The festival starring Ariana Grande as a headliner will be available 6th to 8th August. In preparation, special quests have emerged under the Rift Tour premise.
They are all small teasers of what’s to come, kicked-off by a massive in-game countdown that hinted towards a special event happening when it reached zero.
This page will explain how the Ariana Grande concert will work, Rift Tour Save the Date times, the list of Rift Tour quests and the rewards, as well as the timer resolution.
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If you happen to hop into a game and all of the sudden found yourself looking at the timer up in the sky, don’t worry, as we finally know the answer.
Fortnite’s timer countdown is hinting at the now announced Rift Tour event, which is a three-day concert starring Ariana Grande. The event kicks off on Friday, August 6th - right when the virtual clock will get to zero.
If you’re wondering what to expect, make sure to read our following sections.
For this mission, you’re going to start by jumping to Fortnite’s main hub. From there you will notice a new tab on the upper nav called Rift Tour.
Before jumping into a match, make sure to toggle one of the five available dates, which will automatically note you down as ‘Going!’ below it. You can always uncheck it and choose a different one, or just check all of them.
In our experience, since we had already played a match beforehand, the quest was automatically completed after saving a date, so you can try and do the process either before or afterwards.
You can find the full list below:
The Americas: Friday, August 6th at 11pm (BST), 12am (CEST), 6pm (EDT), 3pm (PDT) Global: Saturday, August 7th at 7pm (BST), 8pm (CEST), 2pm (EDT), 11am (PDT) Asia and Oceania: Sunday, August 8th at 4am (BST), 5am (CEST) / Saturday, August 6th at 11pm (EDT), 8pm (PDT) Europe and Middle East: Sunday, August 8th at 9am (BST), 10am (CEST), 4am (EDT), 1am (PDT) The Americas: Sunday, August 8th at 11pm (BST), 12am (CEST), 6pm (EDT), 3pm (PDT)
It’s worth keeping in mind that developer Epic recommends for players to log into Fortnite 60 minutes before the aforementioned times. In addition, the Rift Tour Playlist should be live 30 minutes before each show. The Ariana Grande outfit, which includes a variant as well as a back bling, costs 2,000 V-Bucks. There are three more items that are sold separately, which can be purchased as a bundle alongside the skin and back bling for 2,800 V-Bucks, instead of the 4,500 V-Bucks that would cost on their own. In full, the contents of the Ariana Grande Bundle are as follows:
Ariana Grande Outfit
Rift Goddess Ariana Variant
Piggy Smallz Back Bling
Lil’ Floaticorn Emote
Sweetener Sailshards Glide
7 Rings Smasher Pickaxe
Gem Striker Variant
You can find all new and past quests, as well as the rewards for each below:
Save the Date in the Rift Tour tab and play a match
Interact with the Rift Tour posters
Use an Alien Hologram Pad on top of the Party UFO
Use an Alien Hologram Pad at Weeping Woods or Green Steel Bridge
Reach top 25 with a friend (5 total)
Play matches with friends (10 total)
Complete post Rift Tour quests (3 total)
The reward for this quest is the XOXO emote (thanks to @DrCacahuette on Twitter for the clip below)
Play matches with friends (10 total)
Open a Cosmic Chest (2 total)
Use an Alien Hologram Pad at Risky Reels or the Sheriff’s Office (1 total)
Complete post Rift Tour quests (6 total)
The reward for this quest is the Chrome Cloudcruiser glider (thanks to @ShiinaBR on Twitter for the clip below)
In addition, all players who attended the Rift Tour received the Cuddly Cloudcruiser Umbrella.
Lastly, if you’re a Fortnite Crew subscriber, log into the game from Thursday, August 5th to Monday, August 9th to receive the Rainbow Cloudcruiser Umbrella, Sky up High Loading Screen and a Rift Tour-themed Banner.
Have fun hunting all the rewards! If you’d like to learn more about Fortnite Season 7, check out our guides on the Battle Pass, legendary quests, alien artefacts, IO Weapons, cosmic chest and Ferrari 296 GBT location.
