Instigator

Instigator is a basic, "bring your own libraries" command-line Fortnite launcher.

If you do not know how to use Command Prompt or PowerShell, please use a different launcher. You will not get support for issues based around the command-line.

Instigator does not work on versions later than Chapter 2, Season 6.

Versions tested: 4.1, 5.30, 6.21, 7.30, 7.40, 8.30, 8.51, 10.40, 12.41.

Features

No Windows Defender false positive
GUI-less Usable in automation, batch scripts and headless/server enviroments.
Fully customizable, use your own libraries and backend.
Simple Instigator only launches the game with no AC, and optionally automatic library injection.
Single binary Instigator compiles to a single binary making it easy to quickly use

Installation

WinGet (installer)

winget install Jacksta.Instigator

Automatic installer

You can download the latest installer here.

Single binary

You can get started by downloading the latest release here. You will need to add Instigator to PATH if you want to use it globally. You may also need the Visual C++ Redistributable package (error: VCRUNTIME140.dll was not found.) which can downloaded from Microsoft here.

Getting started

To quickly open the Instigator folder use:

instigator folder

Add libraries for console, redirect and server (e.g. console.dll, server.dll, redirect.dll)
Add a client to Instigator

instigator add

Run the newly added client

instigator run [name]

For more help run instigator with no arguments.

Useful tools

Project Reboot by Milxnor: stable game server that works with Instigator.

Cobalt by Milxnor: stable SSL bypass that works with Instigator. Disable automatic console window opening.

Instigator Jacksta

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