Epic Games’ enduringly popular free-to-play battle royale title is in its second month of Chapter 3 Season 2. The current season made waves around the gaming industry for initially pulling its signature building mechanic, then re-adding it with the dedicated Zero Build Mode for those who prefer the change. Fortnite again made headlines a few days ago for what many are considering its wildest crossover: the announcement of Wu-Tang Clan cosmetics.
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Where to Plant Wiretaps to Monitor IO Communications in Fortnite
Part of Fortnite’s ongoing Resistance quest line, players’ first mission for Week 5 is to monitor IO communications by planting a series of wiretaps. However, players must first establish a device uplink beforehand, although everything is located around the Command Cavern and The Fortress POIs. Players can travel to any of the blue markers on the included map to establish the uplink, then head to the following three locations:
Wiretap Location 1: The first wiretap location is on the western slope of the mountain of which Command Cavern resides within. Head to the platform with the red-and-white radio tower, where the wiretap silhouette is easily visible. Wiretap Location 2: The second wiretap Fortnite players must find is up against the massive drill vehicle at The Fortress. Head to the side of the access ramp below the giant drill head to plant the next wiretap, but keep an eye out for Dr. Slone, one of this season’s hardest NPC bosses. Wiretap Location 3: The third and final wiretap can be found at Dispatch Depot, the first landmark players will run into moving southeast past Loot Landing. Go to the eastern edge of the northernmost building of the area, where the last wiretap can be placed.
It is highly advisable to place each of the wiretaps in the order listed, as a series of Siege Cannons will help to greatly expedite traveling between the substantially spread-out wiretaps. While players could theoretically complete the quest in the opposite direction, doing so gets awfully close to The Battle for Coney Crossroads. Added as part of Fortnite’s latest update, the fully-fledged battle between IO Guards and Seven Sentries is bound to be a landing hotspot not only for the prized loot upon victory, but several of Week 5’s regular season quests require players to engage in the latest battlefront.
Once all three of the wiretaps are planted, the quest will be complete. Players can then try tackling the next Resistance quest, which includes recovering a Data Drive from Daily Rubble. For those unaware, the first of the previously mentioned IO-Seven battles took place at Daily Bugle, where The Seven’s victory resulted in the looming IO blimp to crash just offshore. Players will need to establish a device uplink near the downed ship before making their way over to it and locate a Data Drive.
Fortnite is free-to-play on PC, PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.
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