Why hacks for Fortnite are growing at an alarming rate

Hacks for Fortnite are a troubling issue. Ever since the game debuted to a massive audience in 2017, players have tried desperately to find any way to get an edge, including hacking or cheating.

Epic Games has kept the game equally winnable for everyone, and they want to keep it that way. Fairness is a big deal for the company, so hacking or cheating is heavily frowned upon and often results in bans for players, but they continue to do it anyway.

The company's neverending efforts to prevent players fro gaining an advantage have only served to push the hackers to try even harder. Additionally, with the growth of technology (perhaps aided by the fact that the game now runs on Unreal Engine 5), even more hacks for Fortnite are coming out.

Epic Games has handed out lifetime bans to players for cheating. They don't tolerate it in any way, shape, or form. Unfortunately, that seems to have had an inverse effect.

Instead of forcing players to play legitimately, it has forced some of them (not all, as Epic's zero-tolerance policy isn't a total failure) to get even more creative.

Unfortunately, there is no way for Epic Games to fix this. Hacks for Fortnite will always be around, so they'll just have to continue doling out punishments as soon as they see cheating and continue to do what they can to make them ineffective.

Epic owns one of the best anti-cheat systems in all of gaming; unfortunately, that's still not enough to completely remove the issue.

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What does Epic Games say about cheating in Fortnite?

Epic's Community Guidelines plainly state how they feel about cheating. They also disapprove of bullying, harassment, and a laundry list of other issues the game's players face, but they're very clear about their stance on hacking and cheating:

"Play fairly and within the rules of the game. Don’t cheat, grief, team, or exploit bugs and glitches. Don’t promote or advertise known cheats, bugs, or exploits. Find an exploit? Report it."

Epic has designed the game so no one can gain an advantage. It's why no cosmetic does anything for the gameplay that can be even slightly advantageous. Whenever something like that does arise, they remove or patch it as soon as possible.

Bans for cheating are common (Image via TheCampingRusher on YouTube)

When it comes to cheating, there are varying levels of punishment:

"Player bans are applied on an individual basis and range from temporary bans to permanent bans. Temporary bans last up to 30 days, and players will be able to reboard the Battle Bus after the specified time."

They also stated:

"Permanent bans in Fortnite are indefinite and are given when a player is caught cheating, for example. While a player is banned, they can still play other games on the Epic Games Store."

These are strict punishments, but they might also need to get harsher if the rise of hacks for Fortnite continues.