Fortnite birthday cake locations: challenges and rewards explained as Epic Games celebrates Fortnite’s 3rd birthday

Epic Games has been quick to celebrate the fact that Fortnite’s world-beating Battle Royale mode turned three years old on 26 September.

They’re celebrating the milestone with a number of commemorative in-game challenges that allow players to unlock birthday-themed items, and there’s still time to take part in the special birthday bash.

The new challenges are free to all players, so if you haven’t paid up for Season 3’s Battle Pass you will still be able to access them.

They are only available until tomorrow (1 October) however, so there's a limited time for you to complete them.

The full list of Fortnite's Birthday Bash challenges, and what completing them unlocks:

Play 10 matches — Earn The Big Three Spray

Dance in front of 10 different Birthday Cakes — Earn the Cakey Wrap

Outlast 500 opponents — Earn the Cupcake emoticon

Gain 50 health or shield from Birthday Cake — Earn 80,000 XP

There is also a ‘challenge’ that tasks you with simply logging into the game – perhaps the easiest challenge we have ever seen from Fortnite – and doing so will nab you the Take The Cake emote.

As you can see, the majority of these celebratory tasks are fairly self explanatory.

It might take you a bit of time to outlast 500 opponents, depending on your skill level, but maths dictates that as long as you constantly finish within the top 50, you should be able to strike that one off within 10 matches.

Where to dance in front of 10 different Birthday Cakes

The one challenge that might present you with a bit of bother asks you to dance in front of 10 different Birthday Cakes.

Thankfully, these cakes are numerous, and there are far more than 10 dotted throughout the map (there’s essentially one in every Named Location).

They're also fairly sizable, so you shouldn’t have trouble spotting them from a good distance away.

Some are hiding behind walls or inside buildings, making them harder to spot, but each is surrounded by colourful birthday balloons which you may spot before the cakes themselves.

Here’s where to find them:

- In the middle of Holly Hedges behind the building with the flower graffiti

- In the eastern end of Slurpy Swamp near the Respawn Van

- In the street towards the centre of Retail Row across from a Bus Stop

- On a street corner towards the centre of Salty Springs near a Respawn Van

- In front of the huge fountain in the eastern section of Misty Meadows

- Right at the entrance to Sweaty Sands’ pier under the big sign

- To the left of the central statue in Doom’s Domain

- In the northeast section of Dirty Docks

- Just inside the lodge building to the west of Weeping Woods

- In the centre of Lazy Lake, near a Respawn Van and garage door

Once you find yourself in front of a big cake, trigger an emote by pressing D-pad down on a controller, B on a keyboard or by tapping "!" on Android.

But be careful, these cakes are obviously much sought after at the moment, and it's likely that a large number of other players will be going after the same goal.

These locations could be dangerous.

How to Gain 50 health or shield from Birthday Cake

Once you’ve danced in front of a cake, make sure to grab a slice as that will give you a +5 boost of shield and health when consumed, and will help you work towards the Gain health or shield from Birthday Cake challenge.