How to fly the Star Destroyer in Fortnite

Fortnite: Galactic Battle is an entire season dedicated to Star Wars, and players even have the opportunity to pilot a Star Destroyer and attack the map from above.

Star Wars has officially taken over Fortnite, with a Battle Pass packed with iconic characters and a map full of recognizable POIs and NPCs from a galaxy far, far away.

Over the course of the season, Epic have brought a host of updates that introduced new features inspired by George Lucas’ sci-fi universe. This includes the ability to hop into the cockpit of a Star Destroyer and rain down fire from the skies.

Here’s how to fly the iconic ship in a match.

How to pilot a Star Destroyer

Following the 35.20 update, a rift will spawn at a random location in every match that takes you to the Star Destroyer. There’s no way to predict where it will appear, but it will be marked clearly on the in-game map after the second circle.

After the portal shows itself, it’s a race of who can jump through it first, as only one squad will be able to pilot the ship per match. If no one manages to get to the rift, it will vanish after the fourth circle and be unavailable for the rest of the match.

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If you’re lucky enough to get there first, you’ll be taken to the Star Destroyer’s control room, where you’ll be able to fly it around the map and use its “turbolaser” to deal huge damage. It deals around 120 damage per shot if you’re flying solo, or 72, 54, or 36 in Duos, Trios, and Squads, respectively.

You only have 90 seconds in the hot seat, but this should be plenty of time to rack up a bunch of kills and thin out the lobby. Once the timer expires, you’ll rift back into the map and carry on as normal.

While you’re controlling the ship, you’re completely invulnerable to damage. If you’re struggling to find anyone to shoot at, there’s also a scanner that pings the location of up to 25 enemies at once.

The only downside is that you can’t fly around the map and are limited to a pretty tight radius around where it spawns. So, if you find yourself on the receiving end, the best course of action is to run out of sight.

The Star Destroyer will feature in every match until June 7, when the Star Wars season is set to end with the Death Star Sabotage live event.

For more on Fortnite, be sure to check out when the next update arrives, as well as all of the weapons in the Star Wars season.