How to destroy Swarmer Nests to thin out the swarm in Fortnite Chapter 6, season 4

There are bugs just about everywhere you venture around the island in Fortnite. To help stop the invasion, you need to tackle important missions, such as destroying Swarmer Nests to thin out the swarm.

You might not be familiar with what Swarmer Nests are, making this key story quest a bit tricky to get done. It’s an essential one to tackle if you want to progress through the main storyline, so here’s how to destroy Swarmer Nests to thin out the swarm in Fortnite.

What are Swarmer Nests in Fortnite?

Swamer Nests are primarily tall, grey nests covered in glowing, purple oozing spots in Fortnite. They’re sometimes a bit flatter, though, and look like small rocks sitting on the ground. Regardless of what shape they take, they’re always easy to distinguish if you focus on searching for the glowing purple spots. Swamer Nests consistently spawn smaller, hostile bug enemies for you to defeat until you destroy them.

Where to find Swarmer Nests in Fortnite

You may find Swarmer Nests around any bug-infested location around the island, but they’re most common at the three main bug POIs, where you can slay the Queen, which are The Hive, Ranger’s Ruin, and Demon’s Domain. If you don’t want to venture to these popular spots, search for smaller Landmark spots that have bugs wandering around instead.

Destroy Swarmer Nests to thin out the swarm in Fortnite

To complete the destroy Swarmer Nests to thin out the swarm mission for the Egg-cellent Observations story quest series, you need to break three Swarmer Nests. This is the first task you must tackle in this series, so getting it done quickly is crucial for progression.

Swarmer Nests can be broken using just about any method you like. Swing at one with your Pickaxe, shoot at them with any type of gun, or call in a Precision Air Strike to cause some truly devastating damage. It doesn’t matter how you break them, only that you do, so choose your preferred method of destruction and get going.

With this mission out of the way, you can move on to tackling other tricky feats around the island. Next, you might work on all Megazord community quests, gaining shields using Slurp Geysers, opening an OXR Bunker, or venturing to all Hammerhead Choppa locations.

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