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# I Am Lost Now That Fortnite Doesn't Show My Squad's Levels
- URL: https://aftermath.site/fortnite-levels/
- Published: 2024-12-04T16:08:09.000Z
- Updated: 2025-10-27T17:10:35.000Z
- Author: Riley MacLeod
- Tags: Video Games, Fortnite, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2025-10-27 13:00

A new season of *Fortnite* launched over the weekend, following a [very popular](https://x.com/FortniteGame/status/1862950664281919658?ref=aftermath.site) concert event that I managed to miss every time it ran. The season brings [new](https://www.fortnite.com/news/fight-as-a-ronin-in-fortnite-battle-royale-chapter-6-season-1-hunters?ref=aftermath.site) landmarks, changes to movement, some creatures running around the world–and, it seems, removes the ability to see your squadmates’ levels, which is totally screwing me up.

I usually play *Fortnite* in squads with strangers, and [these days](https://kotaku.com/fortnite-battle-royale-the-kotaku-review-1833890299?ref=aftermath.site) I keep my voice chat off. This means the start of every new round is taken up by trying to parse if I’ve landed with a good squad–players who know what they’re doing and stick together–or a bad squad–players who just want to screw around, or who run off and get themselves killed in remote parts of the map where I will nevertheless rush to try to [revive](https://kotaku.com/please-stop-quitting-before-i-can-revive-you-1841606763?ref=aftermath.site) them out of an overdeveloped sense of duty. One way I figure out the potential social dynamics is by seeing what level everyone is, indicated by a number next to their names in the top left of my screen. Higher levels don’t necessarily mean a better squad, of course, but at the very least I use them as a decision-making factor when my squad can’t agree on where to land–I’ll follow the player with the highest level, figuring they probably know where they’re going.

But when I booted up the new season last night, player levels no longer appeared. [Other](https://www.reddit.com/r/FortNiteBR/comments/1h4fp8f/did%5Fthey%5Fremove%5Fdisplaying%5Flevels%5Fin%5Fa%5Fmatch/?ref=aftermath.site) [players](https://www.reddit.com/r/FortNiteBR/comments/1h4eb1j/account%5Flevels%5Fnot%5Fshowing%5Fin%5Fpubs/?ref=aftermath.site) [have](https://www.reddit.com/r/FortNiteBR/comments/1h46qy4/theres%5Fno%5Fmore%5Flevel%5Fup%5Fin%5Fthe%5Ftop%5Fleft%5Fwhich/?ref=aftermath.site) [noticed](https://www.reddit.com/r/FortNiteBR/comments/1h53wh2/why%5Fcant%5Fi%5Fsee%5Fanyones%5Flevels%5For%5Fplatform%5Ficon/?ref=aftermath.site) [it](https://www.reddit.com/r/FortNiteBR/comments/1h53wh2/why%5Fcant%5Fi%5Fsee%5Fanyones%5Flevels%5For%5Fplatform%5Ficon/?ref=aftermath.site) [too](https://www.reddit.com/r/FortNiteBR/comments/1h4r0iq/levels%5Fnot%5Fdisplaying%5Fwhen%5Fin%5Fgame/?ref=aftermath.site), and largely aren’t happy with it. Overall, I think it’s probably a good change: I would often find myself in matches where higher-level squadmates would [bail](https://www.reddit.com/r/FortNiteBR/comments/1h4r0iq/comment/m08av4s/?utm%5Fsource=share&utm%5Fmedium=web3x&utm%5Fname=web3xcss&utm%5Fterm=1&utm%5Fcontent=share%5Fbutton) if they were too high above the rest of the squad, which felt bad and made my squads lopsided.

I know that a player’s level doesn’t *really* mean anything about them as a squadmate. And there are other [XP](https://www.gamesradar.com/games/fortnite/fortnite-xp-gets-a-boost-after-battle-royale-players-complained-that-leveling-up-was-too-slow-in-chapter-6-but-it-still-isnt-enough-to-make-up-for-the-nerf/?ref=aftermath.site) and [battle pass](https://www.polygon.com/gaming/483112/fortnite-battle-pass-price-increase?ref=aftermath.site) changes players are riled up about that are probably more consequential. But the lack of player levels has upset the delicate, mostly imaginary social balance of my games. I miss the (imaginary) comfort of sticking to my highest-level squadmate, feeling shepherded through the mysteries and dangers of a new season. I miss the (again, imaginary) sense of responsibility I felt to low-level squadmates, whom I would feel duty-bound to defend. Now my squad is just a bunch of names, a level playing field of strangers. How do I sort us into a pecking order? Who do I prioritize? How do I tell myself a complex tale of heroes and newcomers banding together against the odds? Where do I find my narrative fulfillment?

Like I said, this is probably mostly a good thing. And, as someone who doesn’t play *Fortnite* as frequently as I used to, I have to admit I sort of appreciate there being less information on the screen, which over the seasons has become so cluttered with indicators and symbols that I mostly tune them out. Now I need to learn about my squadmates through their actions, rather than largely meaningless numbers next to their names. There’s probably a lesson in here somewhere.