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While they’ve arrived a day later than usual, thanks to a delay, the latest batch of Fortnite challenges–those for Week 9–are now available in the Battle Royale mode for PS4, Xbox One, PC, Nintendo Switch, and mobile, which means new Battle Stars to earn. You should know the drill by now, but if you’re new to the game, we’ll break down how this works. Challenges are split into two categories, with one selection of them available to all players and the other exclusively to those that have paid for a Battle Pass. All you’ve got to do is complete the objectives and, in return, you get Battle Stars that unlock new goodies. Here’s how to do them, including where to find the Shifty Shafts treasure map.

The treasure map is the week’s challenge likely to take the longest–that is, if you do it the hard way and actually find the treasure map, then follow it. The alternative way is to just follow our guide: Since you don’t technically need to get the map to complete the challenge, you can skip going to Shifty Shafts and locating the map and instead head to the location it’s ultimately pointing you toward. In this case, it’s in the mountains just north of Salty Springs and south of Dusty Divot. Once there, you’ll spot a little collection of stone pillars where you’ll also see the Battle Star. We’ve put images of the treasure map and the precise location of the Battle Star in the gallery below; you can also watch the video above to see us do it.

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This week’s other challenges aren’t too tricky. On the free side, you’ll need to deal 500 damage with explosive weapons, use an ATK or a Shopping Cart to rack up 150,000 Trick points, and follow the aforementioned Shifty Shafts treasure map.

For those who have paid for the Season 5 Battle Pass side, there are four more challenges to complete. You’ll need to search for one chest in Pleasant Park (this is the first stage of the challenge, at which point four further stages will unlock one by one). On top of that, you’ll need to visit seven different Stone Heads, take out five players with an assault rifle, and also eliminate three enemies in Tomato Temple. Here’s the complete list:

Fortnite Week 9, Season 5 Challenges

Free

• Deal damage with Explosive Weapons to opponents (500) — 5 Battle Stars
• Get Trick Points in a Shopping Car or ATK (150,000) — 5 Battle Stars
• Hard: Follow the treasure map found in Shifty Shafts — 10 Battle Stars

Battle Pass

• (Stage 1) Search Chests in Pleasant Park (1) — 5 Battle Stars
• Visit different Stone Heads (7) — 5 Battle Stars
• Hard: Assault Rifle Eliminations (5) — 10 Battle Stars
• Hard: Eliminate opponents in Tomato Temple (3) — 10 Battle Stars

Developer Epic Games also has rolled out Fortnite’s 5.40 update, which introduces the High Stakes event. This new limited-time mode has its own set of challenges to complete. Here’s what the High Stakes challenges are and the rewards that you can earn by completing them. The update also adds the Grappler item in, which is used primarily to zip around the environment. You can read the full Fortnite update 5.40 patch notes here.

The new challenges for Season 5, Week 9 of Fortnite are now available. You can see the complete list of them below, and we also have a guide to following the treasure map in Shifty Shafts. That’s one of the tougher challenges in the free section, but over in the paid Battle Pass group, there’s one challenge in particular that’ll require a fair bit of legwork to get done. This one tells you to visit seven different Stone Heads around the map. Here are the locations of where to find them.

If you’re a hardcore Fortnite player, you’ll probably have a good idea of what to do and where to go, considering that the Stone Heads are always in the same position, and this kind of challenge has popped up previously. However, if you’re new to the game and this challenge, we’re here to lend a helping hand. Below you’ll find a list of all the locations we’ve spotted the Stone Heads, so simply high tail it between these and you’ll be done in no time. You can also watch the video above to see us do it, and follow along.

Fortnite Stone Head Locations

• South east of Junk Junction
• North of Tomato Temple
• North west of Dusty Divot
• East of Lonely Lodge
• North east of Greasy Grove
• South east of Shifty Shafts
• West of Lucky Landing

Once you’re done with this week’s challenges, there’s still more to do, as developer Epic Games also has rolled out Fortnite’s 5.40 update. This introduces the High Stakes event, which is a new limited-time mode has its own set of challenges to complete. You can read about what the High Stakes challenges are and the rewards that you can earn by completing them. You can read the full Fortnite update 5.40 patch notes here.

If you’re still working on challenges from previous weeks, head over to our full Fortnite Season 5 challenge guide to get help with every single challenge in the season thus far.

Fortnite Week 9, Season 5 Challenges

Free

• Deal damage with Explosive Weapons to opponents (500) — 5 Battle Stars
• Get Trick Points in a Shopping Car or ATK (150,000) — 5 Battle Stars
• Hard: Follow the treasure map found in Shifty Shafts — 10 Battle Stars

Battle Pass

• (Stage 1) Search Chests in Pleasant Park (1) — 5 Battle Stars
• Visit different Stone Heads (7) — 5 Battle Stars
• Hard: Assault Rifle Eliminations (5) — 10 Battle Stars
• Hard: Eliminate opponents in Tomato Temple (3) — 10 Battle Stars

For the first time since the release of Forsaken, Destiny 2‘s mysterious merchant Xur has arrived. As always, he has a selection of Exotic armor and a weapon for sale, though the offerings are fairly disappointing, particularly if you’re a Titan. In a change we first saw last week, you won’t find Xur on the map. Here’s what Exotics he has for sale and where to find him.

Destiny 2’s 2.0 update made some notable changes to Xur, the most significant of which concern where he’s located. Not only can you not find him on the map, you’ll no longer simply find him wherever the current Flashpoint is happening.

For this weekend’s appearance, you can find Xur at the Tower. He’s returned to his usual spot, just behind Dead Orbit’s area. When you spawn in, turn left and make your way toward the hangar. Go under the Future War Cult area and toward the Dead Orbit section. Just up a set of stairs, next to a landing pad, you’ll see Xur hanging out by himself.

In terms of his wares, he now offers a more limited selection of items overall. For consumables, the Three of Coins (now deprecated) is gone; he only has the Five of Swords challenge card. For Exotics, however, he does have one weapon, as well as one piece of armor for each class. Disappointingly, both the weapon and Titan armor–Prometheus Lens and Ashen Wake, respectively–are the same as last week’s offering. The Fated engram, which guaranteed you an Exotic you don’t already own, is nowhere to be seen.

Here’s what’s on sale right now and how much it costs:

Xur Exotics Armor And Weapon For Sale

• Prometheus Lens (Exotic Trace Rifle) — 29 Legendary Shards
• Young Ahamkara’s Spine (Exotic Hunter Gauntlets) — 23 Legendary Shards
• Nezarec’s Sin (Exotic Warlock Helmet) — 23 Legendary Shards
• Ashen Wake (Exotic Titan Gauntlets) — 23 Legendary Shards

Again, you’ll find that you may want to purchase Exotics you already own, as these versions feature more and different perks than existing versions. These may also be higher Power level than those you already have, which spares you the trouble of spending Masterwork Cores to infuse them.

Destiny 2’s new DLC just recently released, and you can see what we think about it in our Forsaken review-in-progress. We also have a Destiny 2 guide with some useful tips you should be aware of.