Fortnite Jess Quest: Ping Items of Different Rarities

The Chapter 7 Season 2 Jess questline includes a task that asks you to ping items of different rarities on the Battle Royale map. It sounds fiddly, but the requirement is simpler than it reads: you only need to mark loot of several distinct rarity tiers during matches, and the game tracks progress cumulatively across games.

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Quick answer: Drop into any match, open a few chests or scan floor loot, and press the ping button on weapons or items of different colors (grey, green, blue, purple, orange). Each new rarity counts once per match toward the quest.

Image credit: *Epic Games (via YouTube/@BubuDana)*

What counts as a ping

A ping is the contextual marker you place by aiming at an item and pressing the ping input for your platform. When the crosshair is on a weapon, consumable, or resource on the ground, the ping registers that item’s rarity. You do not need to pick it up. The quest is satisfied by distinct rarity tiers, not by pinging the same rarity repeatedly.

Fortnite’s standard loot rarities, in ascending order, are Common (grey), Uncommon (green), Rare (blue), Epic (purple), Legendary (orange), Mythic (gold), and Exotic (cyan). The Jess quest is completed with the common-through-legendary spread that appears in almost every match.

The Jess quest is completed with the common-through-legendary spread | Image credit: *Epic Games (via YouTube/@BubuDana)*

Ping inputs by platform

Platform	Default ping input
PC (keyboard/mouse)	Middle mouse button
PlayStation	Left on D-pad
Xbox	Left on D-pad
Nintendo Switch	Left on D-pad
Mobile	Ping button in the HUD

If you have remapped controls, check the Communication section of your input settings to confirm the ping binding.

Fastest completion method

Land at a loot-dense location with multiple chests and floor spawns. Named POIs with dense interiors work best because chest loot covers a wider rarity range than ground spawns.

Land at a loot-dense location with multiple chests and floor spawns | Image credit: *Epic Games (via YouTube/@BubuDana)*

Open two or three chests near your landing spot. Do not grab everything immediately. Leave the dropped weapons on the floor so you can aim at each one individually.

Aim your crosshair at one item at a time and press ping. Work through the pile from grey to orange, pinging each different color once. The quest counter updates as each new rarity is registered.

Aim your crosshair at one item at a time and press ping | Image credit: *Epic Games (via YouTube/@BubuDana)*

If the pile is missing a tier, move to the next chest cluster. Legendary (orange) items are the least common from basic chests, so vaults, Supply Drops, or boss loot help close the gap.

Where to find each rarity reliably

Rarity	Color	Best source
Common	Grey	Floor loot in houses and small structures
Uncommon	Green	Floor loot and basic chests
Rare	Blue	Chests at named POIs
Epic	Purple	Chests, Supply Drops, rare chest variants
Legendary	Orange	Supply Drops, vaults, boss drops, rare chest variants

Pinging any five distinct rarities is plenty, but the quest accepts whatever spread you encounter across multiple matches, so there is no need to finish it in a single game.

How to confirm it registered

When a ping lands on a valid item, a callout marker with the item’s name and rarity color appears on screen, and the HUD announces it in chat. Progress on the Jess quest updates in the quest tracker on the right side of the HUD. If the tracker does not tick up after a ping, the item was either a duplicate rarity you already logged, or your crosshair was not on an item at the moment of the input.

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Note: Pinging the map, a location, or an enemy does not count. The crosshair must be on a loot item at the moment you press ping.

Common reasons the quest does not progress

The item pinged was the same rarity as one already counted in that match.
The ping landed on terrain, a vehicle, or a player instead of a loot item.
You are in a mode that disables the challenge, such as certain LTMs or Creative islands that do not track Battle Royale quests.
The quest line requires an earlier Jess step to be completed first; check the quest order in the menu.

Once the required number of distinct rarities has been pinged, the Jess quest ticks off and awards its XP, letting you move to the next step in her questline for Chapter 7 Season 2.