Get a free Fortnite dance with two factor authentication

With its millions upon millions of players and subsequent hundreds of millions of dollars of injected money for VBucks, Fortnite theft is becoming a serious problem. In an attempt to combat that, Epic Games has implemented two-factor authentication for the game and it wants everyone to use it. To encourage them to do so, it’s now giving out a free dance to anyone who shores up their .

For those confused about what 2FA is, it’s effectively a double-check each time you . It asks you to provide details from your secondary or device, in order to prove it’s actually you. Someone on the other side of the world trying to hack your won’t have that access, so won’t be able to fake it.

2FA isn’t foolproof of course, but it’s a lot better than relying on your bog standard .

The dance you get for enabling it is known as the Boogie Down and it’s available exclusively to those who protect their with a second device. You’ll need to use an email or an authenticator app to add 2FA to your , but when you do, you’ll be granted the dance for free.

If you enable Two-Factor Authentication for your Epic Games , you'll unlock the Boogie Down skin! #Fortnite pic.twitter.com/BES6Mf23MX

— Fortnite Battle Royale News (@FortniteBR) August 23, 2018

The process for enabling it is simple. Just to your Fortnite on the official web page, navigate to your page and then check out s and security. At the bottom of that page will be the option to enable 2FA with the authenticator. Do so and you’re all protected!