The Chests
Chests are your friends. A chest contains 4 to 5 items and it could be anything: weapons, resources, healing potions, shield potions, traps or ammunition. As the chest offers many items at the same time, it will considerably speed up your loot phase.
The problem is that unlike classic loot spots, which are easily visible, chests tend to hide in places that are not easily accessible: in attics, in cellars, or at the top of towers. You will often have to destroy a wall or build a staircase to reach them.
We give you a tip to help you in your quest for the chests: they make a sound, not a big one, but when you hear it you know that it is time to demolish everything around you.
Chests have their own spawn locations: a chest will not appear during each of your matches but it will always appear at the same place. Learning by heart all the places where chests appear will make you incredibly effective at the beginning of the game.
If you want to speed up your learning, the FortniteChest website tries to identify the location of all the chests on the map with screenshots, to make it easier for you to find them.