How to destroy haunted household furniture in Fortnite

Fortnite haunted household furniture
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If you want to destroy haunted household furniture in Fortnite, then you'll need to search residences for possessed items then perform an exorcism by smashing them to pieces. There is an element of randomness concerning exactly where you can find this Fortnite haunted household furniture, and although they're not specific to haunted houses there are a couple of locations which fit that bill and can improve you odds of finding them.

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Fortnite jack-o'-lanterns

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This ghostly room rearranging is taking place as part of the Fortnite Fortnitemares event, though we're not entirely sure why the spirit realm has decided to manifest itself mainly in furniture items. You'll need to explore the various residences dotted around the Fortnite island to discover where the haunting is taking place as these apparitions tend to appear at random, but read on for all the pointers you need so you can successfully destroy haunted household furniture in Fortnite.

Where to find Fortnite haunted household furniture

Fortnite haunted household furniture map

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As a point of clarification, Fortnite haunted household furniture is general household furniture that has become haunted, and is not specific furniture of the type found in a haunted house such as the ones situated in Grim Gables or Willow's Haunt – though you do have an increased chance of finding what you seek there, so we've marked those locations on the map above. In general though, you're not looking for traditionally spooky items of furniture such as sideboards covered in candles, but regular pieces like chests of drawers and side tables that are now possessed.

Fortnite haunted household furniture

(Image credit: Epic Games)

This Fortnite haunted household furniture can spawn randomly in any residential property around the island, so you'll need to keep looking in different houses until you come across the required items, which can be identified as they have an ethereal glow and are floating several inches off the ground. It's then up to you if you want to smash the ghostly furnishing with your harvesting tool, shoot it with a gun, or blow it up with explosives – it will count towards your target of seven items in total for this Fortnitemares quest, however you choose to destroy haunted household furniture in Fortnite.

Iain Wilson
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Iain originally joined Future in 2012 to write guides for CVG, PSM3, and Xbox World, before moving on to join GamesRadar in 2013 as Guides Editor. His words have also appeared in OPM, OXM, PC Gamer, GamesMaster, and SFX. He is better known to many as ‘Mr Trophy’, due to his slightly unhealthy obsession with amassing intangible PlayStation silverware, and he now has over 750 Platinum pots weighing down the shelves of his virtual award cabinet. He does not care for Xbox Achievements.

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