How to eliminate a henchman in Fortnite Chapter 7, season 1

Many quests you are asked to tackle in Fortnite challenge you to find or interact with obscure gameplay features. One such mission tasks you with eliminating a henchman, which is one of the trickiest types of NPCs to locate.

Finding any specific character around the island is difficult since it’s quite large and they aren’t marked. Henchmen are extra tough to pinpoint since they don’t spawn on their own, so if you’re struggling to work through this quest, here’s how to eliminate a henchman in Fortnite.

Where to find a henchman in Fortnite

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Henchmen can be found anywhere where a boss is hanging out on the island in Fortnite. They only spawn with bosses, so you’ll need to locate one to encounter a loyal henchman following them around. Every boss has two henchmen following them.

There are a few different bosses you can find wandering around the island, including Human Bill, Beach Brutus, and Hush. All bosses rotate between various locations in each round, so there’s no way to know where each one will appear. The only indication you have to go off is a skull with a crown icon that appears on your map once you’re fairly close to a boss. This icon always marks a boss’s location, and thus some henchmen too.

The special mini bosses, Yuki and Gogo, also spawn with some henchmen. To find them, you have to locate a Forsaken Vow Rift Gate. You earn a Forsaken Vow Blade for entering one, and can use it to take down both Kill Bill bosses and two henchmen after you exit.

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If you come across a player who has defeated a boss and become one, you have a slight chance of encountering a henchman then, too. Players who possess a boss Medallion can activate it occasionally to summon two henchmen through a special rift.

This ability has a long cooldown and is entirely up to the enemy players’ discretion to use, though, so you’ll have to wait and hope that it actually happens. This method of finding a henchman is a lot less reliable because of this, so it’s best to focus on finding an NPC boss to get it done.

Eliminate a henchman in Fortnite

To complete the eliminate a henchman quest, you simply need to vanquish one henchman in battle. It’s a fairly easy mission to get done once you locate one, as finding one is by far the trickiest aspect. Fighting one is quick since they have terrible aim and not much health to sustain them. You can even use your Pickaxe to take them out in just a few strikes, although a gun will be even quicker.

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If you’re looking for more missions to tackle after completing this one, there are plenty of other tasks to choose from. Next, you might try working on jumping from Sunset Falls into the water below, completing all Born in Chaos quests, finding some hired specialists, and spreading the newspapers about Kingston’s new movie.

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