Epic Games reveals new official football kits for Fortnite, and the Pelé Cup, where we can get their “Pelé Celebration” gesture for free.
On January 19, 2021, Epic Games announced, through a post on the official Fortnite blog, the arrival of new soccer skins with official kits from 23 clubs. These new character skins belong to the Auction set. The thing does not end there; They also announced a new Pelé Cup, in which players who finish in higher positions will be able to get the Pelé Celebration gesture for free. We tell you everything we know about these skins and this event of Season 5 of the Battle Pass of Fortnite Chapter 2 below:
Fortnite Pele Cup: date, time and how to get your gesture and football skins for free
Fortnite receives the official kits of 23 royal clubs
Promotional image showing the appearance of the new skins with official kits of real clubs in Fortnite
On January 23, 2021, 10 new Fortnite boy and girl skins will arrive in the store, which can be edited to show the colors and emblems of the following 23 football clubs from around the world:
- Manchester City FC
- Juventus
- AC Milan
- Inter Milan
- AS Roma
- Seattle Sounders FC
- Atlanta United
- Los Angeles FC
- Santos FC
- Wolves
- West Ham United FC
- Sevilla FC
- Sporting CP
- Borussia Mönchengladbach
- FC Schalke 04
- VFL Wolfsburg
- Rangers FC
- Celtic FC
- Cherry Osaka
- Melbourne City FC
- Sydney fc
- Western Sydney Wanderers
- EC Bahia
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– Rubén Martínez (@ruvenmb) January 19, 2021
The only Spanish club on the list is Sevilla FC, as you can see. These new soccer skins in Fortnite belong to the new Remate set. These skins can be obtained for free in the Pelé Cup; read just below:
Pelé Cup in Fortnite: how to get the Pelé Celebration gesture for free
Epic Games also announces that a gesture from Brazilian soccer star Pelé is coming to Fortnite. This gesture, called a “Pelé celebration”, can be obtained for free in the game by participating in the Pelé Cup, which will start on Wednesday, January 20, 2021.
In addition to Pelé’s gesture, we can also get the Remate skins for free with their official football kits if we are in good shape at the end of this new Fortnite Battle Royale tournament.
Another award is a signed and personalized FC Santos shirt.
Pelé Cup in Fortnite: scoring system
This is the scoring system that will be used in the Pelé Cup:
- Masterful victory: 20 points
- 2nd: 15 points
- 3rd: 13 points
- From 4th to 5th place: 10 points
- From 6th to 10th place: 8 points
- From 11th to 15th place: 7 points
- From 16th to 20th place: 6 points
- From 21st to 25th place: 5 points
- From 26th to 30th place: 4 points
- From 31st to 40th place: 3 points
- From 41st to 50th place: 2 points
- 51st to 75th place: 1 point
- Each elimination: 1 point
Fortnite Pele Cup: list of prizes and rankings
In order to obtain prizes such as the Remate set, and the Pele Celebration gesture, we must be in the following positions, depending on our region:
Europe
- 1st to 3rd: FC Santos shirt signed.
- 1º-3,500º: Pelé’s Celebration gesture, Midfield Master skin, Don Defender skin, Galactic skin, Off-road Scorer skin, Excision skin, Right-handed Forward skin, Paradoned Goalkeeper skin, Derby Dominant skin, La Tiquitaca skin and Fenómena skin.
East Coast of USA
- 1st to 3rd: FC Santos shirt signed.
- 1º-1,750º: Pelé’s Celebration gesture, Midfield Master skin, Don Defender skin, Galactic skin, Off-road Scorer skin, Split skin, Right-handed Forward skin, Paradoned Goalkeeper skin, Derby Dominant skin, La Tiquitaca skin and Fenómena skin.
West Coast of the US
- 1st-3rd: signed FC Santos shirt.
- 1st-500th: Pelé’s Celebration gesture, Midfield Master skin, Don Defender skin, Galactic skin, Off-road Scorer skin, Cleavage skin, Right-Handed Forward skin, Paradonal Goalkeeper skin, Derby Dominant skin, La Tiquitaca skin and Fenómena skin.
Brazil
- 1st-3rd: signed FC Santos shirt.
- 1st-500th: Pelé’s Celebration gesture, Midfield Master skin, Don Defender skin, Galactic skin, Off-road Scorer skin, Cleavage skin, Right-Handed Forward skin, Paradonal Goalkeeper skin, Derby Dominant skin, La Tiquitaca skin and Fenómena skin.
Asia
- 1st-3rd: signed FC Santos shirt.
- 1st-250th: Pelé’s Celebration gesture, Midfield Master skin, Don Defender skin, Galactic skin, Off-road Scorer skin, Cleavage skin, Right-Handed Forward skin, Paradonal Goalkeeper skin, Derby Dominator skin, La Tiquitaca skin and Fenómena skin.
Oceania
- 1st-3rd: signed FC Santos shirt.
- 1st-250th: Pelé’s Celebration gesture, Midfield Master skin, Don Defender skin, Galactic skin, Off-road Scorer skin, Cleavage skin, Right-Handed Forward skin, Paradonal Goalkeeper skin, Derby Dominator skin, La Tiquitaca skin and Fenómena skin.
middle East
- 1st-3rd: signed FC Santos shirt.
- 1st-250th: Pelé’s Celebration gesture, Midfield Master skin, Don Defender skin, Galactic skin, Off-road Scorer skin, Cleavage skin, Right-Handed Forward skin, Paradonal Goalkeeper skin, Derby Dominator skin, La Tiquitaca skin and Fenómena skin.
Source: Epic Games [1] [2], own elaboration
