Big Fans

Big Fans is one of the rounds in Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout. This round is a race round and has been introduced in Season 2's mid-season update.

Standard version
Big Fans is an obstacle course divided into four main sections to traverse. Each section consists of several fans that spin slowly. There are checkpoints after the first three sections.

The first section consists of two medium-sized fans that converge into one large-sized fan. The second section contains one large fan in the center, with a small-sized fan on either side. The third section consists of three small-sized fans which converge into two medium-sized fans, which further converge into a medium-sized fan with a rotating beam to jump over. The fourth and final section consists of two medium-sized fans which converge into one large-sized fan; all of these fans have rotating Beams to jump over.

Alternate versions
Starting from the 2021-02-02 Season 3 mid-season update, the following variants may appear:

-Note that each variation always applies to all possible sections when present-


 * A vertical blizzard fan may appear in the center of each fan platform in section 3; while over in section 4, three diagonal fans can be found blowing you towards the finish line.
 * Three, additional, overlapping, fan platforms may be present in section 1, creating three layers of fans; while over in section 2, two additional platforms are placed under the big, center fans.
 * The rotating beams may also be removed in sections 3 and 4.

Standard version
While Big Fans may seem like a daunting level at first, if played methodically and carefully, it can be a breeze. Most of the time, you will have to jump and dive to reach fan blades that are far away. This technique in general can be used to reach another fan blade on the same fan.

The particularly adventurous players can walk on the inner ring of the fan instead to travel from fan blade to fan blade. This ring has very little margin for error; it can be easy to fall off and end up resetting at the checkpoint.

At the final stretch, pay attention to the direction the beams are traveling in, especially the final one. Try to avoid going against the flow of the final spinning beam - if it is spinning clockwise, head to the left fan, and vice-versa. (It is currently observed to spin clockwise, but this may change in future updates.)

Although it will be far slower, if you are not confident of quickly traversing fans, it is entirely possible to qualify from this level within the 3:00 time limit for most Races by just waiting on the fan blades to travel, instead of jumping from blade to blade. This is, of course, contingent on other players not being able to fill the qualification quota before you reach the finish. (Even so, at almost a month into Season 3, this level still regularly times out without filling this quota.)

Due to the low qualification rate of this map, almost always stretching to the three minute timer, unless you are trying to get a colored medal, a strategy would be to take time with slower paths that not many people take if you are avoiding grabbers or large groups of Fall Guys.

Alternate versions

 * The addition of additional overlapping platforms and the removal of the rotating beams should make qualifying this level vastly easier.
 * Even with these additions though, this level is still regularly timing out. If you're struggling, you still have a chance within the time limit to catch up.
 * For the blizzard fans in section 3, you can float across the center to the other side of the platform fans. Though this is a risky tactic to take on the final fan platform if there is a spinning beam.
 * For the blizzard fans in section 4, you can use the center blizzard fan to go to the final fan; But!, you can also use the side blizzard fans to go all the to the finish line.

Medal thresholds

 * Gold - First place
 * Silver - Top 20% of players in the lobby
 * Bronze - Top 50% of players in the lobby
 * Pink - Qualified, but outside of the top 50%
 * No medal - Eliminated

Trivia

 * The basis for the 'waiting on the fan blades' strategy was taken from this Reddit post - a sped-up clip of a qualification taking just over 2 minutes (but sped up to twice the speed).
 * Due to the map frequently timing out, this is likely why Big Fans only tends to appear as round 2. In special cases like Mix It Up!, it can appear in round 1 (due to the blizzard fans making the round easier).
 * At some point after the start of Season 4, Big Fans can now appear in round 1 again.
 * Mind you, that has NOT stopped the map from still timing out with the fans, either...