Fortnite season 8, week 1 challenges and how to visit a giant face in the desert

We're at the beginning of season 8 of Fortnite: Battle Royale and with that comes a new set of challenges for week 1. There are also big map changes across the northeast quarter of the island, with new places to explore and a volcano you can (safely) dive right into.

I'm pretty excited about what the new locations are going to bring to the game with all the new mountains and areas to battle it out in. I'm already envisioning some insane firefights down in the volcano (can you imagine if the game ended there?) and I'm looking forward to dropping into the new Sunny Steps town location. It's a little sad that Wailing Woods is no more and Lazy Links has been replaced by Lazy Lagoon, but change is good, right? To make room for it all, Epic also moved The Block's location to the west, getting rid of the rundown motel in the process.

This week's challenges give us a mix of old and new, with ones we've seen before and others that rely on the new map changes. Get ready, because here's where we dive into season 8, week 1 challenges.

Free 

Visit all Pirate Camps (0/7)
Search Chests at Retail Row or Junk Junction (0/7)
Deal damage with a Shotgun and an Explosive Weapon in a single match (0/2)

Battle Pass 

Visit a giant face in the desert, the jungle and the snow (0/3)
Use a Volcano Vent in different matches (0/5)
Get an elimination with a Shotgun, Assault Rifle and Explosive Weapon (0/3)
Deal Damage to a vehicle driven by an opponent (0/200)

How to visit all pirate camps

To kick off the new season of challenges, our first challenge involves the new pirate camps spread around the island. These do not include the new pirate ship now docked in the new Lazy Lagoon, but are instead some of the older rundown houses remodeled with a flag on top. Here's where you can visit all of them:

Most of these are places we've been before, but now there's a pirate theme with a huge flag to mark their locations.

How to search chests at Retail Row or Junk Junction

We've seen these types of challenges plenty of times but be prepared for these locations to be crowded at the beginning of the week. As long as you land at either location a few times, you should have this one done pretty quickly.

How to deal damage with a shotgun and an explosive weapon in a single match

It appears that in the new season 8 challenge interface overhaul, we no longer have challenges marked as "hard." But I would say this one would definitely have qualified. Fortunately, you won't have to eliminate players, only deal damage to them with both weapon types. If you focus on using both over few matches, you're bound to get at least a little damage. When you're done with stage 1, follow the directions to move on to the next pairing of weapons.

Source: Cnet.com