Specialists are some of the most helpful and oftentimes overlooked allies you can recruit in Fortnite. Quite a few missions you’ll encounter also specifically ask you to team up with them, which means you’ll need to know where they can be found.
All NPCs, including specialists you can hire, change, and move around the island each season. This can make tracking them down rather tricky, so if you’re unsure where to look, here are all specialist locations in Fortnite Chapter Seven, season three.
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Specialist map locations in Fortnite Chapter 7, season 3
As of the time of writing, there are four specialists you can find and hire around the Fortnite island, which are Elite Daigo, Heatwave PJ, Dylan, and John Wick. NPCs regularly change and shift around the map throughout the season, though, so this may change in future updates. If this happens, we’ll update with the latest recruits here. For now, though, here’s where to find all specialists.
- Elite Daigo can be found at Sunken Shores. He’s a Medic Specialist who can be hired for 350 gold bars. You can find him near the upper northeast corner of this POI, wandering around in the open courtyard area next to the bright blue house.
- Heatwave PJ can be found at Latte Landing. She’s a Scout Specialist you can hire for 350 gold bars. To locate her, enter the grey stone building near the southeast corner of this location. She wanders around inside.
- Dylan can be found at Heatwave Harbor. She’s a Supply Specialist you can hire for 350 gold bars. You can find her by heading to the far eastern end of this POI, which is the collection of buildings on the right side of the water.
- John Wick can be found at Calamari Canyon. He’s a Heavy Specialist who can be hired for 350 gold bars. You can find him near the northern edge of this POI, standing close to a small blue building near the edge of a cliff.
How to hire a specialist in different matches in Fortnite
To complete the hire a specialist in different matches mission, you need to hire one of the four available specialists as an ally across the course of four different matches. You can hire the same character every time, or mix it up and test out the unique skills each one possesses.
It costs 350 gold bars to hire each specialist, and this currency doesn’t carry over from round to round, so the first step in this process is looting around the island to earn enough. Once you’ve got the gold bars you need, make your way to whichever one of the four NPCs you want to recruit. Generally, it’s best to just go for the specialist who’s closest to you, but it’s entirely up to your discretion.
Upon locating any of the four available allies, interact with them and select the “Recruit” option to pay the fee and hire them to fight at your side. As soon as you select this option. you’ll officially check off one piece of this quest. Repeat this process three more times across different matches to get it done.
There are lots of other tough tasks you can work on to earn even more XP after checking off this one. Next, you might try to take your car through the car wash to make a good impression, find Sprite Chests, complete Lost and Found quests, and damage opponents with style while using Seven Sliders.
