Error “Your Account Level Does Not Meet The Requirements To Play” – How to solve?

by Alexandra · Published June 15, 2019 · Updated January 13, 2021

Very often we get this question: “Help! I can’t play arena because every time I try to click play it says your account level does not meet the requirements to play.”
Today we will figure out how to solve this problem.

For new players or for those who want to make a twink or fake account (as it is more convenient for someone to call it), the error “Your account level does not meet the requirements to play” often pops up. And despite the simplicity of solving the problem – many players have difficulties. We decided to sort out the issue in detail and prepared a solution.

Short answer: In order to play the mode – you need account level 30. To level up an account – you need to play matches in any game mode.

So, the whole essence of the problem lies in the fact that you have a small account level, or rather you have the first level, if you have just registered an account. To start playing in the arena you must have a 30th account level or higher. You can view it by clicking on the career button in the top menu – the level will be displayed in the right upper corner of the menu.

Important! This level is the total level levelling up in all the Seasons, so after the end of the Season you will not need to reach level 30 again.

How to reach level 30?

Your account gets levels for gaining XP, which you can get for playing the game (Battle Lab doesn’t count). There also are Battle Pass or event challenges, that can get you more XP by doing some tasks.

Just for this article, we made a new Fortnite account and levelled it up to level 30. For levelling, we used the Team Rumble game mode. This was done for several reasons:

The first is the highest average points per game. You do not need to perform well, you will always get 300-400 experience per match.
The second reason – your statistics doesn’t go bad, because “Team Rumble” matches are not considered in the general statistics.
It is also worth noting that in this mode you can stand AFK and gain XP, but we do not recommend doing this, because you’re given extra points for eliminating other players.

So, we played about 40 games to get level 30. And now we can play in the Arena. If this is too long for you, you can always try completing some Battle Pass Challenges to get more XP.