Prize pool for Fortnite Duos Cash Cup increased in Chapter 5 Season 4

Fortnite has officially announced that the classic Battle Royal Duos Cash Cup prize pool will be increased for the NA and EU regions. The Fortnite Chapter 5 Season 4 will start on August 16, 2024, and both the casual and competitive playerbases are beyond excited about it. This news about the prize pool change was officially announced by the Fortnite Competitive account on X.

In this article, we'll discuss the details of the prize pool change for the upcoming Cash Cups in Chapter 5 Season 4, and how it can potentially impact the competitive Fortnite scene.

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Fortnite announces prize pool increase for BR Duos Cash Cup for EU and NA region

The announcement was officially made on X by @FNCompetitive on August 14, 2024. The Battle Royale Duos Cash Cup is one of the most popular open tournaments in Fortnite. It is conducted every week and anyone can participate with either a friend or a random fill partner.

While the exact figures are not announced yet, it is great news for all the Fortnite pros considering that both FNCS and Cash Cups have only seen a decrease in the prize pool for the past 2 years. If things go well, we could see an increased prize pool for all the regions as well as Zero Build Cash Cups.

One of the biggest NA region teams, Dignitas took to the comments to express their excitement:

"OMG its Christmas in August"

The post saw hundreds of comments and reposts within its first hour. Most of these comments were from NA and EU region pros, expressing their excitement about this announcement.

Comments from the community (Image via X || @FNCompetitive)

However, some people also left comments demanding an increase in the prize pool for other regions, which is less than half compared to NA and EU.

More comments from the community (Image via X || @FNCompetitive)

Current Prize Pool of BR Duos Cash Cup

North America and Europe

Both NA and EU regions have the same highest BR Duos Cash Cup prize pool of all. A total amount of $29,300 is distributed amongst the top 40 duos every week.

The prize pool is distributed among the top 40 duos in the following manner:

1st - $5,000
2nd - $2.700
3rd - $1,800
4th to 10th - $900
11th to 25th - $600
26th to 40th - $300

Asia, Middle East, Oceania, and Brazil

The AS and BR regions have a prize pool of $10,250 to be distributed among the top 40 duos. The tournament is conducted every week.

The prize pool is distributed among the top 40 duos in the following manner:

1st - $1,250
2nd - $800
3rd - $600
4th to 5th - $400
6th to 40th - $200

The increase in the BR Duos Cash Cup prize pool in Chapter 5 Season 4 could also indicate that the FNCS 2025 prize pool could see an increase when Chapter 5 ends.

The Fortnite Chapter 5 Season 3 is about to end and a lot of cosmetics might not be returning for a long time. You should check out the Fortnite Item Shop to see if anything to your liking is available to purchase. Also, you can check out the Fortnite Item Shop Tomorrow to see what Epic Games might add to the Shop.

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Harshit Singh is a gaming journalist at Sportskeeda, with Fortnite, Counter-Strike 2, and Marvel Rivals being his areas of specialization. A final-year B.Des (Visual Communication) student at Delhi Technological University, he is always eager to pursue creative endeavors. Harshit aims to deliver news and up-to-date content promptly to players around the globe. To that end, he acquires information from reliable forums and social media pages and religiously tracks the latest coverage of Fortnite — a game he has been playing since 2018. He is often found testing the new meta in-game or spectating competitive tournaments.

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