19 December 2025

How to Get Free Winterfest Skins in Fortnite

By newsgame

Ashely Claudino is an Evergreen Staff Writer from Portugal. She has a Translation degree from the University of Lisbon (2020, Faculty of Arts and Humanities). Nowadays, she mostly writes Fortnite and Sims 4 content for Game Rant.

Winterfest is one of the most anticipated annual events in Fortnite, and it is live at last. Players can open a free gift in Fortnite until January 4. In total, there are 14 presents for gamers to open, ranging from adorable back blings to themed skins.

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Under the tree, there are two presents with skins hidden inside – the Cheeks and Glacial Dummy skins. This guide will tell players what they need to know so they can make sure that they can claim these holiday skins before the lodge is removed from Fortnite.

How to Get Free Winterfest Skins in Fortnite

Which Presents Are the Free Skins on the Winterfest Lodge?

There are 14 presents scattered around the Winterfest Lodge in Fortnite, and each one contains a mystery item for players to collect. It has been revealed that two of the presents contain a skin, which immediately caught players’ attention.

The free Winterfest skins are inside the tall green presents located on the left side of the lodge. If players want to get their hands on the free Cheeks and Glacial Dummy skins, they will have to open these presents.

How to Unlock Cheeks and Glacial Dummy in Fortnite

Unfortunately, players will quickly find out that they cannot open either of the large green presents in Fortnite, as they can only be obtained after they’ve claimed a few presents.

Glacial Dummy is the green present on the left. To unlock Glacial Dummy, players will have to come back once they’ve opened seven other Winterfest gifts. This means that gamers will only be able to obtain the Glacial Dummy skin in Fortnite on December 25.

Cheeks is the green presents on the right side. Players will have to open 13 other presents before they’re able to get their hands on this skin. The Cheeks skin will become available on December 31, the last day of the year.