen) are AIs in Fortnite: Battle Royale. They are tasked by a certain organization/faction and can be found patrolling around the island or guarding certain locations on the map. They may be protect a Boss.

Skills and Behavior

Most guards will attack players on sight, but some will only become hostile after their boss is attacked by a player. Alternatively, blocking or shooting neutral guard will cause them to hostilize against the player. Shooting them from afar will also cause a guard to move to its alert stage.

Guards typically have 100 HP and 50-150 shields. When you knock one down, you'll be able to initiate a Shakedown, which scans and locates nearby guards with an arrow marker, security devices with an eye marker, chests with a chest marker, and bosses with a crown marker. Bosses act like henchmen, but they have a location-specific mythic weapon and noticeably more shields/health. Guards and bosses can revive other henchmen and bosses that have been knocked down, this will take 10 seconds, just like a player reviving another player (revived henchmen have 30 HP and no shield).

During the beginning of Chapter 2, you were able to disguise yourself as a henchman in a Disguise Booth to avoid being detected, but if you bumped into a henchman or you dealt or received any damage, your disguise will dissipate. Being in a Disguise allows you to open Scan Doors and open Faction Chests, and allows you to safely cross in front of Sentinel cameras and turrets. Carrying a henchman to a Scan Door or Faction Chest would also allow you to open them.

All Henchmen

Chapter 2: Season 1
The First Order
Chapter 2: Season 2
SHADOW Henchmen	GHOST Henchmen	Grotto Henchmen	Shark Henchmen	Rig Henchmen
Chapter 2: Season 3
SHADOW Beach Brawler	GHOST Beach Brawler	Kit's Henchmen	Assault Marauder	Heavy Marauder	Deadeye Marauder
Chapter 2: Season 4
Doom Henchmen	Stark Robots	Ghostly Ghost Henchmen
Chapter 2: Season 5
IO Guards
Chapter 2: Season 7
IO Guards	Trespassers
Chapter 2: Season 8
IO Guards
Chapter 3: Season 1
IO Guards	Seven Sentries	Red-Nosed Rangers	IO Patrol
Chapter 3: Season 2
IO Guards	IO Patrol	Seven Sentries	Imperial Stormtroopers
Chapter 3: Season 3
Seven Sentries	Stormtroopers

Challenges

Challenge	Challenge Set	Reward	Stage (If Any)
Eliminate IO Guards (10, 20, 30, 40, 50)	Week Legendary Quests	35,000 Season XP for the 1st stage and 24,500 for the next ones

WEEK 2 CHALLENGES

Headshot Henchmen at The Fortilla

0 / 20

35,000

WEEK 3 CHALLENGES

Eliminations at The Authority

0 / 3

35,000

WEEK 3 CHALLENGES

Deal damage to opponents at Catty Corner

0 / 200

35,000

Challenge	Challenge Set	Reward	Stage (If Any)
Chapter 2: Season 2
Dance within 10s of Knocking a Henchman [3]	Midas' Mission	40,000 Season XP
Hit pistol headshots on players or Henchmen	Skye's Adventure	40,000 Season XP
Shakedown Knocked Henchmen in different matches	Brutus' Briefing	40,000 Season XP
Eliminate players or Henchmen at The Rig [3]	Location Domination	10,000 Season XP	Stage 1 of 3

Audio

Knocked	1
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Full Alert	1
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Lost Target	1
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Idle	1
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Interrogation	1
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Suspicious	1
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Suspicious Ignore	1
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Knocked	1
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Full Alert	1
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Lost Target	1
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Idle	1
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Patrol	1
Patrol	2
Stop Camping	1
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Suspicious	1
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Suspicious Ignore	1
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Knocked	1
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Full Alert	1
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Full Alert Complain	1
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Lost Target	1
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Idle	1
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Spawn	1
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Suspicious
Suspicious Ignore	1
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Knocked	1
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Full Alert	1
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Full Alert Complain	1
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Lost Target	1
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Idle	1
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Spawn	1
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Suspicious	1
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Suspicious Ignore	1
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Knocked	1
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Full Alert	1
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Full Alert Complain	1
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Lost Target	1
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Idle	1
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Spawn	1
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Suspicious	1
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Suspicious Ignore	1
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Knocked	1
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Full Alert	1
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Lost Target	1
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Idle	1
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Interrogation	1
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Suspicious	1
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Suspicious Ignore	1
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Conversation	1
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Knocked	1
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Death	1
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Full Alert	1
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Lost Target	1
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Idle	1
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Suspicious	1
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Suspicious Ignore	1
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Knocked	1
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Full Alert	1
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Lost Target	1
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Idle	1
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Interrogation	1
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Suspicious	1
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Suspicious Ignore	1
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Idle	1
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Suspicious	1
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Suspicious Ignore	1
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Full Alert	1
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Full Alert Idle	1
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Lost Target	1
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Knocked	1
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Sound	Description
	Patrol 1
	Patrol 2
	Alerted
	Henchmen Threatened 1
	Henchmen Threatened 2

Sound	Description
	Patrol
	Alerted
	Threatened 1
	Threatened 2

Sound	Description
	Patrol
	Alerted
	Threatened

Sound	Description
	Patrol
	Alerted
	Threatened

Sound	Description
	Patrol
	Alerted
	Threatened

Description	Sound
Huntmaster Saber Patrol
Huntmaster Saber Threatened
IO Bosses Threatened
Threatened (Seven vs IO)

Description	Sound
IO Guards / IO Patrol : Patrol
IO Guards / IO Patrol : Base
IO Guards / IO Patrol : Threatened
IO Guards / IO Patrol : Threatened (IO Layer)

Description	Sound
Patrol
Suspicious
Threatened

Description	Sound
Patrol
Suspicious
Threatened

Description	Audio
Patrol and Planting
Base
Parasites & Trespasser

{{#tag:tabber|Seven Sentries=

Description	Sound
Patrol
Base
Threatened
Threatened (Seven vs IO)
Threatened (Seven layer)

Description	Audio
Red-Nosed Ranger (Idle)
Threatened

Description	Audio
Patrol
Threatened

Trivia

Some guards are released as outfits in the Item Shop, these guards are:
- SHADOW Henchmen as SHADOW Enforcer
- GHOST Henchmen & Ghostly Ghost Henchmen as GHOST Enforcer
- Grotto Henchmen as Island edit style for Heist
- Shark Henchmen as Arctic Enforcer edit style for Sledge
In Chapter 2: Season 4, A GHOST henchman and SHADOW henchman met each other at a Gas Station and had become friends.
- During Chapter 3: Season 3, the friendship expanded with a Trespasser and an IO Guard.
Guards of one faction will usually attack henchmen from another faction, particularly a rival organization. (Ex: GHOST henchmen attack SHADOW henchmen on sight, IO guards will attack Seven Sentries)
Guards will attack bosses of opposite factions.
While originally named "Henchmen" during Chapter 2: Season 2, Chapter 2: Season 3 & Chapter 2: Season 4, they were later renamed to "Guards" in creative mode.

Guards

Contents

Skills and Behavior

All Henchmen

Challenges

Audio

Trivia

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