Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Restriction or exception
Using Communities means agreeing to Epic’s Terms of Service
By using Fortnite Communities, you agree to follow Epic Games Terms of Service. This page links those terms; their detailed requirements are not supplied here.
Epic’s Community Rules and Content Guidelines apply
All behavior and content in Fortnite Communities must comply with Epic Games Community Rules and Content Guidelines. Their linked text is not reproduced on this page.
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Restriction or exception
Sponsored-content creators must comply with applicable disclosure laws
If others compensate you for branded or commercial content, you are responsible for following applicable laws about disclosing your sponsor relationship. Compensation includes anything of value, such as money, goods or services. The page does not prescribe a particular disclosure format.
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If you create paid branded or commercial content, which is content that you have been compensated for (i.e. received anything of value, including money, goods, and/or services) by others, you are responsible for complying with any applicable laws around disclosing your relationship with the sponsor.
Qualifications & exceptions
Applies when others provide anything of value for the branded or commercial content.
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The applicable laws and a specific disclosure format are not set out here.
Paid content cannot promote real-world medical commerce
Paid content must obey the general Communities rules and must not promote buying, selling or trading real-world medical, pharmaceutical or supplemental products or services. Here, paid content means branded or commercial content for which others compensate you with anything of value, including goods or services.
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Paid content must follow all the rules above, and must not:
Promote the purchase, sale, or trade of any real-world medical, pharmaceutical, or supplemental product or service;
If you create paid branded or commercial content, which is content that you have been compensated for (i.e. received anything of value, including money, goods, and/or services) by others, you are responsible for complying with any applicable laws around disclosing your relationship with the sponsor.
Qualifications & exceptions
Covers purchases, sales and trades of products and services.
Compensation includes anything of value provided by others, not only money.
Paid content must not promote buying, selling or trading real-world explosives, firearms or ammunition. The general Communities rules still apply. Here, paid content means branded or commercial content for which others compensate you with anything of value, including goods or services.
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Paid content must follow all the rules above, and must not:
Promote the purchase, sale, or trade of real-world explosives, firearms, or ammunition;
If you create paid branded or commercial content, which is content that you have been compensated for (i.e. received anything of value, including money, goods, and/or services) by others, you are responsible for complying with any applicable laws around disclosing your relationship with the sponsor.
Qualifications & exceptions
Covers explosives, firearms and ammunition; applies to purchases, sales and trades.
Compensation includes anything of value provided by others, not only money.
Paid content must not promote purchases, sales or trades of real-world tobacco, alcohol, marijuana, illegal drugs, or other illegal, contraband or regulated goods. The marijuana restriction applies regardless of legality. General Communities rules also apply. Here, paid content means branded or commercial content for which others compensate you with anything of value, including goods or services.
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Paid content must follow all the rules above, and must not:
Promote the purchase, sale, or trade of real-world tobacco, alcohol, marijuana (regardless of legality), illegal drugs, and other illegal, contraband, or regulated goods;
If you create paid branded or commercial content, which is content that you have been compensated for (i.e. received anything of value, including money, goods, and/or services) by others, you are responsible for complying with any applicable laws around disclosing your relationship with the sponsor.
Qualifications & exceptions
Marijuana is included regardless of legality; the rule covers purchases, sales and trades.
Compensation includes anything of value provided by others, not only money.
Charges & Financial Obligations · Restriction or exception
Paid content cannot promote deceptive or harmful real-world financial offerings
Paid content must not promote real-world financial products or services that are deceptive or harmful. This restriction does not itself say that all financial promotion is forbidden; the general Communities rules also apply. Here, paid content means branded or commercial content for which others compensate you with anything of value, including goods or services.
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Paid content must follow all the rules above, and must not:
Promote deceptive or harmful real-world financial products and services;
If you create paid branded or commercial content, which is content that you have been compensated for (i.e. received anything of value, including money, goods, and/or services) by others, you are responsible for complying with any applicable laws around disclosing your relationship with the sponsor.
Qualifications & exceptions
Compensation includes anything of value provided by others, not only money.
Paid content cannot promote real-world dating or hook-ups
Paid content must not promote real-world dating, romantic introductions or hook-ups. It must also comply with the general Communities rules. Here, paid content means branded or commercial content for which others compensate you with anything of value, including goods or services.
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Paid content must follow all the rules above, and must not:
Promote real-world dating, romantic introductions, or hook-ups;
If you create paid branded or commercial content, which is content that you have been compensated for (i.e. received anything of value, including money, goods, and/or services) by others, you are responsible for complying with any applicable laws around disclosing your relationship with the sponsor.
