Now that the sixth season of the FPL has concluded, we want to have something a little different in between seasons.
For this "Legacy" Tournament, as the name suggests, you will be fighting each other while the game returns progressively towards a vanilla state.
The first round will include every DLC up to High Seas, quarter-finals will include everything up to Moonshot, semi-finals will only include Tons of Guns, while the finals (and bronze match) will be played in full vanilla. This means no munitions plant, no firebeam, not even the repair station.
Since it is a 1v1 tournament, we will allow up to 32 players. There will be an offline qualification round before the main event, to get the player count down to 16, which will be played with Moonshot.
The main event itself will take place over two weekends, the 7th and 14th of February at 7PM UTC.
Registration will open at 5pm UTC on the 11th of January. In order to register, every participant should ping 42scientist on the Forts Official Discord server with their challengermode profile link, steam profile link, 128x128 logo, and then be invited on Challengermode. Hosts:
Project Incursus
Salzwerk
La cantine
On to the details. When will Registration open?
January 11th 2026 at
9am PST (West Coast USA)
12pm EST (East Coast USA)
5pm GMT (London)
6pm CET (France, Germany)
4am August 10th AEDT (Brisbane Australia)
Entries submitted before this time will not be accepted. Once registration has opened the first 32 players to submit a valid entry will be admitted. Valid entries must fulfill the requirements listed below under How do I join? How will players be seeded? Seedings will be based on past results in official events and ranked seasons. Prizes?
The prize pool is as follows:
1st place $50
2nd place $25
3rd place $10
Prizes will only be awarded in the form of Steam digital gift cards. To be eligible for prizes, participants must be able to receive Steam gift cards from outside regions. Winners may designate another eligible player to receive their prize.
If you have any additional questions please contact us on Discord.
In order to participate, you must do the following...
Join the Official FORTS Discord
Your names on Discord, Steam and Challengermode must match
Inappropriate competitor names or logos will not be accepted
Send a message on Discord to 42scientist with your CM profile, Steam profile, and 128x128 logo
Registration will not open until January 11th at 7pm UTC
Maximum of 32 players
Legacy Tournament starts February 7th and 14th, 2026 at...
11am PST (West Coast USA)
2pm EST (East Coast USA)
7pm GMT (London)
8pm CET (France, Germany)
6am on the next day AEDT (Brisbane Australia)
The FORTS Tournament lobby
The Official FORTS Discord
Challengermode Bracket
1v1 Team Death Match
Single elimination
15 minute time limit
Tons of Guns, Moonshot, High Seas enabled, then disabled per round
Repair station enabled until last round
Portals enabled while Moonshot is
Commanders enabled (all factions, no matter the DLCs)
Draws decided by core damage inflicted (total damage if core health is equal)
Maximum of 32 players
Check-in on Discord starts 1 hour before tournament
Late or absent players forfeit their matches
Use of exploits or bugs for self-charging or any other purpose is strictly forbidden.
Earthwork Games reserves the right to make changes to this event as needed
Project Incursus
Salzwerk
La cantine
Battlegrounds
Crevice
Desert Ruins
Hang Time
Ledge Grab
Moorings
Stalactites
Vanilla
Cheers, EWG