If you're trying to get all your Fortnite quests and weekly challenges done this Season, you have to go and get yourself infected by an Alien Parasite, it is what it is.

These little buggers will attach themselves to you and you'll move extra fast. However, this isn't exactly a perfect symbiosis. When an Alien Parasite attaches itself to you it will make you move faster but you'll lose some health when this happens. Your health with gradually decrease until you reach 60 HP. At that point, it won't go down any further.

Now you know the risks, here's how you find and exploit that alien parasite speed buff.

Where To Find Alien Parasites In Fortnite

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Finding Alien Parasites can actually be a bit of a challenge. They spawn randomly and will often grab onto other wild animals that walk around the Battle Royale island.

Thankfully, there is a location where most gamers seem to have had success finding Alien Parasites most of the time.

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Head down to the Durrr Burger restaurant, right next to the Logjam Woodworks landmark. Enter the restaurant and walk down the stairs into the storage area. You should see the Alien Parasites floating around the room. This is the easiest way to find them.

How To Get Infected By An Alien Parasite In Fortnite

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There are three ways to encounter Alien Parasites in Fortnite. You'll find them in the following states:

  • Still inside their eggs
  • On Infected Animals
  • Already out in the world

If you encounter a Parasite Egg you can destroy it and the Alien Parasite will roam free. If you find an Infected Animal, you can kill the animal as you would normally for meat and the Parasite will be set free as well.

Once the Parasite is free or if you've already found them in the wild, you can just approach it and it will attach itself to you.

Congratulations! You are now infected.

Talk To Sunny To Complete The Challenge

In case you're doing the weekly challenge, go and talk to Sunny at the beach near the boardwalk in the Believer Beach POI. You will then have completed the quest and get rid of the Alien Parasite if you prefer to have full health rather than being able to move faster.

How To Remove The Alien Parasite In Fortnite

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Up to 40 HP is a significant amount of hit points removed from your health bar. It's up to you to decide if you prefer increased movement speed or a full health bar. If you want to remove the parasite then there are three ways to detach Alien Parasites in Fortnite. You can either:

  • Touch fire
  • Touch water
  • Enter a prop disguise

Once detached, they'll ignore you for a few seconds. This is your chance to either kill them or run away without becoming infected once again.

If you're still trying to tackle all of this week's challenges, we've already written a guide with the locations for the Interact with a CB Radio quest in case you need some help tracking them down.

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