Tipping the Bus Driver Is a Nice Gesture You Can Now Make in 'Fortnite'

By Sara Belcher

Jun. 10 2021, Published 4:23 p.m. ET

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A new season of Fortnite has officially rolled out, and with it there are new Easter Eggs and secrets and techniques to unlock. Players are already in search of the alien artifacts located in all places the map and interacting with the new features added for the alien theme.

One of the new features gamers have spotted is the possibility to tip the bus driver. Previously, avid gamers had the possibility to thank the bus driver throughout a other season, but now they are able to go away him a monetary tip in the form of gold bars.

But does tipping the bus driver in reality do anything else? Here's what happens when you go away him a tip (and how to do it, if you feel so vulnerable).

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How to tip the bus driver in 'Fortnite.'

To tip the bus driver, you want to gather sufficient gold bars first, which did not roll over from the previous season. A small tip will price you 500 gold bars, whilst a massive tip will value 4,000. We have a complete information on how to get (and spend) gold bars in Fortnite if you're undecided of where to get them.

Once you have accrued sufficient gold bars to leave the appropriate tip, you'll have to locate one in every of the NPCs positioned around the map. There are 17 new NPCs this season situated in quite a lot of spots.

Not every NPC you will meet shall be nice upon first stumble upon, so consider of that after approaching them. Each of them also have their very own quests to entire to earn gold bars, if you're brief.

Once you've met an NPC, they give you the choice to make either a small or massive tip for the bus driver by interacting with them. There does not appear to be a prohibit to the choice of times you can tip the bus driver.

Fun Fact: if you decide to tip the Bus Driver very generously [you can do that from sure NPCs round the map], you'll listen the battle bus flying over sound impact!

Giving the bus driver a commonplace tip may not play this sound impact. pic.twitter.com/WwwzeTVQ7E

— iFireMonkey (@iFireMonkey) June 9, 2021

What happens when you tip the bus driver in 'Fortnite'?

With multiple NPCs positioned around the map giving you the choice to tip the bus driver, you would suppose that leaving him a tip would provide some decent praise or achievement.

Unfortunately, it does not glance as regardless that there's anything particular that happens when you tip the bus driver.

If you depart the bus driver a large tip, a message will appear in the kill feed, noting that you have made the tip. It'll read "[Your username] very generously tipped the bus driver!" The message lasts for approximately three seconds sooner than disappearing from the display screen.

Making a large tip will even play a particular audio of the bus driver zooming by above you, honking the horn in thank you.

Other than this, there's no reward for tipping the bus driver. While it is a great gesture, it is going to only earn you XP if you have no longer already finished the demanding situations involving spending gold bars. If you're in search of a way to spend a lot of gold bars temporarily to whole this problem, leaving a large tip is a straightforward way, as it's certainly one of the most costly pieces in the game.

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