Top zone navigation tips for Free Fire

After dropping on the map in Free Fire, your first thought may be to find as much loot as possible. But the first thing that you need to make sure is that you are safe, and in order to maintain safety, you need to know about zones. Every once in a while, a small circular area of the map will appear, which denotes a zone. Each zone will offer you a different experience and we'll help you to navigate them.

The red zone is the most directly dangerous zone that you can find yourself in. Around 10 seconds after the zone appears, bombs will start dropping, and if one hits you, it's an instant trip back to the main menu. Luckily, there's one major line of defence against the red zone's bombs and it's as simple as walking through a door.

The bombs can only hurt you if you're standing out in the open. So, as long as you're in a building with a roof, you will be completely safe. Even then, keep your guard up as there might be another player hiding in the same building as you. But at least in a building, you won't have to worry about your elimination literally falling out of the sky.

The orange zone does not damage you directly when it appears. Sounds great, doesn't it? Unfortunately, this doesn't mean that the orange zones aren't dangerous – they just go about their threats in a different way. In an orange zone, a drone flies over and exposes the position of every player within. Uh-oh.

The dangers of orange zones depend on how you play the game. If you're stealthy, having your position exposed is the worst-case scenario, so make sure that you avoid these zones at all costs. However, if you prefer an offensive strategy, the orange zone will give you a big helping of potential targets, so go and rack up those eliminations. Either way, be wary of an orange zone popping up.

This is the most prevalent 'zone' in Free Fire and it's the one that you need to stay in to remain in the game. As the other zones close in, the safe zone will shift continually and you'll need to keep an eye on where you are within it. If you're not in the safe zone, you'll also need to keep track of how far you need to go to get back to it before time runs out.

Most of the time, you'll be able to manage without too many issues. The game does a good job of reminding you when the safe zone will shrink, while the map on the in-game display draws a line with the shortest distance between you and the zone to follow. However, if you're on the outskirts of the map looking for loot and the timer goes off, you'd better hurry up!

Finally we have the blue zone – a shrinking space that denotes high-loot areas.

While the zone itself doesn't pose any dangers, your opponents can see it too and will probably show up for the loot, therefore creating an instant hotspot. Watch your back while loot-hunting. If you can be the last one standing in the blue zone, the rest of the match should go smoothly thanks to your enhanced arsenal.