Qualifications & exceptions
Compensation includes anything of value provided by others, not only money.
Paid content cannot promote or solicit for certain real-world causes and organizations
Paid content must not promote or solicit for a real-world religion, political candidate or organization, or military organization. The general Communities rules also apply. Here, paid content means branded or commercial content for which others compensate you with anything of value, including goods or services.
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Paid content must follow all the rules above, and must not:
Promote or solicit for a real-world religion, political candidate or organization, or military organization.
If you create paid branded or commercial content, which is content that you have been compensated for (i.e. received anything of value, including money, goods, and/or services) by others, you are responsible for complying with any applicable laws around disclosing your relationship with the sponsor.
Qualifications & exceptions
Compensation includes anything of value provided by others, not only money.
Announcements must follow Developer Rules and suit a general audience
Content shared as an announcement in Fortnite, in your Island Lobby or in Community Highlights must also comply with the Fortnite Developer Rules and be appropriate for a general audience. Those linked rules are not supplied on this page.
Island Lobby and Community Highlights cannot contain URLs or outside calls to action
URLs and calls to action outside Fortnite are not allowed in your Island Lobby or Community Highlights. The page gives this as an example of its announcement restrictions.
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For example, URLs and calls to action outside of Fortnite are not allowed in your Island Lobby and Community Highlights.
Do not post repetitive content that might disrupt another user
The announcement rules prohibit posting repetitive content that might disrupt another user’s experience. The wording covers potential disruption, without requiring that disruption already occurred.
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Do not post repetitive content that might disrupt another user’s experience.
Announcements on currently sponsored islands face additional rules
When you share an Announcement on an island currently in Sponsored Row, you must also follow the Sponsored Row Content Rules. This is an additional requirement, and the linked rules are not reproduced here.
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If you are sharing an Announcement on an island that is currently in Sponsored Row, you must also follow the Sponsored Row Content Rules.
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The detailed Sponsored Row Content Rules are not supplied.
IP-program participation does not authorize Partner IP in community branding
Participating in an IP Partner Licensing Program, such as LEGO or TMNT, does not by itself grant permission to use a Partner’s intellectual property in your Community name, icon or art banner. The page does not say whether a separate permission could authorize such use.
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Participation in an IP Partner Licensing Program (LEGO, TMNT, etc.) does not grant permission to use a Partner's intellectual property in your Community name, icon, or art banner.
Qualifications & exceptions
The lack of permission concerns participation in the licensing program itself.
Partner IP in Announcements is limited to linked program-island channels
Use of Partner IP in Announcements is limited to channels linked to IP Partner Licensing Program islands. It is also subject to the Partner’s Brand Rules for promotional material; this is not unrestricted permission to use that IP.
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Use of Partner IP in Announcements is limited to channels linked to IP Partner Licensing Program islands, and is subject to the Partner's Brand Rules for promotional material.
Qualifications & exceptions
The Partner’s Brand Rules for promotional material also apply.
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The Partner Brand Rules are not supplied in this document.
Rule violations may lead to warnings, disabled content or an account ban
Failing to follow the rules may lead to escalating enforcement, ranging from a warning and disabled content to a permanent account ban for severe or repeated offenses. The page does not promise that every case will start with a warning.
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Not following these rules may lead to escalating enforcement actions, from warning and disabled content up to a permanent account ban for severe or repeated offenses.
Qualifications & exceptions
Permanent account bans are described for severe or repeated offenses; enforcement is possible, not automatic.
Account & Service Control · Procedure
Report violating content in Communities or through the Safety and Security Center
If you encounter rule-violating content, the page asks you to report it. In Communities, open the three-dots menu next to a post or reply and choose Report. Alternatively, notify Epic through its linked Safety and Security Center.
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If you encounter content that violates the rules, please report it directly in Communities by clicking the three-dots menu next to any post or reply and selecting Report. Or, notify us via our Safety and Security Center.
Qualifications & exceptions
The in-Communities reporting option is beside posts and replies.
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The linked Safety and Security Center text is not supplied here; any additional reporting procedures there are unknown.
Content & IP Rights · Permission or license
Community owners can add rules and delete content that violates them
Community owners may set rules for their own community in addition to Epic’s rules. They may delete content created in that community if it violates those community rules. This does not make the owners’ rules a substitute for Epic’s requirements.
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In addition to Epic's rules, Community owners can make their own rules for their community. If any content is created in their community that violates their community's rules, they can delete it.
Qualifications & exceptions
Deletion is described for content created in that community that violates its own rules.