Fortnite Crew: The New Subscription Offer for $11.99 a Month

For Chapter 2 Season 5, Epic Games has introduced Fortnite Crew.

Fortnite Crew is a subscription offer for $11.99 each month.

Here’s what you get when you sign up for Fortnite Crew:

• A new monthly Crew Pack – An exclusive outfit bundle that only Fortnite Crew members get. Each month’s Crew Pack features a new outfit plus at least one matching accessory like a Glider, Pickaxe, or Emote.
• The Battle Pass included for the full season – You will get full access to the current seasons’ Battle Pass, and receive access to future Battle Passes with your active subscription
• 1,000 V-Bucks every month – Each month you’ll receive 1,000 V-Bucks each month, which you can spend as you please in the Fortnite Item Shop

In the December 2020 Fortnite Crew Pack members of the Crew will get the new Glaxia outfit and style, plus cosmetic llamacorn pickaxe and fractured world back bling.

Fortnite Crew is a recurring $11.99 subscription fee that’s charged monthly until you cancel it. You can cancel your subscription to Fortnite Crew at any time.

Is Fortnite Crew worth it?

Now let’s consider the value you get when you subscribe to Fortnite Crew.

As you know, you’ll get 1,000 V-Bucks each month. Currently, 1,000 V-Bucks are priced at $7.99.

You’ll also get access to the Battle Pass each season. The Battle Pass costs 950 V-Bucks. Converted to a dollar amount, we can say this is worth $7.59.

As each Fortnite Season lasts roughly 12 weeks (or 3 months), we can say the Battle Pass costs roughly $2.50 a month.

So you’re getting $10.49 worth of value from a Fortnite Crew subscription, considering only the 1,000 V-Bucks and access to the Battle Pass each season.

But you also get access to the monthly Crew Pack, which is an exclusive outfit bundle. I imagine if the outfits from the Crew Pack were to hit the item store, then they would cost around 2,000 V-Bucks.

You get a lot of value from a Fortnite Crew subscription. If you’re someone that often buys V-Bucks, gets the Battle Pass each Season, and likes exclusive skins, then Fortnite Crew is definitely worth it.

To maximize the value you get from a Fortnite Crew subscription, consider only subscribing once each season. Doing this will get you access to the Battle Pass for the season, an additional 1,000 V-Bucks, and the Crew Pack.

According to the Fortnite Crew terms and conditions, if you cancel your subscription, you can continue to access the current Fortnite Season Battle Pass for the duration of that Season. You will also keep the Subscription Content you received in each month you were subscribed.

So if you get Fortnite Crew once a Season, you’re effectively getting 1,950 V-Bucks (worth $15.58) and an exclusive outfit bundle for just $11.99. Now that’s good value.

And if you’ve already bought the Battle Pass for the current season, when you join Fortnite Crew you’ll get 950 V-Bucks returned to your account.

How to buy Fortnite Crew

You can join Fortnite Crew directly from the Fortnite Item Shop.

Click the Item Shop tab at the top, scroll down until you see Fortnite Crew, and click join now.

You can also join Fortnite Crew from the Battle Pass screen.

Remember that Fortnite Crew is a recurring subscription fee and you’ll be charged monthly until you cancel it.

How to cancel Fortnite Crew

As you know, you can cancel your Fortnite Crew subscription at any time.

When you cancel, your membership will still be active until the end of your current billing period.

And you will still have access to the Battle Pass, V-Bucks, and Crew Packs that you had during your membership.

The process of cancelling your Fortnite Crew subscription depends on which platform you use.

Here’s how to cancel Fortnite Crew for each platform:

PC or Android

To cancel a subscription purchased on PC or Android, follow these steps:

1. Go to www.epicgames.com/account
2. Sign in to your Epic Games account
3. Select Subscriptions to the right
4. Select the Cog icon to the top right of your subscription
5. Select Cancel Subscription
6. Follow the prompts to cancel

Playstation

To cancel a subscription purchased on a Playstation, follow these steps:

1. Go to store.playstation.com
2. Sign in to your Playstation Network account
3. Click on Subscriptions Management
4. Select Turn Off Auto Renew

Xbox

To cancel a subscription purchased on an Xbox, follow these steps:

1. Go to account.microsoft.com/account
2. Sign in to your Microsoft account
3. Select Services & Subscriptions at the top of the page
4. Select Manage next to your subscription listing
5. Select Cancel Subscription to the right
6. Follow the prompts to cancel

Nintendo Switch

To cancel a subscription purchased on a Nintendo Switch, follow these steps:

1. Click the Home button on your Switch
2. Open the Eshop
3. Select your account icon in the top right of the screen
4. Select your Subscriptions
5. Locate your Fortnite Crew subscription in the list and select Turn Off Automatic Renewal
6. Follow the prompts to cancel

Samsung

To cancel a subscription purchased on a Samsung phone, follow these steps:

1. On your phone, navigate to the Galaxy Store
2. Tap to open the Menu
3. Tap on Subscriptions
4. Select Fortnite from the app list
5. Tap on Cancel

Conclusion

Fortnite Crew is the first recurring monthly subscription service that we’ve seen in the game.

It makes a lot of sense, too. At least from a perspective of making money.

You see, by getting players to commit to a monthly fee, then they’re more likely to continue to play the game.

And they may be more inclined to spend those additional 1,000 V-Bucks from the Fortnite Crew subscription, and the ones gained from the Battle Pass.

So I expect Fortnite Crew will boost the revenue for Fortnite even more.

Of course, Fortnite is a free to play game and you’re under no obligation to buy it (or anything for that matter).

But as we’ve seen, Fortnite Crew is actually really good value, especially if you only get it once a Season.

Are you going to be subscribing to Fortnite Crew?

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