Fortnite is the gift that keeps on giving as the game celebrates Christmas in-game with Winterfest 2025. With quests to complete, presents to open, and even new, colorful bosses to defeat, Winterfest 2025 definitely raises the bar. Additionally, players can unlock free rewards and not just through the Winterfest Cabin.
Fortnite it has its fair share of free rewards that are constantly being added, from a number of limited-time skins to additional rewards coming with events like Fortnitemares and Winterfest. However, Rust Bucket Back Bling, which was originally given away for free after a server outage in 2018, is making a comeback. Here it is how to get free Rust Bucket Back Bling Fortnite.
All Winterfest 2025 gifts and free rewards in Fortnite
Kick off the Christmas season in Fortnite with Winterfest 2025, bringing players gifts to unwrap in-game. Here are the free rewards.
How to get back the Bling Rust Bucket in Fortnite for free
For those who missed out on claiming the Rust Bucket Back Bling in 2018, you have a second chance to claim it again, but the offer is ending quickly. The Rust Bucket is one of the rewards that players can earn through the NVIDIA GeForce RTX Cupwhich awards a first place prize of $4,000 along with additional cash prizes for the top 100 players. Top players can also win an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 GPU.
To get the free Rust Bucket Back Bling, players simply need to score 8 points in the NVIDIA GeForce RTX Solos Cup. Each elimination yields 2 points, meaning players can get Back Bling for just 4 kills. Players can also earn points for placement, with first place rewarding 60 points, 11th place 40 points, 21st place 30 points, 31st place 20 points, and 50th place only 1 point. See the full breakdown below:
- Positions 1-10: 1st (60), 2nd (53), 3rd (49), 4th (47), 5th (46), 6th (45), 7th (44), 8th (43), 9th (42), 10th (41)
- Locations 11-20: 11. (40), 12. (39), 13. (38), 14. (37), 15. (36), 16. (35), 17. (34), 18. (33), 19. (32), 20. (31)
- Positions 21–30: 21. (30), 22. (29), 23. (28), 24. (27), 25. (26), 26. (25), 27. (24), 28. (23), 29. (22), 30. (21)
- Positions 31–40: 31. (20), 32. (19), 33. (18), 34. (17), 35. (16), 36. (15), 37. (14), 38. (13), 39. (12), 40. (11)
- Positions 41–50: 41. (10), 42. (9), 43. (8), 44. (7), 45. (6), 46. (5), 47. (4), 48. (3), 49. (2), 50. (1)
When does the NVIDIA GeForce RTX Cup start in Fortnite?
NVIDIA GeForce RTX Cup starts on Sunday 21/12/2025. The cup is strictly a Solos Cup and only runs for a few hours, with start times varying depending on your region. To participate, players must be at least gold rank or higherrv Battle Royale, Zero Build or Reload Ranked a must have participated in at least 14 tournaments in the last 180 days.
Check out the competition page Fortnite to see when it starts in your area.
