How to wish the Bus Driver a Happy Birthday in Fortnite

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Picture showing the Battle Bus Driver with the birthday decorations in Fortnite.
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It’s birthday week for Fortnite, and there are many themed quests for you to complete to earn freebies while celebrating the occasion. 

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The battle bus in Fortnite is an iconic part of the battle royale, and Epic always decorates it to suit the occasion. For its seventh birthday, the battle bus is now wrapped with birthday balloons and a cake.

Here’s everything you need to know about wishing the Bus Driver a Happy Birthday in Fortnite.

How to Wish the Bus Driver a Happy Birthday in Fortnite

Picture showing the Birthday Battle Bus flying over the island in Fortnite.
Remember to wish the person who made it possible for you to jump on the map! Screenshot by Dot Esports

To wish the Bus Driver a Happy Birthday in Fortnite, you must queue up in any battle royale match and press B on your keyboard or Down Arrow on your controller’s D-Pad while on the bus. It is the same button you’d use to bring out the emotes wheel in the game. Make sure you stay on the bus while you press the button, or you won’t be able to wish the Bus Driver. After you press the button, it should show your name on the bottom left side of the

You might already be in the habit of thanking the Bus Driver to level up your accolades and earn experience points to get new rewards. If you continue to thank the Bus Driver, it will wish the Bus Driver and count toward your overall progress of the accolade, so it’s twice the benefit for a single action.

To complete the birthday quest, you’ll have to wish the Bus Driver seven times. You can only do it once per match, so you need to play and press the button to complete the quest while playing the game.

All Fortnite Birthday Quests and Rewards

Picture showing Fortnite Birthday rewards including the sticker, backbling, and pickaxe.
Delicious Rewards. Image by Epic Games

Here are all the Fortnite Birthday Quests and how can you complete them to earn free rewards:

  • Wish the Bus Driver a Happy Birthday: Press B on your keyboard to wish the Bus Driver a happy birthday while sitting in the Battle Bus seven times.
  • Throw Birthday Presents or open chests: You can just open seven chests or even throw Birthday Presents that you find in chests to finish this quest.
  • Travel distance while airborne with balloons from the Birthday Medallion: While having the Birthday Medallion’s balloons, you have to drop down from an edge and fly 777m on the map to finish this challenge. Balloons burst after some time so don’t fly too high!
  • Eat slices of birthday cake: You should find slices near the huge birthday cake at every major point of interest. Once you reach there, you need to look around the birthday cake to eat seven pieces which restore your health and shield.
  • Release or pop balloons: You can either pop seven balloons near the huge birthday cakes by using your pickaxe or simply release balloons from your back while having the Birthday Medallion.
  • Reveal players by setting off fireworks with the Flare Gun: Use the Flare Gun from Birthday Presents to reveal seven nearby players. Make your way to the nearest point of interest and

Apart from getting XP for completing these challenges, you can also earn rewards like Birthday Bud Spray for completing one quest, the Cake Clobberer Pickaxe for finishing three quests, and Sprinkly Space Cake Back Bling for completing five quests. Make sure to complete the quests by 1 October, 1:00 am CT to get your limited-time rewards.

Fortnite usually gives out free rewards on their birthday anniversary years and if you are a free-to-play player, you should definitely grab the goodies and add them to your inventory.

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Rijit Banerjee
Staff Writer at Dot Esports. You'll find him grinding platinum trophies and breaking the meta with his "fun" picks in the ranked queue when he's not reading his favourite Fantasy books. Previously wrote for GG Recon, ESTNN, and many more. Contact: rijit@dotesports.com